by Isabella | 13-11-2024 | Business, Business, News, SF Specials, Visit ArchitectureSustainabilityUrban Design
In anticipation of the French-American Chamber of Commerce event “Rethinking Urban Design for a Sustainable Future” on December 11, in partnership with MerciSF, we had the pleasure of speaking with Anne Fougeron, Architect Extraordinaire, who has been... 
by Isabella | 7-02-2024 | Agenda, Movie, News, See All Benoit MagimelCinéma françaisJuliette Binoche
Tran Anh Hung doesn’t cook, but he loves observing hands at work, faces chewing, the choreography in a kitchen. With his latest film, awarded best director in Cannes 2023, and nominated to represent France for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film (note: not selected,... 
by Isabella | 23-05-2023 | SF Specials BalletPrincipal Dancer
After shining for over 10 years at the San Francisco Ballet, Mathilde Froustey embarks on new adventures. This Principal dancer, trained in part at the Paris Opera, leaves San Francisco to return to the Bordeaux Opera and get closer to her native Southwest. She opens... 
by Isabella | 19-04-2023 | Agenda, Movie, See All End of LifeFrench cinemaFrench OzoneSophie Marceau
“Everything Went Fine” is the latest film by François Ozon featuring Sophie Marceau, André Dussolier, Géraldine Pailhas, and Charlotte Rampling. Released in theaters last week in the United States, it is starting this week in San Francisco. True to his... 
by Isabella | 5-04-2023 | Business ArchitectureRevitalize downtownSiteLab
Arthur Perez is a French urban designer, who relocated to San Francisco. We met him during The Night of Ideas 2023, where he took part in a panel with Mathilde Billet – resident architect of the Villa Albertine – “Make More Doughnuts! Let’s Make... 
by Isabella | 22-02-2023 | Agenda, Movie, News, See All Festival de CannesMaroccoMovies
The Blue Caftan was the opening movie of the Arab Film Festival in San Francisco last October with a presentation by the film director Maryam Touzani. Halim has long been married to Mina, with whom he runs a traditional caftan store in the medina of Salé, Morocco. The... 
by Isabella | 29-01-2023 | Agenda, Movie, See All French cinemaFrench MovieIn French with English subtitlesMia Hansen Løve
In her latest film One Fine Morning, Mia Hansen-Love gives us a bittersweet version of the human journey, between the birth of a romantic relationship and the end of life in difficult conditions. The film constantly oscillates between youth and senility, sensuality... 
by Isabella | 11-01-2023 | Movie, News, SF Specials CinémaSan FranciscoTeen Activity
Ronald Chase is a transversal artist: painter, photographer, and director… a life would not suffice. Twenty-nine years ago, inspired by a few bored students in their art school, he decided to pass on all these passions and youth education became central to his work....
