The Month of La Francophonie in Ireland 2018 - Programme [fr]
To celebrate the French language and cultural diversity, the Month of La Francophonie 2018 will once again showcase a variety of cultural events involving music, literature, film and history along with talks, debates and contests from March the 1st to April the 14th.
- 28 February
- 28 February - 4 March
- 1 March
- 2 March
- 2-7 March
- 3 March
- 5 March
- 7 March
- 7 March - 11 March
- 9 March
- 10 March
- 12 March
- 12 March - 16 March
- 13 March
- 14 March
- 15 March
- 16 March
- 17 March
- 20 March
- 21 March
- 21-25 March
- 22 March
- 22 - 25 March
- 22-25 March
- 23 March
- 23 - 24 March
- 23 - 25 March
- 28 March
- 29 March
- 30 March
- 10 April
- 12 April
- 13 April
- 14 April - 8 July 2018
- 16 April
- 17 April
- 18 April
28 February
11am: Official launch of the Month of la Francophonie.
On invitation.
28 February - 4 March
French Films @ Audi Dublin International Film Festival 2018
1 March
6:30pm: Concert of Marc Aymon
An event organised by the Embassy of Switzerland
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin
Admission Free with RSVP
2 March
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Pavillion theatre, Dun Laoghaire.
Schools and youth programme.
8pm: The House Presents - Music, Francophonie songs by French singer Caroline Moreau
@ Annesley House, Northstrand, Dublin 3.
Entrance 10 €.
2-7 March
Alliance Française Cork French Film Festival
@ Cork.
3 March
11am: Sur les traces des français en Irlande - Glasnevin Cemetery
Guided tour of Glasnevin Cemetary in french, animated by historian Dr Sylvie Kleinman, visiting research fellow 2017-2020 at Trinity College Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP -> louise.aupetit@diplomatie.gouv.fr before Monday the 26th of February 2018.
5 March
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ IMC Cinema Kilkenny.
Schools and youth programme.
Morning: Movie screening - Le Voyage de Fanny
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Pavillion theatre, Dun Laoghaire.
Schools and youth program.
6:30pm: Movie Screening - Sacred Sites: Egypt
This projection will be followed by a Q&A with David Ryan from Tile Films
An event organised by the Embassy of Egypt
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
7 March
6pm - 8pm: French Quiz organised by the team of French teachers at Athlone Community College and the FTA.
First year students (teams of four, two teams max per school).
@ Athlone Community College.
Bookings
7pm: Movie Screening - Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge
An event organised by the Embassy of Poland
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
7 March - 11 March
Francophonie films at Silk Road International Film Festival
@ various locations in Dublin
Programme
9 March
All day: Conference - Deleuze, Guattari and the Art of Multiplicity
Trinity College Dublin
@ Trinity College, Dublin.
Evening: Francophonie DJ Night, presented by French Friday
@ The Church pub.
Admission free.
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, french/romanian/irish ufolk/country band
@ John’s Bar, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
Admission free.
10 March
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, french/romanian/irish ufolk/country band
@ Clermont Arms, Blackrock.
Admission free.
Movie screening - Ana mon amour
Romanian film, Audi Dublin International Film Festival
@ Lighthouse Cinema.
Bookings.
12 March
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Moat Theatre, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Schools and youth programme.
12 March - 16 March
Maths week in french!
@ Lycée Français d’Irlande in partnership with St. Kilian’s German School.
Schools
13 March
10:30 / 12:30 am: Chantons en français - (Let’s sing in French), Mini Concert followed by a singing workshop by French musician Caroline Moreau]
@ Royal Irish Academy of Music, Westland Row, Dublin 2 (Katherine Brennan Hall).
Secondary school students, admission free with RSVP .
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise.
Schools and youth programme.
5:30pm: Movie Screening - La passion d’Augustine
This projection will follow a reception and a Q&A with québécoise actress Lysandre Ménard.
An event organised by the Embassy of Canada
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
Evening: Ireland Francophonie Ambassadors’ Literary Award
@ Embassy of Belgium.
On invitation.
8pm: Histoire de la BD/A History of comic strips, Yannick Wiedmann, former BD reporter will dedicate a retrospective to the History of Bande Dessinée (Comic strips) and will present the work of the “Jury Oeucuménique de la BD”.
@ Alliance française Limerick, 7 Pery Square, Limerick.
Admission free.
14 March
6pm: Leamh filíochta Gaeilge / Irish Poetry Readings /
Lectures de poèmes en irlandais, Poetry Ireland, in partnership with the Franco Irish Literary Festival will host a reading with poets Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Dairena Ní Chinnéide
@ Poetry Ireland, 11 Parnell Square East, Dublin 1
Admission Free with RSVP.
6:30pm: MT3F - Ma thèse en 180 secondes in French!
Come and listen to young PhD students share their passion for their research topic in three minutes ... and in french!
@ Téatar Mháirtín Uí Chadhain, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.
Admission Free with RSVP.
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, french/romanian/irish ufolk/country band
@ Rouge Restaurant, Galway.
Admission free.
15 March
Morning: Movie screening - Le Voyage de Fanny
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina.
Schools and youth programme.
6pm: Francophonie evening and international buffet
- Movie screening - Goodbye Mothers (from 6pm to 8pm)
- Francophone buffet (from 8pm to 9pm)
- Live music by La Bonne Heure
@ The Light House Cinema, Dublin 7 (film and buffet)
@ The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin (concert)
Admission free with registration but ticketed and on a first come first served on the night basis - arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, french/romanian/irish ufolk/country band
@ The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin
Admission free.
16 March
6pm: Final round of the Alliance française debating contest in French for secondary schools (Joutes Oratoires)
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP.
Secondary school students & general public.
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, folk/country band
@ The Market Bar, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Admission free.
17 March
Evening: Live music by La Bonne Heure, folk/country band
@ Toale’s, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
Admission free.
20 March
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ Odeon Cinema, Limerick.
Schools and youth programme.
7pm: Movie Screening - Corn Island
An event organised by the Embassy of Georgia
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
21 March
7pm: Movie Screening - No Children
An event organised by the Embassy of Argentina
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
Evening: Goût de France / Good France event.
For the fourth consecutive year, Goût de France / Good France has been a fun celebration of the vitality of French cuisine, forging ties between chefs around the world.
21-25 March
Dún Laoghaire Literary Festival - Mountains to Sea
Francophonie exhibitors:
12 Worlds: Contemporary, Czech children’s book illustrators, Czech Republic
@ Dlr LexIcon, Haigh Terrace, Moran Park, Dun Laoghaire.
22 March
Morning: Movie screening - Ma vie de courgette
An event organised by the Irish Film Institute school program
@ IFI, Dublin.
Schools and youth programme.
5pm: Sex Matters: From Pleasures to Panics
The School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies (SALIS) and EROSS are delighted to welcome Sylvain Bosselet in Dublin City University for a public seminar on contemporary Sexuality, Culture and Society. The Seminar, supported by the Alliance Francaise Dublin and the French Embassy in Ireland, will be consisting of an interview (in English), followed by a Q/A.
@Dublin City University.
All welcome. No registration.
7:30 pm: Cinéclub New Format: Astérix Mission Cléopâtre
(Re)discover the 2002 cult comedy Astérix Mission Cléopatre, a frenzied and hilarious adaptation of the René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo’s comic strip by Alain Chabat from the French group of comedians Les Nuls. While staying truthful to the original material, Chabat included a lot of his own humour and taste for parody.
@ Alliance Française Dublin.
€5 with a free glass of wine / Free for Premium Members.
22 - 25 March
French films at the Dingle International Film Festival
@ Dingle, County Kerry.
Bookings.
22-25 March
Francophonie films at Animation Dingle
Siesta – Gabriel Arrellaga, Canada
The Man-Woman Case – Anaïs Caura, France
Proxy – Haidi Marburger & Nina Hoffmann & Ramon Arango, Switzerland
Catherine – Britt Raes, Belgium
Travelogue Tel Aviv – Samuel Patthey, Switzerland
Spleen of the Sculptor – Augusto Zanovello, France
@ The Phoenix Cinema, Dingle, Co. Kerry.
Bookings.
23 March
6:30pm: Cabaret liteartha / Literary Cabaret / Cabaret littéraire - Franco-Irish Literary Festival 2018 : "Sex and Sensibility"
@ Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP.
23 - 24 March
Irish Intervarsity Francophone Debates
@ Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast.
Public event.
23 - 25 March
Franco-Irish Literary Festival.
Admission free.
26 March
7pm: Movie Screening - Book Smugglers
Dr. Eglė Kačkutė will give a lecture on “The Mother Tongue in Contemporary Literary Narratives of Migrant Mothering in French and Lithuanian “ prior to the film.
An event organised by the Embassy of Lithuania
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission Free with RSVP.
28 March
6pm: Movie Screening - Je suis mort mais j’ai des amis
This projection will be preceded by a reception
An event organised by the Embassy of Belgium
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
29 March
8:30pm: La Haine Live Soundtrack by Asian Dub Foundation
This incredible live show brings on stage a live sonorization of the original soundtrack to critically acclaimed La Haine (dir. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995) played live by the band while the movie airs in the background, for a unique and powerful journey between music and frames.
@ The Sugar Club, Dublin 2
Billetterie
30 March
6pm/9pm & 9:30pm/12:30 am: La Haine Live Soundtrack by Asian Dub Foundation
This incredible live show brings on stage a live sonorization of the original soundtrack to critically acclaimed La Haine (dir. Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995) played live by the band while the movie airs in the background, for a unique and powerful journey between music and frames.
@ The Sugar Club, Dublin 2
Billetterie
10 April
7pm: Movie Screening - La Cebra/Le Zèbre
An event organised by the Embassy of Mexico
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
12 April
6pm: Reception and movie Screening - Budapest Noir
This projection will be preceded by a reception
An event organised by the Embassy of Hungary
@ The French Library of the Alliance Française Dublin.
Admission free with RSVP
13 April
6.30pm: Alliance française - Karaoké night
An event organised by the Alliance française de Dublin
@ La Cocotte of the Alliance Française Dublin
Admission free with RSVP
14 April - 8 July 2018
French and Francophone Artists @ EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art
16 April
4.pm: Conversation with Ali Benmakhlouf - https://www.ucc.ie/en/french/news/la-conversation-comme-forme-de-civilitea-talk-by-morrocan-philosopher-ali-benmaklouf.html
An event organised by the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Morocco
@ University College Cork
Free event with RSVP
6.30pm: Conversation with Ali Benmakhlouf - La philosophie arabe médiévale: quelle transmission pour l’Europe de la Renaissance et celle des Lumières?
An event organised by the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Morocco
@ Alliance française de Cork
Free event with RSVP
17 April
1.pm: Conversation with Ali Benmakhlouf - Reading Arabic Philosophy: a contemporary perspective
An event organised by the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Morocco
@ Waterford Institute of Technology
Free event with RSVP
18 April
6.30pm: Conversation with Ali Benmakhlouf
An event organised by the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Morocco
@ Alliance française de Dublin
Free event with RSVP
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