{"id":8684513,"date":"2026-03-20T14:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&p=8684513"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:38:13","slug":"university-of-louisville-french-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/university-of-louisville-french-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Louisville French Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Between March 19 and April 16, six critically acclaimed French films of various genres, along with one animated short film, will be presented. All films are in French with English subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five films will be presented on Thursdays at 5 pm in the Floyd Theater, located on the third floor of the Swain Activities Center on the University of Louisville Belknap Campus. The sixth film will be shown at the Speed Art Museum on Sunday, March 29th, at 12:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Floyd theater screenings are FREE and open to the public. The Speed cinema screening will be FREE with a UofL ID, $12 for the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PLANNING YOUR VISIT<\/strong>
Convenient parking is available at the Speed Art Museum, in campus lots and garages, and along nearby streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, March 19 \u2013 5 pm \/ FLOYD THEATER (UofL Campus)<\/strong>
THE MARCHING BAND (En fanfare)<\/em><\/a>
Emmanuel Courcol \/ 2024 \/ 103\ua78c \/ Ages 10 and up
“After a renowned conductor is diagnosed with leukemia and learns he was adopted, he seeks out his estranged brother, a trombonist in a small-town band, where music bridges their social divide and heals old wounds.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction by Matthieu Dalle, UofL French Film Festival director; post-screening roundtable with local music educators
Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bhfCXPYIKs8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, March 26 \u2013 5 pm \/ FLOYD THEATER (UofL Campus)<\/strong>
COLORS OF TIME (La Venue de l\u2019avenir)<\/em><\/a>
C\u00e9dric Klapisch \/ 2025 \/ 126\ua78c \/ Ages 13 and up
“A group of strangers, all descendants of a woman named Ad\u00e8le Meunier, inherit Meunier\u2019s old house and, through memories and family history, uncover their ancestor\u2019s life in 19th-century Paris.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction and post-screening discussion with Greg Clark, UofL French Film Festival intern
Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_sTdOm2BID8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunday, March 29 \u2013 12:30 pm \/ SPEED CINEMA (Speed Museum)<\/strong><\/a>
In collaboration with the Speed Museum<\/a>
SMALL CHANGE (L\u2019Argent de poche)<\/em><\/a>
“Small Change follows the everyday lives of children in a small French town, capturing their joys, fears, and mischief with warmth and humor, while subtly exploring family, school, and growing up.”

Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FhgosX1eCrc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, April 2 \u2013 5 pm \/ FLOYD THEATER (UofL Campus)<\/strong>
In collaboration with Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Louisville
THE STRANGER (L\u2019\u00c9tranger)<\/em><\/a>
Fran\u00e7ois Ozon \/ 2025 \/ 100\ua78c \/ Ages 13 and up
“Fran\u00e7ois Ozon\u2019s adaptation of Albert Camus\u2019s classic follows Meursault, a French Algerian who shows complete indifference to life and ends up at the center of a trial that interrogates society and humanity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction and post-screening discussion with Wendy Yoder, Department of Classical & Modern Languages, UofL
Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fV3F2fkevCM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, April 9 \u2013 5 pm \/ FLOYD THEATER (UofL Campus)<\/strong>
In collaboration with the UofL Jewish Life & Learning Initiative
THE MOST PRECIOUS OF CARGOES (La Plus Pr\u00e9cieuse des marchandises)<\/em><\/a>
Michel Hazanavicius \/ 2024 \/ 81\ua78c \/ Ages 13 and up
“In this animated drama set during World War II, a Jewish baby thrown from a deportation train is rescued by a Polish couple, whose compassion transforms their lives amid the horrors of the Holocaust.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roundtable with Whitney Nowicke, UofL French Film Festival intern; Michael Portal, UofL Jewish Life & Learning Initiative director; and Olive Dreckman, UofL Office of Service Learning & Civic Engagement director.
Trailer : https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gW-rrODeLs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented with
MAURICE\u2019S BAR<\/em>
Tzor Edery & Tom Prezman \/ 2023 \/ 15\ua78c \/ Ages 16 and up
“In 1942, on a train to nowhere, a former drag queen recalls a night from Paris\u2019s early queer scene at Maurice\u2019s Bar, where gossip and memory evoke the mythic club and its Jewish-Algerian owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WhQ3wY1IaiA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday, April 16 \u2013 5 pm \/ FLOYD THEATER (UofL Campus)<\/strong>
In collaboration with the English department and the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities & Society
35 SHOTS OF RUM (35 Rhums)<\/em><\/a>
Claire Denis \/ 2008 \/ 105\ua78c \/ Ages 13 and up
“Set in contemporary Paris, 35 Shots of Rum tells the story of a father and daughter whose close-knit relationship and tender domestic routine is disrupted by a handsome young suitor.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction and post-screening discussion with Savannah Trent and Laura Tscherry, Department of English; and Matthieu Dalle, UofL French Film Festival director.
Trailer: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PPDvNGruo2Y<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8688596,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[504],"class_list":["post-8684513","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-film-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUniversity of Louisville French Film Festival - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/university-of-louisville-french-film-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"University of Louisville French Film Festival - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Between March 19 and April 16, six critically acclaimed French films of various genres, along with one animated short film, will be presented. 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