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In collaboration with the Departments of Film & Media Arts and World Languages & Cultures, Learning Abroad in the Office for Global Engagement is excited to present the Tournées Film Festival to virtually screen a series of films this spring 2021. To fund the screenings, Learning Abroad received a grant from the French-American Cultural Exchange (FACE Foundation), in partnership with the Franco-American Cultural Fund, which aims to bring French cinema to American college and university campuses. To guide you in better understanding these films, faculty from Film & Media Arts and World Languages & Cultures, along with Learning Abroad’s associate director, will be holding film discussions.

Showcasing established and emerging talents, the Tournées Film Festival reflects the diversity and the richness of French cinema through various genres—fiction, documentary, animation and repertory films. The selected films present a wide variety of subjects, perspectives, locations and human experiences. Two films, “Joan of Arc” and “The State Against Mandela and the Others,” have already been screened, and the four films listed below will be screened in the next few weeks. The festival is free and open to the public.