College Course 151—French Film Festival

This half-credit College Course (COLL 151) is offered each spring and coincides with the annual French and Francophone Film Festival. Each year the weeklong festival, April in Paris, will focus on a theme, genre, or the work of a French or Francophone director. A variety of classic and recent films is the basis for the course. The course provides an excellent opportunity for students interested in film studies to enrich and broaden their cinematic knowledge.
By focusing on a particular genre, students can sharpen their understanding of cinema as an artform and as a visual language that varies according to the distinctive genius and creative vision of the filmmaker.

Students taking this course are required to:
1) view all of the films and write critical responses;
2) attend two (mandatory) supplemental workshops and participate in all interactive discussions about each screening;
3) write a final paper analyzing the films in relation to the discussions, students' impressions, and pertinent readings on cinema.
An introductory workshop will be on the Friday preceding the screenings which will take place during the second week of April. A concluding workshop will integrate the different segments of the course on Friday of that week. Students taking this course for credit in French will be required to do all written work in French and to attend the two workshops in French. (For these students, the workshops will also be given in French). FR 241 (or permission from instructor) is a pre-requisite for students enrolled for credit in French.

--Professors Sonia Lee and Karen Humphreys