Francophone Film Festival of Champaign-Urbana
Film Festival
Before the Flames Go Out by Mehdi Fikri (2023)
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.