Films on the Green 2014
Masculin / Masculin
Films on the Green is a free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FACE and the City of New York Parks & Recreation. This year's theme—a play on the 1966 Godard film title Masculin Feminin—Masculin / Masculin presents a gamut of colorful male figures in French film—lovers, heroes, gangsters, and rebels.
read more2 Autumns, 3 Winters
33 year old Arman decides to start his new life with an evening jog and literally runs into the love of his life, Amélie. Meanwhile, Arman's best friend Benjamin suffers a mild stroke that confines him to the hospital, where he falls for his young physical therapist. So begins their stories that develop over the course of two autumns and three winters…
read moreAugust Playlist: Songs on TV
The France Rocks August Playlist, featuring songs by French artists that have appeared on US TV shows, is the perfect way to prep for the Emmy Awards (Aug 29th).
read moreThe French Minister
The young Arthur Vlaminck is hired as speechwriter for French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Taillard de Vorms. Struggling to handle the minister’s overbearing personality, Vlaminck navigates the ever-changing plots of foreign affairs with the minister’s ultra-calm private secretary and a band of quirky counselors by his side.
read moreMy French Library
My French Library is a new space for translators, writers and French aficionados to tell us about books they loved in French, but which have not been translated (yet).
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July 2014
For a long time, summer has been linked with love. As heat waves rush through the air they too pervade our minds. Endlessly picked apart, revered, and smote in literature new and old, love is a topic we humans can’t get enough of.
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Cooling down with Frosty Reads
Some like it hot… but not this hot. The muggy air and heat wave are so passé. Canadian, Siberian and French winter settings cool our summer fevers.
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The Art of Laziness
Lackadaisical, carefree, dallying, indolent and idle desires run (or rather trudge) wild in this week’s summer reads selection.
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Chilling Crime Fiction & Mystery Novels
If you thought detective stories were invented in the US, then think twice. The French also have talented writers who know all about schemes and mystery, and we did some plotting of our own…
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Audio Boom: Musical Titles & Audiobooks
From our ancestral oral storytelling roots to the now-all-written world, we return to our traditions to listen once again to the deep voices of international griots narrating great stories…on audiobooks.
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Pierre Guyotat's Formation: Childhood, Awakening and Self-Writing
Pierre Guyotat's Formation (2007) remains the missing link, according to Patrick Lyons, for the completion of the French author's multivolume (and largely already-translated) autobiographical installment.books
authors on tour
Louis Rigaud graduated at the school of Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2009. Since then, he has been working as a graphic and multimedia designer. In addition to websites, he creates and develops interactive games. Together with Anouck Boisrobert, they design pop-up books for children. Central to Louis Rigaud’s work is his will to create playful objects with surprising and interactive elements for all audiences.
Louis Rigaud
Louis Rigaud graduated at the school of Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg in 2009. Since then, he has been working as a graphic and multimedia designer. In addition to websites, he creates and develops interactive games. Together with Anouck Boisrobert, they design pop-up books for children. Central to Louis Rigaud’s work is his will to create playful objects with surprising and interactive elements for all audiences.
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Cooling down with Frosty Reads
Some like it hot… but not this hot. The muggy air and heat wave are so passé. Canadian, Siberian and French winter settings cool our summer fevers.
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French Books USA: Week in Review
French publishing house Short Editions, has begun testing its algorithm made to determine the literary quality. Meanwhile, digital learning management systems are gaining more and more ground in education....
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The Art of Laziness
Lackadaisical, carefree, dallying, indolent and idle desires run (or rather trudge) wild in this week’s summer reads selection.
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A New Era of French Novels: The Inculte Collective
Thanks to Inculte’s work for the last decade, hybrid forms of literature, such as “documentary” novels have breathed new life into French novels.
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A professor of French and Francophone Studies at Tulane University (New Orleans), Jean-Godefroy Bidima is the author of Law and the Public Sphere in Africa. The book examines the traditional African institution of palaver as a way to create dialogue in an effort to resolve conflict and promote democracy.
Jean-Godefroy Bidima
A professor of French and Francophone Studies at Tulane University (New Orleans), Jean-Godefroy Bidima is the author of Law and the Public Sphere in Africa. The book examines the traditional African institution of palaver as a way to create dialogue in an effort to resolve conflict and promote democracy. music
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France Rocks August Playlist: French Songs in US TV Shows
The France Rocks August Playlist, featuring songs by French artists that have appeared on US TV shows, is the perfect way to prep for the Emmy Awards (Aug 29th).
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The IRDS (International Double Reed Society) will perform a composition of Jean-Pierre Vial at SubCulture on August 6th.
Performance of Jean-Pierre Vial Composition in New York
Aug 6, 2014 | 6:30 PM
SubCulture
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Patrick Bruel Announces US Tour Fall 2014
One of France's most important stars of the 90s, Patrick Bruel announces a US tour for October and November.
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Legendary Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré plays the Highline Ballroom in New York City on August 12th.
Vieux Farka Touré at Highline Ballroom
Aug 12, 2014 | 8 PM
Highline Ballroom
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10 French Songs à la WHCS Hunter College Radio
Films on the Green, in partnership with Hunter College’s radio station WHCS, is delighted to bring you 10 French songs from WHCS
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World music sensation Sierra Leone's Refuge All Stars will play New York City's Highline Ballroom on Tuesday, August 19th.
Sierra Leone's Refuge All Stars Play Highline Ballroom
Aug 19, 2014 | 8 PM
Highline Ballroom
Visual & Performing Arts
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Josée Bienvenu Gallery presents Paul Chiappe’s first one-person show in New York. The exhibition consists of ten new pencil drawings.
Paul Chiappe at Josée Bienvenu Gallery
June 12 - July 18, 2014
Josée Bienvenu Gallery
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Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain Celebrates 30 Years
This year the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary with a series of exhibitions, performances and digital projects, beginning with Vivid Memories, a five month long rotating exhibition looking back acr
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Ultraviolet (Grenoble, FR 1935 – New York, NY 2014)
The French-American artist Isabelle Collin Dufresne, better known as Ultraviolet, died on Saturday, June 14th in New York.
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Call for Applications Fieldwork: Marfa 2015
Marfa is the joint project of two leading European art academies, Les Beaux-Arts de Nantes and HEAD – Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design). This international researcher-in-residence program is dedicated to the practice of art in public space, critical approaches to landscape and borders and artistic projects based on field investigation methods.
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Special Mention for Jean Louis Cohen at International Architecture Exhibition in Venice
The 14th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale opened last week. During the opening ceremonies, awards were given out by the exhibition jury for the most noteworthy contributions to this year's festival. France's pavillion, Modernity: promise of menace?, curated by Jean Louis Cohen, received one of three "Special Mentions," along with Canada and Russia.
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Performing Arts Festivals in France 2014
From street performances to avant-garde dance and cutting edge theater, France's many performing arts festivals offer a glimpse into current performance in the country and beyond. In addition to world-renowned festivals such as the Festival d’Avignon now under the leadership of Olivier Py or the Festival International de Théâtre et de la Rue in Aurillac, June Events (Paris) also offers innovative programming this summer.Film, TV & New Media
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33 year old Arman decides to start his new life with an evening jog and literally runs into the love of his life, Amélie. Meanwhile, Arman's best friend Benjamin suffers a mild stroke that confines him to the hospital, where he falls for his young physical therapist. So begins their stories that develop over the course of two autumns and three winters…
2 AUTUMNS, 3 WINTERS
August 1, 2014 | 8:30pm
Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
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French Touch in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Lineup
Several French movies and co-productions in The 39th Toronto International Film Festival's film selection for the 2014 edition.
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Strong US Debut for Luc Besson’s TAXI BROOKLYN
"Taxi Brooklyn" continues to make inroads with American audiences, with 4.8 million viewers on Wednesday night (July 9th)
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Summer Movies: 10 French Films to Watch
For those of us that would like to be vacationing in France, but can’t afford those expensive plane tickets (most of us), we’re offering a cinematic tour of l’hexagone from the seaside villages of Brittany to the rocky hills of southern Provence.
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The first annual Seaport Film & Food Festival presents Amelie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Amelie
August 21, 2014 at 6pm
Front/Row stage
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Join the BAMcinématek for a retrospective of the sui generis cinema poet, French filmmaker and artist Chris Marker from August 15th through August 21st, 2014. The retrospective features the North American theatrical premiere of Marker's 1997 film Level Five.
BAMcinématek Presents A Retrospective of Master Cine-essayist Chris Marker
Aug 15-28, 2014
BAMcinématek
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