Covid oblige ….
The 24th Festival of Films in French is rolling out as a pandemic-safe event this February.
It is a mini festival — to be sure — with 6 feature-length films and a short available for
streaming from the currently virtual UWM Union cinema.
Music and dance permeate this year’s festival that travels from the early 1960s to the late 2010s with films that reflect the pulse and breath of our times, register long-standing social unrest as well as engage our vulnerabilities and resistance with the short poetic allegory of the human predicament of Mbas mi Haingosoa Petit pays Après l’hiver, le printemps Africa mia – La fabuleuse histoire des Maravillas de Mali ) L’âcre parfum des immortelles
The Festival runs 9am Friday to midnight Sunday on each weekend
First weekend – Friday 12 – Sunday 14 February
L’âcre parfum des immortelles (The Acrid Scent of Immortals )
Petit pays (Small Country )
Environmental Interlude – Wednesday 17 [9am] -Thursday 18 [midnight] February
Après l’hiver, le printemps (After Winter, Spring )
Second weekend – Friday 19 – Sunday 21 February
Haingosoa
Africa mia – La fabuleuse histoire des Maravillas de Mali (The Mali-Cuba Connection – Africa mia )
Special Event:
Mali-Cuba Connections
a FFF talkback with Paul Cebar
Thursday Feb 25, 5-6 pm.
to register for link please email:
erinL@AFMilwaukee.org
Mbas mi (Pandemic )
To register and obtain passwords & links to view each of the films,
please visit the below UWM Union Cinema link
Festival Of Films in French
In memory of Dr. Sheldon Stone
Special thanks to Lin Haggerty for her logistical support of the FFF and development of its website, and to Daniel Murphy for his dedication and efficacy in making this Festival happen.