Events and Screenings
CINÉ-JEUDI presents PERSEPOLIS and CONTE DE QUARTIER
Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi. 2007, France, 96 minutes.
Winner, Jury Prize, 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
The poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution, based on the award-winning graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi.
preceded by
Conte de quartier
Directed by Florence Miailhe. 2006, NFB, 16 minutes.
A crazy day in a neighbourhood under reconstruction: seven characters and a rag doll are swept up in a dizzying chain of events.
$6, $4 for students, seniors, NFB and French partner organization members.
Presented in collaboration with The Beguiling, Canada’s largest purveyor of comics, graphic novels, and original comic art. Located in downtown Toronto or online at www.Beguiling.com
The Beguiling also presents the 2010 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which takes place May 8th and 9th at the Toronto Reference Library. A free exhibition featuring over 200 comics authors, readings, panels and more, right in the heart of downtown Toronto. For more information, visit http://www.torontocomics.com.
The NFB Mediatheque presents French-language films the first Thursday of each
month, in partnership with Alliance Française de Toronto, le Bureau du Québec à Toronto, Cinéfranco, the Consulate General of France in Toronto and Théâtre Français de Toronto.
Films are shown in French with English subtitles.
- March 4 2010
- 07:30 PM
