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Join us for our Francophone Film Festival at BU! We are excited to present the Fifth Annual Tournées Film Festival at Boston University, virtually!

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10/06/2026

💫 JOIN US TOMORROW 💫
On Wednesday, Oct. 7 @ 6pm in PHO 206 (8 St. Mary's St), we'll be screening "L'Histoire de Souleymane" (Souleymane's Story), directed by Boris Lojkine.

📝 The film follows Souleymane, a Guinean undocumented immigrant who seeks asylum in France. As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, he rehearses the story he must tell immigration officials in two days.

09/30/2026

ONE WEEK TO GO! 🎬✨
Please join us for "Searching for Home", our annual French Film Festival, kicking off next Wednesday, October 7, at 6 PM.

📍Photonics 206 (8 St. Mary's Street)
🎥 Screenings are free and open to the public
💬 With English subtitles

🔸 Share this post with your friends to plan your movie night! 🍿 Scan the QR code for film synopses and more information.

We look forward to seeing you there! ☺️ 💫

10/26/2025

📽️Please join us for the final screening of our 2025 French film festival!
We’re wrapping up with Holy Cow (Vingt Dieux)(2024), the feature debut of Louise Courvoisier 💫
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✨ Free & open to the public
🗓️ Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 6 pm
📍CAS B12 (685-725 Comm Ave)
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🏆 Winner of Un Certain Regard at Cannes and Best First Film at the 50th César Awards!

It follows 18-year-old Totone as his carefree life turns upside down when he has to take care of his 7-year-old sister… and decides to make an award-winning Comté cheese to earn a living 🧀

10/20/2025

💫Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 pm for the screening of Dahomey, from the acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics).

🎬This screening is free and open to the public
📍CAS B12 ( 685-725 Comm Ave)

📝 Set in November 2021, the documentary charts 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin: the present-day Republic of Benin.

10/09/2025

💫Mark your calendars to join us Wednesday, Oct 15 at 6 PM for a special screening of « Sisterhood » (2023) (French title: HLM P***y), the feature debut of Nora El Hourch.

🔸Free & open to the public!
📍CAS B12 | 685–725 Comm Ave (BU campus)

🎦Three best friends, Amina, Djeneba, and Zineb, post a video online exposing an attacker. But this soon tests the limits of their friendship, bringing to light their differences in race, class, and cultural privilege.

🧩The screening will be followed by a French Language Trivia in collaboration with the BU Global House!

10/05/2025

📽️Join us Wednesday, Oct 8 @ 6 PM in CAS B12 (685-725 Comm Ave) for The Crazy Ray / Paris qui dort (1924), this year’s classic feature by René Clair!

🔹 Free & Open to the public!
✨ After the screening, stay for a student panel as they share their experiences with French in Boston & in the BU Paris program! 🍪 Refreshments provided!

About the film:
🗼 The keeper of the Eiffel Tower awakes one morning to find all of Paris mysteriously frozen in time…

09/29/2025

🎬Start October with No Chains No Masters (2024)
📅 Wednesday, Oct. 1, @ 6 pm
📍 CAS B12 (685–725 Comm Ave)

Directed by Simon Moutaïrou, this film is inspired by historical accounts of maroons, former slaves in West Africa, who emancipated themselves from French settlements.

🔸Set in 1759 on the island of Mauritius, it follows 16-year-old Mati, who refuses to accept slavery, unlike her father Massamba, broken by years of oppression. She dares to dream beyond the sugar cane plantations…

We hope to see you there for this powerful story!💫

09/21/2025

✨Join us Wednesday at 6 pm in CAS B12 (685–725 Comm Ave) for the screening of Flow (2024), the award-winning animated feature by Gints Zilbalodis. 🐈‍⬛😻

🌊 Flow tells the story of a black cat who wakes up in a world overrun by water and later finds refuge on a boat shared with other animals.

💫 Don’t miss this visually stunning, poetic tale of survival, companionship, and hope!

09/08/2025

✨Spread the word !!✨
The 2025 Albertine Cinémathèque is right around the corner, kicking off with a meowsome start on Wednesday, September 24 at 6 PM in CAS B12 ( BU Charles River Campus!)🐾🎬

This year, we’re bringing you 6 powerful « Tales of Survival »; stories that present resilience in the face of adversity through collective bonds and strength. 🌱

🎞️ Forward this post to your friends to plan your movie night! For film synopses, scan the QR code. See you in two weeks! 😍🙌🏻

09/02/2025

🎬 Bonjour film lovers! We’re coming back to the screen very soon with 6 incredible stories! 💫
Stay tuned for the full lineup and all the details.
In the meantime, here’s a little sneak peek of what’s to come… 👀✨
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