Created to highlight new directors, Young French Cinema is a project between the French Embassy and UniFrance, which promotes French films globally. The project’s 2021 showcase of seven short films screens at Zeitgeist and features an Oscar nominee, winners of Cesar awards (France’s equivalent of the Academy Awards) and films from festivals including Cannes and Sundance. She just can’t find a friend who will be the test model for her not-yet-professional nail and waxing treatments. An Eastern European woman with bright orange hair arrives at the home of a Parisian man she met online. New French Shorts 2021 opens June 4 at Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 31, 2021 12:00 UTC