Festival Champlain du Film Francophone / Champlain Film Festival
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Discover today’s cinema in the French-speaking world
October 25, 26, 27, 2024 at the PMA in Portland, ME
We're excited to announce that the 2024 Champlain Film Festival will be held entirely at the Portland Museum of Art this year and run for a total of three days. Get ready for your annual fill of francophone films! This year's program is now live! Secure your tickets and reserve your spot at the festival today!
2024 Film Schedule
Friday October 25, PMA, Portland
4PM - 5:30PM
Les Petites Victoires/The Small Victories (2023, France)
by Mélanie Auffret with Michel Blanc, Julia Piaton and Lionel Abelanski
Overview: Between her duties as mayor and her role as a teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice's days are already quite busy. The arrival of Emile, a fiery-tempered man in his sixties who has finally decided to learn how to read and write, will make her daily life unmanageable. Especially since Alice, who didn't see it coming, will also have to save her village and her school...
6:30PM - 8:30PM
Reception at the Custom House, Portland
Please join us for a reception at the Custom House in Portland. The evening will feature thank-you speeches, live music, and an opportunity to connect and discuss the films while enjoying hors d'oeuvres and drinks. We look forward to sharing this special moment with you!
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Saturday October 26, PMA, Portland
10:30AM - 12:40PM
Le Règne Animal / The Animal Kingdom (2023, France)
by Thomas Cailley with Paul Kircher, Romain Duris and Adèle Exarchopoulos
Overview: As the world has already adapted to an epidemic of mutations turning humans into animals, François must move to the south of France to be closer to his wife, Lana, who has been affected by this mysterious condition and sent to a specialized facility. There, he and his son Émile must reinvent themselves in a world now populated by creatures of a new kind.
1:20PM - 3:20PM
Le Temps d'un Été / One Summer (2023, Québec)
by Louise Archambault and Marie Vien with Patrice Robitaille, Sylvio Archambault and Victoria Barkoff
Overview: For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation.
3:50PM - 5:33PM
Quelques Jours Pas Plus / Just a Couple of Days (2024, France)
by Julie Navarro with Benjamin Biolay and Camille Cottin
Overview: Arthur Berthier, a rock critic demoted to general news after trashing a hotel room, discovers that journalism is a combat sport. After being sent to the hospital by a riot policeman while covering the evacuation of a migrant camp, he falls for Mathilde, the head of the association 'Solidarité Exilés.' He agrees to host Daoud, a young Afghan, thinking it will only be for a few days.
Sunday October 27, PMA, Portland
11AM - 12:28PM
Tori et Lokita / Tori and Lokita (2022, France, Belgium)
by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne with Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu and Alban Ukaj
Overview: Two African immigrants, eleven-year-old Tori and sixteen-year-old Lokita, live by their wits in a Belgian city, posing as brother and sister.
1:10PM - 3:07PM
Ru / Ru (2023, Québec)
by Charles Olivier-Michaud with Chloé Djandji, Chantal Thuy and Jean Bui
Overview: Based on Kim Thuy's book, this semi-autobiographical story follows the fate of a family forced to flee Vietnam under the communist regime of the North, struggling to adapt to life in Quebec.
3:45PM - 5:43PM
Je verrai tous vos visages / All Your Faces (2023, France)
by Jeanne Herry with Birane Ba, Leïla Bekhti and Anne Benoît
Overview: Since 2014, in France, Restorative Justice has offered victims and offenders the opportunity to engage in dialogue within secure frameworks, facilitated by professionals and volunteers.
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