French Wave Film Festival

French Wave Film Festival
Wednesday, Jul 16, 2025 at 2:30pm
SBIFF - Riviera Theatre
2044 Alameda Padre Serra

Schedule:

2:30 p.m: Suspended Time (Hors du temps)
Official Selection - Berlin International Film Festival

April 2020 – Lockdown. Paul, a film director, and his brother Etienne, a music journalist, are confined together in their childhood home with their new partners Morgane and Carole. Every room, every object, reminds them of their childhood, and the memories of the absents - their parents, their neighbors…This compels them to measure the distance that separates them from each other and the roots they share, those of their ground zero. As the world around them is becoming increasingly unsettling, unreality, and even a disturbing strangeness, invades their daily gestures and actions.

Directed by Olivier Assayas
Written by Olivier Assayas
Starring Vincent Macaigne, Micha Lescot, Nora Hamzawi, Nine d'Urso
1h 45m

5:00 p.m: Souleymane's Story (L'histoire de Souleymane)
César Award winner for Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Male Revelation, and Best Editing
8x César Award nominee including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Cinematography
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival; Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actor and Jury Prize

A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.

Directed by Boris Lojkine
Written by Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut
Starring Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse
1h 33m

7:30 p.m: Three Friends (Trois amies)
Official Selection - Venice International Film Festival

Joan's love fades for Victor while Alice reassures her about her own unfulfilling relationship with Eric. Unbeknownst to Alice, Eric is involved with Rebecca. Their lives spiral after Joan leaves Victor, who goes missing.

Directed by Emmanuel Mouret
Written by Emmanuel Mouret, Carmen Leroi
Starring Camille Cottin, Sara Forestier, India Hair, Damien Bonnard, Grégoire Ludig
1h 57m

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