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Going to the (French) moviesLA BÛCHEDecember 12 at 7 PM This fabulous movie, part of the Villa Albertine’s new series of film screenings focusing on gastronomy, is about family and... Christmas Dinner! At the heart of their Christmas celebrations, three daughters discover they have a half-brother and rekindle their unconditional attachment to their childhood and their father. Click here for tickets ($5 to $10). French films at the EU FILM FESTIVALAFI Silver Theater
L’AUTRE LAURENS
French private detective Gabriel Laurens finds his life turned upside down when his niece, Jade, shows up on his doorstep asking him to investigate his twin brother’s suspicious death. Caught in a tangled web of lies left behind by his estranged twin and confronted by memories he thought were buried forever, Laurens desperately searches for the truth about his past, his family and himself. MON CRIMEThursday, December 14, 2023 - 7:00 PM Aspiring actress Madeleine and would-be lawyer Pauline are struggling to make ends meet in 1930s Paris when an audition-gone-wrong makes Madeleine the prime suspect in the murder of a famous producer. Seizing the opportunity to step into the spotlight, Madeleine decides to plead guilty, exposing her "victim" as a casting couch predator and — with the help of Pauline — bringing the jury and public to her side with a flawless performance in court. The DC French movie sceneThere are many areas venues and festivals that present French movies all year long. Here are the ones to follow on a regular basis. Some of them would be considered in France " des cinemas d’art et d’essai ". (Cinemas that promote independent movies and can receive grants from the French Government). Avalon Theater
The Avalon regularly presents newly released French films, and offers another program: The French Cinémathèque Alliance FrançaiseCiné-club Alliance Française of Washington/ Cahiers du Cinéma A genuine Ciné-Club experience “à la française” with an introduction to the movie and a Q&A after the screening. These screenings are made possible thanks to a partnership with Cahiers du Cinéma, the most famous French monthly review magazine on cinema and to their US correspondent Nicholas Elliott. Click here regularly to find out about the next showing. Other venues
Washington DC International Film Festival
Mark your calendars To keep children busy during the HolidaysVilla Albertine is a network for arts and ideas spanning France and the United States. Explore their magazine, events, and programs. Click here for a list of holiday movies for kids.
Welcome to our new Member! Created in 2016, FRENCH IN MOTION is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that brings together a growing community of nearly 400 film and TV talent professionals from both sides of the Atlantic. It includes producers, directors, screenwriters, and professionals with varied backgrounds in creation, production, and distribution.
US & FRENCH CONNECTION, is a year-round program created by French In Motion and the Gotham, a non-profit that represents a growing network of storytellers around the world. It plays a key role in developing 350 fiction and nonfiction works each year. The program fosters the development of award-winning international co-productions. The selection is made upon a call for applications once or twice a year. If you want to be kept informed about the opening of the applications, follow French In Motion on Facebook @frenchinmotion or through the contact section of the website.
Cinema’s birth: a French-American odyssey!Before the Cinématographe, Thomas Edison had developed the Kinetograph. The Kinetograph was a camera used to take a series of pictures in motion, and to view them he developed the Kinetoscope, a viewer that allowed just one person to see through a peephole the motion picture!
The Kinetoscope did not have a projector so Louis Lumière and his brother Auguste worked together to create the Cinématographe that could not only record moving images, but also projected them on a screen. The Cinématographe was light weight enough to be transported. They filed their patent in 1895, which is considered the date of the birth of Cinema. Les Expressions Françaises
This expression dates back...obviously from no earlier than the 20th century. In the early days of motion pictures, when there was no sound, actors had to exaggerate their movements and expressions to let the viewer better understand the plot of the story. This led to to over-representation, and exaggeration. "Faire tout un cinéma" has a corresponding expression: when one gets annoyed with all this exaggeration you might hear a loud injunction "Arrête ton cinéma!" Solidarity DinnersOur Holiday Dinner at Restaurant Equinox was a great success, to view the pictures go to our website photo albums page
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