France 24 | July highlights
The English-language service of France 24 broadcasts 24 hours-a-day from Paris. Here is a selection of programme highlights for July.
ENCORE!
With the Cannes Film Festival taking place, the daily magazine Encore! returns to Cannes bringing viewers the very best from the biggest film festival in the world.
Sonia Patricelli goes to the French Riviera and reports live from there. She offers reviews, red carpet news and exclusive interviews every day with the brightest stars and rising talents from the world of film. On July 17, France 24 will be broadcasting a special show dedicated to the closing ceremony of the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival after its enforced break of a year.
REPORTERS PLUS | Rwanda’s righteous
Saturday 17 July at 1910 GMT
In 1994 in Rwanda, 800,000 people, mostly from the Tutsi minority ethnic group, were killed within the space of just three months. The few Hutus who tried to protect them were executed as well. However, some of them still risked their lives to help Tutsis. Amongst Rwanda’s righteous is Froduald Karuhije, a farmer in the small village of Shyogwe who dug holes in fields to allow Tutsis to hide. Damas Gisimba, head of an orphanage in Kigali, also helped Tutsis to hide in the ceilings and secret rooms of the building. Joséphine Dusabimana, a bartender in Kibuye, stole small boats on lake Kivu and helped Tutsis escape at night to reach an island on the other side of the border. Why did these Hutus make this choice? How did they manage? Reporters Plus focuses on these heroes of the Rwandan genocide.
BASTILLE DAY AND MILITARY PARADE
Wednesday 14 July throughout the day
On Bastille Day, France 24 covers the festivities for its viewers across the world, which include the military parade on the Champs Élysées in Paris.