Burning Bright: New French Filmmakers Film Festival
From September 6th through October 25th, French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) will be hosting the 2022 edition of its Burning Bright: New French Filmmakers Film Festival.
Tuesdays, September 6–October 25
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
Free for FIAF Members!
Burning Bright is back for the fifth edition, presenting recent prize-winning films by emerging French filmmakers.
This new generation of French cinematic voices delivers a fresh and distinctive visual take on the world, introducing creative narratives and turning the lens on faces and places rarely seen on screen. Delving into such relevant social topics as women’s rights, job insecurity, and social class mobility, Burning Bright is thrilled to introduce FIAF audiences to this talented new class of filmmakers.
This year’s selections include multiple US and NY premieres from nine features and three short films. Tickets are now on sale!
CinéSalon is free for FIAF Members—join or renew by Aug 12 to save 10%.
This year’s selections include multiple US and NY premieres from 9 features and 3 short films. This new generation of French cinematic voices delivers a fresh and distinctive visual take on the world, introducing creative narratives and turning the lens on faces and places rarely seen on screen.
Opening this year’s festival on September 6 will be a free screening of the New York premiere of Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas’s directorial debut, The World After Us. Other 2022 festival highlight’s include Contance Meyer’s Robust, Arthur Harari’s Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, a Q&A with director Anaïs Volpé following the screening of her award-winning film The Braves, and screenings of festival favorite’s Zero F*cks Given, by Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre, and Audrey Diwan’s Happening, amongst many others.
More information and the full lineup of events is available here and below.
FIAF also provides a special membership category for students that allows them to enjoy up to 45 films at FIAF for just $45/year. A FIAF membership includes tickets to our weekly CinéSalon screening of French films every Tuesday, along with a discounted price to our special screenings of NY and US premieres.
Thank you very much for your support!