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The Schedule for the 16th Atlanta Francophonie Festival March 14 – 31, 2015

- Saturday, March 14
Alliance Française
French Immersion Day for high school students.


- Saturday, March 14 at 8:00 pm
Rialto Center for the Arts
Performance of the Cirque Alfonse, circus compagny from Quebec. More details here


- Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 pm
Alliance Française
Film from France : Le Jour des Corneilles directed by Jean-Christophe Dessain, with subtitles


- Friday, March 20 at 7:00 pm
Alliance Française
Film from Switzerland : Win-Win directed by Claudio Tonetti, with subtitles


- Saturday, March 21
Alliance Française
French Immersion Day for middle, high school and university teachers.


- Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 pm
Alliance Française
Performance of the play Les Papiers de l’Amour of Slimane Benaïssa by the Swiss theater compagny Apsara.


- Thursday, March 26
Emory University
Conference of the writer Alain Mabanckou. In English


- Tuesday,March 31
Emory University
Reading of selected pieces from Alain Mabanckou. bilingual reading
Extracts from «Demain j’aurai vingt ans» and «Lumières de Pointe-Noire»

Schedule 2015 Edition

  • Swiss Movie : Win Win

    When: Friday March 20th, 2015| 7:00pm Where: Alliance Française d’Atlanta-Midtown | Colony Square, Suite 561 | 1197 Peachtree St. NE. Atlanta, GA 30361 FREE ADMISSION Mature Audience Registration: follow the link to the Alliance Française d’Atlanta website Win Win directed by Claudio Tonetti Two friends – Paul Girard, the “people’s mayor” of Delémont who has his sights set on a national career and Liu, a Chinese watchmaker living in the Jura – decide to organise the semi-finals of the (...)
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  • French Movie : the Day of the Crows

    When: Sunday March 15th, 2015| 2:00pm Where: Alliance Française d’Atlanta-Midtown | Colony Square, Suite 561 | 1197 Peachtree St. NE. Atlanta, GA 30361 FREE ADMISSION Appropriate for ages 6 and above Registration: follow the link to the Alliance Française d’Atlanta website. Seating is limited There will be a snack for children. The Day of the Crows directed by Jean-Christophe Dessaint Boy lives in the heart of the forest, raised by his father Courge, a tyrannical giant (...)
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  • Cirque Alfonse

    The Francophonie Commitee is very happy to promote and support Cirque Alfonse. Rialto Center for the Arts March 14th, 2015 8pm Cirque Alfonse is a young circus company from Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez in the province of Quebec, established in 2005, comprised of a team of professional acrobats. This brave and creative group of young performers is blazing a creative path that no one has yet dared to explore, blending the arts and techniques of the circus and infusing them with the most (...)
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  • Swiss Play : Les Papiers de l’Amour

    The Francophonie Committe is very happy to promote and support The Company Apsara from Geneva (Switzerland) with their play Love Papers, by Slimane Benaïssa. When: March 24, 2015, 7pm Where: Alliance Française d’Atlanta Midtown | Colony Square, Suite 561 | 1197 Peachtree St. NE. Atlanta, GA 30361 FREE ADMISSION Registration: follow the link to the Alliance Française d’Atlanta website Performed in French Following the presentation the Consulate General of Switzerland will offer a small (...)
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  • Poèmes électroniques

    POÈMES ÉLECTRONIQUES "The Bird’s Eye View" IMMERSIVE ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE When: March 27th and 28th Complimentary drinks at 7pm, show starts at 8pm Where: MOCA GA (The Museum of Contemporarty Art of Georgia) 75 Bennett Street, Suite A2, Atlanta GA, 30309 Suggested donation $15 POÈMES ÉLECTRONIQUES is an audiovisual performance inspired by “Poème Électronique,” a piece by Le Corbusier, E. Varèse, and Xenakis that was presented in the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 World Fair in Brussels. It was (...)
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