Vive’ la French films

For the third consecutive year, Oakland University will host a French film festival celebrating contemporary French cinema. The university was one of several American universities selected to participate in the French American Cultural Exchange’s (FACE) film grant program, the Tournees Festival.

FACE’s Tournees Festival is designed to promote French film festivals at universities. Six films will be shown free of charge on six consecutive Sundays at 2 p.m. in 156 North Foundation Hall on Oakland’s campus. All films will be in French with English subtitles. The festival is open to the public.

Films and dates are:

• January 11 – L’Enfant (The Child)
• January 18 – Two Days in Paris
• January 25 – Ne Touchez Pas La Hache (The Duchess of Langeais)
• February 1 – Dans Paris (Inside Paris)
• February 8 – L’Origine De La Tendresse Et Autres Contes (L'Origine De La Tendresse and Other Tales) -- A program of short films
• February 15 – Elle S’Appelle Sabine (Her Name is Sabine)

For more information contact Alysa Hunton at (248) 364-6106, or hunton@oakland.edu.