Films on the Green 2026 | Los Angeles
Outdoor Film Series
Hollyhock House
Barnsdall Art Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, 90027
Saturday, September 26, door open at 5:00 pm, film at 7:00 pm
On Saturday, September 26, join Villa Albertine for the return of Films on the Green Los Angeles with a screening of Model Shop, presented in partnership with Mezzanine.
Presented by Villa Albertine in honor of the 250th anniversary of French-American relations, this series celebrates cultural exchange and cinematic collaboration between the two countries on the silver screen. Join us on the West Lawn of Hollyhock House for an evening of great cinema, music and food.
Model Shop
Directed by Jacques Demy
1969, PG, 1h37, USA
Starring Anouk Aimée, Gary Lockwood, Alexandra Hay
Legendary French director Jacques Demy’s sole English-language studio film is an outsider’s attempt to define Los Angeles as a city on screen, featuring beautiful photography of the city’s Westside and capturing everyday life in L.A. as a place of drifting, melancholy, and possibility. A slacker architect (Gary Lockwood) is about to lose his girlfriend and his car, until he sees a beautiful model (Anouk Aimée) and begins to follow her, from Malibu Beach to Beverly Hills mansions to Santa Monica Boulevard’s strip malls. One of the key 1960s films about L.A. and a forerunner of the New Hollywood youth culture, Demy’s film pays a dreamlike reverence to the city’s landscape, and endures as a relaxed and poignant vision of the sprawling city.
“Critically underrated and neglected… A portrait of everyday life Los Angeles in 1969 that seems remarkably accurate and authentic.” -Jonathan Rosenbaum
“If you live [in L.A.], you have to be moved.” -Thom Andersen.
Film in English.
Free and open to the public. RSVP recommended (capacity is limited)!
The screening will be preceded by a DJ set, with food trucks on site, and more!
doors: 5:00 PM
music: 6:00 PM
film: 7:00 PM
Gates for the film screening on Hollyhock House’s west lawn open at 5 pm. Arrive early as seating is first-come; RSVP does not guarantee admission, and capacity is limited. Bring blankets, pillows, or stadium seats that rest on the ground with a low back. Chairs with a seat off the ground are not permitted.
You are welcome to pack your own picnic; no alcohol is permitted. Food trucks available on site.
Pets aren’t permitted inside the Hollyhock House west lawn fence; service animals only.
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Albertine Foundation
Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French American relations through innovative cultural and educational programs. In close partnership with Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, Albertine Foundation administers grant programs across diverse creative disciplines including visual and performing arts; cinema; and literature, while also supporting exploratory residencies for creative professionals and thinkers across the United States. Albertine Foundation also contributes to promoting French language learning in the United States and funds new opportunities for students, professors, and researchers in the spheres of secondary and higher education. Albertine Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation by Internal Revenue Service determination. Contributions from corporate, foundation, and individuals are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Hollyhock House
Hollyhock House (1921) is Frank Lloyd Wright’s first Los Angeles commission and the City’s only UNESCO World Heritage Site. Designed for Aline Barnsdall, the house was intended to be the centerpiece of a 36-acre arts complex, which was only partially realized. Gifted to the City in 1927, Barnsdall Art Park has grown to include the Municipal Art Gallery, a theater, and community art centers (all operated by the Department of Cultural Affairs), realizing Barnsdall’s vision for a dynamic arts park in Los Angeles. Hollyhock House is open for tours, and new initiatives put contemporary practitioners in dialogue with the site, broadening perspectives on the house’s layered history.
Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles
As a leading, progressive arts and cultural agency, Department of Cultural Affairs empowers Los Angeles’s vibrant communities by supporting and providing access to quality visual, literary, musical, performing, and educational arts programming; managing vital cultural centers; preserving historic sites; creating public art; and funding services provided by arts organizations and individual artists.
Mezzanine
Mezzanine is a nonprofit organization building an audience for independent film in Los Angeles, providing dynamic and inclusive spaces for great movies to thrive. Each spring they put on the Los Angeles Festival of Movies, the city’s foremost showcase of arthouse cinema. Ranging from revival screenings to new film premieres, their programs are frequently done in collaboration with local artists, writers, curators and other luminaries from a range of disciplines. Building on Los Angeles’ history of alternative cinema spaces, they seek to make hidden gems accessible and legible; provide a platform for vital emerging film artists; and develop a younger and more diverse audience for art cinema in the city.
Barnsdall Art Park Foundation (BAPF)
The mission of the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation (BAPF) is to ensure that Barnsdall Art Park is a vibrant, inclusive space for creativity, cultural expression, civic conversation, and social empowerment. The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation was established in 2003 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in support of the City of Los Angeles’s comprehensive landscape, infrastructure, and program initiatives.
JCDecaux
JCDecaux operates coordinated street furniture franchises in major cities across the U.S., including here in New York. It is continuously working to connect information to stakeholders and identify municipal innovations to enhance the livability and sustainability of streetscapes. A member of the JCDecaux Group, the number one outdoor advertising company in the world, which through its three business segments – street furniture, transport and billboard, has engaged in a virtuous, sustainable business model since its founding in 1964.
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TV5MONDE
TV5MONDE is the world’s leading French-language media company. It operates ten channels distributed to over 400 million households worldwide, subtitled in 12 languages, and available in 200 countries and territories. The network also offers the streaming platform TV5MONDE+, FAST channels, and mobile apps. TV5MONDE’s initiatives also include TV5MONDE EDU, a free educational offering with thousands of audiovisual-based resources designed to support the learning and teaching of French.
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