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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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10/26/2025

📽️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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12/01/2024

🎬 Less than a month ago, the Albertine Cinémathèque Film Festival at Boston University wrapped up another incredible season! ✨ We’re grateful for the amazing films, the passionate conversations, and the vibrant community that came together to celebrate Francophone cinema. We can’t wait to continue this journey next year, bringing diverse voices and stories to new audiences and sparking meaningful dialogue in our community.

See you all at the next festival! 🎥

11/06/2024

🌹 JOIN US THIS FRIDAY (11/08) @ 6:45 PM in CAS B18 (725 Commonwealth Ave) FOR THE FINAL FILM IN THIS SERIES: "SCARLET" 🌹

"Scarlet" is a 2022 drama film directed by Italian director Pietro Marcello. It draws inspiration from "Scarlet Sails", the 1923 novel by Alexander Grin.

Following World War I, widowed veteran Raphaël returns to rural Normandy to his infant daughter, Juliette. As she grows into a spirited young woman, Juliette dreams of escaping her small town and believes in a witch’s prophecy that scarlet sails will one day whisk her away. Her journey unfolds over two decades of interwar invention, blending music, fantasy, and romance as she meets a daring pilot and pursues her destiny in a timeless story of a young woman’s emancipation.

We apologize for last week's inconvenience and we look forward to see many of you for the grand finale of our film festival! ✨

10/28/2024

🦎 Last Thursday, we welcomed acclaimed author Victor Dixen for a special event. Dixen, a two-time Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire winner known for his fantasy novels, joined BU Romance Studies Professor Jennifer Cazenave in a post-screening discussion of The Animal Kingdom (2023). 🌿

The event, in partnership with MIT’s French department, gave students from both BU and MIT a chance to dive deeper into the film’s themes and learn about Dixen’s creative work. This collaboration provided a unique space for students to explore French cinema and literature together.

10/23/2024

🎬 Join us TOMORROW for the screening of "Le Règne animal" (Thomas Cailley, 2023) followed by Q&A + discussion with French fantasy writer and two-time winner of the "Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire", Victor Dixen. 📖

The screening will take place in CAS (College of Arts and Science, 725 Commonwealth Ave) room B18 @ 7:15 PM.

In a world hit by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming some humans into animals, François (Romain Duris) does everything he can to save his wife, who is affected by this mysterious condition. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, he embarks with Émile (Paul Kircher), their 16-year-old son, on a quest that will change their lives forever.

We look forward to see many of you there and hope you enjoy this event!

The event is presented in partnership with MIT. It is free and reservation is not required.

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