Cultural Events sept-oct 2014 AFK

CULTURAL EVENTSseptember - october 2014

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lPour la fin de la mousson l’Alliance Française de Katmandou vous propose non pas un imperméable et des bottes de pluie, mais un programme culturel très cinématographique. Tous les jeudis, à partir du 4 septembre nous vous offrons du cinéma en matinée et en soirée. Il y aura même une projection dans notre jardin et un atelier d’écriture de scénario du 22 au 26 septembre.

Mais pas uniquement… Car nous prévoyons également une soirée "jeux" le 22 septembre et l’exposition "Métiers du Monde" réalisée par la Fondation Alliance Française, sera toujours visible dans l’auditorium jusqu’au 26 septembre.

Mais alors que se passe-t-il au mois octobre ? On doit bien vous avouer que c’est le calme avant la tempête car nous préparons la 3ème édition de Planet Nepal, festival des Arts et de l’environnement se déroulant le 31 octobre et le 1er novembre.

A suivre…

Bienvenue à l’AFK !

OPHELIE BELIN / Directrice

By the end of the monsoon Alliance française of Kathmandu offers not a raincoat and rain boots but a very cinematic cultural program. Every Thursday from September 4th we propose films in the morning and evening. There will even be a screening in our garden and a screenwriting workshop from 22 to 26 September.

But not only... Because we are also planning an evening of "games" on September 22th and the exhibition "Professions of the World", organized by the Alliance Française Foundation, will always be on display in the auditorium until September 26th .

But then, what's happening during the month of October? Well we must admit that it's the calm before the storm as we are preparing the 3rd edition of Planet Nepal, a Festival of Arts and Environment taking place on the 31st of October and on the 1st of November.

To be continued…

Welcome to AFK !

OPHELIE BELIN / Director

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4 - 25 SeptemberAlliance Française Katmandou

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31 October - 1 NovemberKatmandou

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Alliance Française Katmandou is grateful to its sponsors for their valuable support

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Campus FranCe DeskMonday to Thursday | 10 am - 3 pm

transLatIon DeskMon/Tue/Fri | 9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Le bIstrotMonday to Friday | 7 am - 6:30 pm

Games LIbraryMonday to Friday | 8 am - 6:30 pm

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10 am - 6 pm

Presentation of the 40 best photographs, selected from the 2013 International Competition organized by the French Alliance Foundation (Paris, France) on the topic of "Professions of the world" (Métiers du monde).

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4 september- 25 september


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Alliance Française of Kathmandu is pleased to organize "Les Jeudis du Cinéma" (The Thursdays of Cinema), every Thursday from September 4th until September 25th. For a whole month, cinema lovers or not will have the opportunity to watch 8 features French films around an eclectic program for children and adults.

This cinematic program ends with a final outdoor screening "under the stars". A nice opportunity to enjoy a film on a giant screen with your family sitting in the garden of the French Alliance. We invite you to bring your picnic to eat before the projection, in the light of the sunset.

Limited seats / subtitled in english

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4 september


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4 september - 8:30 amJour de fête (The Big Day), by Jacques TatiFrance | 1949 | Comedy | 70'Cast : Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Paul Frankeur…

Once a year the sleepy french village of Saint-Severe wakes up when the carnival comes to town. The villagers amuse themselves with the festivities and the postman Francois watches a movie at a travelling show about the modern methods of the American postoffice. He rises to the challenge and wants to prove that he can deliver mail on his bike as fast as his motorised rivals in the USA..

une place sur la terre (A Place on Earth), by Fabienne Godet France | Belgium | 2013 | Drama | 100'Cast : Benoît Poelvoorde, Ariane Labed, Max Baissette de Malglaive…

Antoine is a joyful but disenchanted photog-rapher. His only true friend is Mateo, 7 years old, the son of his neighbor who is often absent. One day, he hears a piano sonata coming from the building across the courtyard. Mesmerized by the music, he becomes obsessed by Elena, the beautiful but mysterious pianist, and starts to photograph her at every opportunity. An in-tense relationship develops between the fragile and idealistic Elena and Antoine who is trans-formed by this encounter.

4 september - 7 pm

11 september


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Les beaux gosses (The French Kissers), by Riad Sattouf France | 2009 | Comedy | 90'Cast : Vincent Lacoste, Anthony Sonigo, Alice Trémolière…

A coming-of-age tale about a teenage boy and his efforts to fit in amongst a varied cast of char-acters.

Les Chebabs de yarmouk, by Axel Salvatori-SinzFrance | 2013 | Documentary | Drama | 78'

In Yarmouk (Syria), the Shebabs, a small group of boys & girls, have been friends since they were teens. Now on the eve of adulthood, they have a genuine thirst for life, while be-ing all confronted to intricate situations. Be-tween the need for freedom and sticking to the group, between longing for revolt and the prospect of a well-ordered life, choices are hard to make; even more so when you're a Palestinian refugee in the camp of Yarmouk, in Syria.

11 september - 8:30 am

11 september - 7 pm

18 september


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Violette, by Martin ProvostFrance | 2013 | Biography | Drama | 132'Cast : Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet…

Violette Leduc, born a bastard at the beginning of last century, meets Simone de Beauvoir in the years after the war in St-Germain-des-Prés. Then begins an intense relationship between the two women that will last throughout their lives, a relationship based on the quest for freedom by writing to Violet and conviction for Simone to have in their hands the fate of an extraordinary writer.

adieu berthe - L'enterrement de mémé (Granny's Funeral), by Bruno Podalydès France | 2012 | Comedy | 100'Cast : Denis and Bruno Podalydès, Valérie Lemercier, Michel Vuillermoz…

Armand Lebrecq once dreamed of becoming a magician but he has become a pharmacist. He still loves his wife, Hélène, but wouldn't mind leaving her to live with Alix, a strong-minded woman. But should he ? One day, Armand learns that Berthe, his granny, has just died. A little guilty of having neglected her lately, Ar-mand finds himself busy with organizing her funeral. Clumsily, as usual...


18 september - 7 pm

25 september


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Le chat du rabbin (The Rabbi's Cat), by Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar France | 2011 | Animation | Adventure | 100'Cast : Mathieu Amalric, François Damiens, Hafsia Herzi

Set in Algeria in the 1920s, a rabbi's cat who learns how to speak after swallowing the fam-ily parrot expresses his desire to convert to Judaism.

Couleur de peau: miel (Approved for Adoption), by Laurent Boileau and JungFrance | Belgium | South Korea | Switzerland | Animation | Biography | Family | 70'Cast : Maxym Anciaux, Cathy Boquet, Mahé Collet...

Comic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5.


25 september - 7 pm

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15 september


donation

2 pm - 4 pm

Safety & Security for Women Seminar ! Conducted by Women

Empowerment Nepal (WEN) and Strategic Edge of Switzerland

in collaboration with Alliance Francaise Kathmandu

What you will learn :

- Security risks specific to gender

- Basic protocols that mitigate risk

- Prevention capability: how to recognise threat, warning signs,

and potential security incidents

- Owning your ground: drawing clear and strong boundaries,

and protecting your space

- Appropriate responses to specific situations

- Discovering the power and ability for self-protection

- Practical self-defence techniques

seminar cost : Donation only, to support WEN self-defence

program for women.

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22 september


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The Games Library of the Alliance Française of Kathmandu

organized a game night, Monday, August 8, from 7 pm.

Actually Games Library has 60 games from France and 5 Indo-Nepalese games: family games, strategy games, role playing games, skill games and general knowledge games. The French and Nepalese playing cultures are both being

honored.

The event is open to all !

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22 september - 26 septermber


Free partiCipation

The documentary affects everybody because it relates slices of

real lives and the way we tell these stories is very personal.

We discover a world, a story, a place, men, women...

Scriptwriting workshop in French language.

Limited to 10 participants / Duration : 5 days x 3:30 hours

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31 october - 1 november

tundikhel, katmandou

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Because artists can suggest their vision of the world and be a critical vehicle for educating the public, because these major issues are now ubiquitous and are not solely the responsibility of scientists, it is extremely important that a festival such as Planet Nepal exists. This is also the same goal pursued by the Alliance française of Kathmandu and the French Embassy in Nepal when they organize every two years a multidisciplinary arts and environment festival.

In 2014, the Alliance française and the French Embassy decided to grab the opportunity of the international year of Family farming declared by the United Nations General Assembly. This worldwide celebration aims to become a tool to stimulate active policies for sustainable development of agricultural systems based on farmer families, communal units, indigenous groups, cooperatives, pastoralists and fishing families.

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+ Talks (conference, debate..)

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regular Courses

Duration of a session 7 weeks / 48 hours

number of hours per day 1:30 a day 5 times a week

tuition fees Rs. 7500 (including registration fees)

text and exercice books + CD

Rs. 800

speCiFiC FrenCh The Alliance Française also provides French classes adapted to your specific needs; we offer courses for trekking guides, for tourism workers, for businessmen… These classes can be provided at our premises or at your working / studying place.

personalized FrenCh Throughout the year, we offer made-to-measure courses : à la carte lessons, one-to-one tutoring, classes in institutions, guided self-learning, to help you or your team progress, according to your own desires.

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Alliance Française of Katmandou gives you the opportunity to start learning French or to improve what you have already learnt, at your own pace at different times of the day.

Calendar For 2014 Session 5 : August 18 – September 30 session 6 : november 6 - December 19

CertiFiCations The Alliance Française Katmandou is the only recognized examination centre in Nepal for the different diplomas and certificates that attest for your level in French. Whatever objectives you have (study in France, professional reasons, immigration), you can take DELF (Diplôme d’Etudes en Langue Française) or DALF (Diplôme Approfondi en Langue Française) examinations, TEF (Test d’Évaluation du Français) or TCF (Test de Connaissance du Français) certificates.

student Card With the student card, you will be part of the Alliance life. It includes registration fees, the annual membership-student of the Alliance and registration at the library; but it also gives you many benefits.

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The translation desk of the Alliance Française officially recognized by French authorities, stands there for you. From Nepali to French or English, French to Nepali or English, for any kind of document : official or non official translations. It also coordinate with French Embassy in New Delhi to legalized the translation.

For more information or details, please contact us at :

Phone : +977 (1) 4241163, 4242832

Email: [email protected]

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The French national agency for the promotion of higher education, international student services and international mobility.

Campus France desk helps students to plan and carry out their higher studies in France; its top priority is to welcome and give information to any students.

Free counselling | www.campusfrance.org

openInG HoursMonday to Thursday | 10 am - 3 pm

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ry The Alliance française of Kathmandu has a games library

at “Le Bistrot” as a concept café-games.

The collection includes French and Nepalese games. Actually Games Library has 60 games from France and 5 Indo-Nepalese games: family games, strategy games, role playing games, skill games and general knowledge games. The French and Nepalese playing cultures are both being honored.

The games library of the Alliance française of Kathmandu is primarily a meeting place around the game. It helps to create a pleasant atmosphere and gather the team, students and teachers. Games in French are complement to learning French and act as new educational tools for teachers. It is a place where you can borrow games to play on the spot, like books in a library and welcomes an public of 0-99 years.

How to borrow a game ? All members and students of the Alliance française of Kathmandu are allowed to borrow it. The borrowing of games, is only on site during opening hours upon the presentation of student card or membership. The player must give his name, and his student card or a membership to “Le Bistrot” counter. A verification of the game is done at the time of the borrow and return.

The annual membership fee to become a member of the Alliance française of Kathmandu is 1600 Rs/-

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Fees

type oF membership external visitors student

6 months 1 year 1 year

Individual membership Rs. 950 Rs. 1200 Rs. 800

Family membership Rs. 1350 Rs. 2000

Institutional membership Rs. 2700 Rs. 4000

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multimédia | children's corner | reading room

our ColleCtions - French books- Comics- DVDs- music CDs- periodicals (Paris Match, Le Point, Le Nouvel Obs, ELLE, Les Inrocks, Okapi, Courrier International, ELLE à table, J'aime Lire, Les Belles Histoires...)

We provide the facilities of consulting books, periodicals, listening to music, watching movies and French TV Channel.

The library offers tfree use of Inter-net for educational research.

openInG HoursMonday to Friday / 8 am - 6:30 pm

Hold your special event at the Alliance Française. Our Auditorium – Gallery is designed to be the perfect place for lectures, screenings, exhibitions and meetings. We offer in-house catering, on-site event management and the ability to provide you an excellent service.

You can also rent Le Bistrot and its garden for your private parties.For details, please call 4241163 / 4242832 or email to [email protected]

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auditorium rental for half-day (4 hours) Rs. 8000

auditorium rental for full day (8 hours) Rs. 15000

Gallery rental for one week Rs. 65000

Warm and friendly, the Bistrot welcomes you when you want to relax, have a chat with friends or meet people. This cafeteria offers a varied selection of large and small dishes throughout the day at reasonable prices.

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administrationOphélie Belin, Director / [email protected]

Prabin Rana, Deputy Director / [email protected]ît Gillet, Course coordinator / [email protected]

Krishna Shrestha, General secretary / [email protected]é Guillemot, Communication manager / [email protected]

teachers Andrea d'Avossa, Maya Gillet, Deepker Shakya, Anoj Chitrakar,

Rijendra Shrestha, Ombika Maharjan, Smriti Shrestha, Nicolas Ovtchinnikoff, Gilles Le Breton and Brigitte Ambroise

staffSuresh K.C., supervisor / [email protected]

Amrit Gurung, receptionist / [email protected] K.C., Driver

Gayas Khatri and Madav Pandey, assistantsPradip Biswokarma, Gardener

Thakur Pyakurel and Karna P. Itani, WatchmansBimala Lama and Mira Dhahal, Cleaners

Le bistrotMangal Ratna Tamang, Le bistrot manager

Uma Lama, ChefRam Chandra Lama, Cook

Anuj Parajuli, Waiter

translationIngrid Chiron, translator/ [email protected]

Library and Campus FranceMira Thapa, Library manager / [email protected] Neupane, Librarian and CampusFrance assistant

[email protected]

Alliance Française KatmandouBanshi Ghat Marga, Teku road, TripureshworP.O. Box 452, Kathmandu, NepalPhone : + 977 (1) 4241163 / (1) 4242832 / 9813433523Fax : + 977 (1) 4242621E-mail : [email protected]

www.alliancefrancaise.org.np

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