California Lutheran University has received a grant for $1,800 to host a free French film festival.

The Tournées Festival: New French Films on the CLU Campus will feature five award-winning movies in September and October.

The French American Cultural Exchange awarded the grant to CLU in a program designed to encourage colleges to start self-sustaining French film festivals. The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture.

The lineup features 7:15 p.m. showings of the following movies, all with English subtitles:

"Stupeur et Tremblements (Fear and Trembling)" — Tuesday: From the director of "All the Mornings of the World," this 2003 film tells the story of Amélie, a dreamy and romantic young Belgian woman who arrives in Japan to begin work as a translator. Unfamiliar with the customs of the Japanese workplace, she commits a series of cultural missteps and suffers a string of demotions. Based on a best-selling autobiographical novel, "Fear and Trembling" is an account of one woman's tragicomic journey to self-discovery. This film won a French award for best actress.

"Indigènes (Days of Glory)" — Thursday: This 2006 movie, which is rated R, tells the forgotten story of North African recruits who fought on the Allies' side in Europe from 1944 to 1945. These soldiers faced tremendous racism in the military and in French society. The film won French awards for best screenplay, best writing and best actor.

"L'Ivresse du Pouvoir (Comedy of Power)" — Oct. 2: Inspired by a 1990s scandal in France's state-owned gas company, this 2006 film tells the story of a magistrate named Jeanne who is preparing a complex embezzlement case for trial. She jeopardizes her private life as she unravels schemes of politicians and businessmen and gains power and ambition.

"Le Temps qui Reste (Time to Leave)" — Oct. 9: A successful Parisian photographer learns he is terminally ill in this 2005 movie. How does he come to terms with his imminent death and say goodbye to his boyfriend, his career and his family? The film won a French award for best actor.

"Le Plafond de Verre (The Glass Ceiling)" — Oct. 16: This 2004 documentary examines the integration of immigrants in the French workplace, likened to the "glass ceiling" faced by American working women. The film features testimony from immigrants who were not hired for jobs corresponding to their educational backgrounds and interviews with experts about the reasons for discrimination in France.

The movies will be shown in CLU's Preus-Brandt Forum at 60 W. Olsen Road in Thousand Oaks. For more information, contact Karen Renick at 493-3434 or renick@callutheran.edu. For updates, visit www.callutheran.edu/events.