Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the complete program of the 26th edition of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York (March 4 through 14), which, as it does every year, will throw the spotlight on the variety and vitality of contemporary French cinema. This edtion will be entirely online.
Emmanuelle Béart, whose latest film Margaux Hartmann will be presented at the event, is the guest of honor of the 2021 edition, which will open with the documentary Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz.
The 2021 selection
- Margaux Hartmann by Ludovic Bergery
- Final Set by Quentin Reynaud
- Lovers by Nicole Garcia
- My Donkey, My Lover & I by Caroline Vignal
- Faithful by Hélier Cisterne
- Gagarine by Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
- Ibrahim by Samir Guesmi
- Love Affair(s) by Emmanuel Mouret
- Mandibles by Quentin Dupieux
- Little Girl by Sébastien Lifshitz
- Red Soil by Farid Bentoumi
- Spring Blossom by Suzanne Lindon
- Lifelines by Fabienne Godet
- Should the Wind Drop by Nora Martirosyan
- Slalom by Charlène Favier
- The Big Hit by Emmanuel Courcol
- All Hands on Deck by Guillaume Brac
- Summer of 85 by François Ozon
Virtual encounters and dialogues
In addition to these 18 films, each of which will be accompanied by virtual Q&A sessions, the festival will offer several free online conferences, starting with an opening dialogue between Emmanuelle Béart and Richard Peña, professor at Columbia University, about the actress's career and French cinema. This will be followed, on March 6, by "Vive la Résistance" a conversation exploring the representation of social justice and activism in recent French and American cinema, and finally, on March 8, by "How Music Makes the Film" about the complex process of collaboration between filmmakers and composers.
Registration link for the discussion with Emmanuelle Béart (March 4th)
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Registration link for the talk "Vive la Résistance" (March 6th)
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Registration link for the talk "How Music Makes the Film" (March 8th)
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As was the case last year, spectators will have the opportunity to participate in the Rendez-Vous Audience Award, which was given to The Dazzled in 2020.
A selection of Rendez-Vous titles will be available on online arthouse platforms as part of the inaugural "A Taste of Rendez-Vous" program.
Finally, this year's school film is Gagarine, which will be available to junior high, high school, and university students. For more information on these programs, contact adeline.monzier@unifrance.org.
