Join us for the 30th Anniversary of Providence French And Francophone Film Festival!

Schedule of Events

February 27th, 2025

5:30 PM: FESTIVAL OPENING

6:00 PM: WE (NOUS)
Presented by director Alice Diop
A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.?

?February 28th, 2025

3:00 PM: TESTAMENT
In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne.

5:30 PM: THROUGH THE NIGHT (QUITTER LA NUIT)
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the echoes of that night they can't shake off.

7:45 PM.: Homage to Chantal Akerman: JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES
Presented by director Alice Diop
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.

March 1st, 2025

10:30 AM: SAVAGES (SAUVAGES)
In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest's destruction.

2:00 PM: WILD DIAMOND (DIAMANT BRUT)
Liane, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Consumed by aspirations of beauty and stardom, she auditions for a reality show called "Miracle Island."

4:00 PM: Carte blanche à Alice Diop. Ideal Cinematheque of the Outskirts of the World: CLICHY POUR L'EXEMPLE; KINDERTOTENLIEDER; EUROPA 2005 — 27 OCTOBRE
Followed by a conversation with director Alice Diop

7:00 PM: THIS LIFE OF MINE (MA VIE MA GUEULE)
Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity.

9:00 PM: THE SECOND ACT (LE DEUXIÈME ACTE)
?Florence wants to introduce David, the man she's madly in love with, to her father. But David isn't attracted to her and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.

March 2nd, 2025

10:30 AM: SAVAGES (SAUVAGES)
In Borneo, near the tropical forest, Kéria rescues a baby orangutang in the palm oil plantation where her father works. Kéria's cousin Selaï comes to live with them seeking refuge from the conflict between his indigenous tribe and the logging companies. Kéria, Selaï and the little orangutang, now named Oshi, will have to fight against their forest's destruction.

2:00 PM: SOULEYMANE'S STORY (L'HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

4:00 PM: HERE
Here follows Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels who is about to return home to visit his mother, and maybe stay...longer. Using the leftovers from his fridge, he cooks up a big pot of soup and begins handing it out as farewell gifts to friends and family. But while waiting for his car to be fixed, he meets Shuxiu, a Belgian-Chinese woman preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention to the near-invisible stops him in his tracks. On the heels of Ghost Tropic (2019), Bas Devos offers another Brussels city symphony. With a quiet grace that's becoming a trademark, he and his team capture both the longing of contemporary urban life and the potential for enchantment that still exists in spaces shared by strangers from different worlds.

6:00 PM: MISERICORDIA (MISÉRICORDE)
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions.

8:00 PM: JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE SE TAIT)
?Julie is a star player at an elite tennis academy. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet.

March 3rd, 2025

6:00 PM: WILD DIAMOND (DIAMANT BRUT)
Liane, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Consumed by aspirations of beauty and stardom, she auditions for a reality show called "Miracle Island."

7:45 PM: TESTAMENT
In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne.

March 4th, 2025

6:00 PM: WILD DIAMOND (DIAMANT BRUT)

8:00 PM: MISERICORDIA (MISÉRICORDE)
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions.

March 5th, 2025

6:00 PM: JULIE KEEPS QUIET (JULIE SE TAIT)
?Julie is a star player at an elite tennis academy. When her coach falls under investigation and is suddenly suspended, all of the club's players are encouraged to speak up. But Julie decides to keep quiet.

8:00 PM: THROUGH THE NIGHT (QUITTER LA NUIT)
One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the echoes of that night they can't shake off.

March 6th, 2025

4:00 PM: ?HERE
Here follows Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels who is about to return home to visit his mother, and maybe stay...longer. Using the leftovers from his fridge, he cooks up a big pot of soup and begins handing it out as farewell gifts to friends and family. But while waiting for his car to be fixed, he meets Shuxiu, a Belgian-Chinese woman preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention to the near-invisible stops him in his tracks. On the heels of Ghost Tropic (2019), Bas Devos offers another Brussels city symphony. With a quiet grace that's becoming a trademark, he and his team capture both the longing of contemporary urban life and the potential for enchantment that still exists in spaces shared by strangers from different worlds.

6:00 PM: SOULEYMANE'S STORY (L'HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE)
As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

8:00 PM: THIS LIFE OF MINE (MA VIE MA GUEULE)
Barbie, once an attractive, devoted mother and partner, faces newfound challenges as she turns 55, descending into darkness, violence, and absurdity.

Date: February 27 - March 6, 2025

Cost:
$11 General Admission / $36 (4 screenings)
$8 Student & Senior Admission / $24 (4 screenings)

Location:
Avon Cinema,
260 Thayer Street,
Providence, RI 02906.

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