Events

Gilles Bourdos's exquisite new film RENOIR, chronicles the celebrated artist's twilight years, his relationship with his son - the future director Jean Renoir - and the two men's relationship with Andrée, the painter's final muse and future wife of Jean.

Selected in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard and Lincoln Center’s Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, RENOIR is scheduled to open in New York (Lincoln Plaza Cinema) and Los Angeles on Friday, March 29 followed by a national release.

Set on the French Riviera in in the summer of 1915, Gilles Bourdos’ lushly atmospheric drama RENOIR tells the story of celebrated Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, in declining health at age 74, and his middle son Jean, who returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. The elder Renoir is filled with a new, wholly unexpected energy when a young girl miraculously enters his world. Blazing with life, radiantly beautiful, Andrée  (César-nominated newcomer Christa Théret)

Spring 2013 
April 1–June 15 
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This spring, French is in the air!

Take a class at our flagship on 60th Street in Manhattan, in Montclair, NJ, or at our Brooklyn location.

French classes for Toddlers, Kids, Teens, and Adults start April 1.

11-Week Session Session Dates

April 1–June 15 
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1½, 2, or 3 hours per week

5½-Week Sessions 
April 1–May 7 
May 8–June 13 
Twice a week 
6 hours per week

2-Week Immersion 
May 20–May 30 
June 3–June 14 
Monday–Friday, 
mornings or evenings 
15 hours per week

Writer-director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, Under the Sand, , 8 Women, Potiche)’s deliciously twisted new film, IN THE HOUSE (Dans la Maison) starring  Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and newcomer Ernst Umhauer is scheduled to open in the US on April 19 in New York (at Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Sunshine Cinema) and Los Angeles followed by a national release.

Francois Ozon's new film is the story of Claude (César nominee Ernst Umhauer,) a 16-year old boy who gradually insinuates himself into the house of a fellow high-school student, Rapha (Bastien Ughetto,) and writes about his schoolmate's family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction, for his jaded literature teacher, Germain (Fabrice Luchini). Increasingly intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy’s intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Germain’s wife, Jeanne, a contemporary a

The original work of four gifted French artists Dominique Braud, Jean Francois Mercier, Josyane Martinez and Laurent Paillier will be on display at Agora Gallery, NYC. The exhibition is scheduled to run from April 19, 2013 through May 9, 2013.  The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, April 25, 2013 from 6-8 pm. Entrance is free and all art lovers are encouraged to attend, enjoy and meet some of the artists whose works make up this delightful show.

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This spring, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy brings together like-minded authors of children’s books and comics to talk about their craft. The series will run from April 8 – May 13 with events taking place in some of the most important houses of illustration around New York City.

Join some of your favorite local authors as they ‘talk shop’ with the French counterparts they have often dreamed of meeting…

Image:  Jeu des yeux © Hervé Tullet

A calendar of remaining events listed online. See link below...

Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX),a New York-based non-profit organization that develops, presents and promotes the cultural expressions of the Haitian people, will host its second international Haiti Film Fest from May 9-12, 2013 in New York City. Dedicated to supporting films about Haiti’s Diaspora, as well as films from the beginning of Haiti’s presence on-screen, the HCX Haiti Film Fest 2013 will be held at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York.

Opening Night, Thursday, May 9 at East Village venue, DROM, will celebrate Haitian film, music and culture with a special performance by singer Emeline Michel.

The weekend festival will present an emerging filmmakers workshop on May 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at FiveMyles Gallery and two days of multiple film screenings offered free of charge on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12 from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

This year, the HCX Film Fest will feature provocative and innovative storytelling via narrative films, documentaries, feature-length

Promoting the teaching and learning of French in New York and reflecting on the richness and diversity of Francophone cultures.

The symposium will include experts from the fields of government,

academia, and community organizations.

Join us for a day that will inspire new ideas and strategies for increasing the study of French.

RSVP to RSVP.NY-Comm@mri.gouv.qc.ca by May 1.

Space is limited. Please register early.

Book signing in Brooklyn to celebrate the release of Olivier Magny's new book INTO WINE.

Join the author and fellow wine lovers and francophiles in Brooklyn's coolest wine shop.