Tournees French Film Festival Announced
September 16, 2005
Champaign-Urbana - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in cooperation with Parkland College and Boardman's Art Theatre, will present the Tournees French Film Festival, to be held at Boardman's Art Theatre, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, from Friday, Oct. 7 through Thursday, Oct. 13.
Featuring Five Award-Winning Films - Multiple Screenings:
- Brodeuses/Sequins (Eleonore Faucher, France 2004)
- L'Esquive/Games of Love and Chance (Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2003)
- Moolaade (Ousmane Sembene, Senegal 2004)
- Notre Musique, (Jean-Luc Godard, France-Switzerland, 2004)
- Qui a tue Bambi/Who Killed Bambi? (Gilles Marchand, France 2003)
The event is open to the public. More information about the films, dates, and show times will be posted at Boardman's website, http://www.boardmansarttheatre.com/index.cfm. Or, contact Boardman's Art Theatre at 217-355-0068, or at theartmanager@hotmail.com.
"We're honored to have been selected from applicants from all over the U.S. to receive a Tournees grant for culture," said Margaret Flinn, assistant professor of French and cinema studies at U of I. "We're also excited to be hosting a French film festival here in Champaign-Urbana, with the fantastic collaboration of Parkland College and Boardman's Art Theatre," she added.
The festival is being made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC). The Tournees Festival is an annual grant program designed to support the screening of contemporary French cinema on American university and college campuses. Tournees is a program made available by the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE): http://www.facecouncil.org/index.html .
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