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AVA

AVA, the brilliant film debut by writer-director Léa Mysius, screens this week at the French Institute as part of their program Burning Bright—New French Filmmakers.

Thirteen-year-old Ava (Noée Abita) is losing her eyesight. Throwing caution to the wind, she hits the road with a beautiful black dog and its young owner Juan (Juan Cano).

Ava’s mother is played by Laure Calamy. A reception will follow both screenings.

AVA, Tuesday, June 26, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

fiaf.org/ava

Noée Abita and Juan Cano in Ava.

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS IN NEW YORK

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Reda Kateb, Slimane Dazi, and Mélanie Laurent star in the U.S. premiere of LES DERNIERS PARISIENS (PARIS PRESTIGE), the debut feature by rappers-turned-filmmakers Hamé and Ekoué, who will be on hand for a post-screening Q & A after the second show.

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS, Tuesday, June 5, at 4 pm and 7:30 pm.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

fiaf.org/paris-prestige

See: variety.com/hame-and-ekoue-paris-prestige

Reda Kateb in Les derniers parisiens.

LES ANNÉES 68

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TheFrench Institute-Alliance Française will remember May 1968 with a monthlong film series curated by Delphine Selles-Alvarez. Opening night will include a screening of the American premiere of Don Kent’s two-part documentary LES ANNÉES 68, a global look at the rise of civil and political activism fifty years ago.

Featuring Régis Debray, Judith Butler, Marco Bellocchio, Toni Negri, Kathleen Cleaver, Greil Marcus, and Ralph Nader, LES ANNÉES 68 will be followed by a panel discussion with NYU professors Mary Nolan, Paula Chakravartty, and Pedro Monaville, and Holy Family University professor Madigan Fichter.

LES ANNÉES 68

Tuesday, May 8.

Part 1 – LA VAGUE, at 4pm.

Part 2 – L’EXPLOSION, at 7:30pm.

Florence Gould Hall, FIAF

55 East 59th Street, New York City.

See: multitudes.net/toni-negri

Above: Champs-Élysées, Paris, May 1968.

Below: Protests by Sorbonne students on the rue de Rennes, Paris, May 7, 1968. Photograph by Marc Garanger.

GAËL MOREL AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE

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Gaël Morel brings his new film PRENDRE LE LARGE (CATCH THE WIND) to New York for a screening, conversation, and Focus on French Cinema fest closing night party – all at the French Institute/Alliance Française.

In a change of pace from Morel’s usual subject matter – same-sex love and survival among the young beurs of France, often starring Stéphane Rideau – CATCH THE WIND tells the story of Edith (Sandrine Bonnaire), as she follows her multinational employer from Europe to Morocco.

PRENDRE LE LARGE (CATCH THE WIND), Tuesday, May 1, at 7:30.

FLORENCE GOULD HALL, FIAF, 55 East 59th Street, New York City.

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Sandrine Bonnaire (right) in Prendre le large/Catch the Wind.

DE MENIL DOUBLE VISION

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Dominique and John de Menil—collectors, patrons, philanthropists, civil rights leaders in Houston, supporters of human rights causes around the world, heirs to the Schlumberger oil-equipment fortune, and great-grandparents of Dash Snow—are the subject of DOUBLE VISION—THE UNERRING EYE OF ART WORLD AVATARS DOMINIQUE AND JOHN DE MENIL, by William Middleton.

This weekend at the French Institute, Middleton and writer-editor Kate Betts will discuss the book’s subjects and their Menil Collection, an art campus in Houston that includes the Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall, the Rothko Chapel, and the Cy Twombly Gallery.

WILLIAM MIDDLETON in conversation with KATE BETTS, Monday, April 9, at 7 pm.

FIAF—LE SKYROOM, 22 East 60th Street, New York City.

fiaf.org/events/talk-middleton

menil.org/about

penguinrandomhouse.com/double-vision-by-william-middleton

Above: Anti-poverty activist and congressman Mickey Leland and Dominique de Menil, in the 1970s.

Below: Dominique de Menil in the gallery of the John Chamberlain installation for the opening of the Menil Collection, 1987. Menil Archives, The Menil Collection, Houston. Photograph © A. de Menil.

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Tag Archives: FI:AF French Institute Alliance Française

AVA

LES DERNIERS PARISIENS IN NEW YORK

LES ANNÉES 68

GAËL MOREL AT THE FRENCH INSTITUTE

DE MENIL DOUBLE VISION