Festinema Junior 2018: Swagger

From Mar 16, 2018 To Mar 23, 2018 Add to Calendar 2018-03-16 00:00:00 2018-03-23 23:59:00 Festinema Junior 2018: Swagger A free screening of Swagger as part of the 5th annual Festinema Junior, a national French film festival and educational outreach program for children and adolescents. For ages 16 - 18. The French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St, Boston, Massachusetts, United States America/New_York true

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About the Film

A teen-movie documentary, Swagger carries us in the midst of the astonishing minds of eleven teenagers growing up in one of the most underprivileged neighborhood in France. Despite their life difficulties, Aulnay's and Sevran's kids have dreams and ambitions. And no one will take that from them!

Olivier Babinet | 84 minutes | Documentary

For ages 16 - 18.
Language: French with English subtitles.

This screening is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, RSVPs required.

March 16, 9:30 AM

Free

March 16, 12:00 PM

Free

March 23, 9:30 AM

Free

March 23, 12:00 PM

Free

Praise

The film was nominated 6 times and won 2 awards, including Best Film at the 2017 Quebec City International Film Festival and the Nigel Moore Award at the 2017 DOXA Documentary Film Festival.

A visually striking, atypical portrait of French youth.

– Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

Swagger...lives up to its name.

– Ken Eisner, Georgia Straight

Watch the trailer

Above: ©Faro

Festinema Junior 2018

The Alliance Française network of French-speaking cultural centers presents the 4th annual Festinema Junior, a national French film festival and educational outreach program for children and adolescents. This unique opportunity offers students of all ages and socioeconomic status to expand their international horizons through cinema and culture. The Festinema Junior program has four goals across the United States:

Introduce young audiences to world cinema and international cultures.
Integrate film as a teaching tool in the classroom.
Offer children of all backgrounds, status and origins an opportunity to see a foreign language film in a theater.
Teach young people to think critically in their film analysis.

All the screenings scheduled are entirely FREE for the participating schools and the Alliance Francaise network provides them with educational portfolios for each film, which include pre-screening and post-screening activities.

This year, the Alliance Française de Denver is leading the organizational efforts of Festinema Junior. Across the country, 15 chapters and a projected 8,000 students will participate in the festival.

The Institut Français, the Fondation Alliance Française, the French Cultural Services of the Embassy of France, the Délégation Générale of the Alliance Française in the US, TV5 Monde, Kids Trail are the main sponsors of this Festival.