French Film Festival 2025
Holly Springs, Mississippi
RUST COLLEGE
F r e n c h F i l m F e s t i v a l Hosted by the Division of Humanities
"For the young who want to go to France."
Read aloud, Doxey 110.
Facilitated by Professor of Mass Comm and Host of WURC 88.1FM, Straight Talks, Sharron Goodman-Hill.
See Me Show Me: Black Women Representation in Television Sitcoms, Dr. Lauryn Jennings.
YOGA on the lawn with Master Yoga teacher and Spanish Profe Rachael LeValley.
In Nigeria, a group of students from the University of Ibadan organize a film club and transform a small classroom into a space for conversation and impassioned debate.
English; French; Yoruba | English subtitles
(1h 29min)
A filmmaker interviews his grandparents about their experience of Belgian colonialism.
Lingala; French | English subtitles
(1h 29min)
A former rapper, is hired to teach hip hop at a cultural center in an underprivileged neighborhood of Casablanca, Morocco. Amidst the challenges of restrictive traditions and issues of identity, religion, and politics, Anas manages to inspire his students, fostering unity and self-expression through the transformative power of hip hop culture.
Arabic | English subtitles
(1h 41min)
Begin the day with an online Somatic Activated Healing class led by Dr. Anna Scott who says: Hope is an action.
Read aloud, Doxey 110. Facilitated by Professor of Mass Comm and Host of WURC 88.1FM, Straight Talks, Sharron Goodman-Hill.
Scripting the Black Body in Popular Media, Dr. Ronald L. Jackson.
Our cheeky young protagonist, Linda, likes to push the limit. She feels like she’s always blamed. When Linda’s mom finally see things from her perspective, she vows to make up for it by preparing her favorite meal—her late father’s famous chicken—no easy task with the entire town is on strike.
French | English subtitles | Recommended ages: 7+
(1h 13min)
A mercurial 25-year-old — born in South Korea and raised in France by adoptive parents — returns to her motherland in search of answers.
French, Korean, English | English subtitles
(1h 59min)
Older residents in public housing on the outskirts of Paris find their hard-earned street smarts challenged by a new wave of youth unified around a new drug, a new belief system, and a penchant for telepathic groupthink. But a major cosmic realignment is about to take place.
French | English subtitles
(1h 26min)
Adama is in line to be chief but doesn’t want the responsibility. Banel insists they not have children in light of economic hardships brought about by drought. A fable-like story imbued with dreamlike imagery and palpable chemistry between the two young lovers.
Pulaar, French | English subtitles
(1h 27min)
Master documentarian Nicolas Philibert trains his compassionate eye, skilled powers of observation and detached perspective on the Adamant, a floating center for adults with mental health conditions. The barge, moored on the Seine, offers counseling and art therapy through music, painting, craft, literature and cinema, and even hosts an annual film festival organized by the patients themselves. These creative, witty and sincere people ignite the screen with their genuine talent, passion and humanity.
French | English subtitles
(1h 49min)
The world is hit by a wave of mutations that are gradually transforming some humans into animals. Some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, 16-year-old Emile embarks on a life-changing quest. A dystopian environmental tale and winner of the César Award for Best Visual Effects.
French | English subtitles
(1h 10min)
Read aloud, Doxey 110.
Revaluing the Black Body: Changing the Visual Narrative, Dr. Thomas Allen Harris.
Jean-Luc Godard made more than 140 films. His itinerary followed only one direction: a constant renewal of his art. In this film, Godard talks about his experiments, obsessions and discoveries over the decades of incessant work. But Godard is human, not just a machine who thinks and creates images. He is flesh, blood, emotions.
French | English subtitles
(1h 40min)
After Jean-Luc Godard's death in September 2022, his long-time collaborator Fabrice Aragno began assembling a film that will never exist: Godard's final film. It is a moving collage of photographs and the last notes handwritten by the film-maker: “Rejecting the billions of alphabetic diktats to liberate the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a necessary and true language by re-turning to the locations of past film shoots, while keeping track of modern times.”
French | English subtitles
(20min)
Festival Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor in Computer Science, Dr. Denise Ferebee will speak on "Technology, Innovation, Design: Applying Film and Game Industry Techniques to Other Domains" with special guest Actor/Producer, Princeton James.
Professor of English Sheronda Gipson-Marion will speak on The History of Jazz and resistance.