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Festival In Focus: How The American French Film Festival Is Developing Younger Audiences & Shining A Spotlight On “Cultural Exchange”
One of the key initiatives of the American French Film Festival is its long-running education program, which provides 3,000 high school students with the opportunity to attend a screening and discussion with filmmakers at the DGA Theatre. For the festival, it’s a rare opportunity to help actively develop younger audiences and expose them to French cinema.
One of the key initiatives of the American French Film Festival is its long-running education program, which provides 3,000 high school students each year with the opportunity to attend a screening and discussion with filmmakers at the DGA Theatre. “At a time when everyone is on their phones and in-person interactions are declining, the American French Film Festival Education Program inspires students to truly engage,” says Anouchka van Riel, Deputy Director of TAFFF. “With this program, we wanted to find a way to make French films – in particular the cross-cultural conversation that has enriched the cinema culture of both nations – vital for a new generation, who are digital natives and for whom seeing movies in a theatre may be an exception rather than the rule.”
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