Past Events 2020

  • Great Music in Irish Houses Festival New Year’s Eve Online Concert

    Replay the special free online event featuring French & German music by leading Irish artists held on December 31st.

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  • Christmas - Free Online Screening: "Astérix : Le domaine des dieux" (Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods)"

    The French Embassy and the Alliance Française network in Ireland are delighted to invite you and your family to a free online Christmas Screening in company of one of the most popular French characters: Astérix.

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  • Africa - Free Online Screening: "Frontières (Borders)"

    This special screening is presented by the French Embassy and the Alliance française network in Ireland in resonance with the upcoming Africa 2020 Season in France, an initiative inviting the public to observe and understand the world from an African perspective.

    This award winning film tells the story of four women from different regions who develop friendships during a bus journey across West Africa, as they accomplish an everyday journey while facing the universal challenge of being independent women.

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  • Crossed perspectives from two Women University Presidents: Limerick (Ireland) and Bretagne Sud (France)

    For the first time, Limerick and Lorient recently appointed two women at the head of their universities: Kerstin Mey, President of the University of Limerick, and Virginie Dupont, President of the University of Bretagne Sud.

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  • Free Online Screening: "16 Sunrises (16 Levers de soleil)

    Join us on Saturday 28th November for a very special free screening of the documentary "16 Sunrises" (16 Levers de soleil) by Pierre-Emmanuel Le Goff, presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 (Doc Days). The film is about French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet taking off for his first mission in space on November 17th 2016. For six months, 450 kilometers from Earth where the world seems to fade into the unknown.

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  • Film & Literature: let’s celebrate 50 Years of La Francophonie

    We are delighted to present two free digital events to celebrate in Ireland the 50th anniversary of La Francophonie and to highlight the importance of linguistic & cultural diversity. Join us for this special occasion!

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  • IFI French Film Festival 2020

    The 21st IFI French Film Festival runs from 11th to 22nd November entirely online on the IFI new VOD platform IFI@Home. With most of the films presented as Irish premieres, the French Embassy is proud to contribute to such an eclectic showcase of the very best of French cinema in Ireland.

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  • French & African Films @ 2020 Cork International Film Festival

    8-15 November 2020. The 65th Cork International Film Festival, Ireland’s First and Largest Film Festival, returns form 4th to 15th November 2020 with a blended 12-day physical-virtual event.
    The French Embassy in Ireland is proud to support this year’s extensive programme of French and African films.

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  • Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival 2020

    Action, comedy, animation, drama – expect this and more from Short Shorts from Europe Film Festival – a selection of European short films from the home countries of eight members of EUNIC Ireland (European Union National Institutes for Culture).
    Let Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the UK entertain you with a variety of genres from contemporary, cutting-edge filmmakers.

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  • Culture Night 2020: French Embassy @ National Gallery of Ireland

    Take part in "The Live Drawing Project: Ireland & France", a videoprojected collaborative drawing installation. Join us on this digital journey across Ireland and France by using your phone as a drawing pad, at the venue or from the comfort of your own home. We will video-project the drawings from participants across Ireland and France on the National Gallery wall. Watch your creations appearing together live!

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