Cat burglary on the Riviera. Pure cinematic pleasure from first to last frames. The costumes are its centerpiece, and the Mediterranean—in all its vivid VistaVision beauty—is simply background…
Quietly daring in its rejection of conventional narrative, Angela Schanelec’s Marseille is a film about intermezzo, about impasses, about visiting a city without a plan, and in doing so, the city might happen to you. Her characters roam, and all we can do is accompany their strange rhythms as they sort through life and personhood.
Le Père de mes enfants
In Mia Hansen-Løve’s deeply moving and restrained second feature, a French film producer’s shocking, sudden absence forces his family to sort through his secrets and professional debts. Through his daughters, we come to know the practical details of loss, and how loss itself is an inheritance, more so than something that can be understood.
Du côté d’Orouët
Three friends, Joëlle, Caroline, and Kareen, find themselves in a waterfront cottage. They are soon joined by two men, and things start to capsize. Everything has the potential to become a moment…and before you know it, it’s already time to pack their bags.
Masterclass
In this second masterclass, graphic artist and illustrator Aleksi Briclot shares his work as an illustrator and concept artist for Magic: The Gathering, detailing card creation, concept art, and character design. He’ll also offer practical advice for aspiring illustrators and a step-by-step guide to creating a fresco.
Screening of
Les filles de Dad
Dive into the unpredictable and hilarious life of this modern family made up of a dad with four daughters! Living with Dad is a family-friendly sitcom for kids that breaks stereotypes and champions values like diversity and equality.
Conversation
Join artists Loui and Gigi Murakami to discuss the rise of Afromanga, the impact on their work and how storytelling creates a new vision of the manga form.
Screening of
Les Olympiades
Followed by a talk with cartoonist Adrian Tomine and Leanne Shapton
Based on the illustrated stories by renowned New Yorker cartoonist Adrian Tomine, Jacques Audiard’s Paris, 13th District explores the messy, exhilarating world of modern romance.
Conversation
Preceded by Closing Night Drinks at 5pm in L’Alliance New York Lobby
Join The New Yorker Art Editor, Françoise Mouly, and special guests for an evening of conversation and storytelling celebrating Mouly’s 30-year career and marking 100 years of the iconic magazine.
Feeling inspired by our Comic Arts Fest? Join us in the library for cartoon and illustration workshops! Each drawing exercise will be tailored for all ages and skill levels and will be led by a teaching artist. Families welcome! Materials will be provided.
Fabrice Hyber
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Friday, August 1, 2025
Opening Reception on April 16, 2025, 6-8pm
L’Alliance New York presents the U.S. Premiere of Fabrice Hyber’s Les Mutants de la Vallée. In a hybrid practice merging art and science, Hyber’s artworks originate in a real-life forest: since the late 1990s, he has sown thousands of species of trees on former agricultural land. This decades-long endeavor has resulted in vibrant watercolor drawings and sculptures that blur the boundaries between reality and imagination.
In-school workshop series
Monday, March 31, 2025 - Saturday, April 19, 2025
Dancer-choreographer Thierry Thieû and visual artist Roxane Revon work with preschoolers over a two-week period to create movement and artwork inspired by plant life.
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
This spring, we spotlight the decades-long association between screen legend Catherine Deneuve and a giant of French auteur cinema, the writer-director André Téchiné. Téchiné and Deneuve would make seven features together, five of which will be screened in this series: Scene of the Crime, My Favorite Season, Thieves, The Girl on the Train and In the Name of My Daughter.
