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Newsletter - January 7, 2012
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Bonne Année 2012!
From the Team of Focus on French Cinema!
We wish you a Happy New Year, full of joy and love, surprise and emotion, just like a good movie.
2011 has been an excellent vintage for French film production, and we are thrilled that Focus on French Cinema can bring some of the best movies to you in March 2012. Follow our blog to stay on the top of what is happening in the French theaters and read the sharp reviews prepared for you. We are finalizing the selection of the 12 films that will bring again a cocktail of emotion, laugh, tears, amazing stories and reflections about our life and our world. We will present them in the coming newsletters starting next month. Keep posted.
Cinematographically yours!
Catherine Lamairesse
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FOCUS ON FRENCH CINEMA 2012 POSTER
Our New Look for this New Year!
 The poster of the festival has arrived! Soon, you will see it in places near you: in theaters, of course, but also in malls throughout the tri-state area, such as the Stamford Mall and the Westchester Mall. We thank our long-time sponsors JC Decaux and Adspace Digital Mall Network and, for the first-time, Access360. We hope you will like as much as we do this inspirational work by Amy Lambert at Soul Story Graphic Design Co. The camera lens captures the bridge between the world of cinema and its audience, and we wonder who's really watching who? The colorful, mysterious reflection invokes the idea of "focus ", the name that we chose for the festival. Let's sharpen our focus and catch the best of the two worlds !
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FOCUS ON FRENCH CINEMA 2012!
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Close-up on French Cinema
Film classes at Purchase College!
What about a class for French movies lovers near you, isn't it a great idea for 2012? Well, it is now a reality, thanks to Anne Kern, Professor and head of the department of Cinema Studies at Purchase College. You might have met Anne during previous festivals, as a long time member of the FFC and keynote speaker. Purchase College is known for its unique combination of Visual arts, Film & Media Studies and Liberal. Every month, a discussion hosted by Professor Kern will take place between a guest speaker, Professor at Purchase College, and the "students". Read more >
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In this Issue
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- Bonne Annee!
- Our New look for 2012
- French Cinema classes
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| Did you know? |
- 2011 was a record year for French cinema: early numbers anticipate 215 million tickets sold, better than last year's 206,3 million.
- 2010 had already beat 1967, previously the 2nd best year, after 1966, which holds the record with 234 million spectators.
- This year's movie Intouchables is on pace to become the 3rd most successful movie of all-time in France, behind only Titanic and Bienvenus chez les Ch'tis, with whom he could contend for 2nd best.
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| Mark your calendar |
March 23-25 2012
next year's festival
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