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FEBRUARY 2015
 
Festival de la Francophonie de Chicago
 
March 6 - 31, 2015
Alliance Française de Chicago

Le Festival de la Francophonie is back this March at the Alliance Française de Chicago and better than ever!

Highlights include exclusive film screenings, live music performances, a book fair with author talks and signings, the ever so popular Soirée Commune and a very special Soirée Cambodge-France.

Que la fête commence !

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HIGHLIGHTS
March 6, 2015 | 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Admission $25 / students $10
Free for children 5 and under

Go around the world in one night! Get your passport stamped, enjoy music, food and drinks from Belgique, Canada, France, Haïti, Maroc, Québec, Roumanie & Suisse (Yes, la raclette is back this year!)

...And don't forget to test your inner Céline Dion at le karaoké de la Francophonie, prizes to win! Accordeon and sing-along with Elaine and Marick.

Register early as this popular event always sell-out...

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March 14, 2015 | 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Alliance Française de Chicago
Free event but registration required for the authors' talk!

Come for café & croissant; browse for new and used books en français; enjoy storytelling and talks with our guest authors including French graphic novel author Clément Baloup, and don't miss the launch of literary magazine Mille Feuille, from DePaul University French Department.

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March 21, 2015 | Starting at 1:00 pm
Alliance Française de Chicago
On-line registration: $15 for three movies / At the door: $8 per movie

Three exclusive films will be presented in partnership with Kalamazoo World Language Film Festival. A unique opportunity for the Chicago community to explore the diversity of the Francophone cinema.

1:00 p.m.: Aya de Yopougon (2013, 83 min., France/Ivory Coast) by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie (courtesy of Institut Français)

3:00 p.m.: Timbuktu (2014, 97 min., France/Mauritania) by Abderrahmane Sissako
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars

6:00 p.m. : Un Rêve Américain / An American Dream (2014, 92 min., Quebec) by Bruno Boulianne, with guest actor Damien Robitaille

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March 25, 2015 | 6:30 pm
Alliance Française de Chicago
Free but registration required

Winner of the "Un Certain Regard" prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2013, this animated movie by writer and director Rithy Panh recreates a missing picture of the atrocities commited by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on how to rebuild the social bound after traumatic events such as the Cambodian genocide that happened 40 years ago.

Organized by the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago in partnership with the Cambodian Association of Illinois and the Cambodian American Heritage Museum & Killing Fields Memorial.

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PROGRAM
March 10, 2015
Free Admission / In English

Join us for a conversation between Maestro Charles Dutoit and the CSO's Artistic Programming Advisor, Gerard McBurney, revealing what life is like for a chef d’orchestre who has captivated audiences all over the world followed by a cocktail.

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March 12, 2015
Free Admission / In English

Art and Beer: Two great Belgium artists were à l'honneur this year in Chicago: René Magritte and James Ensor. Come and hear more about their origins and their legacy in the company of Nancy Ireson, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago followed by a Belgian beer tasting.

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March 18, 2015
Free Admission / In English

Discover African Theater with Congolese playwright Pierre Mumbere Mujomba, in exile from his country since the staging of La Dernière Enveloppe in Kinshasa in 2003, an award-winning work critical of Zaire's Mobutu government, in discussion with Patrizia Acerra, director of International Voices Project followed by DJ Mwelwa.

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March 19, 2015
Free Admission

US premiere film screening Les Manèges Humains / Fair Sex (2013) in the presence of director Martin Laroche

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March 26, 2015
Free Admission / In English

Come celebrate the Persian New Year! WBEZ’s global citizen Narimon Safavi gives us a cultural commentary on France’s influence on Iran, followed by a musical performance featuring a collaborative work between pianist George Lepauw (France) and sufi poet Erfan Sharifpour (Iran).

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March 31, 2015
Free Admission / In English

Traditional dance and music before the screening of Child's Pose (2013) by director Calin Peter Netzer. A sharply crafted family thriller with a riveting performance by Gheorghiu (4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days).

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