{"id":59372,"date":"2022-08-29T18:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/events\/being-world-film-festival-columbia-maison-francaise\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:42:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:42:41","slug":"being-world-film-festival-columbia-maison-francaise","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/being-world-film-festival-columbia-maison-francaise\/","title":{"rendered":"Being in the World Film Festival at Columbia Maison Fran\u00e7aise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Columbia University\u2019s Maison Fran\u00e7aise presents 14 movies in its 2022 film festival about\u00a0Being in the World: People and the Planet in French and Francophone Cinema<\/em><\/strong>. At a time of unprecedented threat to the planetary environment and stable climate that have made the growth of human civilization possible, we need to reconsider humanity\u2019s place in the living world and the nature of our relationship with other species and the biosphere. By sharing these stories filmed by French and Francophone directors about people who seek to inhabit the earth differently, who understand the value of the natural environment and living creatures that surround us, and who have made activism a daily commitment, this festival opens windows on different ways of being in the world. The selection of films aims not just to inform us about the changing climate and risks to the planet\u2019s environment, but to inspire us by highlighting constructive examples of people who appreciate the natural world and are working hard to find ways we can protect it and live within it sustainably.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of the featured movies are recent releases and many of them have rarely been shown in the United States; several are U.S. premieres, one is an underappreciated gem of French cinema, another a cult classic. Several films portray subjects pushing human limits to the extreme in a quest to explore the furthest reaches of the natural world \u2013 from the majestic heights of the Himalayan Mountains, in search of the mysterious and elusive snow leopard (Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier\u2019s\u00a0The Velvet Queen<\/em><\/a>, which kicks off the film series), to the ocean depths (with Luc Besson\u2019s classic film\u00a0The Big Blue<\/em><\/a>, inspired by the life of two champion free divers, Jacques Mayol and Enzo Maiorca, and several\u00a0exquisite short films\u00a0<\/a>shot under water by free diver and director Julie Gautier), and the frigid polar regions (Luc Jacquet\u2019s\u00a0Antarctica: Ice and Sky<\/em><\/a>\u00a0about glaciologist Claude Lorius). Other featured films depict the changing relationship of farmers to the land they tend and the food they grow, from traditional subsistence farming \u2013 Georges Rouqiuer\u2019s beautiful 1946 docu-fiction\u00a0Farrebique<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 to agroecology and organic farming, with\u00a0Pierre Rabhi<\/em><\/a>, a remarkable Algerian-born farmer, thinker, writer, and international activist. Emmanuel Gras\u2019s gorgeous documentary,\u00a0A Cow\u2019s Life<\/em><\/a>, invites us to see the world from a cow\u2019s perspective. Several movies explore some of the consequences of the climate crisis and humanity\u2019s destructive relationship with the biosphere:\u00a0Above Water<\/em><\/a>, filmed in Niger by A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, portrays one village\u2019s quest to find water; Cyril Dion\u2019s 2021 film\u00a0Animal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0follows young activists seeking to understand the sixth mass extinction of earth\u2019s species; and\u00a0The Great Green Wall<\/em><\/a>\u00a0tracks the ambitious vision to grow a \u201cwall\u201d of trees stretching across the entire African continent to restore land and provide a future for millions of people.\u00a0Cave of Forgotten Dreams<\/em><\/a>, Werner Herzog\u2019s documentary about the Chauvet cave drawings created some 32,000 years ago, and Fabienne Berthaud\u2019s\u00a0A Bigger World<\/em><\/a>, about shamanism in Mongolia, invite us to imagine different ways of relating to the natural world and to the invisible forces that are foreign to our modern materialistic and anthropocentric worldview. Michael Dudok de Wit\u2019s animated film,\u00a0The Red Turtle<\/em><\/a>, offers an exquisitely poetic allegory about the human life cycle lived out in spare relationship with a tropical island\u2019s natural environment. The festival\u2019s closing film portrays inspiring examples of young people all across the world, from Indonesia to Malawi, leading efforts to preserve human dignity and protect nature, and to engage passionately in something\u00a0Bigger Than Us<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

FEATURED FILMS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, September 8, 7:30 PM\u20139:30 PM \u00a0<\/strong>
\nSPECIAL OUTDOOR CINEMA EVENT with\u00a0FILMS ON THE GREEN<\/a><\/strong><\/u>
The Velvet Queen<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(La panth\u00e8re des neiges) by\u00a0Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, 2020, 92 min.
\nLow Library Plaza, Columbia Morningside campus, 116th Street entrance<\/p>\n

September 11, 7:00 PM to September 18, 7:00 PM<\/strong>
\nVIRTUAL SCREENING with ALBERTINE CINEMATHEQUE<\/strong><\/u><\/a>
A Cow\u2019s Life<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches) by Emmanuel Gras, 2011, 64 min.
\nEmmanuel Gras will join us for a\u00a0virtual discussion<\/a>\u00a0of his film\u00a0A Cow\u2019s Life<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0September 14<\/strong>\u00a0from 1:00 to 1:45 PM.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 14,\u00a0 7:00-9:15 PM<\/strong>
Above Water<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(Marcher sur l\u2019eau) by A\u00efssa Ma\u00efga, 2021, 89 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Friday, September 16, 7:30 PM\u20139:30 PM \u00a0<\/strong>
\nSPECIAL OUTDOOR CINEMA EVENT
The Big Blue<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Le Grand Bleu) by Luc Besson, 1988, 168 min.
\nLow Library Plaza, Columbia Morningside campus, 116th Street entrance<\/p>\n

Friday, September 23, 7:00-9:00 PM<\/strong>
Farrebique, or The Four Seasons<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Farrebique, ou les quatre saisons) by Georges Rouquier, 1946, 90 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Friday, September 30 7:00-8:30 PM
Narcisse<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(2022 U.S. Premiere),\u00a0One Breath Around the World<\/em>\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Ama<\/em>\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Narcose<\/em>\u00a0(2014) – Four short films by Julie Gautier
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

October 3, 7:00 PM to October 9, 11 PM<\/strong>
\nVIRTUAL SCREENING\u00a0with ALBERTINE CINEMATHEQUE<\/strong><\/u><\/a>
Animal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Cyril Dion, 2021, 105 min.
\nIn connection with this virtual screening, we will present an\u00a0online discussion<\/a>\u00a0and Q&A with Director Cyril Dion, Leah Aronowsky, and J\u00e9r\u00e9my D\u00e9sir, moderated by Shanny Peer, on\u00a0Thursday, October 6<\/strong>, 2:00-3:00 PM<\/p>\n

Thursday October 6, 7:00-9:30 PM
Pierre Rabhi: In the Name of the Earth<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Pierre Rabhi: au nom de la terre) by Marie-Dominique Dhelsing, 2013, 98 min.
U.S. Premiere<\/strong>, and first showing of English subtitled version
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 12, 7:00-9:30 PM
A Bigger World<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(<\/strong>Un Monde plus grand) by Fabienne Berthaud, 2019, 100 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Thursday October 13, 7:00-9:30 PM
Antarctica: Ice and Sky<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(La glace et le ciel) by Luc Jacquet, 2015, 89 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

October 13, 7:00 PM to October 16, 11:00 PM<\/strong>
\nVIRTUAL SCREENING\u00a0with ALBERTINE CINEMATHEQUE<\/u><\/strong><\/a>
Cave of Forgotten Dreams<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by Werner Herzog, 2010, 89 min.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 18, 7:00-8:30 PM<\/strong>
The Red Turtle<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(La tortue rouge) by Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016, 80 min.
\nMaison Fran\u00e7aise East Gallery, Buell Hall\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 20, 7:00-9:30 PM
The Great Green Wall<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by Jared P. Scott, 2019, 90 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Thursday October 27, 7:00-9:30 PM
Bigger Than Us<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0by Flore Vasseur, 2020, 96 min.
\nCowin Auditorium, Teachers College, Broadway and 120th Street<\/p>\n

Free and open to all. RSVP<\/a> required.<\/strong><\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

To watch all trailers, please click\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Produced and presented by Columbia Maison Fran\u00e7aise<\/p>\n

With additional support provided by Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Columbia Climate School, Knapp Family Foundation, Paul LeClerc Centennial Fund, Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities, Alliance Program, and European Institute.<\/em><\/p>\n

Curated by Shanny Peer, Fanny Guex and Clara Wilhelm<\/p>\n

Screenings will be introduced or followed by panel discussions with invited scholars and, in some cases, the film directors.\u00a0 All films are subtitled in English.<\/p>\n

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