{"id":292624,"date":"2023-09-19T16:50:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=292624"},"modified":"2023-11-02T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T17:05:52","slug":"new-french-cinema-week","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/new-french-cinema-week\/","title":{"rendered":"New French Cinema Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austin Film Society&#8217;s annual celebration of the Francophone world\u2019s most distinct new cinematic voices is back, programmed and presented in partnership with the Premiers Plans Festival of Angers, France. Between November 9 and 12, cinephiles will have a unique opportunity to see new French-language films including festival favorites and award-winners, many of them undistributed in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong><br>November 9 | 5:30PM | Opening Reception&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/formycountry01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350399\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/formycountry01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/formycountry01-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/formycountry01-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/formycountry01.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 9 | 7:00PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/for-my-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">For My Country<\/a>, directed by Rachid Hami<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meaning of \u201clove of country\u201d is explored in-depth in this modern, expansive story of a bi-cultural French family grappling with their son\u2019s military death. Ismael and Aissa are brothers who emigrated from Algeria to France as children. As their lives take starkly different paths in France and beyond, each reckons with their debt to family and to country. Based on Rachid Hami\u2019s personal story and memories of his late brother.&nbsp;<strong>Writer-director Rachid Hami will join in person for the screening and Q&amp;A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MotherAndSon-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350401\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MotherAndSon-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MotherAndSon-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MotherAndSon-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MotherAndSon.png 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 10 | 7:30PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/mother-and-son\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mother and Son<\/a>, directed by&nbsp;L\u00e9onor Serraille<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cannes Cam\u00e9ra d\u2019Or winner L\u00e9onor Serraille directs this ambitious family epic, spanning from 1980s France to the present day. A young woman, Rose, moves with her two sons from C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire to Paris with a vision for a different kind of life. A subtle, rich, and cinematic examination of family and belonging, lensed by master cinematographer H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Louvart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JD-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350409\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JD-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JD-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JD-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/JD.png 1055w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 11 | 2:30PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/junkyard-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Junkyard Dog<\/a>, directed by&nbsp;Jean-Baptiste Durand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The days and nights are long in the Languedoc-Roussillon countryside. Here, a young man, Mirales, anoints himself king of the near-empty streets of his ancient small town, where every day is just about the same for his group of aimless young friends. With nothing better to distract them, Mirales lords over his best friend, nicknamed Dog, and the duo\u2019s toxic relationship grows more punishing by the day. Rising French star Rapha\u00ebl Quenard (known for his work with Quentin Dupieux) shines in this beautifully directed take on the discontents of contemporary rural youth.&nbsp;<strong>Featuring a virtual live Q&amp;A with director Jean-Baptiste Durand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/shorts-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350419\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/shorts-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/shorts-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/shorts-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/shorts.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 11 | 5:30PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/new-french-shorts\/\" target=\"_blank\">New French Shorts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A selection of some of the greatest new short films from Francophone directors on the festival circuit. Includes the Sundance and Black Star selection S\u00c8T LAM from Reunionese filmmaker Vincent Fontano; DR\u00d4LES D\u2019OISEAUX, an animated selection by emerging female indie animator Charlie Belin; comedy FIVE-O featuring Jeanne Balibar; and BYE BYE, winner of the C\u00e9sar Award for Best Short Film.&nbsp;<strong>Featuring an in-person Q&amp;A with S\u00c8T LAM director Vincent Fontano.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350437\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/fd.png 1113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 12 | 2:30PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/four-daughters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four Daughters<\/a>, directed by&nbsp;Kaouther Ben Hania<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN) inventively reconstructs the family history of a Tunisian mother named Olfra Hamouni in collaboration with Olfra and two of her daughters. Together with a cast of actors, they evoke the memories of the girls\u2019 two missing sisters and the circumstances leading to the sisters\u2019 disappearance. Winner of Best Documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, FOUR DAUGHTERS is a film that tries to find meaning in the tragic separation of a family of Tunisian women, while challenging the medium of film itself as a transmitter of family histories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NFCW23-1024x566.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350443\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NFCW23-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NFCW23-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NFCW23-768x424.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NFCW23.png 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 12 | 5:00PM | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/love-according-to-dalva\/\" target=\"_blank\">Love According to Dalva<\/a>, directed by&nbsp;Emmanuelle Nicot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emmanuelle Nicot\u2019s sensitive drama about a teenager\u2019s recovery from familial abuse in a group home was heralded as one of the most promising debuts at Cannes in 2022. Featuring an astounding lead performance by new-discovery Zelda Samson in the title role, the film offers rich detail and unique insights into youth trauma recovery, challenging assumptions about troubled teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[222],"app_event_type":[239,313],"class_list":["post-292624","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","hentry","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-hou","app_event_type-film","app_event_type-film-series"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New French Cinema Week - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/new-french-cinema-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New French Cinema Week - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Austin Film Society&#8217;s annual celebration of the Francophone world\u2019s most distinct new cinematic voices is back, programmed and presented in partnership with the Premiers Plans Festival of Angers, France. 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