French Short Films at the IFC Center

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Published on Tuesday, 06 January 2015 23:24

Written by Renzo Adler

Kiki of Montparnasse

These days when your average blockbuster is bloated beyond two hours and you could knit a sweater in the time it takes to finish The Wolf of Wall Street, isn’t it nice to enjoy some cinema in bite sized chunks? Presented in conjunction with Unifrance, the IFC Center (323 Avenue of the Americas, NY NY) will be screening New French Shorts 2015, six genre spanning shorts from the home of Godard, on Wednesday, January 14.

 Having previously appeared at Cannes, the Berlin Film Festival, and Rotterdam, these films showcase animation, documentary, and drama all with runtimes that don’t go beyond thirty minutes. From the awkward realization that someone is having sex upstairs while you’re trying to have a conversation, to an immigrant recounting her life to a border doctor, to a woman in prison getting a new pet. Along with screening of the shorts there will be a live Q&A with Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, director of Rabbit.

The films being shown are:

• The Runaway, dir. Jean-Bernard Marlin
• Kiki of Montparnasse, dir. Amelie Harrault
• The America of Womankind, dir. Blandine Lenoir
• Aissa, dir. Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
• Butter Lamp, dir. Wei Hu
• Rabbit, dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

Following the festival is the myFrenchFilmFestival, organized by Unifrance. Viewable at myFrenchFilmFestival.com, viewers will be able to see ten feature length films and ten short film January 16 to February 16, 2015. IFC’s New French Shorts 2015 is a rapid fire evening of fine French films.

To learn more, go to http://en.unifrance.org/ or http://www.ifccenter.com/

New French Shorts 2015
January 14, 2015

IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10014

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