Press Archive
Six-day Festival From Oct. 14-19 Showcases Albertine As An Exciting New Hub For French-american Intellectual Exchange And Debate
September 16, 2014
New York - September 16, 2014 - Matthew Weiner, Joseph Stiglitz, Olivier Assayas, Mary Gaitskill, Marjane Satrapi, John Nash, Cédric Villani to headline free festival for Albertine the French Embassy’s new reading room and bookshop....
Opening Of Albertine A Reading Room And Bookshop Devoted To French Literature And Intellectual Exchange
September 3, 2014
New York Sept. 3, 2014 – Reflecting France’s belief in the power of books as a common good for a better world, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will open a reading room and bookshop devoted to French works in French and English and French-American intellectual exchange on September 27th in New York....
Co-founders And Co-presidents Of Sony Pictures Classics M. Barker & T. Bernard And Director Of Columbia University Institute For African Studies M. Diouf To Receive French Legion Of Honor
September 3, 2014
New York, September 10, 2014—Mr. Michael Barker and Mr. Tom Bernard, Co-Founders and Co-Presidents of Sony Pictures Classics, and Professor Mamadou Diouf, Leitner Family Professor of African Studies and History and Director of Columbia University’s Institute for African Studies, will be awarded Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Laurent Fabius, in a triple decoration ceremony on September 22 in New York....
New York French Film Festival Films On The Green Annouces 2014 Line-up
May 12, 2014
NEW YORK, May 12, 2014 — Films on the Green is a free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, FACE and the City of New York Parks & Recreation. Since its inception in 2008, the festival has expanded the reach of French film and brought classic and contemporary movies to local communities....
Tournées Festival Releases Films List
April 9, 2014
New York, April 09, 2014 —Tournées Festival, a grant program of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the US and FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) that establishes recurring and self-sustaining French film festivals at American universities, has released the list of films available for screening at grantee colleges and universities for 2014-2015....
The Cultural Services Of The French Embassy To Present A Sprawling Visual Arts Festival
April 1, 2014
NEW YORK — The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States are pleased to announce ART², a month-long visual arts festival exploring ideas and themes paramount to the international art world, which will be presented with 38 partner museums, galleries, universities, and non-profit spaces in New York during April 2014....
“poet’s Spring” Series In April Put Francophone Poets In The Spotlight
March 21, 2014
NEW YORK, March 21, 2014 — The Cultural Services of the French Embassy presents an eclectic series of engaging events in New York in April, featuring prominent Francophone and Anglophone poets such as Rachida Madani, Pierre Alferi, Anne Portugal, Adonis, Pierre Joris, Ben Lerner, and Anna Moschovakis. With an insatiable appetite for word play, American poets and French poètes come together to open up a broad reflection on poetic writing and to embark on a discussion of the role of poetry in t...
Nobel Laureate J. Rothman To Receive French Legion Of Honor
March 19, 2014
NEW YORK, March 19, 2014 —Nobel laureate and Yale Professor James E. Rothman will be awarded Officer of the French Legion of Honor by French Ambassador to the U.S. François Delattre, on April 4, in New York. Rothman receives this insignia in recognition of his scientific achievements in the areas of cellular biology, its fundamental impact on medical advancements, and for his close collaboration with French laboratories over the course of his career....
French Tech’s Debut At Sxsw 2014 : French Tech Makes A Splash
March 4, 2014
NEW YORK, March 4 2014 — This year for the first time, France makes its entrance at SXSW under the French Tech initiative. Together, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and is partners are unified around this project: increase the French presence at this international event and offer the tech world—a key sector for France—a window into French innovation, know-how and dynamism....
French Film Director Bertrand Tavernier In New York From February 25 To March 19, 2014
February 21, 2014
On the occasion of the U.S. theatrical release of Bertrand Tavernier’s latest film, The French Minister (original title: Quai d’Orsay) at IFC center on March 21st by Sundance Selects, the French director will be in New York, for a series of screenings and Master Classes....
French Voices Awards Ceremony & Homage To Andre Schiffrin
January 28, 2014
ON FEBRUARY 6th, THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY PRESENTS FIRST EVER FRENCH VOICES AWARDS CEREMONY AND CELEBRATE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING CHAMPION ANDRE SCHIFFRIN (1935-2013)...
France Honors Shanny Peer, Director Of Columbia Maison Française
December 10, 2013
New York, December 10, 2013 – Dr. Shanny Peer, Director of the Maison Française of Columbia University has been selected by the French government to receive the award of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy will present the insignia at a ceremony that will take place at the Maison Française on December 10th....
