Courses. June 8 will mark the start of all our summer terms: Intensive two week sessions and 8 week evening sessions are available for Adults, Intensive two week sessions every two weeks for Secondary School students, one-week summer camps for children, and 8 week daytime sessions for toddlers. Whatever your age and your level, we have something for you this summer!

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For adult classes and newcomers who have already done French free assessments are available from 4.30pm to 6.30 in our Café on: Monday 31 May   /   Tuesday 1 June   /   Wednesday 2 June.

Exhibition. The Irish photographer John Minihan first met Samuel Beckett in May 1980, and was to photograph him many times thereafter, in both Paris and London, a privilege afforded to very few. Impossible to interview and famously camera-shy, Samuel Beckett was nevertheless a remarkable subject.

This exhibition presents some impressive portraits of Beckett and of his surroundings in Paris together with portraits of the famous, like Jean-Louis Barrault or  Nathalie Sarraute, who worked and spent time with Beckett in Paris at that time.
This exhibition is kindly sponsored by www.parisbynumbers.ie

On display until 25 June

Please note the Library Summer Opening Hours (operating from June 8th):

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

www.alliance-francaise.ie/library
Contact the Library at 01 638 14 43 library@alliance-francaise.ie

Alliance Française
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

Workshop. We invite you to sing every Tuesday from 1-2pm.
This new choir is directed by French soloist, and singing teacher, Laura Zimmermann. The repertoire is French but in a variety of styles, from the medieval to the contemporary. Sessions begin with a good warm up and vocal work. The choir is now rehearsing for the Let’s French 2010 open mic!

French speakers and non-French speakers alike. Whatever your level, don’t hesitate. Join us!

€3 for AF Members
€5 for Non-Members

Talk. To mark the 30th anniversary of the death of the French priest-writer Jean Sulivan (1913-1980), a special evening will begin with a short talk by Dr Eamon Maher, Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies in IT Tallaght, on the theme: The relevance of Sulivan’s writings for post-Catholic Ireland,  followed by readings from Sulivan’s work with an selection of music by the poet, musician and former teacher Dominique Dao Huu Bao from Rennes, in Sulivan’s native Brittany.

Thursday 3rd June @ 6pm
In collaboration with the Cultural Service of the French Embassy

Screening. In La Fille du RER, veteran French auteur André Téchiné turns in a complex drama which displays all his trademarks of narrative density, insightful character study and a passionate engagement with the complexities of modern French politics and culture.

The cast is uniformly strong, with Catherine Deneuve, Michel Blanc, Emilie Dequenne, Mathieu Demy, Ronit Elkabetz and Nicolas Duchauvelle. The film is inspired by Jean-Marie Besset’s play RER (2006).

Introduction by Dr Laurent Marie

Tuesday 8 June @ 8.40pm
Tickets: €7 AF members - €9.50 Non-members

Festival. It’s that time of year again! Pop, Rock, Jazz, Folk and much more… with a French twist. For its fifth edition, Let’s French… Festival is running for six days and taking place in different venues around Dublin with a wide selection of French music from the contemporary to the exotic, and a very special screening.

- The Festival will kick off on Wednesday 16 June in Whelans with an intimate performance by soulful French Artist Sophie Delila.
- Thursday 17 June will be slightly more exotic with a French Caribbean themed night at the South William Bar. Expect a lot of dancing & cocktails, Zouk Calypso or more old school Biguine.
- After memorable years in the Négresses vertes, Mellino are back on the road with their unique style of mediterranean rock music and will play on Friday 18 June in Crawdaddy.
- On Saturday 19 June in the Alliance Française you can avail of an improvised Jazz evening by German saxophonist Daniel Erdmann and French pianist Francis Le Bras.
- On Monday 21st June in partnership with the IFI, we will feature an exclusive screening of the controversial Gainsbourg biopic by Joann Sfar released earlier this year in France. The evening will finish with a free Post-screening Gainsbourg Party in The Mezz.
- And of course our now traditional Open Mic (Saturday 19th June) and Sunday Music Brunch (Sunday 20th June).

Screening. After Le Petit Nicolas, we continue this month our René Goscinny Season with Lucky Luke  another of his finest characters.

Created with cartoonist Morris in the 40's, Lucky Luke is one of the most popular and best-selling comic-book. The cowboy's adventures have been translated into  23 languages.

This animated feature adapted from La ballade des Dalton focuses on the famous Daltons Gang.

Wednesday 23 June - 4pm
French version
with French subtitles

Free for AF Members only
RSVP: info@alliance-francaise.ie

Screening. La Cité de la Peur marks the big screen début for one of France’s most popular comedy teams, Les Nuls, who achieved celebrity through their regular appearances on the Canal+ channel in the 1980s and early 1990s. Their anarchic, often surreal brand of comedy may not be to everyone’s taste, but they retain a prominent place in French culture and La Cité de la peur has all that it takes to be a cult film.

Thursday 24 June - 6.30pm
French version
with French subtitles, 99 min.

Information and booking:
library@alliance-francaise.ie
Admission Free. Seats are limited to 15 and restricted to Members.

Tasting. Come and discover the wonders of the Aveyron region  at a very special evening!
Keep thoughts of sunshine to the fore and be introduced to the local delicatessen and the local talents!
Discover the secrets of the aligot and try some of the local cuisine: charcuterie and cheeses including the famous Roquefort, along with a glass of wine and you will be transported to this beautiful region of France and meet some young entrepreneurs, members of the Jeune Chambre Economique, who will talk to you about their lovely area and the places that you really must visit if you are tempted to travel there!

Wednesday 30 June- 6.30pm
Admission free
RSVP: info@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.

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Special event. 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.

14 Irish apprentice sailors from varied backgrounds are taking part in the crossing and will meet for a first get-together at the Alliance Française on June 1st to get to know each other but also to brush up on their French vocabulary!

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