Activités : Directrice artistique

Sacramento - Festival du film français : Directrice artistique

Email : littlececile@gmail.com

Before moving to Sacramento in 2001, Cécile Mouette Downs, a native of France, worked for 3 years at the Film Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City. There she promoted French films and television programs in the United States, and helped theaters, museums, universities and various festivals feature recent and classic French films. She was a press contact for the French films selected at the New York's French Film Festival, Rendez Vous with French Cinema, and at the New York Film Festival. She organized receptions, film screenings, press lunches and other events. She was also the curator for experimental video shows at the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. From 1992 to 1998, Cécile worked as a Press Officer for the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (the French FCC) in Paris. She holds a Master of Arts in History from the University Paris X, on French Catholics and Cinema. She is a member of the board of directors of the Alliance Française de Sacramento and a regular contributor to the monthly magazine "France Today".