2026 ASG & RI Film Series: Vive La Femme

Six Film Series

In-person, with an option to join online

Ridley Auditorium at Loyola Notre Dame Library: 200 Winston Avenue Baltimore, MD, 21212

& Zoom + Vimeo

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 1:30–4:10 PM EDT - Other People’s Children

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 1:30–4:10 PM EDT - Proxima

Thursday, July 16, 2026 1:30–4:25 PM EDT - Saint Omer

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 1:30–4:25 PM EDT - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 1:30–4:00 PM EDT - Things to Come

Thursday, July 30, 2026 1:30–4:00 PM EDT - Let the Sunshine In

From the movies’ inception, French filmmakers have played an outsize role, from brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière developing their combination camera/projector (dubbed the Cinématographe), to Alice Guy-Blaché, an important early pioneer and the first woman to direct a feature film. In our 2026 series, entitled “Vive La Femme,” we offer films made within the last ten years from six brilliant and exciting contemporary French women directors. We honor the contributions of veteran artist Claire Denis, as well as the young women who have followed in her influential footsteps: Alice Diop, Mia Hansen-Løve, Céline Sciamma, Alice Winocour, and Rebecca Zlotowski. Over the course of 6 films—Other People’s Children (2022), Proxima (2019), Saint Omer (2022), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Things to Come (2016), and Let the Sunshine In (2017)—we will celebrate these innovative directors and their work. In ways their male counterparts rarely, if ever, do, these six directors examine issues that speak to the specific challenges that women face as professionals, romantic partners, and mothers. Vive la femme, indeed.

The summer film series is created in partnership with The Renaissance Institute.

$10 fee for guests or $40 for six films (No fee for ASG/RI members, or ASG subscribers)

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