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Photos: Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2018

By Jordan Raup on April 6, 2018 in Rendez-Vous

Mathieu Almaric introduces Barbara. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Jeanne Balibar. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
John Waters. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
James Ivory. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Ira Sachs. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Mathieu Almaric. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Opening night of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead talk. Photo by Michelle Fimbres.
Bruno Dumont discusses Jeannette, The Childhood of Joan of Arc. Photo by Kayoko Nakamura.
Tonie Marshall discusses Number One. Photo by Kayoko Nakamura.
Marine Francen discusses The Sower. Photo by Kayoko Nakamura.
Ava producer Jean-Louis Livi and programmer Florence Almozini. Photo by Sean DiSerio.
Xavier Legrand discusses Custody. Photo by Sean DiSerio.
Gilles Bourdos introduces Endangered Species. Photo by Sean DiSerio.
First Films free talk.
First Films free talk.
The Workshop director Laurent Cantet. Photo by Maren McGlashan.
Eugène Green discusses Waiting for the Barbarian. Photo by Maren McGlashan.
Vincent Macaigne discusses Comfort and Consolation in France. Photo by Maren McGlashan.
Rachid Hami discusses Orchestra Class. Photo by Lindsey Seide.
Raymond Depardon discusses 12 Days. Photo by Mettie Ostrowski.
Melanie Thierry at the North American premiere of A Memoir of War. Photo by Julie Cunnah.
Emmanuel Finkiel discusses A Memoir of War. Photo by Julie Cunnah.

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema returned last month with another edition that exemplified the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking. Among the directors and talent that attended were Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Balibar, Laurent Cantet, Eugène Green, Vincent Macaigne, Xavier Legrand, Bruno Dumont, Melanie Thierry, as well as special guests John Waters, Ira Sachs, James Ivory, and more. Check out photo highlights in the gallery above and watch Amalric discuss his collaborations with Arnaud Desplechin during opening night below.

“Arnaud [Desplechin] invented me as an actor.” – Mathieu Amalric on his collaborations with the director. See their latest film, ISMAEL’S GHOSTS, playing daily: https://t.co/540bkgRhoX pic.twitter.com/WSErexCaHh

— The Film Society (@FilmLinc) April 4, 2018