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Festinema Junior 2020
The Alliance Française network of French-speaking cultural centers presents the 7th annual Festinema Junior, a national French film festival and educational outreach program for children and adolescents. This unique opportunity offers students of all ages and socioeconomic status to expand their international horizons through cinema and culture. The Festinema Junior program has four goals across the United States:
- Introduce young audiences to world cinema and international cultures.
- Integrate film as a teaching tool in the classroom.
- Offer children of all backgrounds, status, and origins an opportunity to see a foreign language film in a theater.
- Teach young people to think critically in their film analysis.
The Institut Français, the Fondation Alliance Française, the French Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, the Délégation Générale of the Alliance Française in the US, TV5 Monde, Kids Trail are the main sponsors of this Festival.
Upcoming Events
Join us in reading J'irai cracher sur vos tombes by Boris Vian. You will discover a scandalous book written in only 10 days!
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Relax and have fun in the kitchen!
What is more French and fun than enjoying an apéro with your friends? With this series, you will learn how to make 3 essentials of the apéro time: les choux, les verrines et les tartelettes.
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