French film festival scheduled March 6-8

A series of French films will be featured during an upcoming festival on campus, March 6-8.

The Tournees Festival is a program of FACE (French American Cultural Exchange), and is sponsored at Elon by the School of Communications, the Isabella Cannon Center for International Studies and the Department of Foreign Languages. All screenings are free and will be held in McEwen building room 011 in the School of Communications. All films are subtitled in English, and the program will include a discussion of each film following its conclusion.

The schedule appears below:

Tuesday, March 6
4-7 p.m.
Film 1: “L’Esquive” (Games of Love and Chance)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

Film 2: “Le Grand Voyage” (Grand Voyage)
Director: Ismael Farrouki

Wednesday, March 7
2-6 p.m.

Film 1: “Moolade”
Director: Ousman Sembene

Film 2: “Stupeur Et Tremblements” (Fear and Trembling)
Director: Alain Corneau

Thursday, March 8
4-7 p.m.
“Viva Laldjerie”
Director: Nadir Monkneche

For more information about the festival, contact Ocek Eke, assistant professor of communications, at 336.278.5790, or at oeke@elon.edu.