{"id":8999597,"date":"2026-09-09T17:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T17:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=8999597"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:16:07","slug":"festival-champlain-celebrating-french-language-cinema-from-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/festival-champlain-celebrating-french-language-cinema-from-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Champlain: Celebrating French-language Cinema From Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Festival Champlain, Maine&#8217;s only French-language film festival, returns from October 15-18 at the Portland Museum of Art. Organized by the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise du Maine, the Festival Champlain celebrates international Francophone cinema, showcasing films from France, Canada, Tunisia, and Gabon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Screenings include <em>Afrotopia<\/em> (2025, Gabon), <em>La Venue de l&#8217;Avenir<\/em> (2025, France), <em>Promis Le Ciel<\/em> (2025, Tunisia), <em>Maria Chapdelaine<\/em> (2021, Canada),<em> Tous Toqu\u00e9s<\/em> (2024, Canada), <em>Ma M\u00e8re, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan<\/em> (2025, France),<em> Nos Belles-Soeurs <\/em>(2024, Canada), and <em>L&#8217;\u00c9tranger <\/em>(2025, France).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View the full schedule and reserve tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/afdume.org\/festivalchamplain\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/afdume.org\/festivalchamplain\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All films will be shown in French with English subtitles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Festival Champlain is presented with the suppport of Villa Albertine in Boston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8999625,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[231,219],"app_city_tax":[214],"app_event_type":[237,504],"class_list":["post-8999597","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-audiovisual","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-bos","app_event_type-festival","app_event_type-film-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Festival Champlain: Celebrating French-language Cinema From Around the World - 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\/festival-champlain-celebrating-french-language-cinema-from-around-the-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Festival Champlain: Celebrating French-language Cinema From Around the World - Villa Albertine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Festival Champlain, Maine&#8217;s only French-language film festival, returns from October 15-18 at the Portland Museum of Art. 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