FIAF is proud to have presented Burning Brighter, a film festival celebrating the remarkable diversity of emerging voices in French cinema. This special program features recent prize-winning films by new French filmmakers. Conceived with The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, this program highlights the critical importance of the arts in exploring the perspectives of different communities.
French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) Burning Brighter: New Voices in French Cinema is an in-person and online film festival celebrating the remarkable diversity of emerging voices in French cinema.
This special program of French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) featured recent prize-winning films by new French filmmakers. Conceived with The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations, this program highlights the critical importance of the arts in exploring the perspectives of different communities.
The new generation of French cinema promises to be more inclusive and reflective of today’s society. It introduces new narratives and turns its lens on faces and places that are rarely seen on screen. The films of Burning Brighter—13 of them US or NY premieres—will include stories of daily struggles, hard-won redemption, sexual oppression, identity, and belonging.
The Official Trailer for French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) Burning Festoval
Tracing their heritage from Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Morocco, Guadeloupe, Lebanon, and France, these filmmakers brought a burst of new energy to FIAF’s fall reopening. The event was held on a full weekend in person from Friday, October 1 to Sunday, October 3 at FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall (55 E 59 St in NYC) and featured six features, six shorts, one TV series, exclusive director Q&As, and a roundtable discussion. The program continued online from Sunday, October 3 to Sunday, October 10 with six additional films.
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