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March 2014
Film & Food
The Night of Francophone Ads - La Nuit de la pub francophone
Tuesday 25 March 2014

Discover Francophonie through the eyes of advertisers and culinary specialities!
 
 
Francophonie brings together 220 million French speakers and the 890 million people from the 77 member states of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) and promotes the values of solidarity and dialogue between cultures.

To mark this annual celebration of the French language, we are delighted to present “The Night of Francophone Ads”, an entertaining screening of French-speaking advertising films (with English subtitles) selected by the Cinémathèque Jean Marie Boursicot, the biggest and only film library in the world dedicated to TV and cinema commercials.
The screening will be held at the Sugar Club on Tuesday 25th March at 6 pm and will be followed by a buffet with Francophone culinary specialities at the Alliance Française Dublin.
 
 

This event is organised by the French Embassy in Ireland and the Alliance Française with the generous participation of TV5MONDE and the Embassies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Egypt, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland.
 
 

The Night of Francophone Ads - La Nuit de la pub francophone
An entertaining screening of French-speaking advertising films (with English subtitles)
Tuesday 25 March 2014 – 6 pm 
@ The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
followed by a Francophone buffet @ the Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
 
ADMISSION FREE prior to registration at www.ambafrance-ie.org or call 01 708 8308
Limited places available
 
Cinema
Free screening of "All That Glitters" - Tout ce qui brille  
26 March 2014
To mark the occasion of the upcoming 15th Franco-Irish Literary Festival (4-6 April), the French Embassy, the Alliance Française and the Institut Français invite you to attend a free screening of All That Glitters (2010) directed by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran. The film portrays the changing lives - this year's festival theme - of two working class girls who live on the outskirts of Paris. The screening will be introduced by Philippe Milloux, director of the Alliance Française.


Wednesday 26 March – 6.30pm
@ Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2
Admission free but ticketed
Book your free ticket at IFI Box Office on 01 679 3477
or emailing boxoffice@irishfilm.ie 
 
Lunchtime Talk
"The Curious Life and Art of Gerda Wegener"
Speaker: Dr Nicholas-Henri Zmelty, Curator of the Museum of Montmartre 
27 March 2014
Dr. Nicholas Zmelty will present a special talk on The Curious Life and Art of Gerda Wegener.   Dr Zmelty is a contemporary art history teacher and is the curator of the Museum of Montmartre, Paris.  

This lecture is presented as part of the events organised in the framework of the exhibition "Costumes Parisiens: Fashion Plates from 1912-1914" currently on display at the Chester Beatty Library until 30th March. 

In association with the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Ireland
 

Thursday 27 March,  1.10pm
@ Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle, D2 
Admission Free: First-come, first- served basis with no booking required
www.cbl.ie
 
Science & Technology
Worldwide Innovation Challenge 
Deadline 31 March 2014
The French government is currently identifying and providing support for foreign entrepreneurs whose innovation projects could be completed in France. A total of €300 million will be allocated to co-finance these innovative projects which shall be related to the following seven topics:

1. Energy storage
2. Recycling of metals
3. Development of marine resources
4. Plant proteins
5. Personalised medicine
6. The silver economy
7. Big Data
 
Next closing date: 31 March.
At the end of this first ‘start-up phase’, 100 companies with a selected project will receive financial support in the form of grants of up to €200,000 per project.
 
For more information, go to:
www.ambafrance-ie.org
www.innovation2030.org
Education
IF Cinéma available to French Teachers in Ireland!
Free Online Download Platform
French teachers can now access the Institut Français cinéma platform. 

More than 300 royalty free films are available (fiction films, feature and short films, films recently released, cultural heritage films and films for young audiences) along with over 50 educational kits. To download the films, please fill in the registration form at this link www.ambafrance-ie.org/IF-Cinema  and send it back to linguistic@ambafrance-ie.org

For further information, please contact Christopher Pingeon, Linguistic Assistant at linguistic@ambafrance-ie.org

 
Cultural Service
Embassy of France in Ireland
66 Fitzwilliam Lane
Dublin 2,
Ireland

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