JANUARY 2019

Cultural Highlights

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in Chicago wishes you a happy New Year!

French Highlights at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

Jan 18-27, 2019
Multiple Locations - Chicago

Prepare to be blown away! As part of the 3rd Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, Chicago will host three established French companies: La Pendue, Plexus Polaire and Non Nova.

UPCOMING EVENTS THIS MONTH

Jacques Becker

Jan 4-31, 2019 | Gene Siskel Film Center -Chicago

A showcasing of newly restored classics from one of French cinema's most underappreciated masters Jacques Becker!

Pale Fire: Isabelle Huppert

Jan 9-Mar 13, 2019 | Doc Films - University of Chicago

This series pays tribute to the belle, rebelle, intense, lithe, and passionate greatest actress Isabelle Huppert.

Cendrillon

Until Jan 17, 2019 | Lyric Opera of Chicago

Do not miss this beautiful and magical production by Laurent Pelly, one of France's most sought-after directors of both theatre and opera, 100 years after Massenet's Cinderella was last seen in Chicago.

Cyrano de Bergerac by the Comédie-Française

Jan 23, 2019 | 7:00pm (local time)

For the first time ever, the French play Cyrano de Bergerac from the Comédie-Française, comes to movie theaters across the U.S. for a special one-night event.

My French Film Festival

Jan 18-Feb 18, 2019 | Online

Mark your calendar! After last year record of more 12 million viewers, the 9th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival is coming back! Join the worldwide community to view the best of new-generation French Films anywhere.

Jacques Becker: A Master before the Wave

Jan 19-Mar 2, 2019 | Cinematheque Madison

This series provides a sampling of Becker’s strong body of work created between French cinema’s Golden Age of the 1930s and its New Wave of the 1960s.

La Nuit de la Lecture

Jan 19, 2019 | Lycée Français de Chicago

Join the Lycée Français de Chicago's community for the French La Nuit de la Lecture for the pleasure of reading, the taste of discovery, exchange and sharing the beauty of French language.

The Tournées Festival

Jan 25-Feb 16, 2019 | Truman State University-Kirksville (MO)

Truman State University is hosting the Tournées French Film Festival in Kirksville this month featuring films that discuss the topics of race and diversity.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THIS FEBRUARY EVENTS

Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces 1966-1973

Feb 1-Mar 24, 2019 | Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

First most comprehensive exhibit to date of the French art movement Supports/Surfaces. This group of artists lived and worked in the south of France producing artwork marked by an interest in materiality and expansive ideas of what constitutes a painting.

Youth Francophone Theatre Festival

Feb 8-9, 2019 | Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts-Chicago

Time to get your tickets for the 2nd edition of the Francophone Youth Theatre Festival. It will present short pieces in French acted out by students of French from Chicagoland schools with special performances and screenings.

GRANTS & PROGRAMS | CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

FACE Contemporary Theater Fund

FACE Contemporary Theater Fund supports innovative artistic collaborations and co-productions in theater, puppetry, circus, kid and street theater between France and the United States. Call for proposals is open until February 15, 2019.

FUSED: French U.S. Exchange in Dance Fund

FUSED: French U.S. Exchange in Dance (FUSED) Fund supports French-American cultural exchanges by introducing choreographers and performers whose works had never or rarely been seen. Call for proposals is open until February 15, 2018.

Étant donnés Contemporary Art Fund

Étant donnés Contemporary Art Fund supports collaborations between French visual artists, curators, and collectives and American cultural institutions. Call for proposals is open until February 1, 2019.

Authors on Tour this spring

Check out the list of French fiction, non-fiction, graphic and children books' authors on tour this spring. Call for applications for universities, libraries, bookstores, publishing houses, schools and other venues to host them for readings, signings, and lectures is open.

Community College Program in France

3 summer bootcamps are open for community college students in STEM and Humanities. Call for applications is open until February 1st, 2019.

Teaching Assistantship Program in France

Call for applications to the Teaching Assistantship Program in France is open until January 15, 2019. We are hiring 1,600 asistants this year, 400 more positions than in years past.

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