1)French Innovation Week Events @UChicago
How to innovate in your future career by learning French?
Come and meet the Consul of France in Chicago and other French and francophone professionals who will be sharing their experience.
Friday, April 12 @ 6:00-8:00pm (tentative schedule)
Food and beverages will be served
Free participation for UChicago members
$5 for non-members
2) Gene Siskel Film Center:
CHICAGO EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL
March 8-April 4
A dozen movies in French from France, Luxembourg and Belgium to choose from:
More information on movies’ times and locations
3) Alliance Française: 3 movie events
HAITI FILM SCREENING
Ayiti Mon Amour by Guetty Felin (Haiti, 2017, 98 min) in French with English subtitles Introduced by author and cast member James Noel
Guetty Felin’s film, set five years after the 2010 earthquake, eschews the images that readily sprung forth in the aftermath of the devastation. Guetty Felin is the first Haitian woman to direct and produce films. She is best known for Ayiti Mon Amour (2016), along with A Rooster on the Fire Escape, and Closer to the Dream (2010).
Monday, March 11 at 06:30 p.m.
Free admission
54 W Chicago Ave
Animated Movie by the Master of French Animation!
Dilili à Paris/ Dilili in Paris by Michel Ocelot (France, 2018, 95 min)
In French with English subtitles
In Belle Époque Paris, accompanied by a young deliveryman on a scooter, little Kanak Dilili investigates the mysterious disappearances of some girls. She meets extraordinary men and women, who give her some clues. She discovers a few villains underground, the “Mâles-Maitres”, or Male Masters.
Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m.
For one film $7 adult. For both films $10 adult
French Movie
Le Brio by Yvan Attal (France, 2017, 95 min)
In French with English subtitles
Neïla Salah (Camélia Jordana) a grandi à Créteil et rêve de devenir avocate. Inscrite à la grande université parisienne d’Assas, elle se confronte dès le premier jour à Pierre Mazard (Daniel Auteuil), professeur connu pour ses provocations et ses dérapages. Pour se racheter une conduite, ce dernier accepte de préparer Neïla au prestigieux concours d’éloquence.
Saturday, March 16 at 2:30 p.m.
For one film $7 adult. For both films $10 adult