Public Events
Past Events
Discover some of the amazing events we've hosted at the Cultural Center!
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Movie Night Francophone Short Films in Harlem
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MOVIE NIGHT: FRANCOPHONE SHORT FILMS IN HARLEM
Wednesday, May 1 | 6:30 pm
A special evening organized by the Francophone Short Films Festival in Harlem. See here other dates and venues. Introduction by Lucie Chabrol-Nyssens, President of the Festival, who will show a best-of of the students' Rough Cut Festival.
Selection of Films (90')
Madeleine, Raquel Sancinetti, 2023, 15’, Québec/Canada
Every week, Raquel (41), a Brazilian immigrant, visits her friend Madeleine (107) in her retirement home in Montreal and tries to convince her to leave the house. The old woman always refuses, having nothing to do outside. Raquel doesn't give up and finds a way to take Madeleine on a road trip to the sea. The result is a journey that plays with reality and fiction and reflects upon life, death, and the certainty that there is always something to learn.
Dream on, Leon, Roger Gariepy, 2021, 8’, Québec/Canada
Léon is old; his body is letting him down. And so, he sleeps. Yet, above all, Léon dreams. Of love and sausages, of freedom and running wild. A real dog’s life
The Botanist, Floriane Zoundi, 2022, 9’, Burkina-Faso
A specialist in tropical plants, Rayann, 32, is a brilliant scientist with an exemplary career. But he loses his family in a terrorist attack. Since then, Rayann has lived away from the world until the day he is taken hostage in his house by terrorists pursued by the authorities. He plans to neutralize them out of survival instinct using his knowledge of plants.
D’un feu secret, A.T.Bonaiuto, 2023, 4’, USA (Animation)
This is a Baroque piece by Michel Lambert, written in the 1600s,sung here by French-American jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant.
Grâce, Johanna Makabi, 2022, 14’, France (Fiction)
Grâce, eight years old, hates her neighborhood, hates cheerleading, and has decided to join her father in space today.
Those without whom the earth would not be the earth, David Shongo, 2022, 5’, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In the town of Kipushi, next to the large city of Lubumbashi, we discover an artificial desert. This barren land, colored with different shades of pastel and decorated with waste, is distinguished by its paradoxical beauty. It is the result of years of pollution caused by the exploitation of Katanga's first mine the result of years of pollution due to exploitation of Katanga's first mine. This barren land, colored. In this environment,.
Ya la Terre (This is Land) , Nadine Otsobogo, 2023, 9’, Gabon
THIS IS LAND tells the story of the link between Brice, a young Gabonese farmer, and the land he cultivates in the surroundings of Libreville. In this environment,, increasing urbanization threatens agricultural land. Through its narration, the film explores themes of transmission and the relationship between man and nature, offering a view into the daily life of a farmer in the city.
La vie en prose (Life in prose), Cidic Frank Mboumi Kokmegne, 2022, 9’, Cameroon, Cidic Frank Mboumi Kokmegne, 2022, 9’, Cameroun (Animation)
Dream is a young man passionate about art and motivated by the burning desire to become a famous painter. After a long journey strewn with failures, he found himself on the verge of depression, immersed in a multitude of questions. One day, during a visit to an art museum, Dream is transported inside a painting. There, he undertakes a fantastic journey, at the end of which he promises to hold on to his dream.
La vérité sur Alvert (The truth about Alvert), the last dodo, Nathan Clément, 2022, 17’, Réunion-France/Switzerland
On the island of Reunion, Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set on a quest to turn a hen into a dodo bird whose magic feathers might save the boy’s seriously ill mother.
D’une peinture à…. l’autre, (From one painting… to another), George Schwizgebel, 2023, 3’, Switzerland-France
Two paintings that relate to each other as far as they represent a woman of color in the 19th and 20th centuries. Olympia (1863) by Edouard Manet is a painting in which we see a naked woman staring confidently at the viewer and behind her, a black maid holding a bouquet no doubt offered by an admirer. As a reply to Olympia, Félix Vallotton painted La Blanche et la Noire (1913), which shows a young naked white woman and next to her a dressed black woman, probably her partner, who is smoking a cigarette.
Followed by Q. & A. (60')
Moderated by Binita Mehta, Professor of French Emerita at Manhattanville College, with Julie Deffet (Cinema school New York Film Academy, USA), Nathalie Berger (Professeur Département de Cinéma HEAD, Genève, Suisse), Raquel Sancinetti (Director, Montreal, Québec) and Johanna Makabi (Filmmaker and producer, resident at Villa Albertine).
A reception will be held after the event.
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Jordan Mechner
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BOOK SIGNING: Jordan Mechner
Monday, April 1 | 5:30 pm
Jordan Mechner is an American author, video game designer, comic book artist and screenwriter. He is well known for having created the game Prince of Persia in 1989, which was relaunched by Ubisoft in 2003. Ubisoft also wrote the initial screenplay for the Disney-produced film adaptation in 2010: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Since 2017, Jordan has been living in France, where he made his debut as a complete author (screenwriter and illustrator) this year with his autobiographical comic book Replay (2023). Replay interweaves the story of three generations of Mechner's family — including his dad's flight from Vienna as a Jewish child refugee in 1938-41 through Nazi-occupied Europe, and his grandfather's experience as a teenage Austrian soldier in World War I — with his own life story, from making his first games on an Apple II in the 1980s, to the modern console and film versions of Prince of Persia.
Among the albums he has written, you can find Monte-Cristo (2022, with Mario Alberti), Liberté (2023, with Étienne Le Roux & Loïc Chevallier), and Templars (2013, with LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland), which made the New York Times best-sellers list. His latest works are first released in French; English editions will follow in 2024.
Jordan Mechner will be coming to the USA for the launch of his graphic novel memoir Replay, which will be published on March 19th! Join us for a book signing at the Lycée, where you will also be able to purchase the book in French and English!
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Concert de la francophonie
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CONCERT: Concert de la Francophonie
Thursday, March 21 | 7 pm
This concert is organized in partnership with the International Organization of French speaking Countries, celebrating a Spring in francophonie.
From New Orleans, there will be a performance by Sweet Crude, an indie pop and rock band formed in 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana by singer Alexis Marceau.
The band released their debut album, Créatures, early in 2017. They toured before and after the release, hitting Festival du Voyageur, Gasparilla Pirate Festival, Savannah Stopover, and Les Francofolies de La Rochelle.
In 2020, they released their second album and major label debut, Officiel/Artificiel. The album was preceded by the single "Déballez".
In 2022, the band collaborated with Big Freedia on the song "Take it Back".
Sam Craft will be on Electric Violin and Vocals, and Alexis Marceaux will be on Vocals & Percussion.
From Kinshasa the second set will welcome Nkumu Katalay, artist, multi-instrumentalist. Born in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nkumu lives in NYC. With his music, he wants to highlight the contribution of Congolese culture to modern world history. He is the founder of The "Life Long Project" Band, a musical group and a project that focuses on pushing the positive narrative of the Congolese culture via music and social-cultural and educational initiatives. He is also the founder of the Afro-Congolese Dance program and company.
He will come with his musicians and dancers. (45 minutes)
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Women in sports: Caring about the legacy
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PANEL: Women in sports: Caring about the legacy
Thursday, March 7 | 6:30 pm
Pascale Remy is a graduate from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP Group). She has a professional experience in international management within private corporations and non-profit organizations, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. She has spent more than fifteen years in the United States, including ten in Chicago, where she was the Executive Director of the Alliance Française. She currently leads the international partnerships of Sport dans la Ville. Sport dans la Ville is France’s leading nonprofit serving disadvantaged youth through sports and job-readiness training. She is committed to developing Sport dans la Ville International Program and
particularly exchanges with the United States so that more young people can benefit from such life-transforming experiences every year. In 2024, over 350 young people will benefit from this program.
As the Olympic Games in Paris are around the corner, we have invited five-time Olympic champion Laura Flessel from France and World champion Nzingha Prescod from the US to talk about how they turn their successes on the Olympic stage into a lifelong commitment to helping women and others practice more sports and keep up with the Olympic spirit. They will be joined by Pascale Remy, who runs "Sport dans la Ville",an organization that helps underprivileged youth integrate through sports.
Alice Park, Senior Health correspondent at TIME, will moderate the panel.
In English
Free! Reservation required.
About our guests:
Laura Flessel-Colovic is a five time Olympic champion in épée fencer and twice gold medalist in Atlanta in 1996. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman.She also earned 6 world champion titles and
one european champion title. Before 2007, she was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club Escrime, and now works with Lagardère Paris Racing. She was France's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, which was her fifth and last Olympics.
She also served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. She was appointed Minister of Sports in the Philippe Government on 17 May 2017 and resigned on 4 September 2018. Her non-for-profit work is commanding. She created Ti'Colibri to promote fencing. She is
one of the personalities in Paix par le Sport (Peace and Sport). She was the advisor for the 10th Gay Games in 2018 to name just a few.
one european champion title. Before 2007, she was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club Escrime, and now works with Lagardère Paris Racing. She was France's flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, which was her fifth and last Olympics.
She also served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. She was appointed Minister of Sports in the Philippe Government on 17 May 2017 and resigned on 4 September 2018. Her non-for-profit work is commanding. She created Ti'Colibri to promote fencing. She is
one of the personalities in Paix par le Sport (Peace and Sport). She was the advisor for the 10th Gay Games in 2018 to name just a few.
Nzingha Prescod is a Brooklyn native and one of the most decorated athletes in USA fencing history as a 2x Olympian contender, World Champion, and 4x Senior World Medalist. She became the first Black woman to win an individual medal at the Senior World Championships when she claimed bronze in 2015. In July of 2018 she and her team captured Team USA’s first-ever World Championships gold medal for the USA Foil. She is the first American woman to win a foil Grand Prix and has ranked as high as fifth in the world. She will be inducted to the USA Fencing Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Nzingha is a graduate of New York City’s highly acclaimed Stuyvesant High School and Columbia University. Founder & CEO of The Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork and Education (PISTE), Nzingha has committed to expanding access to sports as a sports equity champion advocating for inclusive and high-quality sports education. She was the thought leader for New York City Council legislation to create the Mayor’s Office of Sports, Wellness & Recreation.
Nzingha has earned several awards for her advocacy, including the first inaugural Service & Hope Award by the US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation, the Yolanda Jackson Giveback Award given by Billy Jean King of the Women’s Sports Foundation, and the Everyday Hero Award presented by Toyota. She serves on the board of USA Fencing and is a member of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s Council on Social and Racial Justice.
Pascale Remy is a graduate from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP Group). She has a professional experience in international management within private corporations and non-profit organizations, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. She has spent more than fifteen years in the United States, including ten in Chicago, where she was the Executive Director of the Alliance Française. She currently leads the international partnerships of Sport dans la Ville. Sport dans la Ville is France’s leading nonprofit serving disadvantaged youth through sports and job-readiness training. She is committed to developing Sport dans la Ville International Program and
particularly exchanges with the United States so that more young people can benefit from such life-transforming experiences every year. In 2024, over 350 young people will benefit from this program.
Alice Park is the senior health correspondent with TIME and author of The Stem Cell Hope, How Stem Cell Medicine Can Change Our Lives. In 2019, she co-chaired the inaugural Time 100 Health Summit. She has written cover stories on stem cells, childhood vaccinations, the health care system, heart disease, HIV, cancer immunotherapy and the gene editing technology CRISPR. Park also contributes to the magazine’s Olympics coverage, covering figure skating, gymnastics and swimming.
She is the recipient of the 2021 New York Press Club Award for Feature Reporting —Science, Medicine & Technology.
She is the recipient of the 2021 New York Press Club Award for Feature Reporting —Science, Medicine & Technology.
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Les Cinq Anneaux Perdus
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THEATER: Les Cinq Anneaux Perdus
Wednesday, February 14 | 5:30 pm
From Avignon theater festival:
Les cinq anneaux perdus (The Five Lost Rings)
A show by Marc Wolters
With Tullio Cipriano et Léa Marcilloux
in French
Labeled Paris 2024, the show is the story of a friendship between two children who will experience the values of sport: Pleasure, perseverance, discipline, determination, and mutual aid.
Charlie and Camille will go to the end of the world to search for the FIVE LOST RINGS. With the help of Pierrot (de Coubertin), founder of the Olympic Games, and the public, they will run in the jungle, be chased by a warthog, dive in the Coral Sea, and discover that sport can also be practiced in a wheelchair. Always with laughter and songs.
There is no refund for this event
The event lasts 50 minutes
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Invincible Summer
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MOVIE NIGHT: Invincible Summer
Wednesday, February 7 | 6:30 pm
With the Paris Brain Institute America
The screening will be followed by a Q &A with Olivier Goy and Professor Yves Agid (Paris Brain Institute)
INVINCIBLE SUMMER (Invincible été)
A Stéphanie Pillonca movie featuring Olivier Goy.
Imagine receiving bad news, the kind of disruptive news, which has the power to collapse every certainty you have had about life. This is what happened to Olivier Goy on the December morning of 2020. Within the blink of a sentence, a medical diagnosis abruptly concluded a chapter of his life and started a new one, the last one. Doctors had shared two devastating pieces of information with Olivier Goy: he has about three years to live, and no treatment exists to challenge this fate.
Olivier’s reaction proved, however, larger than life. He ignored the countdown. He intends to live his life to the fullest and enjoy every instant of what is left.
Invincible Summers follows Olivier’s unexpected and fatal new routine as a committed entrepreneur passionate about technology, as a family man keen to preserve his cocoon, and as a patient struck with an incurable disease.
Invincible Summer also accompanies Olivier on an engaged photographic project. Photography has suddenly become a tool to shed light on his illness and disability. Olivier wants to raise awareness of both other’s perception of his tragically evolving state and his self-perception. The camera follows Olivier on photo shoots from Paris to Normandy, from Amsterdam to Antarctica; it witnesses conversation with photographer and academician Sebastião Salgado, 2020 Dakar Rally winner Axel Alletru, and Miss France 2010 Malika Menard. Every time, Olivier greets these endearing personalities with an unwavering smile and a winning mindset.
Olivier also engages in intimate conversations with a monk, Matthieu Ricard, and a woman rabbi, Delphine Horvilleur. Together, they explore the meaning of life and death.
The film aims to awaken our consciousness and question our perception of others. Regardless of a handicap and life-ticking countdown, we can all relate to others’ gaze on us and our own on others.
Invincible Summer’s discussion on disability and illness becomes a pretext to question our tendency to undermine our own lives because of misguided views on everyday problems.
Invincible Summer is an ode to life and love. Nothing’s gloomy. Quite the opposite. Everything’s beauty, laughter, a few tears sometimes, and a furious desire to live.
Film information
Director: Stéphanie Pillonca
Photography: Hugues Poulain
Assistant photography: Victor Kevern
Editor: Fabien Bouillaud
Music: Martin Balsan
Sound: Romain Bossoutrot
Produced by: Païva Films, Troisième Oeil Productions/Mediawan and Monte Rosa Participations
Length: 105 minutes
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Camille Bertault
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CONCERT: Camille Bertault
Thursday, January 18 | 6:30 pm
Released in March 2023, Bonjour mon amour is the fifth and new album by Camille Bertault March 2023. The percussions are the tree of the project where worlds that are not usually associated are intertwined: song, jazz, improvisation, theater, poetry, slam, and some electro-textures.
Released in March 2023, Bonjour mon amour is the fifth and new album by Camille Bertault March 2023. The percussions are the tree of the project where worlds that are not usually associated are intertwined: song, jazz, improvisation, theater, poetry, slam, and some electro-textures.
The texts are biting, raw, incisive, melancholy, and funny and cover very current subjects: confinement, ecology, mistreatment in college, toxic romantic relationships, and addiction to the screen...
Camille's various influences are perceptible: Gainsbourg, Brigitte Fontaine, Horace Silver, Monk, André Minvielles, Bjork, Portishead, Ravel, Boris Vian, Fiona Apple, Tania Maria... even if this project confirms that Camille's universe is personal and unique, without ever losing the groove, the trance, the dance.
Performing with her for the first time and exclusively are New York-based musicians Cameron Campbell on piano, Eduardo Belo on double bass, Franco Pina on percussion and Julién Alour on trumpet!
Wednesday, October 4 | 6:30pm
[Brain Week]
[Brain Week]
The Brain is a Swiss and French documentary film directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron, released in 2021.
As researchers gradually uncover the mysteries of the human brain, the race is on between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Jean-Stéphane Bron immerses us in the heart of today's science, discovering the work of five scientists, at the crossroads between the brain, consciousness and artificial intelligence...
As researchers gradually uncover the mysteries of the human brain, the race is on between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Jean-Stéphane Bron immerses us in the heart of today's science, discovering the work of five scientists, at the crossroads between the brain, consciousness and artificial intelligence...
Monday, October 2nd | 6:30pm
[Brain Week]
[Brain Week]
This panel talk was organized by the Lycée Français de New York and its new partner, the Paris Brain Institute,
Moderated by Time magazine senior health correspondent Alice Park, the panel included guests such as Paris Brain Institute Scientific Director Bassem Hassan, and NYU Silver Professor of Biology and Neural Science Claude Desplan.
MOVIE NIGHT
Wednesday, September 6 | 6:30 PM
In this biopic, Simone Veil, a lawyer and politician, is portrayed by Elsa Zylberstein. A survivor of the concentration camps, Simone Veil left a profound impact on several generations through her writings, speeches, and actions, notably her instrumental role in authorizing abortion in France. "I prepared for the role for a year. I gained nine pounds. I worked endlessly, observing and imitating her way of speaking and walking... It's not mere mimicry; I wanted her soul to accompany me," says the actress Zylberstein.
In French with English subtitles
Get tickets here
In this biopic, Simone Veil, a lawyer and politician, is portrayed by Elsa Zylberstein. A survivor of the concentration camps, Simone Veil left a profound impact on several generations through her writings, speeches, and actions, notably her instrumental role in authorizing abortion in France. "I prepared for the role for a year. I gained nine pounds. I worked endlessly, observing and imitating her way of speaking and walking... It's not mere mimicry; I wanted her soul to accompany me," says the actress Zylberstein.
In French with English subtitles
Get tickets here
MOVIE NIGHT
Aline | Valérie Lemercier
Wednesday, June 7 | 6:30 pm | Free event
Wednesday, June 7 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2022 | biopic/comedy | 2h08
Three-time César Award winner Valérie Lemercier plays Aline from ages five to 50 in a fictional musical dramedy freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion.
In French with English subtitles.
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THEATER
Les Mémoires d'Hadrien #3
in partnership with NYU Maison Française
Wednesday, April 26 | 6:30 pm | $20 suggested donation
With Mémoires d'Hadrien #3, Jean Pétrement adapted Yourcenar's work for theater and was praised at the Festival d'Avignon. As part of a partnership with NYU Maison Française, it will be performed in the Auditorium.
in partnership with NYU Maison Française
Wednesday, April 26 | 6:30 pm | $20 suggested donation
With Mémoires d'Hadrien #3, Jean Pétrement adapted Yourcenar's work for theater and was praised at the Festival d'Avignon. As part of a partnership with NYU Maison Française, it will be performed in the Auditorium.
Show in French.
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CONCERT
Concert of Francophone Voices
in partnership with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Monday, March 20 | 6:15 PM | 1h30
The Lycée Français de New York Cultural Center will celebrate the International Day of Francophonie 2023 with its Concert of Francophone Voices on Monday, March 20, 2023. This concert features world music in French, Creole or Fula by three renowned singers and musicians from across the French-speaking world: Natu Camara from Guinea & Hervé Coeur from Haiti.
in partnership with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
Monday, March 20 | 6:15 PM | 1h30
The Lycée Français de New York Cultural Center will celebrate the International Day of Francophonie 2023 with its Concert of Francophone Voices on Monday, March 20, 2023. This concert features world music in French, Creole or Fula by three renowned singers and musicians from across the French-speaking world: Natu Camara from Guinea & Hervé Coeur from Haiti.
Organized in partnership with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the Concert of Francophones Voices will be emceed by Aline Afanoukoé, made famous by her “Hola Todos” greetings every morning on France Inter.
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MOVIE NIGHT
Rise | Cédric Klapisch
Wednesday, March 1 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2022 | drama | 1h57
Wednesday, March 1 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2022 | drama | 1h57
Join us for ann exclusive screening of Klapisch's latest feature movie !
26-year-old ballet dancer Élise sustains an injury during a performance and is told she will probably never be able to dance again. She has lost her purpose and has to change her life. With the help of friends, she finds other work. This takes her to Brittany where she meets a company for modern dance. The new experiences and friendships rekindle the fire in her. Will she be able to dance again?
In French with English subtitles.
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PANEL
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Destination Mars : A User Guide
In partnership with ISAE-SUPAERO Student Associatioon Tuesday February 7 | 6:30 pm | Free event |
Before leaving the Earth, researchers and aspiring astronauts simulate living conditions on other planets and conduct mock experiments through analog human missions. These missions are rich in scientific discoveries and essential for the preparation of future explorations. In the heart of Utah's desert, since 2001, the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) hosts teams of researchers and students, like the members of Crew 275 that include an alumna from the Lycée Français de New York, Marie Delaroche.
In this panel, members of Crew 275 Marie Delaroche and Jérémie Rabineau, scientist Victoria Da Poian & TIME editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger will discuss life conditions on Mars. Come and get ready to take off... without leaving the ground.
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The discussion will be in English.
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MOVIE NIGHT
The Velvet Queen | Vincent Munier & Marie Amiguet
Thursday, February 2 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2021 | documentary | 1h32
In French with English subtitles.
Thursday, February 2 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2021 | documentary | 1h32
In the heart of the Tibetan highlands, multi-award-winning nature photographer Vincent Munier guides writer Sylvain Tesson on his quest to document the infamously elusive snow leopard. Munier introduces Tesson to the subtle art of waiting from a blind spot, tracking animals, and finding the patience to catch sight of the beasts. Through their journey in the Tibetan peaks, inhabited by invisible presences, the two men ponder humankind's place amongst the magnificent creatures and glorious landscapes they encounter along the way.
In French with English subtitles.
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MOVIE NIGHT
Notre-Dame on Fire | Jean-Jacques Annaud
Wednesday, January 4 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2022 | drama | 1h50
Wednesday, January 4 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2022 | drama | 1h50
April 15, 2019. A violent fire breaks out in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The firemen will do everything to save the French monument. The Name of the Rose's director recreates this dramatic moment on screen, and takes us through the emotion that took over the world more than three years ago. He also pays tribute to the firemen mobilized.
In French with English subtitles.
CONCERT
Shostakovich and Short Pieces for Cello
Monday, December 12 | 6:30 | Free
With Aurélienne Brauner, cellist, super-soloist at the Orchestre National de France since 2021; Remy Loumbrozo, pianist and our "maestro" back at the Lycée for the occasion; and Christophe Gizycki, former violinist of the European Symphony Orchestra and new music teacher at the Lycée Français de New York.
Monday, December 12 | 6:30 | Free
The Cultural Center of the Lycée Francais de New York is delighted to welcome a new piano purchased through a partnership with Veronica Bulgari and Stephan Haimo and the Association of Parents of the Lycee
To celebrate this event, we are organizing a concert on December 12th. On the program Shostakovich and short pieces for cello.
With Aurélienne Brauner, cellist, super-soloist at the Orchestre National de France since 2021; Remy Loumbrozo, pianist and our "maestro" back at the Lycée for the occasion; and Christophe Gizycki, former violinist of the European Symphony Orchestra and new music teacher at the Lycée Français de New York.
Followed by a cocktail offered by the APL.
Suggested donation: 20 $ in cash
MOVIE NIGHT
Skies of Lebanon | Chloé Mazlo
Wednesday, December 7 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2020 | drama | 1h32
In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden.
Wednesday, December 7 | 6:30 pm | Free event
2020 | drama | 1h32
In the fifties, young Alice leaves her natal Swiss mountains for the sunny and vibrant shores of Beirut. She falls madly in love with Joseph, a quirky astrophysicist intent on sending the first Lebanese national into space. Alice quickly fits in among his relatives, but after years of bliss, the civil war threatens their Garden of Eden.
The movie, starring Wajdi Mouawad and Alba Rohrwacher, was selected for Cannes's 2020 Semaine de la Critique.
In French with English subtitles.
PANEL
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The Brain and Our Subjective Mind
In partnership with Paris Brain Institute Tuesday November 29 | 6:30 pm | Free event |
How do we actively construct our "inner cinema"? How do we project its images to the world? What impact on our relationship with the collective and on living together? In dialog with Dr. Lionel Naccache, researcher at Paris Brain Institute, neurologist at Salpêtrière hospital and author; Dr. Gordon Baltuch, neurosurgeon and parent of the Lycée; Siri Hustvedt, writer and lecturer in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. They will discuss the role of fiction in subjective perception, the construction of empathy in relationships, and the future of the brain, from a transdisciplinary perspective.
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The discussion, followed by book signings, will be in English.
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PANEL
The Rise of Women's Sports : Laura Flessel in conversation with Alvin Patrick
Thursday, November 10 | 6:30 pm | Free event
Thursday, November 10 | 6:30 pm | Free event
Laura Flessel, five-time Olympic fencing champion and former French Minister of Sports, will honor us with her presence at the Lycée for two days of meetings and exchanges initiated by a senior student, Ariane Chevrier.
In conversation with Alvin Patrick, executive producer at CBS News, and our student, Laura will answer questions about the rise of female athletes and discuss their challenges and opportunities. Other topics will include fair competition, equal finance and equity in the perspective of the 2024 Olympics. Don’t miss it !
The conversation will be in English.
MOVIE NIGHT
Animal | Cyril Dion
Wednesday, November 2 | 6:30pm | Free
2021 | Documentary | 1h45
The 2021 documentary “Animal,” follows two 16-year-old environmentalists, Bella Lack and Vipulan Puvaneswaran, who travel the world and meet experts such as Jane Goodall. The film focuses on how to reverse the ecological crisis of mass extinction, and searches for another way of living alongside other species, as co-habitants rather than predators.
Wednesday, November 2 | 6:30pm | Free
2021 | Documentary | 1h45
The 2021 documentary “Animal,” follows two 16-year-old environmentalists, Bella Lack and Vipulan Puvaneswaran, who travel the world and meet experts such as Jane Goodall. The film focuses on how to reverse the ecological crisis of mass extinction, and searches for another way of living alongside other species, as co-habitants rather than predators.
PANEL
Understanding Haiti Today: an Historical Approach
Thursday, October 27 | 6:30 pm | Free
Please join us for a candid conversation looking back on Haiti's rich history as the first independent Black republic and the country's complex relationship with France and the United States. Dr. Laurent Dubois, Professor of History at Duke University, Co-Director of the Haiti Lab, and Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, Vice-President of News Programming at NICK NEWS, LFNY alum and parent, will discuss how Haiti's past has informed Haiti's present.
Thursday, October 27 | 6:30 pm | Free
Please join us for a candid conversation looking back on Haiti's rich history as the first independent Black republic and the country's complex relationship with France and the United States. Dr. Laurent Dubois, Professor of History at Duke University, Co-Director of the Haiti Lab, and Magalie Laguerre-Wilkinson, Vice-President of News Programming at NICK NEWS, LFNY alum and parent, will discuss how Haiti's past has informed Haiti's present.
MOVIE NIGHT
Gagarine | Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
Wednesday, September 14 | 6:30pm | Free
Wednesday, September 14 | 6:30pm | Free
2020 | drama/narrative | 1h35
Youri, 16, has lived all his life in Cité Gagarine, 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.
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Alumni Live in Concert To Celebrate Rémy Loumbrozo's Career
Wednesday, June 8 | 6:30pm | Free
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At the Lycée Français de New York, music is a living tradition carried from one generation to the next by the musician and teacher Rémy Loumbrozo. Rémy has accompanied every Secondary student at the Lycée for the past 42 years. As he will retire from the Lycée at the end of this school year, we have asked his former student musicians to come and pay tribute to the maëstro. Headlined by singer Yamée Couture, who is currently preparing her first album and often performs as the opening act for her father CharlÉlie, musicians, singers and dancers come together to imagine an eclectic and moving concert whose only requirement, in homage to their teacher, is the quality.
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A Window on a Forgotten Heritage: Philosophy in Baghdad, Cordoba, and Cairo with Al Fârâbî, Averroès and Maïmonide
By Professor Ali BenmakhloufRead More
Conference | Thursday, May 12 | 6:30pm45-minute presentation followed by Q&A, in French with simultaneous translation into English.From the 9th century on, while Europe was sinking into the somber centuries of the Middle Ages, the Arab-Muslim empire experienced an enormous intellectual and scientific boom, becoming an important center of civilization whose influence extended far beyond the Mediterranean.Through three great philosophers (Al Fârâbî, Averroès, Maïmonide) and three key cities (Baghdad, Cordoba, Cairo), Professor Ali Benmakhlouf will introduce you to this often-overlooked period of history. He will discuss the contribution of these thinkers to questions that are still very current, such as the relationship between science and religion. He will also discuss the influence of this intellectual boom on the European Renaissance, particularly in scientific fields such as medicine and cosmology.
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Why Forests Are So Important
Panel Talk | Tuesday, April 26 | 6.30pmRead MoreWith JOE BAKER, member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and and co-founder executive director of Lenape Center in Manhattan, CHARLES McNEILL, Senior Advisor, Forests & Climate at UN Environment Programme (UNEP), PASCALE D'ERM, author and director of Natura, and MARY BETH GALLAGHER, Director of Engagement at Domini.
In this panel, we will underline the role of forests and trees in our survival by listening to different voices. Trees surround us and we take them for granted when really they are of utmost importance and in danger. We will not solve the problems of deforestation during this panel but raise our awareness on this issue. Our guests will emphasize the reasons why trees are vital from a physical, ecological, and economic point of view, and the importance of preserving them.
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Peaceful (with special guest Gabriel Sara!)
Special Screening French Cinema Week + Q&A | Tuesday, April 5 & Wednesday, April 6 | 6:30pm
In De Son Vivant (Peaceful), the new film from French director Emmanuelle Bercot, a man refuses to accept his terminal illness. The cancer specialist who handholds him through this torturous process is played by real-life oncologist Dr Gabriel Sara, a Lebanese-born medic who also is former Lycée parent. We will have the chance to host him at the Lycée for a special Q&A after the screening.
In French with English subtitles
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In De Son Vivant (Peaceful), the new film from French director Emmanuelle Bercot, a man refuses to accept his terminal illness. The cancer specialist who handholds him through this torturous process is played by real-life oncologist Dr Gabriel Sara, a Lebanese-born medic who also is former Lycée parent. We will have the chance to host him at the Lycée for a special Q&A after the screening.
In French with English subtitles
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Vicky and Her Mystery
Special Screening French Cinema Week | Wednesday, March 2 | 9am & 1.35am
After his wife's death, Stéphane moves to the mountains with 8-year-old daughter Vicky, who has stopped talking. One day, while walking in the forest, Vicky discovers a puppy that she decides to keep in secret. She names him Mystery. Soon, Stéphane realizes that the animal is actually a wolf and tries to separate his daughter from him, but the task is a lot harder than expected.
For 4th and 5th grades
For 4th and 5th grades
Delicious by Éric Besnard
Special Screening French Cinema Week | Wednesday, March 2 | 6pm
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The Lycée is excited to welcome parents and students back into the auditorium for a screening of the film Delicious.
At the dawn of the French Revolution, Pierre Manceron, a daring but proud cook, is sacked by his master, the Duke of Chamfort. He meets an astonishing woman who wishes to learn the art of cooking at his side, helping restore his confidence. She pushes him to break free from his life as a servant, and undertake his own revolution. Together, they dream up a place of pleasure and sharing open to all: the first restaurant. An idea that will bring them customers… and enemies.
In French with English subtitles.
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