This virtual film festival aims to bring French cinema to American colleges and university campuses.
We are excited to be able to screen a series of six films drawn from across the French-speaking world, thanks to funding from the Albertine Cinémathèque (formerly Tournées) The series begins on September 22, 2022 and continues through November 10, 2022, with screenings taking place over Zoom on selected Thursday evenings.
The selected films include documentary and narrative films by both influential veteran filmmakers and first-time directors. They touch on a wide range of subjects. All screenings will be virtual, but registration is required. All screenings are FREE and open to the Rider community and members of the Mercer County Library. We hope you will join us!
Schedule of Screenings
All screenings will be virtual, but registration is required. All screenings are FREE and open to the Rider community and members of the Mercer County Library.
Thursday, November 10th at 6:30 p.m.: GALLANTES INDIES (Les Indes Gallantes)
Film SynopsisThis is a premiere for 30 dancers of hip-hop, krump, break, voguing… A first for the director Clément Cogitore and for the choreographer Bintou Dembélé. And a first for the Paris’ Opera Bastille. By bringing together urban dance and opera singing, they reinvent Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque masterpiece, Les Indes Galantes. From rehearsals to public performances, it is a human adventure and a meeting of political realities that we follow: can a new generation of artists storm the Bastille today?
Thursday, November 17th at 6:30 p.m.: GAGARINE
Film Synopsis:Youri, 16, has lived all his life in Gagarine Cité, a vast red brick housing project on the outskirts of -Paris. From the heights of his apartment, he dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when plans to demolish his community’s home are leaked, Youri joins the resistance. With his friends Diana and Houssam, he embarks on a mission to save Gagarine, transforming the estate into his own “starship”–before it disappears into space forever. The film was shot on the cusp of the actual demolition of the Cité Gagarine housing project in collaboration with its residents in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Date & Time
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Special thanks
ALBERTINE CINÉMATHÈQUE is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S., the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), the French American Cultural Fund, Florence Gould Foundation and Highbrow Entertainment.
Co-sponsored by the Rider University Libraries; the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; the Department of Film and Media Studies, and the Mercer County Library.