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The French and Francophone Department at Connecticut College presents:

The French and Francophone Film Festival: Resilience with Albertine Cinémathèque
October 27 - 31, 2025

All films are subtitled in English. Free and open to the public.
Each screening is followed by a discussion.

OPENING RECEPTION

Monday, October 27, 6:30 PM, Cummings, Oliva Lobby. All Warmly Welcome.

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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

Monday, October 27

Film screening: 7 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Dir. by Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte, 2024.
Intro. by Xinyu Guan, Ph.D. candidate, Department of French, Yale.

Official Trailer

About to marry the love of his life, newly promoted ship’s captain Dantès, is betrayed by his rivals and thrown into an island prison. How he will come back from this is the basis for this big blockbuster from France. Based on the 1846 novel by Dumas. In French. 178 min

KYIV THEATRE: AN ISLAND OF HOPE

Tuesday, October 28

Film screening: 4:30 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Directed by Duccio Bellugi-Vannuccini & Thomas Briat, 2024.
Intro. by Snizhana Khomenko, Ukrainian Student at Conn Coll.

Official Trailer

Renowned French director Ariane Mnouchkine leads a workshop amid Russia’s invasion, uniting hundreds of Ukrainian actors, in a space of freedom and creativity that explores art’s purpose, while celebrating solidarity and resilience. In French, English, and Ukrainian. 59 min.

NO CHAINS, NO MASTERS

Tuesday, October 28

Film screening: 7 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Directed by Simon Moutairou, 2024.
Intro. by Sana Abdi, Assistant Professor of French.

Official Trailer

16-year-old Mati escapes bondage on a colonial Mauritian plantation in 1759. As her pursuers close in, her father must break his own chains to save her. An immersive exploration of colonial violence and slavery, and of freedom and resistance. In French & Wolof. 98 min.

TERRORISTS IN RETIREMENT

Wednesday, October 29

Film screening: 7 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Directed by Mosco Levi Boucault, 1983.
Intro. by Jacob Levi, Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of French.

Official Trailer

This documentary recounts the stories of Eastern European and Jewish immigrants who fought for the French Resistance during WWII. It explores how postwar France celebrated some heroes while erasing others, exposing the fraught politics of memory. In French. 71 minutes.

FROM GROUND ZERO

Thursday, October 30

Film screening: 7 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Directed by Aws Al-Banna, Ahmed Al-Danf, Basil Al-Maqousi, Mustafa Al-Nabih, Muhammad Alshareef, Ala Ayob, Bashar Al Balbisi, Alaa Damo, Awad Hana, Ahmad Hassunah, Mustafa Kallab, Satoum Kareem, Mahdi Karera, Rabab Khamees, Khamees Masharawi, Wissam Moussa, Tamer Najm, Abu Hasna Nidaa, Damo Nidal, Mahmoud Reema, Etimad Weshah, and Islam Al Zrieai, 2024. Project by Rashid Mashrawi.
Intro. by James Austin, Associate Professor of French.

Official Trailer

An anthology of documentary, fiction, and animation from 22 Palestinian filmmakers, about the war in Gaza. In Arabic. 112 min.

FLOW

Friday, October 31

Film screening: 7 p.m. Cummings Arts Center, Oliva Hall.
Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, 2024.
Intro. by Laura Little, Associate Teaching Professor of Slavic Studies.

Official Trailer

An enormous flood brings together a cat, capybara, lemur, bird, and dog, in a eco-themed story about community and getting along with others unlike oneself. A beautifully-animated visual feast about surviving, adapting, and regenerating that won dozens of awards. 75 min.

Reception To Follow Screening, To Close The Festival In Style

Albertine Cinémathèque is part of the French for All initiative by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation and is made possible by the support of the Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image Animée (CNC). The festival is also supported by the French and Francophone Dept, CISLA, Global Islamic Studies, Global Learning Lab / Walter Commons, Africana Studies, CCSRE, the Film Studies Dept, the Slavic Studies Dept, and Jewish Studies (Classics Department). Contact: jfaus@conncoll.edu

French Department

P: 860-439-2175 E: tkydd@conncoll.edu

Mailing Address

Connecticut College
French Department
Box 5631
270 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320

Campus Location

Blaustein Humanities Building

Department Assistant

Timmie Kydd
tkydd@conncoll.edu

The French and Francophone Department at Connecticut College presents:

The French and Francophone Film Festival: Resilience with Albertine CinémathèqueOctober 27 - 31, 2025

OPENING RECEPTION

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

KYIV THEATRE: AN ISLAND OF HOPE

NO CHAINS, NO MASTERS

TERRORISTS IN RETIREMENT

FROM GROUND ZERO

FLOW

Reception To Follow Screening, To Close The Festival In Style

The French and Francophone Film Festival: Resilience with Albertine Cinémathèque
October 27 - 31, 2025