French Film Festival Brings Free Movies To Washington Heights Park

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK —The Films On The Green Festival is coming to Washington Heights this month.

Films On The Green, a festival that organizes free outdoor movie screenings around Manhattan, will be showing The Science Of Sleep in J. Hood Wright Park on July 12 at 8.30 p.m.

The Science Of Sleep tells the story of daydreamer Stéphane who falls for his neighbor Stéphanie, but their relationship is complicated by Stéphane's fantasy world.

The movie will be screened in French with Spanish subtitles.

This is the 10th year the outdoor French film festival Films On The Green has been held in the city. This year's curators include famed directors Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch.

Films On The Green is supported by the French Embassy, French American Cultural Exchange Foundation and NYC Parks Department.

This is a special screening in this year's festival, presented in partnership with the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.

Below are details of other screenings in this year's festival.

July 14, 8:30pm - Tompkins Square Park

Port Of Shadows (Quai Des Brumes) by Marcel Carné, 1938

July 21, 8:30pm - Riverside Park, Pier I
Lumiere D'Ete by Jean Grémillon, 1943
Curator Matías Piñeiro will introduce the film.

July 28, 8:30pm - Riverside Park, Pier I

The Trip To The Moon (Le Voyage Dans La Lune) by Georges Méliès, 1902

Elena and Her Men (Elena Et Les Hommes) by Jean Renoir, 1956

September 7, 7:30pm | Columbia University

The Wild Child (L'Enfant Sauvage) by François Truffaut, 1970

Lead image via Alice Lim/Flickr