French Film Festival UK 2008

The 16th French Film Festival UK will take place from 7 - 20 March 2008 in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Cardiff, Warwick, Birmingham, Manchester and London.

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The Education Programme of the 16th French Film Festival UK 2008 will take place runs ultil the end of March 2008.

Emily Munro from Glasgow Film Theatre is coordinating the Education programme.

Emily Munro
Head of Learning
Glasgow Film Theatre
12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB
+44 (0) 141 352 8611 (direct)
+44 (0) 141 352 8604 (general GFT Learning)
email: education@gft.org.uk

L'ENFANT LION (PG)

21 Feb Glasgow Schools Film Festival, GFT, Glasgow
22 Feb Glasgow Schools Film Festival, Cineworld at the Forge Parkhead, Glasgow
11 March DCA, Dundee
18 March Filmhouse, Edinburgh
20 March The Belmont, Aberdeen

This is a family-slanted yarn about an African kid who bonds from birth with a lion cub. Two African children, Oule and Lena are enslaved, sold to a desert prince and held in his walled palace. Via a long flashback narrated by Lena, we learn of Oule's childhood in Pama village. He became inseparable from a lion, Sirga, born the same day he was , as well as becoming close friends with all members of the animal kingdom, from snakes and scorpions to antelopes and bees. He also communicated with trees, wind and fire.

The narrative comes full circle 45 minutes later when evil horsemen descend on the village, slaughter the adults and enslave the children. Oule, who can also roar like a lion, uses his special powers to escape from bondage.Tricks include summoning a swarm of bees to heal his festering shoulder wound , and an impressive desert tornado to rescue Lena.

Cast: Mathurin Sinze and Sophie-Veronique Toue Tagbe

Dir: Patrick Grandperret.

MICHOU D'AUBER (PG)

14 Feb Glasgow Schools Film Festival, GFT, Glasgow (SOLD OUT)
15 Feb Glasgow Schools Film Festival, Cineworld at the Forge Parkhead, Glasgow
26 Feb DCA, Dundee
28 Feb GFT, Glasgow
6 March Filmhouse, Edinburgh

Messaoud is a nine-year-old boy of Algerian descent living in Paris in the early Sixties. When his mother falls ill, his father is forced to place him with a host family. With the war in Algeria at a critical point and anti-Algerian sentiment at its worst, his host mother Gisèle fears for the little boy and hides his identity. Messaoud becomes Michel, blond and catholic. All is well until his secret is revealed…

The grandson of traveling poet Blaise Cendrars, writer/director Thomas Gilou makes documentaries and feature-films about cross-cultural identities. After depicting French-Africans in Black mic-mac (1986) and the French-Arabic community in Raï (1995), he portrayed the French-Jewish community in Would I Lie to You? (1997), a film which has become one of France’s biggest hits in the past 10 years. Michou d’Auber is based on the true story of Messaoud Hattou, who co-wrote the script. Two of French cinema’s biggest stars, Nathalie Baye and Gérard Depardieu, are reunited on screen as Michou’s foster parents.

Gérard Depardieu (Georges), Nathalie Baye (Gisèle), Mathieu Amalric (Jacques), Samy Seghir (Michou), Medy Kerouani (Abdel), Fellag (Akli)

Dir. Thomas Gilou

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