Wednesday, November 2, 2016 (8)

Nov 2, 2016
September 17, 2016
Saturday
  • NYC in a Citroen 2CV

  • Sep 17, 2016 at 2:00am to Nov 30, 2016 at 6:45pm
  • Location: around NYC
  • Description:

    Balade à New York en 2CV

    See New York City from a French perspective. Disrcete, personal and friendly with a bilingual host 

    Airport, office, hotel, promotion, restaurant, video production, VIP's, and all occasions

    Voir New York City avec une perspective française. Discret, personnel et amical avec un hôte bilingue
    Aéro, bureau, hotel, promo, pub, resto, video, VIP et pour toutes les occasions
  • Created by: Henri L
October 4, 2016
Tuesday
  • French Comics Framed Festival

  • Oct 4, 2016 at 2:00pm to Nov 5, 2016 at 3:00pm
  • Location: The Cooper Union, Founadation buiding, 7 East 7th St, NY 10003
  • Description:

    Jusqu’au 5 novembre, la bande dessinée francophone s'affiche à New York, avec une exposition au Cooper Union building et une série de rencontres avec des graphistes et auteurs du neuvième Art, dans différents lieux. Entrée libre.

  • Created by: Agnes Kerr
October 6, 2016
Thursday
  • BEING 17

  • Oct 6, 2016 to Nov 18, 2016
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinema and IFC Center
  • Description:

    Strand Releasing is pleased to announce the US release of BEING 17, acclaimed French director André Téchiné (Wild Reeds, Thieves)’s moving exploration of adolescent sexual awakening, with a script co-written by director Céline Sciamma (Girlhood), starring the great Sandrine Kiberlain (Mademoiselle Chambon,) Kacey Mottet Klein (Sister, Gainsbourg), Corentin Fila, and Alexis Loret. BEING 17 is scheduled to open on Friday, October 7 in New York at Lincoln Plaza Cinema and IFC Center followed by a national release.

    Unfolding over four seasons in the arresting, mountainous setting of the French Pyrénées, BEING 17 is the story of Damien (Mr. Mottet Klein) and Thomas (Mr. Fila,) two French teenagers from very different upbringings who go to the same high school but are constantly fighting. When family circumstances bring Damien’s mother, Marianne (Ms. Kiberlain) to invite Thomas to live with them, the young men are forced to coexist and work through their emerging and complicated desires.

    One

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
October 14, 2016
Friday
  • Rody Paints Romantic Visions of the City of Light at Agora Gallery NYC!

  • Oct 14, 2016 at 7:00am to Nov 3, 2016 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Agora Gallery
  • Description:

    NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Parisian artist Rody in Idiosyncratic Expressions. The exhibition will open on October 14th, 2016 and run through November 3rd, 2016 with an opening reception on Thursday, October 20 from 6-8 PM. Any art lover who enjoys thought-provoking artworks and meeting talented and interesting artists is encouraged to attend.

    Image: Rody,Mid-day in Paris,Oil on Canvas,35.5''x 35.5''

  • Created by: Lee Eagle
November 2, 2016
Wednesday
  • Translating Souffles-Anfas: A Conversation with Readings

  • Nov 2, 2016 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: Columbia University Maison Française
  • Description:

    Founded in 1966 by avant-garde Moroccan poets and artists and banned in 1972, Souffles-Anfas was one of the most influential literary, cultural, and political reviews to emerge in postcolonial North Africa. This conversation and selected readings with the editors and translators of Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics marks the fiftieth anniversary of this incendiary Third Worldist review.

    Participants:

    - Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, co-editor of Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics
    - Olivia C. Harrison, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, co-editor of Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics
    - Omar Berrada, Director of Dar Al-Ma’mûn
    - Thomas Spear, Professor of French, CUNY Graduate Center
    - Lucy McNair

    Event co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies and MESAAS. This event is featured as p

  • Created by: Olivia C. Harrison
 
  • Translating Souffles-Anfas: A Conversation with Readings

  • Nov 2, 2016 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: Columbia Maison Française
  • Description:
    Founded in 1966 by avant-garde Moroccan poets and artists and banned in 1972, Souffles-Anfas was one of the most influential literary, cultural, and political reviews to emerge in postcolonial North Africa. This conversation and selected readings with the editors and translators of Souffles-Anfas: A
    Critical Anthology from the Moroccan Journal of Culture and Politics marks the fiftieth anniversary of this incendiary Third Worldist review.
    Participants:
    •Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, co-editor of Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology
    •Olivia C. Harrison, Assistant Professor, University of Southern
    California, co-editor of Souffles-Anfas: A Critical Anthology
    •Thomas Speare, Professor of French, CUNY Graduate Center
    •Omar Berrada, Director of Dar Al-Ma’mûn
    Event co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies and MESAAS. This event is featured as part of “le Français dans tous ses états”, a series of events supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy
  • Created by: Columbia Maison Francaise
 
  • Movie night ! Mustang

  • Nov 2, 2016 from 2:30pm to 4:45pm
  • Location: Lycée Français de New York
  • Description:

    Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven(2015)


    From Turkish-French film director Deniz Gamze Ergüven comes the amazing story of five orphaned sisters growing up as women in a conservative society. Ergüven tells this story with the insights of her own memories, which brings authenticity and truth to this debut film. Mustang was shortlisted for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as winning the César Award for Best Foreign Film. It was presented in Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals. 
    97 min. PG13.

  • Created by: Clémence Rebourg
 
  • NYADIFF 2016 - Mali Blues

  • Nov 2, 2016 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
  • Location: Cinepolis Chelsea
  • Description:

    La musique définit l’identité culturelle du Mali mais des Islamiste radicaux menacent ses musiciens. Accompagné de Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy et Ahmed Ag Kaed , membres du groupe Malian Global Pop, embarquez dans une aventure musicale au cœur d’un Mali tiraillé. La musique peut-elle réconcilier un pays divisé ?

    Réalisé par Lutz Gregor, Allemagne, 2016, Documentaire, 93 min, Anglais, Français, Bambara, Tamasheq avec s.t.a.

    Ven. 2 Dec. 19h30

    Merc. 7 Dec. 19h30

    Cinepolis Chelsea

    260 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011

  • Created by: NY ADIFF