Albertine Film Festival
The Lois ’51 and J. Harvey Watson Department of French & Francophone Studies Department at Middlebury College is excited to host the Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival.
All films are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
La Petite Dernière (Little Sister)
Tuesday, September 29 - 7:30 pm - Twilight Auditorium (AXT 101)
La Petite Dernière Director Hafsia Herzi, 2025
Click here for trailer (in French with English subtitles).
Fatima, 17, the youngest of three daughters, treads carefully as she searches for her own path, grappling with emerging desires, her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family. Starting university in Paris, she dates, makes friends, and explores a whole new world, all while confronting a timeless and heartrending dilemma: How can one stay true to oneself when reconciling different parts of one’s identity feels impossible?
Soundtrack to a coup d’état (Soundtrack to a Coup d'état)
Wednesday, October 21 - 7:30 pm - Twilight Auditorium (AXT 101)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’état Director Johan Grimonprez, 2024
Click here to watch the English trailer.
Jazz and decolonization are entwined in this historical rollercoaster that rewrites the Cold War episode that led musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach to crash the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
L’étranger (The Stranger)
Thursday, November 12- 7:30 pm - Twilight Auditorium (AXT 101)
L’étranger Director François Ozon, 2025
Click here to watch the trailer.
In 1930s French Algeria, indifferent Frenchman Meursault faces upheaval after his mother’s death and a fatal beach encounter with an Arab man, leading to a trial that scrutinizes his detached character in this adaptation of Albert Camus’s existential novella. The story explores his emotional aloofness amid a violent intrigue involving his neighbor and the victim’s brothers.
Questions? Please email Professors Therese Banks or Peter Tarjanyi for more information.
With Gratitude...
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 Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC)