Are you looking for something to do on Friday evenings? CineCulture offers free screenings of independent films nearly every Friday during the school year to Fresno State campus students, faculty and staff and the broader community. The movies are followed by a discussion with someone involved in the film or an expert on the subject.

All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

"The Swallows of Kabul" (2018)
When: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28.
Where: Peters Education Center Auditorium (west of the Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center building)

Discussant: Freshta and Farid Nasrudin and Dr. Rose Marie Kuhn

Directed by film makers Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec, "Les hirondelles de Kabou" ("The Swallows of Kabul") is a delightful and extremely moving animated film adapted from the eponymous novel by Algerian novelist Mohammed Moulessehoul better known by his pen name of Yasmina Khadra. The film brings us back to the summer of 1998 and Kabul when Afghanistan was under Taliban rule. It tells the touching story of Zunaira and Mohsen, a young couple deeply in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

Sponsors: The French Program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Coming next — to be confirmed.

March 13: "Left on Pearl" (2017)

For a complete schedule, visit the College of Arts and Humanities blog.