Je crois que je l'aime Tonight

Tonight at 7 pm at the Dobie we are pleased to bring you the third installment in the Cinéma Français Today film festival. We will be showing Je crois que je l'aime, a film by Pierre Jolivet.

I will be leading the discussion about this romantic comedy following the movie. We hope to see you tonight at 7. This screening, like all others in the series will be subtitled and free of charge.

Thank you!

Jonathan

Next Monday, October 26, "Le Couperet"!

We are very pleased to announce the second film in our Cinéma Français Today film series, the 2005 Costa-Gavras film, Le Couperet.

This black comedy/thriller features a very timely subject as an out-of-work job applicant takes an unorthodox approach to finding his next job.

From Wikipedia:

Bruno Davert is a middle-aged, middle-class, and middle-management positioned executive in paper industry who suddenly becomes unemployed. Surprisingly, his methods of competing in the work-force market are anything but ordinary.

Leading our discussion after the film will be Prof. Paola Bonifazio of the Department of French and Italian and Laura Dixon of the Department of Radio, Television, and Film.

We are thrilled to offer this film free of charge and open to the public at Dobie Theatre auditorium #3 at 7 pm next Monday. As with all the films of our series, this film is presented in a 35mm print with subtitles (of course).

We thank our sponsors for their generous support.

We hope to see you next Monday!

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(ozap.com)

New Additions to the "Home" Panel

We have two more additions we wish to welcome to the panel for Home:

Dr. Cédric H. David, PhD. Dr. David received his PhD from UT Austin in 2009 and now studies geographic information systems, hydrological modeling, river routing, parallel computing. His present research concerns global climate change in Saudi Arabia and river flow in the United States.

Dr. Paul C. Adams, PhD. Dr. Adams is Associate Professor and Director of Urban Studies in the Department of Geography and the Environment.

The panel now consists of Dr. Sahotra Sarkar, Dr. Alberto Pimpinelli, Dr. Paul C. Adams, Dr. Cédric David, and Martino Lovato.

Announcing the Cinéma Français Today Film Festival

On behalf of the French & Italian Graduate Student Organization (FIGSO), I am pleased to announce the first screening in the 2009-2010 Cinéma Français Today Film Festival.

We will be screening the 2009 Yann Arthus-Bertrand film, Home:

This visually dramatic special illustrates the planet's fragile state entirely from a birds-eye view in stunning high definition. With spectacular aerial views from more than 50 countries, viewers will see the extent of human impact on our landscapes. And not a moment too soon: In the past 50 years --a single lifetime -- the Earth has been more radically changed than by all previous generations of humanity. (nationalgeographic.com)

The screening will be held at Dobie Theatres in the Dobie Mall in Auditorium #3. The film starts at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a half-hour panel discussion. We are pleased to welcome Sahotra Sarkar, PhD, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology at UT Austin, Alberto Pimpinelli, PhD, Professor, Attaché for Science and Technology at the Consulate General of France in Houston, and Martino Lovato, Graduate Student, Department of Comparative Literature at UT Austin.

All screenings in the series are FREE, courtesy of funding provided by The Center for European Studies, the Consulate General of France in Houston, and The William P. Hobby Centennial Professorship.

Here is the poster for the film series (click to enlarge):


For more information, you may contact Jonathan Evans via e-mail at or the France-UT Institute at 512-232-3470. For publicity, you may contact Margaret Becker at .

The Dobie Theatres are located at:

2025 Guadalupe Street
Austin, TX 78705
Free Parking

For directions or other theater related information, you may call Dobie Theatres at 512-472-3456.

We look forward to seeing you October 12!

-Jonathan

UT COLA Center for European Studies Upcoming Events Website

The principle financial sponsor of the Cinéma Français Today film series has an excellent website with a list of upcoming events, including the films in this series.

You may visit the website at:

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/events/upcoming.php

Welcome to the UT French and Italian Grad. Student Org Blog

Please stay tuned for updates on our Spring FIGSO Conference and the Cinéma Français Today film series sponsored by FIGSO.

You may also visit the Department of French and Italian at UT Austin at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/frenchitalian/

Thank you!