PROGRAM 5 Wednesday April 30th at 6:30 pm at the Lycée Français
Post-screening discussion
Moderator:
Binita Mehta, Professor Emerita of French language, literature and culture at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.
Filmmakers:
Juliette Boucheny (Ativo)
Elen Sylla Grollimund (Villa Madjo)
Brian Hawkins (Les Vouèsins)
Winners of Rough-cut Festival
Lycée Français
New York City
2025, 15 minutes
Ativo
Juliette Boucheny
Togo-France
2022, 26 minutes
Agotimé-Adamé, a village two hours north of Lomé, Togo. Guénolé, a twelve-year-old boy, is gifted with obvious musical talent and dreams of playing the piano but doesn't own one. Supported by his sister Prudence, his grandmother Eternal, and aided by the spirits of nature, Guénolé succeeds in achieving his goal.
Villa Madjo
Elen Sylla Grollimund
Senegal-France-Belgium
2024, 13 minutes
Starting from the observation that her father -who is white- was born in Africa, and that her mother -who is black- was born in Europe, the director reveals the complex history of her family, from colonialism to their experience of the interracial couple in Europe in the 1950's and 70's.
Eldorado
Mathieu Volpe
Belgium
2024, 19 minutes
Awa, a Cameroonian snow groomer operator, helps a determined young migrant cross the border from Italy to France. As their journey unfolds, a poignant story of redemption emerges amid a web of snow and hidden truths.
Galivan
Myra Lou Anna Thiemard
Switzerland
2024, 18 minutes
Sophie, travels to Valparaiso, Chile, to meet her family. This new environment and this imminent encounter plunge her into an introspective state that will resurface long-buried feelings. In the city, her Chilean father is everywhere and not as she imagined...
I directed Gavilán surrounded by my family and friends, it was a film that was above all an experience. An experience that makes me know more about my sister, the actress of the film, my family, and learn more about me and about cinema. The story was built over time, events and my inner revelations
Les Vouèsins
Brian Hawkins
USA/Missouri-French Créoles
2024, 15 minutes
When he arrived in the summer of 1934, J. M. Carrière described Old Mines as “a straggling, quiet little village in the foothills of the Missouri Ozarks, about sixty-five miles south of Saint Louis. Scattered all along the countryside, I found six hundred French-speaking families living in this community. “Carrière sought out the most accomplished storytellers and meticulously transcribed 73 folktales, documenting both the Creoles’ worldview and the local French language, rapidly falling out of use. When researchers returned to the community in the 1970s, many of the stories Carrière collected had already faded from memory. Others left an indelible impression, such as Frank “Boy” Bourisaw’s Le Petit Bœuf aux cornes d’or.