UCF hosted its first Francophone Film Festival on Sept. 18, bringing together students, faculty and visitors to explore Francophone cultures through film.
The festival features films that explore student life, migration, identity, social justice, family and contemporary Francophone cultures, offering audiences opportunities to engage with stories and perspectives from a different culture.
The festival opened with Brigitte et Brigitte — a 1966 French comedy directed by Luc Moullet. The film follows two young women, both named Brigitte, as they move to Paris to study sociology and navigate university life, friendships and romantic relationships. Their different personalities give the film a different perspective on young-adult culture and university life in 1960s France.
The festival continued on Sept. 18, with a free 5 p.m. screening of Nouvelle Vague, directed by Richard Linklater. On Sept. 25, Promis le ciel and Ni chaînes ni maîtres will screen in NSC 145. Jeunes mères, on Oct. 1 at Aloma Cinema Grill in Winter Park, followed by Partit un jour on Oct. 3 at noon in NSC 145.
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(Left to right) Elle Hansen, sophomore film major, and Corliss Bassett, junior philosophy major, watch Brigitte et Brigitte, the opening film of the UCF Francophone Film Festival, on Friday in NSC 145.
Film and Mass Media Professor Lisa Kritzer introduces the screening to attendees during the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145. Kritzer has taught at UCF for more than 10 years, and her experimental and documentary films have been shown at more than 75 national and international venues.
Isabella Croteau, senior French and religious studies major, takes notes during the screening of “Brigitte et Brigitte” at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Lisa Kritzer of Film and Mass Media (left); Professor Julie Pomerleau of French and Francophone Cultures (middle); and Professor Sanaa Mahroug of French Language and Literature (right) discuss the importance of film and French culture at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Aidan Ross, freshman aerospace engineering major, explores his interest in French by attending the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Julie Pomerleau of French and Francophone Cultures watches the film alongside students and festival attendees at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Sanaa Mahroug of the French Language and Literature department smiles during a funny scene at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
(Left to right) French and Francophone Cultures Professor Julie Pomerleau; Corliss Bassett, junior philosophy major; Elle Hansen, sophomore film major; and Isabella Croteau, senior religious studies and French major, focus on the screen during the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Sophia McConnell, sophomore digital media major, writes different French expressions and words in her notebook while attending a screening at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
(Left to right) Elle Hansen, sophomore film major, and Corliss Bassett, junior philosophy major, watch Brigitte et Brigitte, the opening film of the UCF Francophone Film Festival, on Friday in NSC 145.
Film and Mass Media Professor Lisa Kritzer introduces the screening to attendees during the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145. Kritzer has taught at UCF for more than 10 years, and her experimental and documentary films have been shown at more than 75 national and international venues.
Isabella Croteau, senior French and religious studies major, takes notes during the screening of “Brigitte et Brigitte” at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Lisa Kritzer of Film and Mass Media (left); Professor Julie Pomerleau of French and Francophone Cultures (middle); and Professor Sanaa Mahroug of French Language and Literature (right) discuss the importance of film and French culture at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Aidan Ross, freshman aerospace engineering major, explores his interest in French by attending the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Julie Pomerleau of French and Francophone Cultures watches the film alongside students and festival attendees at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Professor Sanaa Mahroug of the French Language and Literature department smiles during a funny scene at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
(Left to right) French and Francophone Cultures Professor Julie Pomerleau; Corliss Bassett, junior philosophy major; Elle Hansen, sophomore film major; and Isabella Croteau, senior religious studies and French major, focus on the screen during the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.
Sophia McConnell, sophomore digital media major, writes different French expressions and words in her notebook while attending a screening at the UCF Francophone Film Festival on Friday in NSC 145.