By now it is abundantly clear that New Yorkers are more than a little in love with the French and French culture. And with Bastille Day coming on Wednesday, July 14, the amour fou is just getting "fouer". Those ready for a New York dose of haute cuisine and cinema francais can get their fill at this week's Cinemonde program. Cinemonde is an initiative by Jerome Rudes of Mistral Artist Management to bring quality cinema to New Yorkers, who can feast on delicacies and dr...

JailCity, For the Love of God, Blues by the Beach, Hot Afternoons There Have Been in Montana, and Intimità win audience-voted grand prizes, and take home “Roger” statuettes The 2006 Avignon/New York Film Festival announced the winners of its 12th annual “transatlantic crossroads of independent cinema” at last night’s Closing Night ceremony at Danny Kaye Playhouse on New York’s Upper East Side. This year’s event included 23 features and 23 short films, panel discussions, filmmaker ...

AVIGNON/NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, Nov. 9-13, 2005The festival celebrates French and American independent film with premieres, retrospectives, round-table discussions on pertinent issues with industry experts, interviews with filmmakers, along with receptions, gourmet foods and high-caliber beverages, wines and liqueurs, and prizes for emerging filmmakers.To kick off its second decade of organizing high-calibre film festivals in New York City, the organization has moved “Avignon/New York” from ...