The College of Charleston French Film Festival was created in 1998 to introduce contemporary French cinema to College of Charleston students. Housed since 1999 in the beautiful historic Sottile Theater, in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, it attracts today, beyond its traditional student and faculty audience, a large number of Charlestonians, as well as out of town cinema buffs.

Since it started almost ten years ago, the festival aims at reaching beyond strictly French cinema. The festival selections include movies from all over the Francophone world, as well as full-length features co-produced with other European countries. At least one African director is part of the program each year. In 2001, the French Film Festival expanded its outreach to the community by participating in the first South Carolina Independent Film Festival held in the framework of Piccolo Spoleto.

Corporate as well as private sponsorship is available for the 2008 festival. All of the tax deductible funds collected go to development and production costs surrounding the French Film Festival. Sponsors are recognized on the festival's Web site, at each performance and in the festival's brochure. Interested sponsors should write to:

French Film Festival
College of Charleston
c/o Dr. Anna K. Ballinger
Department of French and Francophone Studies
9 Liberty Street
Charleston, SC, 29401