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2025 Films on the Green Festival in the U.S.

This year, Villa Albertine’s signature French film festival, Films on the Green, presents a curated selection of films exploring fashion in cinema, with outdoor screenings in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

Dedicated to the theme Fashion in Film, this year’s edition of Films on the Green invites you to discover the glamour of French style across five cities. From an in-depth look into the iconic fashion designer’s life in Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel in New York City, to Nathalie Baye’s performance as Head Seamstress at Dior’s Avenue Montaigne workshop in Haute Couture in Chicago, learn more about trailblazing women in fashion. In Houston, experience The Animal Kingdom, winner of the César Award for Best Costume Design.

In another exciting first, this year’s screenings will open with a selection of AI Shorts curated by mk2, one of the leading companies in arthouse cinema. These short films, created or enhanced using artificial intelligence, were shown in France during the Artefact AI Film Festival after being selected by an exceptional jury chaired by the director of Amélie, legendary filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet. They open up new creative horizons and resonate with Villa Albertine’s ongoing exploration of the intersection between art and technology, from our dedicated AI Residencies for artists to the latest issue of States magazine, “Arts in the Age of AI.”


This year, Villa Albertine’s signature French film festival, Films on the Green, presents a curated selection of films exploring fashion in cinema, with outdoor screenings in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.

Dedicated to the theme Fashion in Film, this year’s edition of Films on the Green invites you to discover the glamour of French style across five cities. From an in-depth look into the iconic fashion designer’s life in Anne Fontaine’s Coco Before Chanel in New York City, to Nathalie Baye’s performance as Head Seamstress at Dior’s Avenue Montaigne workshop in Haute Couture in Chicago, learn more about trailblazing women in fashion. In Houston, experience The Animal Kingdom, winner of the César Award for Best Costume Design, followed by a stunning finale in Washington, D.C. with Jean Paul Gaultier’s visionary futuristic costumes in The Fifth Element.

In another exciting first, this year’s screenings will open with a selection of AI Shorts curated by mk2, one of the leading companies in arthouse cinema. These short films, created or enhanced using artificial intelligence, were shown in France during the Artefact AI Film Festival after being selected by an exceptional jury chaired by the director of Amélie, legendary filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet. They open up new creative horizons and resonate with Villa Albertine’s ongoing exploration of the intersection between art and technology, from our dedicated AI Residencies for artists to the latest issue of States magazine, “Arts in the Age of AI.”

Celebrate French cinema and style under the stars. Films on the Green is coming to a city near you! Stay tuned for the full lineup of events across the US.

Free and open to the public.
Films begin at sunset. All films have English subtitles.

New York City

Films on the Green was first launched in 2008 as a community-oriented festival that reaches out to audiences in the heart of neighborhood parks and community gardens across New York City. The 17th edition of Films on the Green is coming to NYC’s Central Park this summer on May 30!

With fashion and the role of women central to our series, get ready to watch a dramatization of the life and career of icon Coco Chanel, starring Academy Award nominee Audrey Tautou. 

  • Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel) – May 30 at Central Park, Cedar Hill at sunset (8:30PM)

Click here to register for the event.

Chicago

June 20 to July 15, 2025

  • How To Be a Good Wife by Martin Provost – July 15 at Montgomery Ward Park at sunset (8:30PM)
  • Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel) by Anne Fontaine – June 20 at Osterman Beach Park at sunset (8:30PM)
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) by Jacques Demy – June 26 at Belmont Harbor Park at sunset (8:30PM)
  • Haute Couture by François Ozon – July 7 at Lake Shore Park at sunset (8:30PM)

Los Angeles


July 26, 2025

  • 8 Women (8 Femmes) by François Ozon – July 26 (venue to be determined)

Washington, D.C.

September 17, 2025

  • TBD – September 17 (venue to be determined)

Houston

September 26 to October 11, 2025

  • 8 Women (8 Femmes) by François Ozon – October 11 at Rienzi at sunset (7:30PM)
  • The Animal Kingdom (Le Règne Animal) by Thomas Cailley – September 26 at The Post at sunset (7:30PM)
  • Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) by Jean Cocteau – October 4 at The Menil Collection at sunset (7:30PM)

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Films on the Green is organized nationwide in partnership with the Fondation Louis Roederer, BNP Paribas, TV5MONDE, and JCDecaux.

Contact

Nathalie Charles | Festival Manager
nathalie.charles@villa-albertine.org