Award-winning movie Emma Peeternbsp;will be shown in Hà Nội, kickingnbsp;off the annual Francophone Film Festival which will be held from March 24 to 27.
IT’S
l’amour, toujours l’amour at the 32nd Alliance Française Film Festival and much of that love can be attributed to its new curator, Karine Mauris.
Mauris arrived in Australia in October as the cultural attachée to the French Embassy, and while her brief is to create a bridge between France and Australia through art, theatre, books and cinema, her first big job on landing here was to direct the biggest French film festival outside France.
She was supposed to land in August, but used the lockout time to start looking at French movies with an eye on what might appeal to Australian audiences – since 90 per cent of the audience don’t speak French.
Alliance Francaise presents movies for kids
published : 17 Feb 2021 at 04:00 Fahim, The Little Chess Prince. (Photo courtesy of Alliance Francaise)
Alliance Francaise Bangkok will make this Saturday a wonderful break for children and families by presenting two kids movies at 2pm and 4.30pm.
The first is Fahim, The Little Chess Prince, a family comedy drama directed by Pierre François-Martin Laval. It centres around an eight-year-old chess prodigy who arrives in Paris with his father after being forced to flee his native Bangladesh.
Refused asylum as illegal immigrants, they spiral downwards into homelessness and desperation. By a stroke of luck, the boy is introduced to one of France s top chess coaches, Sylvain, who tutors him and gives him a sense of purpose. His struggles on the chessboard mirror both his victories and his crushing defeats in his battle for a normal life.
Family film festival focuses on culture, race, ethnicity
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Belmont World Film’s Family Festival will be held virtually in 2021 from Jan. 15-24, expanding from its typical four days to 10.
The Family Festival provides children age 3-12 and their families the opportunity to see some of the world’s most remarkable current films for children films that provide a window into the lives of kids in other cultures, races, and ethnicities and several workshops, including three sessions on model making for animated films conducted by the senior model maker from Aardman (the “Wallace & Gromit” films) on Jan. 23 and a two-day workshop on film criticism led by Joyce Kulhawik and Boston Globe film critics Ty Burr and Peter Keough representing the Boston Society of Film Critics, on Jan. 16 and 17. Several filmmakers from around the world will also participate in virtual live Q&A sessions. Most film programs will be available for screening for all 10 days, with severa