Public Events
We are happy to welcome everyone in our beautiful auditorium to celebrate Francophone cultures. Check out our amazing program events including movie nights, panel talks, concerts, and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
THEATER IN FRENCH | Vous n'aurez pas la Bretagne ! | Mon. May 19 | 7pm
Come celebrate Brittany and theater in French! 🎭
On Monday, May 19, on the occasion of Brittany Day, the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York and BZH New York are teaming up to present Vous n'aurez pas la Bretagne, a play by Alain Péron that tells the historic confrontation between Anne de Bretagne and Anne de France. Discover how these two exceptional women fought for power, freedom, love... and Brittany.
The play will be preceded by a tasting of Breton delicacies and followed by a Q&A with the actors.
In French. Book your tickets now!
MOVIE NIGHT | June 4 | 6:30 PM
Every first Wednesday of the month, enjoy a film in French with english subtitles in the Lycée's auditorium.
Previous screenings featured:
The screening is free and open to all.
Next French movie night will take place on Wednesday, June 4.
We will screen Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001), a film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Dominique Pinon…
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Next French movie night will take place on Wednesday, June 4.
We will screen Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, 2001), a film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, starring Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Dominique Pinon…
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Previous screenings featured:
- Speak Out (Le Panache), by Jennifer Devoldère
- Red Island (L'île rouge), by Robin Campillo
- The Heart of the Games (Au coeur des Jeux), docu-series by Jules and Gédéon Naudet, screening followed by a Q&A with the directors, alumni of the Lycée
- Making of, by Cédric Kahn
- The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'oiseau), by Paul Grimault
- Animal Kingdom (Le Règne animal), by Thomas Caillet
PAST EVENTS
PANEL DISCSSION | Fashion & Sustainability | Tues. May 13 | 6:30pm
Is fashion sustainable? We’ll be discussing this question with Gabriela Hearst, a sustainable fashion designer and various players in the industry, to highlight the risks of over-consumption and to share best practices for sustainable fashion.
Panel discussion organized with the help of Pablo Andres Gonzalez and the leaders of the Lycée’s Fashion Club students.
Discussion led in English by journalist Caroline Crosdale. Free.
FRANCOPHONE SHORT FILMS
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 | 6:30 pm
A special evening presented by the Francophone Short Films Festival in Harlem. Lucie Chabrol-Nyssens, President of the Festival, will show a best-of of the students' Rough Cut Festival.
Q&A moderated by Binita Mehta with directors Juliette Boucheny (Ativo), Elen Sylla Grolimund (Villa Madjo), Brian Hawkins (Les Vouèsins).
>> Free. Films with English subtitles.
Q&A moderated by Binita Mehta with directors Juliette Boucheny (Ativo), Elen Sylla Grolimund (Villa Madjo), Brian Hawkins (Les Vouèsins).
>> Free. Films with English subtitles.
Selection of 5 short films (90'):
Ativo, Juliette Boucheny, 2022, 26’, Togo-France.
Agotimé-Adamé, a village two hours north of Lomé, Togo. Guénolé, a twelve-year-old boy, is gifted with obvious musical talent and dreams of playing the piano but doesn't own one. Supported by his sister Prudence, his grandmother Eternal, and aided by the spirits of nature, Guénolé will try to achieve his goal.
Villa Madjo, Elen Sylla Grollimund, 2024, 13’, Senegal-France-Belgium.
Starting from the observation that her father -who is white- was born in Africa, and that her mother -who is black- was born in Europe, the director reveals the complex history of her family, from colonialism to their experience of the interracial couple in Europe in the 1950's and 70's.
Eldorado, Mathieu Volpe, 2024, 19’, Belgium.
Awa, a Cameroonian snow groomer operator, helps a determined young migrant cross the border from Italy to France. As their journey unfolds, a poignant story of redemption emerges amid a web of snow and hidden truths.
Galivan, Myra Lou Anna Thiemard, 2024, 18’, Switzerland.
Sophie travels to Valparaiso, Chile, to meet her family. This new environment and this imminent encounter plunge her into an introspective state that will resurface long-buried feelings. In the city, her Chilean father is everywhere and not as she imagined...
Les Vouèsins, Brian Hawkins, 2024, 15’, USA / Missouri - French Créoles.
When he arrived in the summer of 1934, J. M. Carrière described Old Mines as “a straggling, quiet little village in the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks, about sixty-five miles south of Saint Louis. Scattered all along the countryside, I found six hundred French-speaking families living in this community.” Carrière sought out the most accomplished storytellers and meticulously transcribed 73 folktales, documenting both the Creoles’ worldview and the local French language, rapidly falling out of use.
Rough Cut Short Film Festival | April 24 24
This 15th edition of Rough Cut was an outstanding success, with a record number of submissions! Congratulations to all the winners for their talent and creativity, and a big thank you to all the participants for the quality of their films, which particularly impressed our jury this year.
>> See the 2025 winners
>> See the 2025 winners
En français, oui but why? | Sat. April 26
Sat, April 26, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
A celebration of French and Francophone culture with round tables, kid's workshops, book signing, french food and a live show. This year, French-Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou was our guest of honor.
Concert "francophonie pour la paix" | March 20
The annual Concert de la Francophonie, hosted by the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York in partnership with the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), celebrate a Spring in francophonie.
This year, Ibrahim Maalouf, virtuoso trumpeter and two-time Grammy Award-nominated producer, was at the Lycée Français de New-York for a unique and unforgettable show full of surprises.
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