Music / Cinema / Theatre

Thursday 30th May 2013 at 6pm

Venue:  Alliance Française de Cork gallery

Alliance Française de Cork is pleased to present a talk by

Mary Catherine Murray, European Affairs, Department of the Taoiseach, to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union.

The presentation will concentrate on the history of the Irish Embassy building in Paris, the interesting families who lived in this private house, the atmosphere of Avenue Foch, how the state came to acquire  it, and how it became the most important building in France for Irish citizens.

Admission free – all welcome!

4th – 11th March 2012

Alliance Française de Cork is delighted to roll out the red carpet for the 23^rd edition of this exciting and much-loved French Film Festival. The Festival is an exceptional opportunity to experience cinema in a personal and close-up sense in the presence of such remarkable talent as our legendary star guest this year Pierre Étaix, Manuel Chantre together with a host of other multi-talented guests. We express our deep gratitude to main sponsor Bord Gáis Energy – a festival of this size and scale would not be possible without their invaluable support. – Nora Callanan, Festival Director.

For full programme log onto www.corkfrenchfilmfestival.com 

Venues: Gate Cinema, Triskel Christchurch, English Market, Ballymaloe, UCC

Festival office: Alliance Francaise de Cork, Enterprise House, 36 Mary street, Cork tel/fax 021 4310677,   e-mail: culture@alliancefrancaisecork.com

Celebrating  the 30th Anniversary of Cork  – Rennes Twinning

Tuesday 6th March at 7pm

Screening of Mr Hulot’s Holiday , followed by supper of Breton specialities  supplied by Farmgate Café and On the Pig’s Back

Venue: English Market; Price: €30

Tickets available from: Farmgate Café, On the Pig’s Back  and festival office at Alliance Franҫaise de Cork (more…)

Pierre Étaix returns to the big screen

The celebrated ‘French Buster Keaton’ has finally won his battle over distribution rights to get his films shown again.

In the 1960s he was one of the kings of French comic cinema: a mild-mannered, Oscar-winning film-maker whose clownish japes and achingly funny films were known from Paris to New York and whose creative talent was hailed as genius by his counterparts.

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