Francophonie Atlanta

Francophonie Festival 2011

• Friendship Brunch

  Francophonie Friendship Brunch Sunday, March 27, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. St. Regis Hotel, in Buckhead, 88 West Paces Ferry Road $40 for adults $20 for children ages 12 to 16 FREE for children under 12 A gourmet brunch buffet and live entertainment provided by the [fr]Théâtre du Rêve, the only French-language theater company in the U.S. Children are welcome and will enjoy the film [fr]Bob & Bobette & Les Diables du Texas from Belgium, a 3D animated feature based (...)
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• Movie night

  March 26, 2011 from 6pm to 10pm at the Alliance Française of Atlanta For reservations, click here The Necessities of Life (2008) Original title: Ce qu’il faut pour vivre In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his (...)
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• Immersion day

  Saturday, March 19th 2011 from 10:30am to 5:30pm Alliance Française in Midtown, 1197 Peachtree Street, Colony Square, Plaza level $10 per person This event is open to all high school students. Learn about the diverse French speaking countries around the world. Discover Francophone musicians and their music. Participate in skits and win prizes by speaking French. Lunch is provided. Registration is required, please click here for (...)
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• Night at the museum

  Thursday March 24th from 6:00 to 10:00 pm High Museum of Art in Midtown, 1280 Peachtree Street $9 for films + ticket to the exhibitions FREE admission for films only 6p.m. to 9p.m. Walk-up viewing of two French-themed exhibitions at the High Museum – Toulouse-Lautrec and Friends: The Irene and Howard Stein Collection and Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century - with a reception and two films. Enjoy the galleries and a cash bar reception. from 8:00 p.m. in the Rich Auditorium: (...)
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• Storytellers

  Sunday, March 20th, 2011 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Atlanta International School in Buckhead, 2890 N. Fulton Drive Let us take you on an extraordinary journey for all ages into the imagination of the Francophonie world, Sunday March, 20 at 2:30 pm! The storytellers Mimi Barthélémy (Greater Antilles), Barry Jean Ancelet (Louisiana), Myriame El Yamani (Acadia, Quebec, Maghreb) and Bienvenue Bonkian (West Africa) invite you to the French speaking world of stories... Meet in the auditorium of (...)
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