June 6, 2016

Films on the Green: A French Film Festival in New York City

What: Films on the Green, a free outdoor French film festival in New York City parks hosted by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, FACE Foundation and the City of New York Parks & Recreation.

The festival’s 2016 theme, “A summer in Paris”, offers a striking portrait of the City of Lights, its urban landscape, and cultural diversity. A selection of classic, New Wave, and contemporary films by directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda and Céline Sciamma will showcase the city’s aesthetic, cultural, and cinematic history from a dramatically unconventional angle through stories of love, romance, adolescence, female identity, and urban life in Parisian and its surrounding suburbs. 

When: Opening screening on Tuesday, June 7 2016. Every Friday evening from June 10 to July 29 and Thursday, September 8, 2016.

Where: Central Park, Washington Square Park, Transmitter Park (Brooklyn), Riverside Park, Tompkins Square Park and Columbia University 

Cost: Free

2016 Films on the Green Festival ScheduleAll films are shown with English subtitles. Screenings begin at 8:30pm, except the Columbia screening, which begins at 7:30pm.

June 7 - Central Park (79th street and Fifth Avenue): Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard, preceded with The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse

June 10 - Washington Square Park: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe by Yves Robert

June 17 - Washington Square Park: Air of Paris by Marcel Carné

June 24 - Transmitter Park (Greenpoint, Brooklyn): Subway by Luc Besson

July 1 - Transmitter Park (Greenpoint, Brooklyn): The 400 Blows by François Truffaut

July 8 - Riverside Park, Pier I (at 70th Street): April and the Extraordinary World by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci

July 15 - Riverside Park, Pier I (at 70th Street): Un Flic by Jean-Pierre Melville

July 22
- Tompkins Square Park: Cleo from 5 to 7 by Agnès Varda

July 29 - Tompkins Square Park: Boyfriends and Girlfriends by Eric Rohmer

Sept. 8 - Columbia University (at 116th St): Girlhood by Céline Sciamma

Screenings will take place every Friday from June 10 to July 29, with the opening screening on Tuesday, June 7 and the final screening on Thursday, September 8 at Columbia University, in partnership with the Columbia Maison Française.