On Friday, January 26, 2018, Alliance Française and Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz will present you A Night of French Short Films. Showcasing a wide variety of stories and styles, the screening is a selection of short films chosen from 2018’s nominees at the César (French Oscars) the winner of the Trouville Film Festival’s First Prize. Discover
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French Art Week #2 - Opening Beyond Painting: an attempt at collecting art by Beatrice Chassepot and Laurent Chassepot Opening the second edition of our yearly French Art Week, Alliance Française de Los Angeles is hosting a new Art Exhibition thanks to Beatrice and Laurent Chassepot. Proud owners of multiple art works, they will
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French Art Week #2 Screening La Nuit Américaine by François Truffaut La Nuit Américaine chronicles the production of Je Vous Présente Paméla (Meet Pamela), a cliché melodrama starring ageing screen icon Alexandre, former diva Séverine, young heart-throb Alphonse and a British actress, Julie Baker who is recovering from both a nervous breakdown and the
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French Art Week #2 Art History: Renaissance Française By Damien Bigot Do you want to know more about Art History? Then join this Art History Workshop! Introduction to Art History: key movements and major artists. For this second edition of our yearly French Art Week, Damien Bigot will present you the French Renaissance and
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French Art Week #2 ART & ALTERITY: “WHY PAINT?” ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION following a presentation by David Pagel MODERATED BY PROFESSOR JEAN-CLAUDE CARRON, AILS SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR With the generous support of the American Institute for Levinassian Studies and Heritage Fine Wines, the Alliance Française de Los Angeles brings together an art critic and
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The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages by Fabrice Jaumont The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages tells the story of a grassroots movement that emerged out of the dedicated involvement of motivated parents, educators, and community actors willing to create and support dual language
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For the International month of Francophonie, the Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles is organizing a talk about the "Francophonie that binds us together". Panel discussion guests include several diplomats of French speaking countries. Details TBA
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This double feature of documentaries from celebrated filmmaker and photographer Raymond Depardon offer compassionate looks at psychiatric commitment procedures (12 DAYS) and a cross-section of contemporary French people (FRANCE). Discussion between films with director Raymond Depardon.
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The Honorable Henri Vantieghem, Consul General of Belgium, will be at the Alliance Française de Los Angeles on April 3rd for a conference about Belgium, its history and the challenges the country has to face. This event is free but we strongly encourage you to register in advance
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Alterity in Question: “The Universe as Other: How Science Has Constructed a View of Reality Radically Divergent from Our Experience” The more we understand about the universe, the more alien it seems. Modern cosmology has revealed a universe much larger than the world of our experience, dominated by things like "dark matter" and "dark energy"
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