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May 14, 2016
On May 14, 2016, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will reopen to the public and become the largest museum of modern and contemporary art in the United States. A meeting place where all can discover new inspiration and creativity, the SFMOMA will connect more people than ever with the expansive possibilities of modern and contemporary art.
The Third Festival of French Classical Music is presented in Mountain View in May by the Alliance Française Silicon Valley. This year’s festival will include two all‐French programs on May 12 & May 14 on The Second Stage in the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Castro Street. Tickets are now available for purchase online.
Alice Kaplan, newly named as the John M. Musser Professor of French, is an award-winning author whose research interests include World War II and post-war France, literature and law, biography and autobiography, and French cultural studies.
Seattle International Film Festival‘s mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.
Michel Boujenah will be in San Francisco to present “Ma Vie Rêvée”, captivating imaginary autobiography at the Théatre du Lycée Français, San Francisco, CA.
May 6 – May 18, 2016
The Russian master Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark, Alexandra, Faust) returns with another literal museum piece, a portrait of the Louvre that extends into a transcendent investigation of art, life, and cultural and political power. Combining documentary and philosophical musings with fictional re-enactments, Sokurov poses a simple, yet profound query: “What is more important, culture or life?”
May 2 – May 5, 2016
French Author Karim Miské grew up in Paris before leaving to study journalism in Dakar. He has since returned to France, and is making documentary films on a wide range of subjects including the common roots between the Jewish and Islamic religions.
April 21 – May 5, 2016
Held each spring for 15 days, SFIFF is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring nearly 200 films and live events. Many French films and French coproductions are part of the program this year!
Ongoing
Two large-scale sculptures from French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel were installed last week: La Rose des Vents at the Conservatory of Flowers in the Golden Gate Park, and Peony.
Feb. 6 – May 15, 2016
The exhibition celebrates Bonnard (French, 1867–1947) as one of the defining figures of modernism in the transitional period between Impressionism and abstraction. Several themes from Bonnard’s career will emerge, including the artist’s great decorative commissions where the natural world merges with the bright colors and light of the South of France.
April 22, 2016
“CRÊPE TOSS” is a madness potpourri of hysterical humor and various recommendations to create happiness, and to be beautiful, handsome, happier, and more alive. It is presented as a kind of scientific and philosophical lecture on the challenging project of changing the world, starting from scratch: change oneself in order to reveal our most simple, human, and best self…
April 14 – April 20, 2016
The Roxie Theater
The San Francisco Green Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to screening compelling environmental films; connecting you to filmmakers & experts; and sparking green ideas & actions.
As the leading movement for films and conversations about people and the planet, our mission is to educate and connect communities through forward-thinking programs of environmental films, dialogue, and action opportunities.
March 4 – April 10, 2016
Jean Epstein, more than any other filmmaker in the interwar period, contributed to the complex debates on the nature and influence of cinema in his time. The films in this series represent the full range of his investment in revolutionary forms of cinema, equally employing narrative, documentary, and experimental elements to elaborate his ideas.
Floaters is a kinetic laboratory of choreography, video and sound. Christine Bonansea developed Floaters over the course of two years, experimenting and performing variations of the piece in various countries. Improvisation became integral to adapting the piece to different performance contexts. In every context, the audience is contained in the center of an environment made unstable by sound, projected light, and surrounded by the bodies of performers.
Adolescent love in all its ardor is the ostensible subject of Arnaud Desplechin’s “My Golden Days,” but its real subject is moviemaking itself. The film is an arty grab bag of lifts and homages drawn from French films, most pointedly director François Truffaut’s. It’s the kind of movie that probably appeals best to film critics, who can congratulate each other for spotting all the “in” references
Marguerite is a 2015 drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli and written by Giannoli and Marcia Romano, loosely inspired by the life of Florence Foster Jenkins. Set in the Golden Twenties, the film stars Catherine Frot as a socialite and aspiring opera singer who believes she has a beautiful voice.
Now in its 19th year, the Sonoma International Film Festival (March 30 - April 3, 2016) takes place in the heart of Northern California's Wine Country and will feature more than 90 hand-selected films including independent features, documentaries, world cinema, and short films. All films are shown at intimate venues within walking distance of Sonoma's historic plaza.
Join us for our 2016 edition of Find the French, a fun evening of wine blind tasting at the Private Residence of the Consul General of France. This event features blind wine tasting during which you will have to determine which one of the wines you taste is the French wine.
Roland Barthes would have turned one hundred years old in 2015 ! To celebrate this, the Institut Français is inviting Internet users to take part in a unique digital experience: viewing reality through Roland Barthes’ eyes, by contributing to a major image collection.
A new reading room and bookshop, Albertine Books in French and English, opened in September 2014 at the French Embassy in New York with 14,000 titles from 30 French-speaking countries. An accompanying online shop (albertine.com) has just launched and offers the most comprehensive selection of French-language books and English translations in the United States.