AASU's Francophone Film Fest starts Thursday

AASU's first Francophone Film Festival will be held in the Fine Arts Auditorium evenings of April 16-18. Five recent films in French, with English subtitles, will be screened. All shows are free and open to the public. The schedule is:

Thursday, April 16
7 p.m. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007). Reception will follow.

Friday, April 17
6 p.m. Her Name is Sabine by Sandrine Bonnaire (2008)
8:30 p.m. Grand Voyage by Ismael Ferroukhi (2004)

Saturday April 18
6 p.m. Blame it on Fidel by Julie Gavras (2006)
8:30 p.m. The Chorus by Christophe Barratier (2005)

The film title links above refer to a review from Sight & Sound. These and other film reviews are available full text, online from Lane Library's subscription database called Omnifile, find it under Additional Databases on the Library's website (From off-campus login to the proxy server is required for access.)

The festival is the result of collaboration among the AASU French Club, the College of Liberal Arts, the Early Childhood Education Department, the Department of Languages, Literature & Philosophy and the Office of International Education.

"In presenting this film festival we are offering our students and the Savannah community not only an opportunity to view some award-winning films for free, but also we are providing a forum where people can learn about the cultures of the Francophone world and share with others of similar interests," said Dorothee Mertz-Weigel, AASU assistant professor of French and language lab director.

The festival is part of the Tournées Festival organized by the French American Cultural Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing French-American relations through arts, education and cultural exchange projects.

For more information, contact Dorothee Mertz-Weigel at Dorothee.Mertz-Weigel@armstrong.edu or at 912.344.2804.