French For All

Albertine Foundation, Villa Albertine, and the French Embassy in the US presented the fourth edition of CinéSchool for the school year 2024-2025.

CinéSchool broadened the availability of French-speaking cinema for schools and students across the US by offering a selection of 9 free movies adapted for vairous age groups, and available on the streaming platform Festival Scope.

French teachers got access to educational resources for each movie with post-screening activities on Genially and Padlet. Directors Julien Chhend and Jean-Christophe Roger (Ernest et Célestine : Le Voyage en Charabie), David Alaux (Pattie et la colère de Poséidon), and Rachid Hami (La Mélodie) pre-recorded short introduction videos and answered students’ questions on Padlet.

2024-2025 Film Selection

CinéSchool aims to build greater awareness and understanding of French-speaking cinema among young students across the US. Movies are presented online in French (with English subtitles) on FestivalScope during a weekend and are accessible by invitation only to registered classes (limited number of free tickets available per movie). Students watch the film individually at home on their tablet or computer.

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1. Coco Ferme (Coco Farm) by Sébastien Gagné, 2023, 1h27, Canada (Québec)

2. Ernest et Célestine, le Voyage en Charabie (Ernest and Celestine, a Trip to Gibberitia) by Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger, 2022, 1h20, France-Luxembourg

3. La Mélodie (orchestra Class) by Rachid Hami, 2017, 1h42, France

4. Dounia et le grand pays blanc (Dounia and the great white north) by Marya Zarif & André Kadi, 2023, TV Series (season 2), 50 min., Canada (Québec)-France

5. Loups tendres et loufoques (Wonderful Wacky Wolves) by Anaïs Sorrentino, Arnaud Demuynck, Pascale Hecquet, Rémi Durin, Hugo Frassetto, 2017-2019, 53 min, Belgium-France

6. Neneh Superstar by Ramzi Ben Sliman, 2022, 1h35, France

7. Pattie et la Colère de Poséidon (Epic Tails) by David Alaux, 2022, 1h35, rated PG, France

8. Mia et le Migou (Mia and the Migoo) by Jacques-Rémy Girerd, 2008, 1h32, rated PG, France-Italy

9. Le Voyage du prince (The Prince’s Voyage) by Jean-François Laguionie & Xavier Picard, 2019, 1h18, France-Luxembourg

Curated by Nathalie Charles, Program Officer, in charge of CinéSchool.

2024-2025 Participating Schools

CinéSchool is an initiative available for French teachers in public and private elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools across the US, in Alliances Françaises or FLAM programs (French enrichment language programs).

2024-2025 Sponsors and Partners

We sincerely thank all of our 2024-2025 sponsors and partners for making this fourth edition of CinéSchool possible. Merci !