Farmington Nonprofit Plans Free Film, Literary Festival June 1-2

A literary non-profit based in Farmington will host a free two-day festival of international writing and film June 1 and 2 at the in downtown Farmington. 

Absinthe Festival of International Film & Writing showcases European authors and films from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. both days. There is no admission charge; the event is sponsored by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, in Farmington Hills. 

Friday begins with readings by poets Dunya Mikhail and Chris Tysh and translator Benjamin Paloff. A showing of the cold war thriller Farewell, starring Diane Kruger, Willem Dafoe and Guillaume Canet, follows the discussion. 

On Saturday, poet Mariela Griffor, writer Anca Vlasopolos and translator Jeffrey Angeles will read, followed by a screening of The Hedgehog, adapted from Muriel Barbery’s New York Times best-seller The Elegance of the Hedgehog. 

Learn more about the event at absinthenew.com.