THE TOURNéES FILM FESTIVAL

The Tournees French Film Festival will return to DeKalb at 7 p.m. this Tuesday, Thursday and Friday night at The Egyptian Theater, 135 N. Second Street.

Organized by the NIU Film Society and sponsored by a grant from the French American Cultural Exchange, the festival will feature five contemporary European films over the course of three nights. Each film will be introduced by an NIU faculty member and all films are subtitled in English.

Tuesday is animation night. First up is Panique Au Village, a 2009 film from Belgium that follows the escapades of plastic toys. After that is Azur Et Asmar, a 2006 film that follows two brothers who become rivals on their quest to find the “Djinn-fairy.”

The Flight Of The Red Balloon, the 2007 homage to the 1956 film The Red Balloon, will be shown on Thursday night. The film follows the adventures of a boy and his babysitter as a red balloon follows them. The movie will be followed by a post film reception on Thursday.

To conclude the festival, the theme of Friday night is women directors. 35 Shots Of Rum, written and directed by Claire Denis, examines the relationships between a father, daughter and her beau. The Wedding Song, written and directed by Karen Albou, focuses on the friendship between two women in Nazi-occupied Tunisia.

The Tournees Film Festival is free for high school and college students with a valid school ID. Tickets for adults are $7 per night or $15 for the entire festival. Tickets for seniors are $5 per night or $12 for the entire festival.