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5th Annual Films on the Green Festival

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 The Cultural Services of the   French Embassy and the City of New York Parks & Recreation announce the return of its popular free outdoor series of French screenings. For the fifth consecutive year, Films on the Green will present French films in New York City parks in June and July, as well as a special screening at Columbia University in September.

The 2012 Films on the Green Festival will feature 8 free French screenings all adapted from French and American Literature. Through an array of different cinematic genres – thriller, comedy, drama, romance and musical, the 2012 line-up includes films adapted from a wide range of literary styles – fairy tale (Donkey Skin), poetry (The Snows of Kilimanjaro) and graphic novel (Persepolis) – and highlights how great French directors like François Truffaut, Jacques Demy or Costa-Gavras have adapted works of literature.

All films are in French with English Subtitles and are free of charge.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

June 1: OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies, Central Park–Cedar Hill (at 79th)
June 8: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Washington Square Park
June 15: War of the Buttons, Washington Square Park
June 22: The Axe, Tompkins Square Park
June 29: Donkey Skin, Tompkins Square Park
July 6: Tell No One, Riverside Park – Pier I (at 70th St)
July 13: Persepolis, Riverside Park – Pier I (at 70th St)
Sept 6: Jules and Jim, Columbia University – Low Library Steps*

All films at 8:30pm except September 6th screening at Columbia University, 7:30pm.

For more information on Films on the Green, please visit: www.frenchculture.org

*Films on the Green @Columbia organized in partnership with the Maison Francaise of Columbia University 

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the City of New York Parks & Recreation would like to thank,
Official sponsors: Air France, BNP Paribas and TV5 Monde
Supporters: Sandro and WNYU
Friends: The New York Observer, FACE and FIAF

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A Celebration of Robert Delpire’s Life and Work

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May 9, 2012
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY; www.frenchculture.org

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in collaboration with Aperture Gallery, The Gallery at Hermès, and La Maison Française of New York University present Delpire & Co., an exhibition featuring a half century of achievement in the life and career of visionary French publisher, editor, and curator Robert Delpire, who has realized some of the most groundbreaking projects—in books, magazines, exhibitions, and advertising campaigns—in the history of photography.

 

Opening reception: Thursday, May 10, 6:00–8:00 pm, (by invitation only)

Exhibition on view: May 11–June 6, 2012

Viewing times: Monday–Friday, 2:00 pm–6:00 pm

Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present Delpire’s children books including the original French edition of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Crocodile Tears by André François. These publications have entertained several generations of children since the 1950s until now.

In conjunction with this exhibition, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will host a PANEL DISCUSSION and STUDENT WORKSHOPS.

Aperture Gallery
547 W. 27th St., 4th Floor
New York, NY; (212) 505-5555
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 9, 6:00–8:00 pm
Exhibition on view: May 10–July 19, 2012
Viewing times: Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am–6:00 pm

Presenting classical and seminal publications by now-iconic photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Klein, Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, and Sarah Moon. Delpire’s work with magazines will also be featured, including the very first issue of Neuf from 1950 and the seven issues of Nouvel Observateur Spécial Photo. Also presented in this space will be Delpire’s advertising projects for diverse clients from Cacharel, Citroën, L’Oréal, and the French Ministry of Culture.

The Gallery at Hermès/Fondation d’entreprise Hermès
691 Madison Ave.
New York, NY; (212) 751-3181
Opening reception: Thursday, May 10, 7:00–9:00 pm, by invitation only.
Exhibition on view: May 11–July 19, 2012
Viewing times: Monday–Saturday, 10:00 am–6:00 pm, except Thursday: 10:00 am–7:00 pm

The Gallery at Hermès, a space dedicated exclusively to photography, will present prints from more contemporary photographers such as Harry Gruyaert, Jehsong Baak, Michel Vanden Eeckhout, Michael Ackerman, Francesco Zizola, Raymond Depardon, Robert Doisneau, Paolo Pellegrin, Marc Riboud. Their books will also be on display so that the visitors can engage further with these photographers’ bodies of work. This space will showcase as well the Photo Poche series.

La Maison Française of New York University
16 Washington Mews (at University Place)
New York, NY; (212) 998-8750
Opening reception: Friday, May 18, 6:00–8:00 pm
Exhibition on view: May 21–July 19, 2012
Viewing times: Monday–Friday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm

La Maison Française will showcase the Poche Illustrateur series, celebrating notable illustrators such as Roman Cieślewicz, Honoré Daumier, Etienne Delessert, Guy Peellaert, and Saul Steinberg.

In addition, two supporting exhibitions will be on view; Sarah Moon at Howard Greenberg Gallery, featuring new work, and Pace/MacGill Gallery will exhibit works by prominent photographers such as Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, Duane Michals, Paolo Roversi, and Alfred Stieglitz.

Howard Greenberg Gallery
41 E. 57th St.
New York, NY; (212) 334-0010
Opening reception: May 10, 6:00–8:00 pm
Exhibition on view: May 11–June 23, 2012
Viewing times: Tuesday–Saturday, 10:00 am–6:00 pm

Howard Greenberg Gallery will showcase the work of Sarah Moon.

Pace/MacGill Gallery
32 E. 57th St., 9th Floor
New York, NY; (212) 759-7999
Opening reception: May 10, 6:00–8:00 pm
Exhibition on view: May 10–June 16, 2012
Viewing times: Tuesday–Friday, 9:30 am–5:30 pm, Saturday 10:00 am–6:00 pm

Pace/MacGill Gallery will showcase the work of Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, Duane Michals, Paolo Roversi, and Alfred Stieglitz.

For more information please visit: www.frenchculture.org

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Internationalist Cinema for Today curated by Nicole Brenez

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Dates: March 2 – 11, 2012
Lieu: Anthology Film Archives

“The cinema is made to send news from where you are”, as Jean-Luc Godard has often said. But as Godard knows and practices equally well, cinema can also receive news from someone. It is not just a way to think and speak about oneself, it is a way to move beyond the ego and think of others, especially when they are in danger or in pain: that is “internationalism”, this old word still carries strong values that can be used to resist all processes of identification imposed by geography, history, and bureaucracy rather than existential singular free choice.

This series pays tribute to a handful of still-undervalued internationalist filmmakers and movements whose courage and generosity saved the honor of cinema in times of colonialism and the struggles for independence. It is also meant to honor some of the cinema’s present-day combatants who are renewing these ideals in different political contexts.

For complet program details and updates, please visit:
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org

Link: Anthology Film Archives

Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.


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Jean-François Peyret « Re: WALDEN »

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Date: Saturday March 3, 2012
Heure: 8:00 PM
Lieu: Studio 1 – Goodman
EMPAC, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180

Description: The project RE: Walden is inspired by the writings of transcendental philosopher Henry David Thoreau and the two years he spent living by Walden Pond.Directed by Jean-François Peyret, it melds theater, music, live performance, and large-scale video projection. Images from Walden Pond overlap with sound and text in an integrated experience that joins an intricate automated orchestra playing with the live piano score, a single performer, and interactive video. Using voice and movement, the performer influences, triggers, and interacts with the complex web of sonic and visual elements at play to create a multi-layered interpretation of Thoreau’s revolutionary musings of Walden Pond. This project brings together a stellar group of collaborative artists, many of whom have never been presented in the United States.

Link: EMPAC website

Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Etant Donnés.

 


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REEL FASHION

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Dates: February 21– 27, 2012

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The Museum at FIT
227 West 27th Street  New York, NY

French Institute Alliance Française
22 E 60th St, New York, New York

 
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and The Museum at FIT (MFIT) are thrilled to announce Reel Fashion at FIAF and MFIT, a special week-long series of four recent insider documentaries on fashion by Loïc Prigent. This series is supported by European television network ARTE.

Presented between New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week, Reel Fashion provides an intimate and candid glimpse of life behind the scenes of visionary fashion labels, shedding light on both the star designers and the unsung heroes who toil in relative obscurity to create the magic behind the world’s leading brands—while capturing the backstage pandemonium of the hours before a new collection is unveiled on the runway.

Mostly renowned for his cinematic work in the fashion world, Loïc Prigent has directed a documentary on Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton, a series on Chanel, Signé Chanel, and the documentary series The Day Before . In this documentary series, Loïc Prigent follows ten great fashion houses the day before their shows in 2009 New York Fashion Week. He has also written for French Vogue since 2003.

A special week-long series of four recent insider documentaries on fashion; director Loïc Prigent will introduce three of the documentaries and participate in a Q&A session following the screenings.

For more information visit: FIAF MFIT

Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, French Institute Alliance Francaise and the European network, ARTE.

 

 

 

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Film Comment Selects at The Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Lieu: The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Date: February 17 – March 1, 2012

Description: The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the schedule for the 12th edition of Film Comment Selects, Film Comment magazine’s essential and eclectic film festival. Featuring a handpicked lineup of films that are alternately previewing prior to their theatrical runs or quite possibly never coming back to the big screen—the rare and the rediscovered, the unclassifiable and the underrated.

SCHEDULE

February 17, Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii by Adrian Maben
February 17 & 20, We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam) by Nanni Moretti
February 18 & 21, Mortem by Eric Atlan
February 21, Le Sauvage by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
February 23 & 29, Rebellion (L’ordre et la morale) by Mathieu Kassovitz
February 26, Almayer’s Folly (La Folie Almayer) by Chantal Akerman
February 26, My Crazy Life by Jean-Pierre Gorin
February 26, Poto and Cabengo by Jean-Pierre Gorin
February 26, Routine Pleasures by Jean-Pierre Gorin

Screenings will be held at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. For more information, please click here

Supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

 


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US Premiere of ’An Arab in My Mirror’ at Irondale Center

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Place: The Irondale Center, 85 S Oxford St, New York, NY

Date: February 1-11, 2012
Time: Wednesday – Saturday 8pm

Written by Riad Cahmi and Philippe Vincent, An Arab in My Mirror paints an intimate picture of the many different aspects of terrorism and the relationships formed by historic events through the eyes of the many, everyday voices that contribute to the common quest for understanding.

Six actors play a range of characters transforming from French nationals, foreign visitors, barbers, hostages, policemen, a stewardess, a bellhop, traders etc… all representing different generations in history from the sixties to the present day.

Directed by Philippe Vincent, starring Scarlet Maressa Rivera.

Vincent is the artistic director of Scenes, a France based theater company which strives to make work with a social conscience.

 


 Tickets: To purchase tickets, click here

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The Two in Concert at Joe

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Place: Joe’s Pub

Date: February 02

Time: 9:30 PM

Seven years ago Ara Starck met David Jarre in Paris. She was a painter, he was a magician. Their meeting produced magic of another kind, crystallised today in The Two, a duo that weaves together its members’ atypical career paths, and melds their singularities in a shared intimacy.

The starting point for The Two was the song I Wanna Be With You Again ,the first song they ever sang together, early 2009. From then on Ara and David shut themselves away from the world, at home and then in an empty studio, to sing, write and record, fine-tuning a work that involved no other musicians and no producer.

On their debut album, Ara and David are seemingly rediscovering the magic of uncluttered melody, primary sound colours and simple words, all underlined with strength and elegance by their vocal harmony. As though improvised, The Two’s music speaks with a rare natural voice. All the songs are very direct and have the quality of enchanting rough sketches on which the voices of Ara and David imprint their singular charm, reflecting a shared melancholy and solitude. Whether they choose to sing in unison, or in Q&A, the songs tell the story of two people sharing a fascinating complicity, rich with a thousand affinities and an equal dose of turbulence.


Tickets: $12<br>

The Two has received support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

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