French Film

As an Arts Management Major at Purchase College, one of the requirements to graduate is taking an on-campus internship. I had heard of the French Film Festival from my Freshman year but did not know enough information to attend. While speaking to the Advising Center, an academic adviser told me to contact the Cinema Studies department to get more information about who runs the festival. Through the Cinema Studies and French departments, I was able to get in touch with one of the women from Alliance Francaise.

I worked directly under Catherine Laleuf - one of the members on the executive board. Her major role in the festival was organizing the extravagant and lovely opening night gala. All semester, as I worked towards the festival, a major part of my duties were devoted to helping with many of the logistics involved in producing the gala.