Film Screening: Glaciers, Ice in Freefall (Glaciers, enquête sur une disparition)
The Alliance Française de Chicago is honored to partner with Villa Albertine and the Consulate General of France in Chicago on a screening of Glaciers, Ice in Freefall (Glaciers, enquête sur une disparition) as part of Chicago Water Week.
Learn more »Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Dans la cuisine des Nguyen (In the Nguyen Kitchen)
Join us for the May installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed film series, Cinémélodie! In celebration of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re screening French filmmaker Stéphane Ly-Cuong’s 2025 musical Dans la cuisine des Nguyen (In the Nguyen Kitchen).
Learn more »Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Montréal New Wave
Join us for the June installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed film series, Cinémélodie: québécois filmmaker Erik Cimon’s 2016 documentary Montréal New Wave, which explores the ups and downs of new wave music from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s and its influence on today’s cultural scene.
Learn more »Film Screening: Cinémélodie—Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
JJoin us for the final installment of our 2025/2026 music-themed series, Cinémélodie: French director Jacques Demy 1964 musical romantic drama *Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)*! We kicked off Cinémélodie in September with a screening of Demy’s Les demoiselles de Rochefort, and so it’s only fitting that we bookend the series with the other musical for which he is best known.
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