{"id":6045901,"date":"2025-10-17T22:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=6045901"},"modified":"2025-10-20T15:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:12:16","slug":"new-french-cinema-week-2025","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/new-french-cinema-week-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New French Cinema Week 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Austin Film Society&#8217;s annual celebration of the Francophone world\u2019s most distinct new cinematic voices is back, organized and presented in partnership with the Premiers Plans Festival of Angers, France. Between November 20 and 23, cinephiles will have the unique opportunity to see new French-language films, including festival favorites and award-nominees, many of which are undistributed in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schedule:<\/strong><br><strong>November 20 | 7:00 PM | Opening Night\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nino_2-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046162\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nino_2-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nino_2-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nino_2-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nino_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 20 | 8:00PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/nino\/\">Nino<\/a>, directed by Pauline Loqu\u00e8s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director Pauline Loqu\u00e8s will join in person<\/strong>\u00a0for one of the first US screenings of her debut feature, which is now a critically-acclaimed box office hit in France. <em>Nino<\/em> tells the story of three important days in the life of a young Parisian man after he receives a critical diagnosis. Jury prize winner of Cannes Critics\u2019 Week 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/girl_snow_2-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046239\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/girl_snow_2-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/girl_snow_2-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/girl_snow_2-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 21 | 7:30PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/the-girl-in-the-snow\/\">The Girl In The Snow<\/a>, directed by Louise H\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the 19th century, a young primary school teacher travels to a remote Alpine region to establish the first school in an ancient mountain town. As new, worldly views collide with the villagers\u2019 culture and elaborate mythology, a natural disaster divides the town. Louise H\u00e9mon\u2019s debut feature takes the audience on a surprising ride and powerfully confronts the spectre of gender and sexuality in cultural mythology. A selection of the 2025 Cannes Directors\u2019 Fortnight section.\u00a0<strong>A pre-recorded Q&amp;A with Louise H\u00e9mon will follow the screening.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ties_bind_us_scaled-768x432-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046280\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ties_bind_us_scaled-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ties_bind_us_scaled-768x432-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 22 | 4:30PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/the-ties-that-bind-us\/\">The Ties That Bind Us<\/a>, directed by\u00a0Carine Tardieu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this beautifully sophisticated and impactful drama about redefining family, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi delivers a profound performance as a single, fiercely independent intellectual who becomes embroiled in the neighbors\u2019 family tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost_trail_2-768x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046305\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost_trail_2-768x433-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ghost_trail_2-768x433-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 22 | 7:30PM |<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/ghost-trail\/\">Ghost Trail<\/a>, <strong>directed by<\/strong> Jonathan Millet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A timely and heart-wrenching thriller based on the actual experiences of Syrian refugees, <em>Ghost Trail<\/em> tells the story of Hamid, a young Syrian man part of a clandestine network attempting to locate and persecute Syrian war criminals in Europe. Nominated for two C\u00e9sar Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/les_petits_monstres_1-768x432-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046345\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/les_petits_monstres_1-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/les_petits_monstres_1-768x432-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 23 | 3:00PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/new-french-shorts\/\">New French Shorts<\/a>, directed by Various<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch a lineup of short films that presents this year\u2019s top Francophone festival favorites in a variety of genres and styles. Includes <em>Two People Exchanging Saliva<\/em> (Directors: Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata), <em>The Shoreline<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Director:\u00a0Sophie Racine), <em>Little Monsters<\/em> (Director: Pablo L\u00e9ridon), <em>For Real<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Director: Malou L\u00e9v\u00eaque), <em>Plus Douce Est La Nuit<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(Director: Fabienne Wagenaar), and <em>L\u2019Avance <\/em>(Director: Djiby Kebe).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/little_sister_3-768x432-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6046450\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/little_sister_3-768x432-1.png 768w, https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/little_sister_3-768x432-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 23 | 6:00PM | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinfilm.org\/screening\/the-little-sister\/\">The Little Sister<\/a>, directed by\u00a0Hafsia Herzi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heart-pounding tale of desire and self-restraint from actor-turned-director Hafsia Herzi. Star Nadia Melliti won the Best Actress award at Cannes 2025 for her performance as Fatima, the youngest sister in an Algerian-French household who begins to discover her queer identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6046123,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[222],"app_event_type":[239,313],"class_list":["post-6045901","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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 2025 - 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-2025\/\" \/>\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 2025 - 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, organized and presented in partnership with the Premiers Plans Festival of Angers, France. 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