Frank Beauvais’s intimate essay film assembles excerpts from the 400-plus films the French director watched over a four-month period of seclusion in 2016. On the soundtrack, Beauvais speaks of the breakup that led to his retreat, the estranged father with whom he bonded over cinema just before his death, and the symptoms of our current cultural climate that make pressing on an act of resistance. Beauvais’s montage—composed of both international classics and obscurities—alights upon small but specific details, reframing otherwise incidental images into an indelible and immensely moving reflection on life, love, and loss.
Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream
Just Don't Think I'll Scream
A film by Frank Beauvais
Year: 2019
Country: France
Runtime: 72 min
Color: Color/B&W
Language: French
Format: 2:39
Sound: 5.1
Play Dates
| Theater/Festival | City | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Forum | New York | NY | 1/29/21 |
| Webster Film Series | St. Louis | MO | 1/29/21 |
| Time & Space Limited | Hudson | NY | 1/29/21 |
| North Park Theatre | Buffalo | NY | 1/29/21 |
| Neptune Movie House | Long Beach | WA | 1/29/21 |
| Lightbox Film Center | Philadelphia | PA | 1/29/21 |
| Laemmle Theatre | Los Angeles | CA | 1/29/21 |
| Gateway Film Center | Columbus | OH | 1/29/21 |
| Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | OH | 1/29/21 |
| Athens Ciné | Athens | GA | 1/29/21 |
| The Apohadion Theater | Portland | ME | 1/29/21 |
| Acropolis Cinema | Los Angeles | CA | 1/2921 |
| Salt Lake Film Society | Salt Lake City | UT | 1/29/21 |
| Landmark Cinemas | Peoria | IL | 1/29/21 |
| Film Streams | Omaha | NE | 1/29/21 |
| Epsilon Spires | Brattleboro | VT | 1/29/21 |
About the Director
Born in 1970, Frank Beauvais programmed the competitive selection from Belfort EntreVues Film Festival between 1999 and 2002. “Just don’t think I’ll scream” is his first feature film after writing and directing 8 short films: “On my knees”, “Sun and death travel together”, “Vosges”, “Compilation, 12 moments of unshared love”, “I’ll be floating without any desire”, “A diamond guitar”, “Un 45 tours de Cheveu (ceci n’est pas un disque)” and “There’s an elephant staring at me”. He also works as a music consultant: “Odete”, “Capitaine Achab”, “Au voleur”, “Love like poison”, “Heal the living”…
Cast and Crew
CREW
Producers: Justin Taurand (Les films du Bélier), Michel Klein (Les films Hatari),
Director: Frank Beauvais
Screenwriter: Frank Beauvais
Editors: Thomas Marchand
Conformation: Esther Laurent-Baroux
Sound: Matthieu Deniau, Philippe Grivel, Olivier Demeaux
Color grading: Julien Petri
Production manager: Aurélien Deseez
Production assistants: Matthias Ferron, Laura Guyon
Home Media
DVD
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Digital
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Awards and Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival
Art of the Real, New York
Kiev Molodist International Film Festival
Sheffield Doc
Sydney -Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
New Horizon International Festival
Doclisboa
Vienna – International Film Festival
Thessaloniki – International Film Festival
Mar del Plata
RIDM Montréal
IDFA
International Film Festival of Gijon
