Outside the Box [Office], Villa Albertine Los Angeles, and the American French Film Festival 2025,
invite you and a guest to attend
 

A Special Sneak Preview Screening of

LOVE ME TENDER

Official Selection: Un Certain Regard,
2025 Cannes Film Festival

Directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet
Screenplay by Anna Cazenave Cambet
Based on the Book by Constance Debr
Produced by Raphaëlle Delauche and Nicolas Sanfaute

Followed by a Q&A with Anna Cazenave Cambet

2:30 P.M. on Thursday, October 30th, 2025

SCI 106, IMGD Building
3470 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089

FREE ADMISSION. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RSVP REQUIRED.
RSVPs ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE.

FOOD AND DRINKS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN THE AUDITORIUM.
 

CLICK HERE TO RSVP
 

About Love Me Tender

Divorced and literally glowing in her new-found sexual freedom, Clémence is ebullient as she leaves a Paris swimming pool to meet her happy-go-lucky ex, Laurent, to make an announcement: she’s now into women. But Laurent is not as laid-back as he seems and quickly turns the tables on her and their hitherto amicable joint custody agreement. Vicky Krieps turns in another luminous, powerhouse performance in Anna Cazenave Cambet‘s adaptation of Constance Debré’s autobiographical novel, plunging us into the complex moral dilemmas implicit in society’s searing either/or notions of motherhood vs. self-fulfillment.

Provided courtesy of The Company. Running time: 133 minutes. In French, with English subtitles.

https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/love-me-tender/

About the Guest

ANNA CAZENAVE CAMBET (Director, Screenwriter)

A graduate of the La Fémis film school in Paris, Anna Cazenave Cambet wrote and directed her first short, Gabber Lover, in 2016, which snagged the Short Film Queer Palm in Cannes, the VFF Young Talent Award at the Munich Film Festival, and the Jury Award for Best Student Live-Action Short at the Palm Springs International Short Fest. That was followed by the short lemanja cœur océan (2017). Her first feature, Gold for Dogs (2020) was screened in the Critics’ Week section in Cannes. Love Me Tender, her second feature, premièred in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

About Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education

Villa Albertine is an institution of the French Embassy in the United States, supported by the French government and Albertine Foundation. Villa Albertine’s mission is to strengthen ties between the United States, France and the French-speaking world through culture and education.

In the arts and culture sphere, we encourage collaboration among French and US-based organizations and provide creators, thought leaders, and professionals with customized residencies, immersive networking experiences, grants, and connections to audiences so they can explore and share new insights into society’s pressing issues.

In the field of education, we craft projects and programs aimed at making French language and culture accessible to young US-based audiences, expand opportunities for students to study and complete internships in France, and support partnerships between French and American higher education and research institutions.

Villa Albertine is present in 10 major US cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. It is headquartered in New York’s historic Payne Whitney mansion, home to Albertine, our bookshop and nexus for French American intellectual exchange.

Follow Villa Albertine on Instagram, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. villa-albertine.org

About the American French Film Festival

THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL (formerly COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL) was created in 1997 by the Franco- American Cultural Fund (FACF), a unique partnership between the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, la SACEM and the Writers Guild of America West. (Click here for a detailed presentation of the FACF).

For the last 29 years, the event has been committed to promoting the best new French films and series in the U.S. and to showcasing in Hollywood the vitality and the diversity of French cinema, television, and shorts. TAFFF is ranked among the top 3 Film Festivals in Los Angeles, the most comprehensive annual French cultural event in the U.S., and the largest festival dedicated to French cinema and television in the world.

Following the mission of the FACF, the festival is dedicated to facilitate and encourage connections between professionals of both countries with several panels and workshops taking place during the week. In 2025, the festival will again be part of the awards season with an opening on October 28 through the closing night on November 3 at the Directors Guild of America on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood.

The selection is mainly made of premieres. Several high-profile features presented are World Premieres, International Premieres, North American or U.S. Premieres. The showcase is also known for presenting films before their French release and several months before their commercial distribution in the U.S., raising the event’s profile among U.S. distributors who use the event as a platform to launch and promote their film in Hollywood.

Since 2021, a few films and series already released during the year can be part of the selection and compete for the Awards. The audience of the festival is made up of cinephiles, industry professionals, and lovers of French culture. It covers a diverse mix of the people living in Los Angeles.

THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL has developed partnerships with organizations like IFTA, the Cannes Film Festival, the Sundance Institute, Film Independent, Women in Film, The American Cinematheque, SAG and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

https://theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org/

About Outside the Box [Office]

Outside the Box [Office] is a weekly showcase for upcoming releases highlighting world cinema, documentary and independent film titles. The series draws from around the globe to present movies that may challenge, inspire or simply entertain.

To view the calendar of screenings, click here

To SUBSCRIBE to our MAILING LIST for upcoming free screenings and events, e-mail the word "Subscribe" to: aago@cinema.usc.edu
 

Check-In & Reservations

This program is open to all eligible individuals. The USC School of Cinematic Arts operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.

This screening is free of charge and open to the public. A reservation confirmation will automatically be sent to your e-mail account upon successfully making an RSVP through this website. Doors will open at 2:00 P.M.

All SCA screenings are OVERBOOKED to ensure seating capacity in the theater, therefore seating is not guaranteed based on RSVPs. The RSVP list will be checked in on a first-come, first-served basis until the theater is full. Once the theater has reached capacity, we will no longer be able to admit guests, regardless of RSVP status.

Accessibility Needs

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Alessandro Ago, Assistant Dean, Programming and Special Events, at aago@cinema.usc.edu or 213-740-2330. It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least seven days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

Parking

On-campus parking at the University of Southern California is limited. We recommend buying a day pass for the Royal Street Structure, located at the intersection of Royal Street and W. Jefferson Blvd. Parking passes are $20/car. For more information about parking at USC, please visit USC Transportation Website:

https://transnet.usc.edu/index.php/daily-and-hourly-parking/
https://transnet.usc.edu/index.php/about-us/entrance-hours/

Contact Information

Name: Alessandro Ago
Email: aago@cinema.usc.edu