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![Dr. Florence Martin speaks during the Tournées Film Festival](/media/content-assets/images/academic-departments/modern-languages/FrenchFilm2020HLM0006-1-400x266.jpg)
Founded in 1995, the Tournées Film Festival has a goal of bringing French cinema to American audiences—and this November, for the first time ever, the festival came to VMI, with six films being shown from Nov. 7-16.
![Professor of Modern Languages Maj. Abbey Carrico and Levi Harmon ’18 immerse local kids in French culture Feb 16 at the Discovery Heights Children’s Museum in Lexington.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2017-18/TourdeFrance2018KN071-1-400x266.jpg)
Maj. Abbey Carrico and three of her cadets recently hosted a children's introduction to French class at Lexington's Discovery Heights Children's Museum.
![A group of cadets stand before the Toledo, Spain, skyline.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/IMG_3650List.jpg)
Fourteen cadets experienced both a new culture and a new class this summer when they traveled to Madrid, Spain.
![Cadets working on translations](/media/content-assets/images/news/2015-16/SpanishTranslationClass2016KN09ListNEW.jpg)
Cadets in Col. Mary Ann Dellinger’s service translation class are engaging in real-world Spanish translation projects