Films on the Green 2026 | Marfa
Presented in partnership with MAINTENANT and in honor of the 250th anniversary of French-American relations, Villa Albertine’s annual outdoor film series Films on the Green arrives to Marfa from September 17 to September 27, 2026, showcasing French-American collaboration.
This year, Films on the Green arrives in Marfa for the first time, with four evenings of open-air film screenings set against the striking landscapes of the West Texas desert. Under the stars and surrounded by Marfa’s singular atmosphere, the series will offer a unique cinematic experience celebrating French-American cinematic collaborations.
For this first edition in the desert, the lineup includes Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave tech noir film Alphaville (1965), Louis Malle’s crime thriller tragedy film Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, 1958), Raoul Peck’s historical documentary I am Not Your Negro (2016), and Quentin Dupieux’s surreal comedy-drama film Reality (Réalité, 2014).
This event is free and open to the public.
Alphaville
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Alphaville
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Distributed by Rialto Pictures
Starring Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, László Szabó
1965, 1h39, France-Italy
Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s beautiful daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Elevator to the Gallows
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Elevator to the Gallows (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud)
Directed by Louis Malle
Distributed by Janus Films
Starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
1958, 1h31, France
Femme fatale Florence Carala and her lover Julien devise a plan to murder her wealthy husband and stage it as a suicide. But when Julien becomes trapped in an elevator, their perfect crime begins to unravel, setting off a tense night of chance encounters, mistaken identities, and fatal consequences across Paris. Louis Malle’s striking feature debut is a masterful film noir, elevated by a legendary improvised jazz score by Miles Davis.
I Am Not Your Negro
Thursday, September 24, 2026
I Am Not Your Negro
Directed by Raoul Peck
Distributed by Kino Lorber
Written by James Baldwin, featuring the voice of Samuel L. Jackson
2016, PG-13, 1h33, France-USA-Belgium-Switzerland
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and a wealth of rich archival material. I Am Not Your Negro is a journey into Black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights Movement to the present #BlackLivesMatter movement. It is a film that questions Black representation in Hollywood and beyond. Ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr., Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.
Reality (Réalité)
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Distributed by Swank Motion Pictures/IFC Films
Starring Alain Chabat, Jonathan Lambert, Élodie Bouchez, Jon Heder, Eric Wareheim
2014, 1h35, France-Belgium-USA
In the alternate reality of the LA entertainment industry, a cameraman has 48 hours to pull off the impossible: find the world’s greatest groan sound effect for the movie he dreams of directing or it doesn’t get made. As he embarks on a hilariously bizarre odyssey, fact and fiction, reality and dreams collide in a surreal swirl of comic absurdity.
Reality
Sunday, September 27, 2026
