Film – 'French-Mauritanian: Timbuktu'

When: February 23, 2018 4:30pm

During the College of Humanites and Department of French & Italian's first Arizona Graduate Conference in French on Feb. 23 and 24, the conference will begin with a free public screening of the French-Mauritanian film "Timbuktu."

The film will be screened in the original version, subtitled in English. The 2014 film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Director Abderrahmane Sissako won seven awards at the César 2015 and two awards at the Cannes Film Festival 2014, among others. 

The conference and film are organized with the support of a College of Humanities Teaching and Outreach Grant.


Audience: All

Where

Campus: Main Campus

Address

Contact info & links

Contacts

Eric Swedlund College of Humanities, Department of French & Italian

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: Eric Swedlund