Francophone Festival is a week-long celebration of the Francophone culture which will include film screenings, theatre performances, live music acts and also a lifestyle fair. The schedule is as follows:
10 am, 16 March: Mia Et Le Migou
Directed by: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Mia has a premonition one night after which she sets out on a journey across jungles and tough terrain to look for her father who is trapped in a landslide.
2 pm, 16 March: Le Roi Et L’Oiseau
Directed by: Paul Grimault
A chimney sweeper and a shepherdess are characters in a painting in which they are trying to escape the clutches of a tyrannical king.
6: 30 pm, 16 March: Man Is A Funny Bird
This exhibition by Rudi Pillen, one of Belgium’s foremost artists, shows his abundant creativity with expressionism and abstract figures.
10 am, 17 March: Gabrielle
Directed by: Patrice Chereau
Gabrielle is an exuberant young woman suffering from William’s disease, who is constantly struggling to gain independence.
2 pm, 17 March: Henri Henri
Directed by: Martin Talbot
Henry has to figure out how to live in the big city when the sisters who raised him move out.
7 pm, 17 March: Les Belles-Soeurs
Conceptualised and presented by Vijaya Rao, this is a reading of Michel Tremblay’s play which is the story of 15 women who narrate the drudgery of their mundane existence.
8pm, 17 March: Kathak Performance
The play reading will be followed by a kathak performance by Anjali Patil.
9 am, 18 March: Tango Negro
Directed by: Dom Pedro
This documentary explores the contribution of the African community and their culture to the rise of tango.
7 pm, 18 March: Collage
Listen to jazz music from Switzerland by Beat Kaestli (vocals), the internationally acclaimed vocalist and songwriter and Walter Fischbacher (piano), the famous New York-based pianist and composer.
19-20 March: Francophone Mela
9 am, 19 March: Jour De Fete
Directed by: Jacques Tati
This French comedy by is about a postman who is easily distracted from his duties, constantly stopping to chat with people. Inspired the US Postal Service, he goes to comical lengths to speed up his mail delivery system.
5:30 pm, 19 March: Erika Lernot Live
Lernot is a young and upcoming Martinican singer who will be performing a jazz and soul concert.
10 am, 20 March: Sarah Prefere La Course
Directed by: Chloe Robichaud
This is a story about a young athlete who is single minded in her dedication towards racing.
12:30 pm, 20 March: Les Tontons Flingueurs
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Doing a favour to a friend, Fernand, an ex Mafioso, gets caught up in the underworld’s goings-on.
Francophone Festival is a week-long celebration of the Francophone culture which will include film screenings, theatre performances, live music acts and also a lifestyle fair. The schedule is as follows:
10 am, 16 March: Mia Et Le Migou
Directed by: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Mia has a premonition one night after which she sets out on a journey across jungles and tough terrain to look for her father who is trapped in a landslide.
2 pm, 16 March: Le Roi Et L’Oiseau
Directed by: Paul Grimault
A chimney sweeper and a shepherdess are characters in a painting in which they are trying to escape the clutches of a tyrannical king.
6: 30 pm, 16 March: Man Is A Funny Bird
This exhibition by Rudi Pillen, one of Belgium’s foremost artists, shows his abundant creativity with expressionism and abstract figures.
10 am, 17 March: Gabrielle
Directed by: Patrice Chereau
Gabrielle is an exuberant young woman suffering from William’s disease, who is constantly struggling to gain independence.
2 pm, 17 March: Henri Henri
Directed by: Martin Talbot
Henry has to figure out how to live in the big city when the sisters who raised him move out.
7 pm, 17 March: Les Belles-Soeurs
Conceptualised and presented by Vijaya Rao, this is a reading of Michel Tremblay’s play which is the story of 15 women who narrate the drudgery of their mundane existence.
8pm, 17 March: Kathak Performance
The play reading will be followed by a kathak performance by Anjali Patil.
9 am, 18 March: Tango Negro
Directed by: Dom Pedro
This documentary explores the contribution of the African community and their culture to the rise of tango.
7 pm, 18 March: Collage
Listen to jazz music from Switzerland by Beat Kaestli (vocals), the internationally acclaimed vocalist and songwriter and Walter Fischbacher (piano), the famous New York-based pianist and composer.
19-20 March: Francophone Mela
9 am, 19 March: Jour De Fete
Directed by: Jacques Tati
This French comedy by is about a postman who is easily distracted from his duties, constantly stopping to chat with people. Inspired the US Postal Service, he goes to comical lengths to speed up his mail delivery system.
5:30 pm, 19 March: Erika Lernot Live
Lernot is a young and upcoming Martinican singer who will be performing a jazz and soul concert.
10 am, 20 March: Sarah Prefere La Course
Directed by: Chloe Robichaud
This is a story about a young athlete who is single minded in her dedication towards racing.
12:30 pm, 20 March: Les Tontons Flingueurs
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Doing a favour to a friend, Fernand, an ex Mafioso, gets caught up in the underworld’s goings-on.