10th Annual French and Francophone Film Festival in San Diego

If you live in San Diego then you know that we don't get the best selection of French movies here because quite frankly this city isn't very francophone friendly. We get about French movies a year at Landmark theatres if we're lucky but fortunately SDSU French department organizes a wonderful French and Francophone film festival each year. If you've followed my blog the past two years then you might know that I'm not very fond of alma mater because of how little they care about the language programs but since this event is organized by the department and French Club you can assure that it is good. I've attended the film festival 4 out of my 5 years I was at SDSU and I'm looking forward to attending once again this year. This year the festival will take place from November 21st to the 23rd at SDSU's Little Theater located behind the iconic Hepner Hall. For more information about the film festival including which films will be shown just keep reading.

A Girl's Survival Guide: Dating in France

Credit: Joanna Kitchener

What's more romantic than falling in love in the city of love? Almost every girl that goes studying abroad dreams about falling in love in Paris, even I went through that phase. But before you venture out into the world of dating French men there's a couple things you must know.

Chaque jour en France // Every day in France

I just wanted to share this video with about what happens in France each day. Find out how many cigarettes are smoked, how many baguettes are eaten, how much Nutella is consumed, and how many tourists got to the Eiffel Tower in a typical day in France. This is a good video for those of you learning French and want some practice listening to numbers in French.

Hope you enjoy the video! // J'espère que cette video vous fera plaisir ! :)

Chaque jour en France from kevin fafournoux on Vimeo.

French film festival in San Diego

SDSU's 9th annual French Film festival have been announced! The film festival will be taking place at SDSU's Little Theater (located in SDSU's iconic Hepner Hall) on November 15th, 16th, and 17th. All movies have English subtitles and most importantly they are FREE! Feel free to come to the festival even if you're not an SDSU student and invite friends and loved ones. The following movies will be shown in this year's festival:

Thursday, November 15th

Un Prophète at 7:30pm

Friday, November 16th

Les Hommes Libres at 6:00pm

Impardonnables at 8:00pm

Saturday, November 17th

Le Hérisson at 4:00pm

Tomboy at 6:00pm

Le Gamin au Vélo at 8:00pm

You can RSVP to the film festival here and click here to like the film festival's Facebook fan page.

Come support SDSU's French Club and the European Studies department and watch some great French films.

Blending in with the Parisian

One of the things I've noticed about Paris is that despite being the fashion capital not every Parisian is necessarily fashionable. Most students at the Sorbonne do have a really great style but if I were to judge the city as a whole I would say that its like almost every other city: you have those with great style, those who play it by the rules, and those who seem to not own a mirror. I've found the way to easily spot a Parisian is by looking at who is wearing headphones on the metro, and particularly Dr. Dre Beats.

Jaywalking in Paris

A French pedestrian crossing sign, much less obnoxious than the yellow ones we have in the States.

For those who are not familiar with this term it means its a reckless way of crossing the street. Growing up in Tijuana I rarely used the crosswalk to cross the street, you're basically taught to look both ways a couple times just to make sure there aren't any cars coming your way and if there are just run!