Tournées Festival of Francophone Films 2008

Thanks to the generous support of the French-American Cultural Exchange, Entre Nous and the French Discipline are able to bring a Tournées Film Festival to UMM and the Morris community for the second consecutive year. This year's Tournées Festival includes five award-winning, feature films. Films are in French with English subtitles. For more info, contact Prof. Tammy Berberi.

Paris, je t'aime will be shown on Valentine's Day (a Thursday) at 7:00 p.m. at the Morris Theatre on East 6th Street in Morris, MN. This is a fundraider to benefit the Morris Theatre Revitalization Project. Admission is free, donations are strongly encouraged.
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All other festival screenings will be on Fridays at 7:00 p.m. in the UMM Science Auditorium in conjunction with the the CAC Film Series.

Chats Perchés In November 2001, French cinema-essayist Chris Marker became intrigued by the sudden appearance of grinning yellow cat paintings on Paris buildings and public surfaces. More info At UMM February 1
Fauteuil d'orchestre One day, Jessica decides to go to Paris and finds a job at a café frequented by the "tout Paris". Indeed, it is located on Avenue Montaigne, in the wealthy section of Paris. Her customers include an array of artistic figures. More info At UMM February 8
Paris, je t'aime A patchwork of eighteen short films by different directors. Each one had to tell a story located in one of Paris' “arrondissements” in less than five minutes. More info Thursday, February 14, 7:00 p.m. @ Morris Theatre
Rois et reine Invoking everything from Shakespeare and Hitchcock to Moby Dick, the film is a heartbreaking, hilarious melodrama of the intrigues and entanglements of ex-spouses Nora and Ismaël. More info At UMM February 22
Indigènes What is little known is that allied victories in 1994-45 were largely due to the accomplishment of recruits from Africa. 130,000 natives from North Africa and 20,000 Africans fought to liberate France, a country they had never seen before. More info At UMM February 29

The Tournées Festival was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC), the Florence Gould Foundation, the Grand Marnier Foundation, highbrow entertainment, agnès b. and the Franco-American Cultural Fund.