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Cinema Thursday: Voisins Voisines

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Titre: Cinema Thursday: Voisins Voisines

Heure début: 19:30
Date: 2012-10-18
Lieu: 2nd Floor, Buell Hall, Columbia University, campus entrance at Broadway and 116th st.
Description: Movies are followed by a moderated discussion in French. Attendance is free for members and CUID holders, $7 for non-members. Unless indicated otherwise, films are in French with English subtitles.

Voisins Voisines
Malik Chibane, 2005, 95 min.

The Mozart Residence houses many new tenants, from all backgrounds, including the new Spanish caretaker, Paco, just out of prison. From the lobby and the mailboxes, the “ballet” of the Mozart Residence organizes around him.

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La soif du monde (A Thirsty World)

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Titre: La soif du monde (A Thirsty World)

Heure début: 18:30
Date: 2012-10-11
Lieu: East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University, campus entrance at Broadway and 116th Street
Description: Followed by Q & A with director Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire (TBC)
A documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, directed by Thierry Piantanida and Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire (2012, 90 min.)


In this film, famed French photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand looks at one of the major challenges to human survival: water. Filmed in some 20 countries, the film reveals the mysterious and fascinating world of fresh water through spectacular aerial images shot in regions difficult to reach and rarely filmed.

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Cinema Thursday: Les mauvais joueurs (Gamblers)

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Titre: Cinema Thursday: Les mauvais joueurs (Gamblers)
Heure début: 19:30
Date: 2012-10-04
Lieu: East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University, campus entrance at Broadway and 116th Street
Description: Movies are followed by a moderated discussion in French. Attendance is free for members and CUID holders, $7 for non-members. Unless indicated otherwise, films are in French with English subtitles.

Les Mauvais Joueurs (Gamblers)
Frederic Balekdjian, 2005, 85 min.


Small-time hustler Vahé is starting to feel guilty about his wayward ways, so when Lu Ann dumps him, he hits rock bottom. Soon befriending Yuen, Lu Ann’s immigrant brother, Vahé must choose between his new friend and his old criminal buddies.

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Cinema Thursday: Toi et Moi

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Titre: Cinema Thursday: Toi et Moi
Heure début: 19:30
Date: 2012-09-20
Lieu: East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University, campus entrance at Broadway and 116th Street
Description: Movies are followed by a moderated discussion in French. Attendance is free for members and CUID holders, $7 for non-members. Unless indicated otherwise, films are in French with English subtitles.

Toi et Moi
Julie Lopes-Curval, 2006, 90 min.

Lena (Marion Cotillard) and her sister Ariane (Julie Depardieu) are both single girls weary of looking for Mr. Right. They’ve also idealized love beyond reality. When the perfect guy finally shows up, will either woman be prepared?

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Films on the Green @ Columbia: Jules et Jim

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Titre: Films on the Green @ Columbia: Jules et Jim

Heure début: 19h30
Date: 2012-09-06
Lieu: Low Library Plaza, Columbia University, Broadway and 116th street

*In case of rain, screening will be held in the East Gallery, Buell Hall (seating limited)


Description: FILMS ON THE GREEN @ COLUMBIA presents its second annual back to school, free outdoor screening with Francois Truffaut’s classic film, Jules and Jim.
Jules and Jim (1962, 105 min), an iconic film of the Nouvelle Vague, will be presented outdoors on the steps of Low Memorial Library. The 2012 Films on the Green Festival, organized by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and NYC Parks and Recreation, has featured free screenings this summer of French movies adapted from French and American literature. Jules and Jim, based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché (1953), and celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will conclude the fifth annual festival edition.
Jules and Jim are inseparable friends who come to meet the free-spirited and capricious Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). The three become instant companions, determined to live their lives to the fullest despite the war around them. When Jules declares his love for Catherine, Jim agrees to let Jules pursue her, despite his own feelings…

*Please note that no alcohol is allowed at this event.

Organized by French Cultural Services, NYC Parks and the Columbia Maison Francaise. Sponsorship provided by BNP Paribas, Air France and TV5 Monde.

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Cinema Thursday: Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (Sexe gombo et beurre salé)

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 7:30 p.m.

Lieu: East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University

 Movies are followed by a moderated discussion in French. Attendance is free for members and CUID holders, $7 for non-members. Unless indicated otherwise, films are in French with English subtitles.

Sex, Okra and Salted Butter (Sexe gombo et beurre salé)
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2008, 81 min.
Film presented in connection with the February 15 roundtable on « French and Francophone Cinemas in Dialogue »
This comedy of errors by award-winning Chadian director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun (who won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010) tells the story of a family recently emigrated from the Ivory Coast to Bordeaux, reeling from a number of setbacks. An extra-marital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her older, very traditional African husband, who is in for a shock when he discovers her love affair, his eldest son’s secret love life, and the responsibilities of being a single parent.

 

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French and Francophone Cinemas in Dialogue

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 5-7 p.m.
Lieu: World Room, 305 Journalism,  Columbia University (campus entrance at Broadway and 116th st)

A roundtable discussion
See related film event on February 16

Roundtable participants:
• Philip Watts, Chairman of the Department of French, Columbia (moderator)
• Madeleine Dobie, Associate Professor of French, Columbia
• Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia
• Françoise Pfaff, Professor, World Languages and Cultures, Howard University
• Sophie Saint-Just, Lecturer, Modern Languages and Literatures, Fordham University
• Lucie Chabrol, Francophone relations, Alliance Française

 

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