Animation First 2023
Fri, Jan 27–Sun, Jan 29
In Person at FIAF

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Join us for an exciting sixth edition of Animation First, the only US festival dedicated to showcasing the legacy and innovation of French animation!

The Festival Pass includes tickets to the entire three-day program including seven feature-length films and six short film programs. In addition, you receive priority entry to all filmmaker conversations, “Work in Progress” presentations, and video game, VR, and AR experiences.

Feature films include: Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre's Little Nicholas - Happy as can be; Guest of Honor Anca Damian's The Island; Alberto Vázquez's Unicorn Wars; Michel Ocelot's The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess; Pierre Földes' Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; a restored version of René Laloux's  Gandahar; and Alain Ughetto's No Dogs or Italians Allowed.

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Exhibition

Sempé
Jean-Jacques Sempé
Signature Sempé
Opening Reception
Fri, Jan 27, from 6–7pm
FIAF Gallery
On View: Jan 27–Apr 7
FIAF presents Signature Sempé, a selection of French artist and cartoonist Jean-Jaques Sempé’s most iconic works. The exhibition will feature many rare drawings, including a selection of New Yorker covers and original illustrations of France’s beloved character, Le Petit Nicolas. The exhibition's opening reception on Fri, Jan 27, will kick off FIAF's Animation First festival.

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New CinéSalon Series

CineSalon

French Musical Comedies:
From Classic to Contemporary
Jan 10–Feb 28
Tuesdays at 4pm & 7:30pm
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
Free for FIAF Members
Ranging from the classic to the contemporary, the fantastical to the brooding, there’s something for everyone in FIAF's upcoming CinéSalon series featuring eight French musical comedies.

Enjoy the enchanted Donkey Skin starring Catherine Deneuve; Chantal Akerman’s exuberant Golden Eighties, a musical that croons about feminism and consumerism; Christophe Honoré’s romantic Beloved, with an all-star cast including Louis Garrel; Same Old Song from renowned director Alain Resnais; Leos Carax’s rock opera Annette written by pop duo Sparks; Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau's Jeanne and the Perfect Guy that begins with an unexpected encounter on the metro; Jacques Rivette's Up, Down, Fragile set over a surprising summer in Paris; and the NY premiere of Serge Bozon's contemporary Don Juan.

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Performances & Screenings

Hakim Bah

THEATER
Hakim Bah’s
Let’s hope mastication doesn’t take too long
Pourvu que la mastication ne soit pas longue
Thu, Feb 9 at 7:30pm
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
In French with English supertitles
On February 4, 1999, Amadou Diallo, a young Guinean, was shot and killed by four New York police officers in the Bronx. Plunging into the heart of the tragic case that shook America, France-based Guinean writer Hakim Bah, dancer and circus artist Juan Ignacio Tula, and guitarist and founding member of the band Moriarty Arthur B. Gillette have come together to confront police violence in a theatrical work of poetic fiction.

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