WELCOME to the festival! Opening reception February 24 @ 6:15 PM (Slayter)

 Come and enjoy French food before the opening film of the festival: Welcome by Philippe Lioret

All the films of the festival are free and subtitled.

Thursday, February 24 @ 7:00 PM (Slayter Auditorium)

WELCOME by Philippe Lioret 
France 2008, 110 min
 

Both a study of a budding friendship and a compassionate look at the perils faced by illegal immigrants, Philippe Lioret’s Welcome centers on Bilal, a 17-year-old Iraqi Kurd who is stuck in Calais, in Northern France, and Simon, a recently divorced swimming teacher.

Friday, February 25 @ 6:00 PM (Higley 105)

PARIS by Cédric Klapisch 
France 2007, 130 min

In Cédric Klapisch’s wistful ensemble film about the City of Light, characters of vastly different backgrounds intersect, providing a sense of the multitudes and complexities contained within one of the world’s greatest metropolises.

Monday, February 28 @ 7:00 PM (Slayter Auditorium)

BARBE BLEUE (BLUEBEARD) by Catherine Breillat  France 2008, 80 min.  Followed by a discussion led by Dr. Jill Gillespie, Women's Studies Perhaps the greatest feminist provocatrice working in cinema today, Catherine Breillat slyly subverts Charles Perrault’s gruesome 1697 fairy tale about a monstrous aristocrat who marries and murders a series of wives.

Tuesday, March 1 @ 4:30 PM (Higley 105)

C'EST DUR D'ÊTRE AIMÉ PAR DES CONS (IT’S HARD BEING LOVED BY JERKS) by Daniel Leconte

France 2008, 105 min

Followed by a discussion led by Dr. Suzanne Condray, Communication Department

  This important documentary on the freedom of the press, censorship, and the right of religious minorities looks at a crucial 2007 Paris trial.

Wednesday, March 9 @ 7:30 PM (Slayter Auditorium)

COCO AVANT CHANEL (COCO BEFORE CHANEL) by Anne Fontaine
France 2009, 110 min
shown by Denison Film Society 
Come in Slayter at 6:45 for the closing reception of the Denison French Film Festival, right before "Coco avant Chanel"!

Anne Fontaine’s thoughtful exploration of the pre-fame life of the world’s greatest fashion designer focuses on Coco Chanel during the Belle Epoque.