French director Jacques Audiard's film "Emilia Perez" opens The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) in Los Angeles in the presence of actresses Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez. The film is a frontrunner for the Oscars, having won multiple prizes at Cannes and being snapped up by Netflix, which has yet to win the coveted best picture Academy Award. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES