Source: Melissa McCaw, mmm924@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu

Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009

K-STATE TO HAVE FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL IN MARCH

MANHATTAN -- Five noted French films will be shown at Kansas State University in March as part of the Tournees French Film Festival, sponsored by the French American Cultural Exchange.

Co-sponsors include K-State's French Club, department of modern languages and the Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center at Hale Library.

Admission to all of the films is free and all are open to the public. All of the films will be in French but will have English subtitles.

Films to be presented include:

* "Elle s'appelle Sabine" or "Her Name is Sabine," 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, K-State Student Union's Little Theater.

* "La Faute a Fidel" or "Blame it on Fidel," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 106 Kedzie Hall.

* "Clean," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 106 Kedzie Hall.

* "Persepolis," 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, Union's Forum Hall.

* "Lili et le Baobab" or "Lili and the Baobab," 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 106 Kedzie Hall.

For more information on the festival, contact Melissa McCaw at mmm924@k-state.edu.