Events

This year marks the 10^th anniversary of Films on the Green, the free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks.

In its landmark 10^th year, Films on the Green will present French cinema through the eyes of 10 guest curators and some of the most creative and compelling filmmakers, actors, and artists of our time: Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, James Ivory, Saul Williams, Isabella Rossellini, Wanda Sykes, Laurie Anderson, Matthew Weiner, Matías Piñeiro, and Amy Hargreaves.

#FilmsontheGreen
Free and open to the public | Films in French with subtitles
Music by WNYU and WHCS DJs prior to the screenings!

More info: http://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/festivals/films-green-2017

Cohen Media Group is proud to announce the release of MY JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA, master filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier’s epic, insightful, and deeply personal history of French cinema, a lifetime in the making. A selection of the Cannes, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals, MY JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA is scheduled to open in New York on Friday, June 23 at the Quad Cinema followed by a national roll out.

Mr. Tavernier delves into his own vast experience, starting from the earliest films seen as a budding and passionate cinephile, as a way to revisit some of the directors,  actors, craftsmen, and composers who graced French movies between the 1930’s and 70’s, and impacted him throughout his life. With his voluminous knowledge, inexhaustible love of cinema and perspective, only matched by Scorsese’s, Tavernier knows his native cinema inside and out, from giants like Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Marcel Carné, and Jean-Pierre Melville - for whom he worked as an assistant -  to

"Through its outreach program, the French Church of Saint Esprit in New York provides scholarships of $1,000 to students seeking financial assistance to attend an accredited higher-education program of their choice. 

Applicants will be required, in good faith, to answer a multiple choice test and to write two 300 word essays, one in French, and the other in English. This competition is open to any francophone student from 16 to 24 years old between July 1 and September 30 of the year of the application and resident in the United States and enrolled full time in an Institute of higher education for at least a semester. Entries can be submitted online from July 1^st to July 31^st EST.

More information and guidelines available on http://stespritnyc.org (in the About Us>Scholarship Program section)."

Le Quatorze Juillet 2017, “Bastille Day”, is around the corner, and what better way to celebrate in FAMILY in New York’s with CMA Children Museum of Art and Bleu Blanc Rouge summer camp Join us: Friday 14th July
Where: 103 Charlton-street
when: event singing at 2 pm
Join us from noon to 6 pm
question? frenchcampny@gmail.com

Children's Museum of the Arts
103 Charlton St. NYC
212.274.0986

Celebrate Bastille Day!

Join us on July 14 for a Bastille Day celebration. Participate in workshops and enjoy performances inspired by Paris street art, French artists, and French traditions.

Le Quatorze Juillet 2017, “Bastille Day”, is around the corner, and what better way to celebrate in style than at New York’s Official Bastille Day Ball?  This is the major annual event organized by the Committee of French Speaking Societies, Inc. which now in its 94st year, boasts a membership of 69 French/Francophone associations and an all-volunteer Board.

The Ball will take place on Thursday, July 13th, under the Patronage of His Excellency Gerard Araud, Ambassador of France to the United States, His Excellency Francois Delattre, Permanent Representative of France to the U.N. and The Honorable Anne Claire Legendre, Consul General of France in New York.

 The Ball will be held at the “404”, located at 404 10th Avenue near 33rd Street, from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM.  It will be an authentic French event featuring dancing to a live French band, a French DJ and hors d’œuvres. VIP-level ticket holders and Sponsors will enjoy a dedicated private lounge with a buffet style dinner and an open bar t

Celebrate La Fête Nationale with Chef David Bouley and two Alsatian gypsy jazz guitar virtuosos! Delight in live jazz manouche, signature passed canapes, a charcuterie station, a French cheese display by Master French Craftsman Rodolphe Le Meunier, Bouley baked breads and desserts by Chef Etienne Le Bastard. Experience live cooking demonstrations and a special French wine program curated by Beverage Director Adrien Falcon. Liberté, égalité, fraternité!

Tickets: BouleyEvents.com