Festival de la Francophonie • Film screening: Celles qui luttent (Sisters of Wrestling) with Chantal Nadeau

In honor of the Journeé internationale des droits des femmes (International Women’s Day), the Alliance Française de Chicago is honored to partner with the Délégation du Québec à Chicago and the Consulat générale du Canada à Chicago to host a screening of Québécoise director Sarah Baril Guadet’s 2022 feature-length documentary Celles qui luttent (Sisters of Wrestling).

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting with Pol Pot)

Cambodia: Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot (Meeting With Pol Pot) by Rithy Panh This is the Cambodian-French director’s fourth submission to the Oscars including a nomination in 2013 for The Missing Picture.

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Taking Back the Groove

In Celia Aniskovich’s 2023 documentary short Taking Back the Groove, Chicago-based Franco-Algerian DJ Jérôme Derradji tells the story of Bronx-born disco legend Richie Weeks, whose song Rock Your World with Weeks & Co.

Festival de la Francophonie • Film Screening: Tales of the Francophone Midwest

This intense month of Francophonie is drawing to a close. You’ve danced, dreamed, developed your taste buds, sung and opened your eyes wide to the cultural wonders of different countries. To close this book of exploration, let’s return to the United States, to the land of your birth or adoption, and discover together its own Francophonie.