The Department of Romance and Classical Studies hosts three film festivals, bringing a variety of cinematic cultural expression from Romance-language traditions to campus. These events serve to foster students’ interest in French, Italian and Latinx language and culture in a celebratory way. In addition, department faculty have a remarkable record of film production.
RCS sponsors several regular celebrations of cinematic culture in the French-, Italian- and Spanish-speaking worlds, in collaboration with with a number of other cultural organizations.
Assistant Professors Elizabeth Tuttle and Jena Whitaker in the Department of Romance and Classical Studies at Michigan State University are excited to announce the return of the MSU Albertine Cinémathèque French Film Festival. The 2024 festival is slated to bring one classic and five contemporary French films to MSU’s campus during the month of October.
RCS Spanish Professor Scott Boehm and Peter Johnston (Film Studies), were awarded a Large-scale Development Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) grant to film the
Safoi Babana-Hampton, Professor of French at RCS, recently released the official trailer of her HARP Large-Scale Development grant-funded documentary feature “Chœurs atlantiques” (Tales from the
In April, the Italian Film Festival USA –now in its 20th year– made MSU’s East Lansing campus one of the successful stops in its nationwide
The MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF) is returning this year after a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus. Scheduled for Feb. 15-18 at several different venues across the Michigan State University campus and in the Lansing and East Lansing communities, the 2024 festival will continue its tradition of screening ground-breaking independent cinema from Latin America, Spain, and the United States while shining a cinematic light on various social issues.
From Monday November 6 to Friday November 10, 2023, RCS’ second French-Language Film Festival –newly renamed for the late, beloved Prof. Anna Norris– drew over