FREE EVENT - 2019 French and Francophone Film Festival

TICKET PRICES
FREE

Sunday, October 06, 2019 / 07:30 pm

The 2019 French and Francophone Film Festival begins THIS SUNDAY!

Please see below for dates, titles, and times. Links to each available on our website.

Admission is FREE FOR ALL SHOWS however tickets are required.
Tickets are available by contacting the Majestic Theater box office in person or by phone at 717-337-8200.

 

French and Francophone Film Festival 2019 SCHEDULE:

Sunday, October 6th • 7:30 p.m. Félicité by Alain Gomis (2017) (France-Senegal)
The story of a mother and bar entertainer struggling to get funds after her child is hospitalized.

Sunday, October 20th • 7:30 p.m. Le retour du héros (Return of the Hero) by Laurent Tirard (2018)
In 1809 a soldier is called up to the front, leaving his fiancee heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up, but her plans go awry when he reappears.

Sunday, October 27th • 7:30 p.m. Fatima (Fatima) by Philippe Faucon (2015) (France-Quebec)
Single mother Fatima works odd hours to support her two daughters. While on medical leave after a fall, she keeps a diary in Arabic, writing everything she could never express in French.

Sunday, November 3rd • 5:00 p.m. Le grand méchant renard et autres contes (The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales) by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert (2017) (France-Belgium)
In a theater, a group of farm animals play three different stories led by the Fox, host of the show.

Co-sponsored by the French Department, Africana Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Theater Arts Department, Cinema and Media Studies, History Department, Office of Multicultural Engagement, Dining Services, and the Alliance Française in Frederick.