HBO Directors Dialogues: Agnès Varda & JR

Part of

55th New York Film Festival

September 29 - October 15, 2017

The two artist friends will discuss their unique project Faces Places and the wise and wonderful film that came out of it.

This HBO Directors Dialogue will be streamed on Facebook Live! Watch it on the NYFF Facebook page starting at 6PM EST.

At age 89, legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda has collaborated with 34-year-old visual artist JR on a remarkable new film, titled Faces Places. In it, the two of them journey from one rural French village to another, meeting people, taking their photographs, and printing large-scale versions of them, placed grandly within the environments. The two artist friends will discuss their unique project and the wise and wonderful film that came out of it.

HBO Directors Dialogues: Agnès Varda & JR

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