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The Tournées Festival at Lafayette College has been funded through a grant from the French Cultural Services (FACE) and is part of an initiative to bring contemporary French cinema to college and university campuses across the US. This year’s selection of films includes an array of genres from dramas to animations, French, Belgian and Canadian co-productions with nascent film companies from Chad and Algeria, as well as films by directors ranging from unique new voices to established figures. We are especially pleased to be able to offer L’Affaire Farewell as part of the preparations for Mikhail Gorbachev’s October visit. We are also pleased to have our screen-on-the-green back for our opening night and welcome our City of Easton neighbors to this community evening. (Remember to bring your blankets!) This is the fourth year that we have been selected to offer this festival to the Lafayette and Easton communities.

The program has been made possible with the generous support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Grand Marnier Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, and highbrow entertainment). The College sponsors include Film & Media Studies, African Studies, Women and Gender Studies, the Departments of Foreign Languages & Literatures, History, LINC,the Cercle français and the Office of Intercultural Development. The number of sponsoring departments represents the interdisciplinary nature of this festival. Our media sponsor is WDIY, our local NPR station.

For more information, please refer to the FACE website.

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