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Francophone Film Festival of Champaign-Urbana

Film Festival

Before the Flames Go Out by Mehdi Fikri (2023)

Spurlock Museum
600 S. Gregory St
Urbana, IL, US 61801

Sept 12-Dec 5, 2025

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Don’t miss this celebration of Francophone cinema at the Spurlock Museum in Urbana-Champaign!

Film Series Lineup

Before the Flames Go Out (Avant que les Flammes ne s’éteignent)
Friday, September 12 · 6:30 PM — Adults

Shoum’s Odyssey (L’Odyssée de Choum) · Akissi – A Funny Little Brother (Un Drôle de Petit Frère) · Vanilla (Vanille)
Friday, September 26 · 6:30 PM — Children

Six Feet on Earth (Six Pieds sur Terre)
Friday, October 10 · 6:30 PM — Adults

Calamity (Calamity)
Friday, October 24 · 6:30 PM — Children

A Little Brother (Un Petit Frère)
Friday, November 7 · 6:30 PM — Adults

The Monkey Prince (Le Château des Singes)
Friday, December 5 · 6:30 PM — Children

All films are presented in French with English subtitles, and admission is free.

The festival is organized by Prof. Aurore Mroz, Nico Norris, and Macha Petre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with the Spurlock Museum, and supported by Villa Albertine, the Institut Français, the Center of Excellence, and the UIUC Department of French & Italian.

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