Monthly Newsletter of the Alliance Française Dublin                                                                                             

CENTENARY OF IRELAND-FRANCE RUGBY INTERNATIONAL

Exhibition. Ireland will open their 6 Nations championship against France in front of a home crowd in Croke Park on February 7th. Europe’s six top “rugby playing nations” will be aiming for glory in another hotly contested championship. Once again the inspirational venue of Croke Park - the third largest stadium in Europe holding in excess of 82,000 people will act as the backdrop to the unfolding match excitement. Whether you have a ticket to the game or not the magical atmosphere of a rugby weekend in Dublin is not to be missed!
To celebrate the love of Rugby by both these countries, the Alliance Française will display an exhibition of photographs of previous five and six nations championships with some fantastic moments some dating back from 1997. This also includes somes picture of previous rugby world cups.

Opening Thursday 5 February 2009 at 6.30pm
In presence of H.E. Monsieur Yvon Roé d'Albert, French Ambassador to Ireland and Gerry Thornley, Rugby correspondent for The Irish Times. Opening speech by Philip Dine, Senior Lecturer at NUI Galway, author of  French Rugby Football: A Cultural History.

This exhibition in partnership with Inpho Photography will run until February 2009.

LE CERCLE FRANCAIS:
ANNE ANDERSON

Lecture. Before being appointed Ireland's Ambassador to France in 2005, Anne Anderson was the Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations in Geneva  for six years and, for four years, the Permanent Repre-sentative to the European Union in Brussels.
S.E. Anne Anderson will talk about her role as an Irish Ambassador and the history of the Irish Embassy in Paris. The lecture will be in French with questions and answers (in French and English) followed by wine and cheese. Admission free.

Friday 6 February 2009 at 6pm

RSVP: info@alliance-francaise.ie

RSVP is essential: info@alliance-francaise.ie
Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Radioshow. Created by Henri Kubnick in 1958, Le Jeu des 1000 euro remains the oldest and most popular radio quiz on France Inter. For the first time ever outside France, the quiz is coming to Dublin. Presented since 2008 by Nicolas Soufflet, Le Jeu des mille euros is broadcast all over the world.

Three programmes will be recorded before a live audience on Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 6pm. The screening of potential participants will take place at that time. Candidates may be anything from 12-80 years of age. They need to be French speakers interested in all things French.

Fancy winning 1000 euros? Then come along and try your luck!
The programmes recorded in Dublin will be aired during la Semaine de la Francophonie, 16-18 March 2009.

Tuesday 10 February at 6pm
Admission free but seats are limited
RSVP : info@alliance-francaise.ie

Le Jeu des mille euros will move to the Alliance Française in Cork on 12 February 2009.

ÉMILE PARISIEN QUARTET
12 POINTS! FESTIVAL

Jazz. The little festival with the big idea is back for its third edition to ask the only European question that really matters. Just who are the dozen bands from across the union that will light up 2009?
From Wed 11th to Sat 14th February, young musicians from Holland, Norway, Denmark, France, Sweden, Italy, Finland, Germany and The UK will be here to provide the answers along with their Irish hosts, and Poland and Spain will also make their welcome accession to the 12 Points! zone.

Improvised Music Company and the Alliance Française are proud to present Émile Parisien Quartet.
Emile Parisien's quartet established in 2004 along with pianist Julien Touery, bassist Ivan Gelugne and drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq. Modal structures provide the barest of frames for discursive journeys and taut control of pulse, both implied and overt.

Friday 13th February at 10.30pm
Preceded by Albatrosh (Oslo)
and Curios (London)
AF Members get concession rate

12 Points! Festival
Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar,D2

PHILIPPE NOIREAUT'S
LES POETES

Concert. Philippe Noireaut began his career by accompanying Claude Nougaro, Serge Reggiani and François Béranger on keyboard and piano. He has since pursued his musical career, as composer, singer-songwriter and musical director. Philippe Noireaut has participated in several Francofolies Festival and the Montreal Jazz Festival.
His show Les Poètes was created in 1997 for Radio Canada and, thanks to its success, has toured extensively ever since. Celebrating diverse eras and styles, from very well-known poets to others long forgotten, this recital has one key element: the pleasure of discovering and re-reading texts, some classical, which show us just how universal the human experience is and in this way brings us closer to the experience of past centuries.

Before departing on a tour of the Alliances Françaises in China Philippe Noireaut honours us with a stopover at the Alliance Française Dublin with the support of the Canadian Embassy.

Wednesday 18 February at 8pm
Admission: Members 5
Non-members 10

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

DICTÉE DES AMÉRIQUES
2009 EDITION

Contest. The Dictée des Amériques is an international French - language spelling competition. Each year close to 130 finalists from the four corners of the world visit Québec to compete at the Grand Final, which takes place in the Salon Rouge of the Québec National Assembly. This final will be screened by Télé-Québec and TV5.
The airline ticket to Québec will be sponsored by the Délégation Générale de l’Alliance Française en Irlande. The accommodation and expenses incurred for the duration of the international final (3 days) will be covered by the Dictée des Amériques.

The Irish selection process will take place on Friday 20 February at the Alliance Française Dublin. Please note: the selection process is open only to those of Irish nationality.

Please confirm your enrolment by completing the application form or by contacting Patricia Rousseau at secondary@alliance-francaise.ie

In order to give you a taste of this competition, the Irish 2008 finalist, Mr Bill Logan shares his unforgettable experience with us here.

Friday 20 February at 5pm
 

BERTRAND TAVERNIER'S
COUP DE TORCHON

Screening. Adapted from Jim Thompson’s Pop. 1280, Coup de Torchon is one of the finest works by Bertrand Tavernier who cleverly decided to transpose this original South American thriller to a pre-Second-World-War French colony.
A powerful drama, with a desperate humanism, it is nonetheless a strong and intelligent adaptation, faithful to the spirit of the work rather than a literal interpretation; this film includes an astonishing performance by Philippe Noiret, as a good-natured but weak man who makes it his responsibility to save a humanity rushing to its own destruction.

Thursday 26 February at 7.30pm
French version with English subtitles

Booking: library@alliance-francaise.ie
Admission Free. Seats are limited to 20 and restricted to AF Members.

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

FLYING BLUE
FOR AF STUDENTS

Special offer. Change the way you travel, thanks to Air France!
Enroll now at the Alliance Française, in Air France KLM frequent flyer programme - Flying Blue - to win the fantastic opportunity to go straight to Gold and even Platinum level. Become one of Flying Blue most valued customers!

Fill in a Flying Blue application form at the Alliance Française Reception.

One entry will be picked each month from completed forms in February, March and April 2009 to automatically become a Flying Blue Gold Member.
This Elite Plus card level gives you privileges such as dedicated check-in desk, lounge access, priority boarding and extra baggage allowance.

What's more, all new Flying Blue members who registered at the Alliance Française from February to April 2009 will be entered in a draw to go straight to Platinum level and have even greater privileges.

To know more about Flying Blue, please click here or visit www.airfrance.ie.

Terms and conditions apply

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

LIBRARY
LATEST ADDITIONS

Cinema
C. Chabrol La fille coupée en deux
Les Frères Dardenne L'enfant
J.-P. Mocky A mort l'arbitre !
A. Kechiche La graine et le mulet

Literature
Jean Echenoz Courir
Tahar Ben Jelloun Cette aveuglante absence de lumière
Eric Holder De loin on dirait une île

Audio Books
Jean Moulin Mémoires d'un citoyen
Romain Gary Le nomade multiple
Céline Anthologie 1894-1961

Graphic Novels
Larcenet Les superhéros
Boulet, Sfar & Trondheim Donjon Zénith Tome 6
Brunschwig & Hirn Le sourire du clown Tome 2
Dermaut & Gelot L'escorte - Malefosse Tome 1

Music
Booba 0.9
Les Wampas sont la preuve que Dieu existe
Alain Souchon Écoutez d'où ma peine vient

For more information please visit :
www.alliance-francaise.ie/library
 Contact the Library at 01 638 14 43 library@alliance-francaise.ie

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

RENT A ROOM AT THE
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

Rental. Are you looking for a space in the heart of the City ?
We can offer you a room in our main offices at the most competitive rate. A listed building overlooking Trinity College, our address 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, and our main room, one of the finest in town, can accommodate your receptions, conferences and debates.

For more information please contact coordinator@alliance-francaise.ie

SEMAINE DE LA
LANGUE FRANCAISE

Writing Contest. The Minister of Culture and Communication organises annually a French language week. around March 20th, the International day of Francophony. This year the 10 chosen words with a nod to the future, Les mots pour demain, are:

ailleurs / capteur  / clair de terre clic / compatible / vision / désirer génome / pérenne / transformer.

The Alliance Française is organising a writing competition which will enable a number of their students to win a free course! Compose a text of 100 - 250 words including these 10 to be emailed in before March 9th at info@alliance-francaise.ie.

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2