Events

May
15
Thu
2014
France: Screening at Cannes Film festival’s “Un Certain Regard” and release of «La Chambre bleue», adapated by Mathieu Amalric, with Mathieu Amalric, Stéphanie Cléau et Léa Drucker
May 15 – May 16 all-day

FR La Chambre bleue 120x160

Jun
3
Tue
2014
Switzerland: Release of «La Chambre bleue», adapated by Mathieu Amalric, with Mathieu Amalric, Stéphanie Cléau et Léa Drucker
Jun 3 all-day

La Chambre bleue 70x100

Sep
5
Fri
2014
USA: Simenon Redux: Maigret on Film at Anthology Film Archives in NY @ Anthology Film Archives
Sep 5 – Sep 7 all-day

They’ll be showing “The Night at the Crossroads”, “A Man’s Neck” and “Cecile Is Dead!,” and tickets are on sale now. I will introduce the first screening this evening in the company David Bellos, one of my father’s new English language translators and author of “Is That a Fish in Your Ear?”

Oct
4
Sat
2014
UK: Maigret on Film at the Barbican in London @ Barbican Center
Oct 4 – Oct 26 all-day

Maigret at the BarbicanAt the Barbican 3, on October 4, 11, 25 and 26, at 16:00. They’ll be showing “Maigret sets a Trap”, “The Man on the Eiffel Tower”, “Maigret Sees Red” and “A Man’s Neck”.

I will introduce the last screening on October 26.

Oct
15
Wed
2014
UK: La Chambre bleue (The Blue Room) at the British Film Institute London Festival @ British Film Institute
Oct 15 – Oct 18 all-day

The Blue Room La Chambre bleue

Mathieu Amalric directs himself as a two-timing everyman pinned under the wheels of fate, in a precision-tooled and powerfully sad adaptation of Georges Simenon.

  • Oct 15, 2014 3:15 PM
  • BFI Southbank, NFT1
  • Oct 17, 2014 6:30 PM
  • Cine Lumiere Cinema
  • Oct 18, 2014 9:00 PM
  • Curzon Soho Cinema, Screen 1
Oct
19
Sun
2014
France: Projection de «Un siècle de Georges Simenon» de Pierre Assouline @ Cinémathèque de Saint-Étienne
Oct 19 @ 15:00 – 16:00

Programme Saint-Étienne 00001L’inventeur de Maigret raconté par lui-même. À partir d’extraits d’entretiens audiovisuels et radiophoniques de l’écrivain, émaillés d’archives et de photographies personnelles, des images des actualités de l’époque et de séquences de films adaptées de ses romans, Pierre Assouline tisse un portrait inédit de Georges Simenon.
Cette projection sera suivie à 16h00 d’une Rencontre Simenon avec Pierre Assouline et John Simenon qui évoquera son père.

Médiation Philippe Leonard, Directeur de la Cinémathèque de Saint-Étienne.

Dec
3
Wed
2014
France: Hommage à Simenon du 3 décembre 2014 au 22 janvier 2015 à la Cinémathèque française @ Cinémathèque française
Dec 3 2014 – Jan 22 2015 all-day
Jan
8
Thu
2015
Portugal: “Georges Simenon, 1903-1989: more than Maigret” @ Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Jan 8 – Apr 18 all-day

image003PORTUGAL: “Georges Simenon, 1903-1989: more than Maigret”. From January 8 to April 18, an exhibition of Simenon Portuguese first editions at the Portuguese National Library in Lisbon.

Feb
7
Sat
2015
France: Bernard Campan best acteur, and Denis Malleval best director at the Festival des Créations Télévisuelles of Luchon
Feb 7 all-day

Congratulations to Bernard Campan, best actor (for an interview in Luchon, click here) and Denis Malleval, best director, at the Luchon Festival des Créations Télévisuelles.2015.02.08 La Boule noire - Visuel

Feb
17
Tue
2015
France: La Boule noire, diffusion ce soir sur France 3
Feb 17 @ 20:45 – 22:15

2015.02.08 La Boule noire - Visuel

Mar
27
Fri
2015
Portugal: A Conversation With Fernando Sobral @ Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Mar 27 @ 18:30

BNFOn the occasion of a visit, before it ends on April 18, of Georges Simenon, 1903-1989: more than Maigretan exposition of vintage Simenon book covers at the National Library of Portugal, I look forward to participating in a conversation with Fernando Sobral on March 27, at 18h00