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Founded in 1995, the Tourn茅es Film Festival has a goal of bringing French cinema to American audiences鈥攁nd this November, for the first time ever, the festival came to 香港6合彩开奖结果, with six films being shown from Nov. 7-16.

The Tourn茅es Festival is funded by the French Ministry of Culture through the Franco-American Cultural Exchange (FACE), explained Lt. Col. Jeff Kendrick, associate professor of modern languages and cultures.

It was Kendrick who first thought to bring the Tourn茅es festival to 香港6合彩开奖结果, after reading about the semaine internationale de la francophonie (international week of Francophonie, or IWF), an international celebration of the language and cultures of the French-speaking world.

 鈥淚n an effort to raise awareness of our growing French program at 香港6合彩开奖结果, and as a way to broaden our outreach on post, I thought the Tourn茅es festival would be a great way to celebrate IWF,鈥� Kendrick commented.

In the spring, he applied for a grant to cover the cost of screening the films. As part of the process, applicants review a list of several dozen films and are asked to choose five recently released films and one 鈥渃lassic鈥� film that they would show if their application to host the Tourn茅es festival is approved.

The application process is quite competitive. 鈥淭hey look at things like how the films fit with your college or university,鈥� explained Kendrick. 鈥淭hey look at what access people in your region have to French cinema. They want to bring in something that people don鈥檛 normally get to see.鈥�

This year, only two Virginia schools were selected to host the Tourn茅es festival鈥斚愀�6合彩开奖结果 and Christopher Newport University.

Shown at 香港6合彩开奖结果 were Le Retour du H茅ros (Return of the Hero), La Douleur (Memoir of War), Le Corbeau (The Raven), Une Jeunesse Allemande (A German Youth), Tazzeka, and Madame Hyde (Mrs. Hyde). All were in French with English subtitles.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of different kinds of films but it鈥檚 all built around the idea of conflict,鈥� said Kendrick. 鈥淪ome of it is romantic conflict; some of it is actually political, national-level conflict; civil conflict within a society.鈥�

Tazzeka, he noted, is about the adjustment immigrants must make when moving to a new land鈥攊n this case, moving from Morocco to France. Madame Hyde, said Kendrick, 鈥渋s a funny, kind of quirky movie loosely based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.鈥�

But the Tourn茅es festival wasn鈥檛 just a nonstop movie marathon. It was also an opportunity to learn more about French cinema from experts in the field. On Nov. 9 and Nov. 16, guest speakers came to post to talk about the films and help the audience explore them more deeply.

Speaking on Marguerite Duras, whose book La Douleur formed the basis for the movie of the same name, was Dr. Elizabeth Groff, assistant professor at Roanoke College. Dr. Florence Martin, professor of French at Goucher College, spoke on Tazzeka.

In the weeks leading up the festival, Kendrick made a big effort to get the word out, putting up posters around Lexington and spreading the word to other colleges and universities within an easy driving distance.

鈥淭his is the first time we鈥檝e ever done something like this since I鈥檝e been here,鈥� he commented. 鈥淚f it鈥檚 successful, there鈥檚 no reason why we wouldn鈥檛 try it again.鈥�

In addition to the funding from FACE, the Tourn茅es festival鈥檚 appearance at 香港6合彩开奖结果 was made possible by the Dean鈥檚 Academic Speakers Fund, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, and the Office of International Programs.

 - By Mary Price