Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025: 30 Years of French Cinema in NYC

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Published on Tuesday, 04 March 2025 02:14

Written by Brad Balfour

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Now in its 30th edition the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema film festival brings French cinema by new and classic directors alike. Running March 6 to 16 at Film at Lincoln Center the festival features 23 films, some making their US premiere. This year’s festival includes newcomers to the fest as well as returning directors, including the U.S. premiere of In His Own Image by Thierry de Peretti, in which a photographer’s love affair with an activist intersects with Corsica’s fight for independence; When Fall Is Coming, François Ozon’s darkly emotional thriller about a retiree whose country life masks her more complicated past; Visiting Hours by Patricia Mazuy and starring Isabelle Huppert, the story of the unlikely friendship between two women; and Suspended Time, a disarmingly personal work of autofiction from the great Olivier Assayas, capturing two brothers and their romantic partners trying to maintain their sanity amid the extended isolation of the 2020 pandemic lockdown while cohabiting in their provincial family house.

Many of the films also include introductions and Q&As from special guests. Guests include: Elizabeth Becker, Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma, Gilles Bourdos, Claire Burger, Delphine and Muriel Coulin, Louise Courvoisier, Matt Dillon, Judith Godrèche, Vincent Lindon, Thibaut de Longeville, Patricia Mazuy, Jonathan Millet, Rithy Panh, Thierry de Peretti, Camille Perton, Michel Petrossian, Agathe Riedinger, and Anamaria Vartolomei.

Two free talks addressing current issues in filmmaking will be offered: “Producers Shaping the Future of Film” brings together four adventurous film producers from France and the U.S. to discuss storytelling and filmmaking in the current business environment; and “Frames of Change: Judith Godrèche and Moi Aussi,” a conversation with Judith Godrèche, features the filmmaker discussing how speaking up about sexual abuse in the film industry has impacted her career and made her a pivotal figure of the MeToo movement in France.

The festival is conducted with the help of Unifrance, an organization formed in 1949 with the intent of promoting French cinema and television around the world. “Unifrance is honored to be celebrating 30 years of French cinema with our partner, Film at Lincoln Center,” said Daniela Elstner, Executive Director of Unifrance. “Rendez-Vous with French Cinema is one of our biggest highlights of the year and we are grateful to our partner for providing a home to French filmmakers in New York for the past three decades.”

To learn more, got to: https://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/rendez-vous-with-french-cinema/

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025
March 6 - 16, 2025

Film at Lincoln Center
165 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023

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