Programme - Francophonie festival 2020 [fr]

28 February – 8 March

French Focus at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival
A selection of French & Francophone films

• Proxima (Alice Winocour)
• Beyond the Horizon (Delphine Lehericey)
• Les Misérables (Ladj Ly)
• The Mystery of Henry Pick (Rémi Bezançon)
• Aznavour by Charles (Marc di Domenico)
• Charlie Chaplin Shorts – with live musical accompaniment from Serge Bromberg
• You Will Die at Twenty (Amjad Abu Alala)
• Radioactive (Marjane Satrapi) – with her attendance
• Olivia (Jacqueline Audry)
• Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno)
• Deerskin (Quentin Dupieux)
• The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
• Twelve Thousand (Nadège Trebal)
• The Specials (Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache)
• Synonyms (Nadav Lapid)
• Two of Us (Filippo Meneghetti)
• Soleil et ombre (Musidora, Jacques Lasseyne) and The Smiling Madame Beudet (Germaine Dulac) with live musical accompaniment from Stephen Horne
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26 February–23 March

Le Brio (Yvan Attal)
Screenings presented by access>CINEMA all across Ireland

• Dates
  • 26 Feb | Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon
  • 26 Feb | Fermanagh Film Club, Enniskillen
  • 27 Feb | Sligo Film Society - Model Arts Gallery
  • 02 Mar | Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
  • 03 Mar | Glór Arts Centre, Ennis
  • 10 Mar | Visual, Carlow
  • 10 Mar | Brewery Lane Theatre, Carrick-on-Suir
  • 23 Mar | Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray [POSTPONED]

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4–8 March

Cork French Film Festival
📍 Alliance française de Cork

18 films, including:

• 4 March | Opening night: Proxima (Alice Winocour)
• 8 March | Closing night: The Truth (Hirokazu Kore-eda)

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20–21 March

French films & guests at Animation Dingle
Full programme : https://2020.animationdingle.com
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[CANCELLED]

2–25 March: Francophonie Film Festival

[Screenings Postponed until further notice]
📍 Alliance Française de Dublin

Admission free with RSVP

4 March

18:00
Conversation between author Conor O’Callaghan and his French translator Mona de Pracontal
📍 Alliance française de Dublin
Admission free – book here

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19 March

18:00
Conversation between author Neil Hegarty and his French translator Mona de Pracontal
📍 Trinity Centre for Literary and Cultural Translation, Trinity College Dublin
Admission free
[CANCELLED]

3–5 April

Franco-Irish Literary Festival | A Better World
Festival littéraire franco-irlandais : Refaire le monde
📍 Alliance française de Dublin & Dublin Castle
[POSTPONED]

27 February – 31 March

Stars by the Pound & A Colony
Schools programme screenings in French – with the IFI
📍 Various venues across Ireland (in Sligo, Dún Laoghaire, Monaghan, Navan, Naas, Limerick, Roscommon, Youghal)
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[POSTPONED]

29 February – 1 March

Children’s Puppet Show Le Grand Méchant Renard – Jeux de Vilains company
in French

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29 February 11:00 📍 Alliance française de Dublin
Admission free – booking required

29 February 17:00 📍 Blackrock Haggardstown Community Centre, Dundalk
Admission free
Event

1 March 14:00 📍 Sacred Heart Church, The Crescent, Limerick
Presented by the Alliance française de Limerick
Admission free – no booking required

20 March

18:00
Finale des Joutes Oratoires – Final round of the Alliance française debating competition in French for secondary schools
📍 Alliance française de Dublin
For participating schools and by invitation – more information
[POSTPONED]

20 March

11:20
Kilkenny Castle guided tour in French
Admission free – booking required: 056 7704106 or bookingskilkennycastle@opw.ie
CANCELLED

• Secondary schools are also invited to book guided tours in French (for TY classes or above) during the whole Francophonie Festival, by calling or sending an e-mail to the aforementioned address.
  CANCELLED

20 March

Native Scientist in French
📍 University College Cork
CANCELLED

30 March

French singing workshop with Caroline Moreau & Alain Servant
📍 Alliance Française de Dublin
For participating secondary schools
[POSTPONED]

1–4 April

FICAHT Forum & Dairy Chef culinary competition
📍 Galway Mayo Institute of Technology
For students and academics in culinary arts, hospitality and tourism
[POSTPONED]

Until 14 May

Francophonie poster competition
Organised by Cork FTA
For Junior Cycle students in Co. Cork
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29 February

20:30
Concert: Paul Péchenart & Pauline Paris
Chanson française swing & rock
📍 Annesley House, Dublin 3
Admission: you can give as much as you want
Event

6 March

20:30
Concert: Caroline Moreau & guests
Chanson française
📍 Annesley House, Dublin 3
Admission 10€
Event

20 March

18:30-2:30
Francophonie Night: Apéro, Music Quiz, DJs
📍 The Church, Dublin 1 – presented by French Friday
Admission free
Event
[POSTPONED]

22–28 March

Carmen (Georges Bizet) by the Irish National Opera
Sung in French with English surtitles
📍 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin 2
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[CANCELLED]

6 March

17:45
Women in Science: Screening of Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (Marie-Noëlle Sehr) and Panel Discussion
📍 Schrödinger lecture theatre, Trinity College Dublin
Admisson free with registration here

7 March

WomenXBorders
📍 Irish Writers Centre, Dublin 1
Readathon, workshops and panel discussions for women writers
Reading of Gloria Steinem’s feminist essays by Mona de Pracontal
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12 March

14:00
Environmental activism, feminism and neopaganism: A Franco-Irish case study
by Catherine Maignant
📍 Technological University Dublin, Tallaght Campus
Admission free

6 April

18:30
Global Warming: An Emergency in Search of Urgency
with Pat Cox
📍 Alliance française de Dublin
Admission free with RSVP
More information to come