Enjoy the best of French Cinema at Calvin University each fall. Films are free and open to the public. All films are subtitled in English, and will be shown in the Bytwerk Theater, DeVos Communication Building on the campus of Calvin University.
For more information call (616) 526-6361. Sponsored by the World Languages Department, the Department of Communication, the Calvin Honors Program, the English Department, of Calvin University, and the Alliance Française of Grand Rapids.
La Passion de Dodin Bouffant / The Taste of Things
Director: Tran Ahn Hung, 2023, 134 min.
Wed., September 10, 2025, 7:00 pm.
Quand vient l'automne / When Fall is Coming
Director: François Ozon, 2024, 102 min.
Wed., September 17, 2025, 7:00 pm.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo / The Count of Monte Cristo
Directors: Alexandre de La Patellière/Matthieu Delaporte, 2024, 178 min.
Wed., September 24, 2025, 7:00 pm.
Ni Chaînes, ni maîtres / No Chains, No Masters
Director: Simon Moutaïrou, 2024, 98 min.
Wed., Oct 1 , 2025, 7:00 pm.
Film Archives
- Animation
- Biography
- Carnages (Carnage)
- Quand la mer monte... (When the Sea Rises)
- Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions)
- Potiche
- Starbuck
- Intouchables (The Intouchables)
- Quai d'Orsay (The French Minister)
- La cage dorée (The Gilded Cage)
- Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre (My Internship in Canada)
- Paul à Québec
- Good Luck Algeria
- Rosalie Blum
Dark Comedy
- Documentary
Drama (Family, historical, romantic, war)
- Le grand voyage (The Great Journey)
- Hop
- Raja
- Inch'Allah dimanche
- Abouna
- Depuis qu'Otar est parti... (Since Otar Left)
- Comme une image (Look at Me)
- Bord de mer (Seaside)
- Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
- Lili et le baobab
- Entre les murs (The Class)
- Le fils de l'épicier (The Grocer's Son)
- La graine et le mulet (The Secret of the Grain)
- Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (I've Loved You So Long)
- 35 rhums (35 Shots of Rum)
- Le silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna)
- Monsieur Lazhar
- Le vendeur (The Salesman)
- Inch'Allah
- Amour
- Le gamin au vélo (The Kid with a Bike)
- Bande de filles (Girlhood)
- La petite reine (The Little Queen)
- Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night)
- Timbuktu
- La passion d'Augustine
- Les êtres chers (Our Loved Ones)
- Fatima
- Hope
- Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (The Snows of Kilimanjaro)
- Les héritiers (Once in a Lifetime)
- Les gardiennes (The Guardians)
Family Drama
Historical Drama
Romantic Drama
War Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller