Conférences

Titre: CinemaTuesdays: Pickpocket
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays: Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob
Pickpocket

Tue, July 30 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Robert Bresson, 1959. B&W. 73 min.
With Martin LaSalle, Marika Green, Jean Pélégri
In French with English subtitles

Pickpocket follows Michel, a young thief in Paris making pulls in metro stations, crowded streets, and wherever the opportunity arises.

The relationships Michel has to his friends and dying mother are secondary to the intensity of his relationship with the police who are trying to catch him. A hugely influential and achingly emotional film, loosely based on Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-07-30

Titre: CinemaTuesdays: Viridiana
Description:

CinémaTuesdays : Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob

Viridiana

Tue, July 23 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Luis Buñuel, 1961. B&W. 90 min.
With Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey.
Spanish with English subtitles

Winner of the Palme d’Or and banned in Buñuel’s homeland of Spain, Viridiana premiered to alternating cries of controversy and acclaim.

The tale of a nun who struggles to remain virtuous in the face of assault, vagrancy, and death, the film was denounced by some as sacrilegious, but its wit and insight far outweigh any impulse to shock. Now, it is rightly considered a masterpiece.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-07-23

Titre: CinemaTuesdays: Loves of a Blonde
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays : Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob
Loves of a Blonde Les amours d’une blonde

Tue, July 16 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Milos Forman, 1961.B&W. 90 min.
With Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík.
French with English subtitles

In a town where women far outnumber men, available bachelors are sought out and fought over. Young Andula fears a life of loneliness awaits her when a stylish, confident pianist strolls into town, lifting her hopes.

Forman’s breakthrough film confirmed his talents as both a writer and director and paved the way for his wider success in America in the ’70s.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-07-16

Titre: FIAF CinémaTuesdays: And the Ship Sails On
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays: Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob
And the Ship Sails On Et vogue le navire…

Tue, July 9 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Federico Fellini, 1983. Color. 130 min.
With Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Peter Cellier.
Italian with English subtitles

An oceanic reverie shot entirely on the lots of the legendary Cinecittà Studios, And the Ship Sails On. invites viewers to join the most motley of crews, including a swarm of aristocrats and a heartbroken rhino.

The surreal artifice of it all, paired with Fellini’s singular blend of melancholy, ecstasy, and fantasy, results in a beautiful dream of a film.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-07-09

Titre: FIAF CinemaTuesdays: Histoire(s) du cinéma
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays : Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob

Histoire(s) du cinéma

Tue, July 2 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Jean-Luc Godard, 1998. Color and B&W.
2 episodes of 50 min each
In French with English Subtitles

A rare screening of two chapters from Godard’s towering cinematic survey, which took over ten years to complete.

Straddling a line between found-footage experiment and autobiography, Godard samples hundreds of films to create a unique view of art, history, and experience, with cinema as the thread connecting and capturing it all.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-07-02

Titre: FIAF CinemaTuesday: Wings of Desire
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays : Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob

Wings of Desire Les ailes du désir

Tue, June 25 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Wim Wenders, 1987. Color and B&W. 127 min.
With Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander.
English, German, and French with English subtitles

An angel who hovers above the streets of Berlin falls in love with a gorgeous trapeze artist. Suddenly, the celestial eternity he was promised pales in comparison to the possibility of spending a lifetime on earth with her.

This fantastical and poignant film is both a love letter to humanity and to Berlin just before the Wall was torn down.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-06-25

Titre: CinemaTuesday: The Piano
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55E 59th St
Description:

CinémaTuesdays: Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob
The Piano La leçon de piano

Tue, June 18 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Jane Campion, 1993. Color. 121 min.
With Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin.
English and Maori with English subtitles

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and three Oscars, The Piano remains a triumph twenty years later.

Ada, a mute, and her daughter arrive in a remote area of New Zealand with a piano. When her husband refuses to keep the instrument, Ada begins a tangled but profound affair with the neighbor who welcomed it into his home.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-06-18

Titre: FIAF CinemaTuesday: Burnt by the Sun
Lieu: FIAF FGH, 55 East 59th Street
Description:

CinémaTuesdays: Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob

Burnt by the Sun

Tue, June 11 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Soleil trompeur
Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994

Nikita Mikhalkov, 1994. Color. 135 min.
With Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov.
Russian and French with English subtitles

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, this tragedy chronicles a day in the life of the retired Colonel Kotov. The arrival of an officer who is ideologically opposite to the colonel (and his wife’s former lover) foretells the betrayal that soon unfolds, as both family and country are torn apart.

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-06-11

Titre: FIAF CinémaTuesdays: Cannes Stories, The Red Carpet, etc, Femmes au Miroir
Lieu: FIAF, FGH, 55 East 59th Street, NY
Description:

 CinémaTuesdays
Highlights of Cannes Film Festival with Gilles Jacob
Triple Screening : Cannes Stories, The Red Carpet, etc & Femmes au miroir
Tue, June 4 at 12:30, 4, & 7:30pm

Histoires de festival
Gilles Jacob, 2004. Color 26 min.
With Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau
In French with English subtitles

Les marches, etc.
Gilles Jacob, 2004. Color 26 min.
With Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Catherine Deneuve
In French with English subtitles

Jacob’s pair of shorts explores the history of the festival, taking viewers behind-thescenes. Through interviews with some of film’s most beloved stars including Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve, Jacob celebrates the festival that is so dear to him and the international community of cinephiles.

U.S. Premiere
Femmes au miroir
Gilles Jacob, 2009. Color 18 min.
In French with English subtitles

Commissioned by the Rome Film Festival as a companion piece to Jacob’s documentary about Anna Magnani, this enchanting short captures a selection of cinema’s most mesmerizing women caught in their own gaze.

A brief but captivating rumination on reflections of memory, age, and image.

Part of FIAF’s First Tuesdays

Heure début: 12:30
Date: 2013-06-04

Titre: BASTILLE DAY!
Lieu: 60th Street, Between Fifth and Lexington Avenues, NYC
Description: Free and Open to the Public

Celebrate Bastille Day and enjoy the best of French culture at the French Institute Alliance Française’s annual street fair on 60th Street!

From crêpes, éclairs, and fromages with refreshing wine and beer, to live music, you won’t want to miss New York City’s ultimate French summer fête. Try your luck at our famous prize drawing, and shop for classic crafts, gourmet treats, and special gifts, as les enfants enjoy face painting and arts-and-crafts activities at the Kids’ Corner.

Don’t miss an afternoon full of fun for the entire famille!

For more than ten years, Bastille Day on 60th Street has been the largest public celebration of the historic friendship between France and the United States commemorating France’s own Independence Day on July 14, 1789. Vive la France !

Heure début: 12:00
Date: 2013-07-14
Heure fin: 17:00