All three films were created by women writer-directors and feature characters from outside of France. The End of Love (\u00c0 Coeur battant) by Karen Ben Rafael is set in France and Israel; The Skies of Lebanon (Sous le ciel d\u2019Alice) by Chlo\u00e9 Mazlo takes place in Beirut; and Should the Wind Drop (Si le vent tombe) by Nora Martirosyan follows a French inspector in Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n
The virtual roundtable discussion will gather the three filmmakers, Keren Ben Rafael, Chlo Mazlo and Nora Martirosyan and will address storytelling, gender and French culture beyond its borders. It will be moderate by Richard Neupert, professor and Film Studies Program coordinator at University of Georgia, and by Kelley Conway, chair and professor of film in the department of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Films can be screened online for free a few days before the roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n