Festival of Films in French – 10 days – 17 films

The annual Festival of Films in French runs from February 17th through the 26th. Click above to see the calendar entry for each individual showing or visit https://uwm.edu/french-film-festival/schedule/ to browse the full schedule.

All films are free and in French with subtitles. All films will be shown in the UWM Union Theater and are supported by our generous sponsors:
Dr. Richard Stone
Kitty Morse
The Quebec Government Office in Chicago
The Alliance Française of Milwaukee
SWAAF (Southeast Wisconsin Academic Alliance in French)
The Milwaukee French Immersion School

Feb. 22 @ 7:00 pm
Aza Kivy – Étoile du matin (Aza Kivy – Morning Star)
Nantenaina Lova, MP4, 77 min
Madagascar, 2020 (Malagasy)

US premiere

Edmond’s boat is named ‘Aza Kivy‘ (don’t give up) to give himself and his fellow Vezo of southwest Madagascar courage to safeguard the livelihood they draw from fishing, which is under threat from Chinese trawlers plundering the ocean’s resources and from an Australian company’s mining project which requires the construction of a large seaport and the displacement of some 8000 inhabitants.

Co-sponsored by UWM Student Involvement