San Diego French Film Festival
Young Cinephiles' Day
MARCH 21, 2025
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Aligned with the Alliance Française's mission, the San Diego French Film Festival features a special session for French learners in San Diego schools. It showcases L'Océan Vu Du Coeur (2023, Canada), a compelling documentary that highlights the ocean's biodiversity, the importance of protecting it, human-induced threats, prevention strategies, and its remarkable regenerative potential.
Before the documentary, the short film L'Invulnerable (2024, France) will be presented.
This screening hosted at Patrick Henry High School is for school students in collaboration with schools of San Diego.
​What we offer for teachers and their students
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Screening with pedagogical handbooks offered
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Discussion after the movies
Contact us to learn how your students can participate at bureau@afsandiego.org

L'OCEAN VU DU COEUR (2023, Canada)
directed by Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol & Marie-Dominique Michaud
96 min - Documentary
Selected: Focus on French Cinema, Knowlton Film Festival, Victoria Film Festival
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Synopsis
For a long time, the Ocean seemed unalterable and inexhaustible, but the impact of our actions on its biodiversity and its temperature is alarming. In The Ocean Seen from the Heart, sequel to The Earth Seen from the Heart, Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, invites us to rediscover what threatens the ocean, and above all to explore its capacity for phenomenal regeneration. A hymn to the Living, in what is richest, most precious and necessary to preserve if we want to survive, among other species, on our blue planet.​

L'Invulnérable (The Invulnerable) (France, 2024)
directed by Lucas Bacle.
24 min- Comedy/ Drama - Short film​
​Selected: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
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Synopsis
While caring for his ailing father, Marcus, 17, has only a few days left to submit the short film needed to apply for his dream film school. Lost between the guilt of leaving his father alone and the desire to live his own life, Marcus throws himself into his shoot. But soon, his father's illness brings him back to his role of caregiver.
Location: Patrick Henry High School, 6702 Wandermere Dr, San Diego, CA 92120