I–II: Tuesday, January 12–Wednesday, January 20, 2021
III–V: Tuesday, January 19–Monday, January 25, 2021
Available on Eventive
Louis Feuillade’s outrageous, ambitious Fantômas series, based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, captures the seamy exploits of the criminal lord of Paris.
Tuesday, January 26–Monday, February 1, 2021
Available on Eventive
An achingly romantic reverie of desire and hope set upon a barge floating on the Seine. Directed by Jean Vigo.
Tuesday, February 2–Monday, February 8, 2021
Available on Eventive
Two unlikely companions join forces to smuggle four suitcases of contraband pork across Nazi-occupied Paris. Directed by Claude Autant-Lara.
Tuesday, February 2–Monday, February 8, 2021
Available on Eventive
Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depadieu give two of their finest performances as members of a French theater company living under the German occupation. Directed by François Truffaut.
NY Premiere
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Mature Audiences
This essential documentary gives voice to victims of sexual violence across the globe. Using the courageous testimony of victims as well as interviews from journalists, academics, and political leaders, Zero Impunity is part of a global social impact movement to raise awareness of this vital issue.
US Premiere
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Mature Audiences
A touching tribute from one illustrator to another, this award-winning debut feature film by Le Monde cartoonist Aurel recounts a painful chapter of French history through the life of Catalonian artist Josep Bartolí.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 8 & up
This gem by the legendary French animator Paul Grimault—based on a tale by Hans Christian Andersen—follows a shepherdess and chimney sweep on the run from a tyrannical king with some help from a talking bird. This wildly satirical and surreal masterpiece tells of the corrupting nature of power.
US Premiere
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 4 & up
The creators of A Town Called Panic are back with a new film featuring Chien Pourri, a naïve and filthy dog who lives in a Parisian trash can with Chaplapla, his faithful feline friend. Both adults and children will discover Paris anew from a dog’s eye level in this charming quadrupedal adventure.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 10 & up
In this stunning adaptation of Richard Adams’s eponymous novel, two dogs, Snitter and Rowf, break out of a research laboratory. Once free, they meet Tod, a cunning fox, who helps them survive in the wild.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Mature Audiences
This blast to the past based on Garry Trudeau’s popular “Doonesbury” comic strip originally aired on NBC in 1977. As Mike Doonesbury searches for meaning, he muses on gender and racial relations, Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret Mead, football, and pot smoking, bringing an unexpected profundity to the holiday primetime special.
NY Premiere
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Dir. Julien Bisaro, 2019
Ages 3 & up
This heartwarming tale is set in a seaside town inspired by a lush Louisiana bayou. Born in the midst of a storm, baby owl Shooom must fend for herself and her unhatched sibling before she even leaves her nest. Against all odds, she is determined to find her mother, be it an alligator or a squirrel.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 8 & up
Recently orphaned, 8-year-old Violette is sent to live with her uncle Régis, who works as a groundskeeper at the Palace of Versailles. At first, Violette hates him. Régis is not keen on being her caretaker either. On the manicured grounds of Versailles and in the opulent rooms of the castle, Violette and Régis learn to trust each other.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 8 & up
Unlike previous animated adaptations of this classic fairy tale, director Suzie Templeton forgoes a narrator and sets Prokofiev’s beloved score in the harsh modern-day Russian countryside. Charming, beautiful, intense, and dark, Peter and the Wolf won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
US Premiere
Friday, February 5, 2021
Available from 7pm–midnight
Ages 6 & up
Animation First opens with a bang with the US premiere of Calamity Jane, a feminist western about the early life of the legendary Wild West figure Martha Jane Cannary.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Rémi Chayé’s first animated feature film, Long Way North, released in 2015, tells the tale of Sacha, an adventuresome young girl in late 19th-century Russia.
Friday, February 5–Monday, February 15, 2021
Ages 10 & up
This 2013 feature adapts the best-selling graphic novels by Marguerite Abouet about three teenage friends to the screen.
Tuesday, February 9–Monday, February 15, 2021
Available on Eventive
Jacques Rivette’s debut feature stands out as a remarkable premonition of Sixties youth culture and the French New Wave.
Tuesday, February 9–Monday, February 15, 2021
Available on Eventive
Agnès Varda, eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer (Corinne Marchand) set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy.
Friday, February 12, 2021 at 6pm–Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 6pm
Ages 5 & up
Wes Anderson’s selection of the rarely screened Hindi- and French-dubbed versions of Bambi lends a quirky twist to this classic tale. Disney’s quintessential masterpiece remains as beautiful and timely as ever, one of the first environmental films and a poignant commentary against violence.
Tuesday, February 16–Monday, February 22, 2021
Available on Eventive
Godard’s meditation on a changing Paris looks at consumerism through a housewife from the Paris suburbs who prostitutes herself for extra money.
Tuesday, February 16–Monday, February 22, 2021
Available on Eventive
A landmark of contemporary French cinema, La Haine celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Mathieu Kassovitz’s gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility of modern-day France remains as relevant as ever.
Tuesday, February 23–Monday, March 1, 2021
Available on Eventive
Sumptuously filmed and featuring an evocative score by Tindersticks, Claire Denis’s sublime film captures the sense of contemporary multicultural Paris.
Tuesday, February 23–Monday, March 1, 2021
Available on Eventive
Djinn Carrénard provides a rich yet unsettling portrait of a group of late teens and twentysomethings navigating the ever-changing shoals of class, religion, and identity.
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