Exhibition. Pierre Jamet (1910-2000) acquired his first camera in 1924. In the crisis years of the 1930s he did all kinds of jobs and began to produce reportages for various magazines from the period, notably the weekly magazine Regards which in the pre-war period employed photographers such as Capa, Chim and Cartier-Bresson. Like him, Pierre Jamet is associated with the Humanistic Photography movement. Some of his pictures are amongst the most important of his time.
This first retrospective in Ireland focusses on Belle-Ile en Mer, an island off the coast of Brittany where Pierre Jamet worked as a young man and where he spent the later years of his life.

1st July – 10 September 2010
Opening Wednesday 7 July
at 6.30pm

Talk. This talk will begin with an overview of photography in France from the 1930s to the 1960s. Focus will particularly be on the Photographie humaniste, the photographic movement with which Pierre Jamet’s work is associated. From there we will have a closer look at his photographs of Belle-île en mer and examine what is specific about his practice, both in terms of its socio-historic and its aesthetic aspects.
Nicolas Fève is a freelance photographer and part-time lecturer in St Patrick's College, Drumcondra (DCU). He has published on a number of French photographers including Sophie Calle and Denis Roche. He  also exhibited his work  on another island, an Irish one, Omey.

Thursday 8 July @ 6.30pm
Admission free

Screening. The gorgeous second feature from French animator Jacques-Rémy Girerd (La Prophétie des grenouilles) is a work of art, breathtaking to behold.
Young Mia is looking for her father and her search brings her to a huge, lush forest where a mysterious creature called Migoo lives, guarding a powerful but endangered tree. Mia and the Migoo join forces to save the tree and find her father.
For fans of Avatar, Ferngully and all things wild!

In French with English subtitles and narrator. Recommended ages: 7 to Adult.

Thursday 8 July @ 6.30pm
Tickets €5, Family of 4 €15
Book online

Part of the IFI Family Festival

Daytime intensive courses are available for two weeks every two weeks, Monday to Friday from to 9am to 12.15pm, all levels! Assessments available every Monday from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
Evening courses twice a week for 8 weeks. The next term will start on Tuesday 3rd August. Assessments will be held in July: 19th, 20th, 21st and 26th, 27th, 28th from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Assessments are free of charge and no booking is required.

Online assessment

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Daytime courses for teenagers are available in July and August every two weeks.

From Monday to Thursday  10am-1pm for 1st Year, 2nd Year and Junior Cert.

From Monday to Thursday 10am-12noon and 1-3pm for 4th Year, 5th Year and Leaving Cert.

Please note these courses prepare students for the class they will enter in September 2010.

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Courses. A way to learn French, and discover francophone culture in a very play-oriented manner. Arts & crafts, songs, games will be included in the numerous activities offered around two themes:

The 4 Elements 12 – 16 July / 26 – 30 July / 9 – 13 August

A Magical World 19 – 23 July / 3 – 6 August

Monday to Friday 10am - 3pm
€250 including lunch à la française

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Belem Crossing. In partnership with the Belem Foundation and to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Alliance Française Dublin is organizing a crossing between France and Ireland on the Belem, one of the oldest tall ships still sailing the seas. A French merchant ship in her first years, later on the property of the Guinness family this vessel is France's only remaining three-masted barque.
Setting sail from Roscoff, Britanny, on the 9th of July with 15 Irish trainees onboard, the Belem will be welcomed into Dublin Harbour (right beside the Samuel Beckett bridge), four days later by the French Ambassador on the 13th of July, just in time for the Bastille Day celebrations! The Belem will be moored for a few days beside a huge festive market.

French Market. The event, coinciding with Bastille Day (14th July), is about all things French and bringing alive a festival atmosphere, Le Marché de France, the fabulous French markets that are run nationwide, will be hosting a Festival market. Offering fresh French food, crafts and a day out packed with atmosphere, the event will celebrate French culture, heritage and music so come on down and you might even find a dancer from the Folies Bergères enjoying a game of Boules….!
80,000 visitors are expected over the 6 days of the event when Spencer Dock will become a little bit of Paris, so walk down the Boulevard, indulge in some fresh French pastries and whisk your taste buds into gourmet heaven, indulge your senses in the French experience and enjoy a fun packed day out…and you might even get to meet the Captain!

Dance. Come and enjoy the traditional celebration of Bastille Day! In France, on the eve of Bastille Day, le Bal des Pompiers begins the celebrations. As part our 50th Anniversary and the French Week we are proud to bring you the original French popular bal!
Dance the night away at the Guinguette, an open air dance hall, on the quays by the French tall ship Belem and in an old-time Paris ambiance to the sound of French chanson and Cajun music (featuring Duo Sean & Tómas, Caroline Moreau, Cedric Watson and Bijou créole).

Admission free. French food and wine served. One free drink per person!

Tuesday 13th July 2010
7.30-10pm

Summer is here and you don't really want to read Proust or Zola again? You would be better off lying down in the sun with a lighter and more entertaining read? The library has figured it all out with a nice selection of french comic books.

-  Winshluss Pinocchio
- Jean-Yves Ferri De Gaulle à la plage
- Hubert & Kerascoët Miss Pas touche Tome 3
- Ferri & Larcenet Le retour à la terre Tome 5
- Riad Sattouf Pascal Brutal T3 3
- Ayroles & Masbou De capes et de crocs Tome 9
- Dorison & Lauffray Long John Silver Tome 3
- Tome & Meyer Berceuse assassine Tome 2
- Sfar Le Petit Prince
- Brunschwig & Hirn Le sourire du clown Tome 3
-  Larcenet Blast

Monday-Tuesday: 12.30- 6.30pm
Friday-Saturday: closed

www.alliance-francaise.ie/library
Contact the Library at 01 638 1443 library@alliance-francaise.ie

Are you looking for a space in the heart of the City? We can offer you a room in our main offices at a most competitive rate.

Our listed building  is one of the most prestigious and famous in Dublin. Our fully equipped classrooms can be used for your classes, meetings, discussions groups and workshops. Our main room, the photo gallery, one of the finest in town, can accommodate your receptions, conferences and debates.

Classrooms are available from Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 9.30pm. Special discounts can be arranged for classroom rentals between 1.00pm and 5.00pm or for recurring rentals over more than 4 weeks.
The Main Room is available from Monday to Friday from 7.30pm.

You can see the specifications of these rooms on:
www.alliance-francaise.ie/rental

More information and booking
coordinator@alliance-francaise.ie

Support our activities by becoming a member of the Alliance Française and enjoy all the following benefits!

- free access to our Multimedia Library

- discounted prices for our cultural events (openings, screenings, tastings, concerts, readings, conferences, festivals taking place in Dublin or the Greater Dublin area)

- invitations to special Members' only events

- special discounts with partner organisations (restaurants, clothes shops, designers, bookshops, hairdressers and other French shops)

Membership fees:
AF Students: free
Concessions: €25 (teachers of French, retired, unemployed, students, children)
Adults: €40
Families: €60 (two adults and up to four children)
Benefactor: from €90

Courses. Enrolments are now being accepted for the Diploma in Legal French run in association with the Law Society of Ireland. 

With a mid-October start date the course takes place over the academic year and leads to the June exam certified by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris: Diplôme de Français Professionel / Juridique.

Taught through French by native-French lawyers and lecturers,  the  course  contains modules on both French Public and Private Law. Classes in General French provide the necessary support with appropriate vocabulary and relevant exercises.

For more information please contact us at lstirling@alliance-francaise

Services. Looking for the perfect French-speaking candidate? The Alliance Française can help!
We offer access to a large francophone and bilingual community through the various means it employs to keep in touch with its clientele. From such modern methods of communication as Facebook, to the age-old well-positioned notice-board, the Alliance Française reaches those who come to enjoy our cultural events, who attend our classes at all levels, or who make use of our modern multimedia library.
We offer an assessment service whereby candidates are assessed over the main language skills and their level indicated in terms of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
More information:
business@alliance-francaise.ie

Competition. Submissions are being sought from artists working in Ireland with a particular interest in photography, for an exhibition from November 26th 2010 until  February 12th 2011 inspired by the particular multi-use context of the Gallery of the Alliance Française which is also a café space.

Artists will be shortlisted from the open submission for the competition exhibition (Alliance Française Dublin 26 November 2010-12 February 2011) by the Advisory Committee of the Gallery of the Alliance Française and from this exhibition a winner will be selected.

Submissions deadline is September 1st  2010

More information, terms and prizes here