The Albertine Foundation and Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education in the United States presented the fifth edition of CinéSchool for the school year 2025-2026.
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. Director David Alaux (Les As de la jungle), and André Kadi & Karine Vézina (Hola Frida !) pre-recorded short introduction videos and answered students’ questions on Padlet.
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.
1. Le Tableau (The Painting) by Jean-François Laguionie, 2011, 1h16, France-Belgium2. Les As de la jungle (The Jungle Bunch) by David Alaux, 2017, 1h37, rated PG, France3. Jules au pays d’Asha (Adventures in the land of Asha) by Sophie Farkas-Bolla, 2023, 1h29, Canada (Québec)4. Le Grand Noël des animaux (Animal Tales of Christmas Magic) by Caroline Attia, Ceylan Beyoğlu, Olesya Schchukina, Haruna Kishi, Camille Alméras and Natalia Chernysheva, 2024, 1h10, France-Germany5. Mune, Le Gardien de la Lune (Mune: Guardian of the Moon) by Alexandre Heboyan and Benoît Philippon, 2014, 1h25, Rated PG, France-Canada6. Le Ballon d’or (The Golden Ball) by Cheik Doukouré, 1994, 1h30, France-Guinea7. Hola Frida ! by André Kadi and Karine Vézina, 2024, 1h22, France-Canada8. Colombine by Dominique Othenin-Girard, 2022, 1h27, Switzerland-France9. La Chouette en Toque (Cinema Owl Turns Chef) by Arnaud Demuynck, Célia Tocco, Célia Tisserant, Frits Standaert and Pascale Hecquet, 2020, 52 min., Belgium-France
Curated by Nathalie Charles, Program Officer, in charge of CinéSchool.
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).
We sincerely thank all of our 2025-2026 sponsors and partners for making this fifth edition of CinéSchool possible. Merci !