film festival - New York in French2024-03-28T10:55:39Zhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/film+festivalLil' Buck: Real Swan - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/lil-buck-real-swan-african-diaspora-international-film-festival2020-12-06T11:03:16.000Z2020-12-06T11:03:16.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253804057?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:8pt;">ART, RESISTANCE & ACTIVISM PROGRAM + CLOSING NIGHT FILM</span></p><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;"><strong>LIL' BUCK: REAL SWAN</strong></span></p><p class="p1">Bringing his experience in the ballet world with him, Lil Buck heads back to South Memphis to teach dance to the youth, offering them the chance of a better future. Returning home to the town where he first learned to dance, Lil Buck leads us through the streets as he recounts his personal story and the history of Jookin...<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Louis Wallecan, 2019, France/United States, 85 minutes, documentary, English<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p1"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f85e6eecb43c8009c047782/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>Kuessipan - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/kuessipan-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-20202020-12-06T11:00:52.000Z2020-12-06T11:00:52.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253799688?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:8pt;">FIRST NATION PROGRAM</span></p><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>KUESSIPAN <span class="Apple-converted-space">(NEW YORK PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">Adapted from Naomi Fontaine’s acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault’s first narrative feature. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan and Shaniss struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with Shaniss and her family is put to the test.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Myriam Verreault, 2019, Canada, 117 minutes, drama, English.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f866af1fa38d600788c28d5/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>Thus Spoke the Sea/Men sa lamnè di - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/thus-spoke-the-sea-african-diaspora-international-film-festival2020-12-06T10:58:55.000Z2020-12-06T10:58:55.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253795699?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>THUS SPOKE THE SEA/MEN SA LANMÈ DI <span class="Apple-converted-space">(NEW YORK PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">The Haitian Sea, as you’ve never seen or heard it before: the sea tells the story of its relationship with the Haitian people, showcases its riches, reveals its mysteries and raises the alarm. From the excessive use of its resources to the consequences of climate change and pollution, all is revealed in different shades of blue. Haiti’s fate will be linked to the coasts and the children of Haiti – voodoo priestesses, fishermen, merchants, entrepreneurs, urban planners, historians, biologists and climate experts – help to tell the tale. A candid depiction of the challenges and the opportunities that must be seized before it’s too late.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Arnold Antonin, 2020, Haiti, 49 minutes, documentary, French with English subtitles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f8e0b112319b40037725eb1/5f8506850f4b3800d85423d2" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>Three Blades/Trois Machettes - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/three-blades-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-20202020-12-06T10:56:29.000Z2020-12-06T10:56:29.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253788470?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>THREE BLADES/TROIS MACHETTES (<span class="Apple-converted-space">NEW YORK PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">A day in the life of a family of three in contemporary Haiti. Child, adolescent, man – each with his dreams and frustrations and each finding a way to live. A day like every other day and everywhere, in every hand, there is a machete. So what will happen when night falls and dreams and frustrations collide?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Matthieu Maunier-Rossi, 2019, Haiti, 29 minutes, drama, Haitian Creole with English subtitles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f8e0b112319b40037725eb1/5f8505582dca6900455f4bdb" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>Nafi's Father/Baamum Nafi - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/nafisfather-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-20202020-12-06T10:53:56.000Z2020-12-06T10:53:56.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253779099?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>NAFI'S FATHER/BAAMUM NAFI <span class="Apple-converted-space">(NEW YORK PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children’s marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Mamadou Dia, 2019, Senegal, 107 minutes, drama, Fulah with English subtitles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p1"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f86801d24599100aaba9b3e/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>A Son/Bik Eneich - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/a-son-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-20202020-12-06T10:51:04.000Z2020-12-06T10:51:04.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253762877?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>A SON/BIK ENEICH <span class="Apple-converted-space">(NEW YORK PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">11-year-old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital, a family secret will be revealed.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Mehdi Barsaoui, 2019, Tunisia, 96 minutes, drama, Arabic with English subtitles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f8680c50ec9c6007e9c721f/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>The Mali-Cuba Connection/Africa Mia - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/mali-cuba-connection-african-diaspora-international-film-festival2020-12-06T10:48:02.000Z2020-12-06T10:48:02.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253755692?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:8pt;">ART, RESISTANCE & ACTIVISM PROGRAM</span></p><p class="p1"><strong>THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION / AFRICA MIA<span class="Apple-converted-space"> (US PREMIERE)</span></strong></p><p class="p1">1964. In the midst of the Cold War, ten promising young musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Combining Malian and Afro-Cuban influences, they develop a revolutionary new sound and become the iconic ensemble ‘Las Maravillas de Mali’. New Year’s Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Richard Minier and Edouard Salier, 2020, France/ Cuba/Mali, 81 minutes, documentary, French and Spanish with English subtitles.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f8655a60268b8008782fc85/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>Myopia - African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020https://newyorkinfrench.net/profiles/blogs/myopia-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-20202020-12-06T10:41:14.000Z2020-12-06T10:41:14.000ZNY ADIFFhttps://newyorkinfrench.net/members/NYADIFF<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8253746300?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:8pt;">IN COMPETITION: BEST FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN OF COLOR </span></p><p class="p1"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>MYOPIA <span class="Apple-converted-space">(US PREMIERE)</span></strong></span></p><p class="p1">Fatem, sixth month pregnant, leaves her village perched in the mountains, to fill a frame with empty glasses for the elder of her village, the only person who can decipher the letters sent by members of the villagers’ families who have gone to work in the cities. She moves from station to station to arrive in town in the middle of a protest. This will turn her trip into a peaceful revolution that she is hardly aware of.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2"><em>Directed by Sanaa Akroud, 2020, Morocco, 86 minutes, drama, Arabic with English subtitles<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></em></p><p class="p2"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/adiff2020/play/5f867f770268b80087830847/" target="_blank">Tickets available here</a></p><p class="p2">Festival Website: <a href="https://nyadiff.org/2020/" target="_blank">nyadiff.org/2020</a></p></div>