Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - Events

January 16, 2013

Wednesday

MyFrenchFilmFestival | A Worldwide, Multi-Platform – TV & Online – Film Festival
Jan 16, 2013 to Feb 17, 2013
Location: Eurocinema, Vudu, iTunes, myfrenchfilmfestival.com
Description:
“My French Film Festival” offers ten feature films and ten shorts -- a mix of comedies, dramas and documentaries -- screening in their original version, subtitled in English.

In the United States and Canada, in addition to its own platform, “My French Film Festival” will be available on Eurocinema, an on-demand television channel available in 30 million homes through major cable operators such as Comcast, Cablevision, Charter, Verizon and DirecTV. On the web, the festival will also be available on Vudu, one of the leading video-streaming services in the US. Of note, iTunes, for the first time in its history, has signed on as a worldwide partner.

Feature Films in Competition
1. Early One Morning by Jean Marc Moutout
2. The Disintegration by Philippe Faucon
3. Donoma by Djinn Carrénard
4. Louise Wimmerby Cyril Mennegun
5. Radiostars by Romain Levy
6. On Air by Pierre Pinaud
7. Of Horses and Women by Patricia Mazuy
8. Leader-Sheep by Christian Rouaud
9. A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Thierry Binisti
Shorts in Com
Created by: Nathalie Charles

January 28, 2013

Monday

The Pirogue by Moussa Toure (Senegal/France) Theatrical Release at Film Forum NYC
Jan 28, 2013 to Feb 5, 2013
Location: The Film Forum
Description:
THE PIROGUE, DIRECTED BY MOUSSA TOURÉ

Senegal, a West African nation on the Atlantic Ocean, was home to Africa’s greatest movie-maker, Ousmane Sembene. Today, Moussa Touré follows in the master’s footsteps with this drama of 30 men (and one woman, a stowaway) who set out on an illegal 7-day voyage to Spain – making the perilous trip in a pirogue – a boat resembling a vastly oversized dinghy. While sharing a common desire to build a better future, these men hail from different ethnic and religious backgrounds. The story grows from a finely delineated mosaic of personalities – reactions to the journey’s mounting danger – that span the emotional panoply of human experience. Touré’s compelling tale says as much about the universal nature of courage and perfidy as it does about the economic realities faced by so many of the world’s people. THE PIROGUE was featured in Cannes 2012, in the Un Certain Regard section.

SENEGAL / FRANCE • 2012 • 87 MINS.
IN FRENCH, WOLOF, AND AL PELAAR WITH ENGLISH
Created by: ArtMattan Productions

February 5, 2013

Tuesday

François Noudelmann | "Mensonge et philosophie: une approche psychologique du discours philosophique"
Feb 5, 2013 from 2:30pm to 4:00pm EST
Location: La Maison Française of NYU
Description:
Tuesday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Florence Gould Event

FRANÇOIS NOUDELMANN
Philosopher; critic; radio producer, France Culture; professor, Université de Paris VIII; visiting professor, NYU; author of Le Toucher des philosophes; Les Airs de famille: une philosophie des affinités

Mensonge et philosophie: une approche psychologique du discours philosophique

La condamnation morale du mensonge empêche d'en observer la richesse. Le plus intéressant des mensonges est sans doute celui qu'on se fait à soi-même, d'autant plus difficile à détecter qu'il prend l'apparence de la bonne foi. L'indice permettant de le suivre est l'insistance paradoxale à vouloir dire la vérité. À ce jeu-là nombre de philosophes figurent parmi les plus suspects, tant la recherche de la vérité leur est consubstantielle. Mais leur mensonge tient moins au contenu des thèses qu'à l'usage du langage spéculatif. La fonction du discours théorique pourrait être d'affirmer le contraire de ce que l'on vit. Quelques exemples de Rousseau
Created by: La Maison Française of NYU

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