Press Archive
Tilt Kids Festival 2018 Adventurous New Works for Families
January 30, 2017
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) are pleased to announce programming for the third annual Tilt Kids Festival, featuring six premieres of whimsical, thoughtful, and rigorously made works for children across six venues throughout New York City, March 3-18. Described by The New York Times as “French in origin, fantastical in concept, and freewheeling in execution,” the festival will engage kids of all ages with the work of renowned ...
A Citywide Program Featuring 16 U.s. Premieres By France-based Artists, Public Talks, & Publications
February 13, 2014
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy is pleased to announce the full program for DANSE, a multifaceted initiative centered on contemporary dance. Presented in partnership with fourteen leading New York City arts organizations, DANSE includes: a three-week festival, a series of public talks and two publications....
Films on the Green: Renoir’s Elena and Her Men Selected by Isabella Rossellini
July 10, 2017
On July 28th, 2017, the free outdoor French film festival Films on the Green will screen Jean Renoir’s 1956 drama Elena and Her Men (Elena et les hommes) preceded by Georges Méliès’ 1902 classic A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune). The films have been selected for the festival by guest curator Isabella Rossellini. The screenings will take place at 8:30 PM at Riverside Park, Pier I....
Films on the Green Extends to Fort Lee, NJ, and Receive the Alice Guy-Blaché Award
November 14, 2018
Films on the Green, the free outdoor French film festival produced annually by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FACE Foundation and NYC Parks, announces its expansion for the first time to Fort Lee, NJ, with a screening of Donkey Skin by Jacques Demy on September 1st in partnership with the Fort Lee Film Commission....
Masha Gessen to Curate Festival Albertine 2018
November 14, 2018
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Albertine Books, the dynamic bookshop and cultural center operated by the French Embassy in New York, today announce prominent American and Russian journalist, professor, and author Masha Gessen as the curator of the fifth annual Festival Albertine, which is themed “Reimagining Democracy” and takes place October 30 – November 3, 2018....
Eight Startups Chosen for Le Créative Lab, This Year in New York and Montréal
November 14, 2018
Le Créative Lab North America has just announced the selection of the eight innovative French startups that will participate in the fourth edition of this development and incubation program in New York City and Montreal from November 6-13, 2018. Le Créative Lab North America program is co-produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Business France, and supported by the FACE Foundation and the Cultural Service of the French Consulate in Québec. This annual French Tech program i...
Huit start up sélectionnées pour l’édition 2018 du Créative Lab
November 14, 2018
Le Créative Lab Amérique du Nord vient d'annoncer les huit start‑up françaises sélectionnées pour participer à la quatrième édition du programme de formation et rendez-vous d’affaires qui se tiendra à New York du 6 au 9 novembre 2018 puis à Montréal les 12 et 13 novembre 2018....
Five Leaders In Education & School Administration Awarded Insigna Of The Order Of Academic Palms
November 14, 2018
Anne-Sophie Guéguen, Corinne Günger (officers), and Vannina Boussouf, Nicolas L’Hotellier and Evelyn Lolis (chevaliers) will be awarded the awarded the insignia of the Order of Academic Palms by Jean-Michel Blanquer, French Minister of National Education on Monday, September 24 in New York at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy....
Anne Kern and Jake Perlin Awarded of the Insignia of the Order of Arts and Letters
November 14, 2018
Anne Kern, Dean for Global Strategy and International Programs at Purchase College, and Jake Perlin, Artistic and Programming Director of Metrograph, were both awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, on Wednesday, December 5 in New York at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy....
The Young French Cinema Program Announces its 2019 “A La Carte” Selection Available for Screenings in the U.S.
November 14, 2018
The fifth edition of the Young French Cinema program, which will be available for booking from January 2019 through the rest of the year, will offer American theaters, universities, film societies, art house cinemas, the Alliance Française network and other organizations the opportunity to easily screen contemporary French films....
Community College in France Program Returns for the Third Edition
November 14, 2018
The Cultural and Scientific Services of the French Embassy are pleased to announce the third edition of the program “Community College in France”, in partnership with Community Colleges for International Development and the n+i network (50 top engineering schools network in France). The Community College in France program includes two components: a non-degree-granting short summer bootcamp, for which students will have four options this year, and a four-year degree-granting program starting ...
