—     Visit

At the invitation of the French Embassy’s Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action, the Minister for Culture, Eric Thill, visited the Cité internationale de la langue française on 18 June in Villers-Cotterêts for an exchange with the management of the Cité and the curator of the exhibition, Barbara Cassin. Eric Thill was received by Paul de Sinety, General Delegate for the French Language and the Languages of France at the Ministry of Culture, and Paul Rondin, Director of the Cité.

In his speech, the Minister for Culture, Eric Thill, was impressed by the Cité’s immersive experience and creative approach: “Today’s visit has reinforced our desire to design a permanent exhibition on the Luxembourg language and Luxembourg’s unique linguistic situation, its history and its future, inviting visitors of all ages to explore our living heritage and appreciate its importance to our society.”

         —     Villers-Cotterêts

The historic château is a symbolic place for the French language, since it was here that François I signed the famous decree in 1539 making it compulsory to use French instead of Latin in administrative and judicial documents. It has been completely renovated at the request of the French President, to make the Cité internationale de la langue française a living showcase for the French language, a place that invites visitors on a journey through the French language and the Francophonie world.

      From 4 July to 21 September 2024, the luca will be hosting a solo exhibition by French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton entitled “The otherness of the rooms and the promise of the forms”.

         —     Exhibition

Each plan is the fruit of a strategy that seeks to create high-quality relationships between the different parts that make it up. The project is born of this rapprochement between the component, seen as an irreducible primary entity, and the plan, conceived with the desire to guarantee the quality of their association.

This exhibition is an opportunity to share twenty years of architectural practice through a project culture driven by the notion of the piece. With drawing as a resource for seeing, designing and showing, models of all scales for a sensitive immersion and the book for a different temporality, the visitor is invited to explore the multiplicity of emotions aroused by the architectural experience and to share the pleasure of looking at the world of the project through that of the rooms.

This exhibition is organised by the luca – Luxembourg centre for architecture, with the support of Institut français du Luxembourg and the Association Victor Hugo.

         —     Jean-Christophe Quinton

Jean-Christophe Quinton, born in 1972, graduated from Ecole Paris-Belleville in 2000. He set up his own practice in 2003. In 2004, he won the Nouveaux Albums des Jeunes Architectes prize, and was mentioned in the Chernikov Prize in 2010. He also teaches at various schools of architecture, and since 2015 has been head of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles. The monograph of his work Vers l’immédiate étrangeté des formes was awarded the Grand prix du livre d’architecture de la Ville de Briey in 2017. He has been a full member of the Académie d’Architecture since 2019.

      On 4, 5 & 6 July, the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg will be screening a selection of feature films from the Semaine de la Critique 2024 selection.

         —     Semaine de la Critique – Cannes

Since 1962, La Semaine de la Critique, a parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival, has been spotlighting young, emerging film talent. This platform, programmed by members of the Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma, offers short films as well as first and second features.

Since its creation, La Semaine has revealed the work of such renowned filmmakers as Chris Marker, Jacques Audiard, Arnaud Desplechin, François Ozon, Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ken Loach, Andrea Arnold and Wong Kar Wai. The Semaine team is now led by critic Ava Cahen (Le Cercle, FrenchMania, Le Masque et la plume…) and continues to support the emerging voices of world cinema who will be the established directors of tomorrow.

         —     At the Cinémathèque

The Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg is delighted to announce a three-day partial screening of feature films from the Semaine de la Critique’s 2024 Selection, with an introduction to each film by Ava Cahen General Delegate of the Semaine de la Critique Cannes. At the same time, La Semaine and the Cinémathèque are organising daytime workshops for students and film professionals in Luxembourg.

The revival will offer Luxembourg audiences a unique opportunity to discover Cannes gems just a few weeks after their world premiere on the Croisette.