TALKS AND CONFERENCES

Gaëlle Hippolyte and Rayas Richa
Drawing practices, writing journeys
Mar 5, 6:30 pm
@ AFB Gallery
Conference in French

All welcome till hall is full

AFB together with the Point Ephémère Paris are pleased to present the artistic journey of Gaëlle Hippolyte and Rayas Richa in North India.
Starting in February 2008, the trip will follow the steps of Kipling's and Satyajit Ray's fiction characters Kim and Apu. The artists will explore the humanist journeys of these heroes across North India from Kolkata to Dehli via Shimla. The trip will be done on a rickshaw or Ambassador driven by the artists themselves - which is a way of introducing distance and burlesque elements in the quest.
The residence will lead to the publishing of a graphic collaborative novel and to exhibitions.

Alain Mabanckou
Mar 14, 6:30 pm
@ AFB Gallery
Conference in French

All welcome till hall is full

With six novels and six collections of poetry under his credit, Congo-born, LA-dwelling Alain Mabanckou is one of the most fêted of contemporary Francophone writers. Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzaville in 1966. He spent his childhood at Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of Congo.
Mabanckou is a professor at UCLA, where he teaches Francophone African literature.
“I propose to the American students novels from African authors of the rising generation, like Abdourahman Waberi, Gaston-Paul Effa or Fatou Diome” he says. “But I also teach the bases of African literary history, and thus authors like Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor or Camara Laye.
Alain Mabanckou’s latest novel, Mémoires de porc-épic (Memoirs of a Porcupine) won the prestigious Prix Renaudot 2006, the Prix Aliénor d’Aquitaine 2006 and the Prix de la rentrée littéraire française 2006.

CINEMA

Francophonie at Nandan
French movies, English subtitles!
March 22-25
@ Nandan II
4 and 6 pm
All welcome till hall is full

Sat, March 22
Québec hit movies
4 pm > Les Invasions barbares (Canada)
6 pm > C.R.A.Z.Y. (Canada)
When Quebec cinema mix drama and comedy in one movie, when spectators are to cry and laugh at the same time, it creates successful master pieces…


Sun, March 23
Humour from Quebec and Belgium
4 pm >Seducing Dr Lewis (Canada)
6 pm > Le vélo de Guislain Lambert (Belgium)
Two movies from two countries, which share the same sense of absurd and satyrical humour…

Mon, March 24
Women in struggle
4 pm > Rosetta (Belgium)
6 pm > Madame Brouette (Senégal)
Two movies, two continents, two women who fight and struggle to earn their living and to gain their liberty…

Tue, March 25
African connection
4 pm > Moi et mon blanc (Senegal)
6 pm > Raja (France and Morrocco)
When France meets Africa, when African meet French…

Ciné-Club
French movies, English subtitles!
Every Tuesday
@ AFB Gallery
6-8 pm
All welcome till hall is full

Francophonie and French colonies on screen

March 4
Indigènes / Days of Glory
Directed by Rachid Bouchareb, 2006

A large number of indigènes (Algerians, Tunisians and Moroccan) were enrolled in the French First Army of the Free French Forces, formed to liberate France after the Nazi invasion in World War II.
Four Indigènes in a mobile corps with a reputation for endurance and courage in close combat are sent to the front line, each with a different personal purpose as they fight their way through the Italian Campaign and on to Operation Dragoon to liberate France.

March 11
Indochine
Directed by Régis Warnier, 1992

The movie begins as Camille, a young girl from an Annamese aristocratic family, is adopted by Eliane Devries after her parents die. Perhaps as a consequence of the adoption, Madame Devries owns and runs a large rubber plantation that employs indentured laborers, and where she raises Camille as her daughter. Madame Devries meets and has an affair with a French Navy officer Jean-Baptiste. In an accident, a French police officer almost kills Camille who is rescued by Jean-Baptiste and they fall in love witheach other. Madame Devries has Jean-Baptiste sent away to protect Camille from being hurt.

March 18
Mon Colonel
Directed by Laurent Herbier, 2006
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The “Reformed” Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.

March 25
Please join us at Nandan II
For the screening of Raja, by Jacques Doillon
(see AFB-Nandan II programmation for Francophonie)

AFB THEATER

Once again this year, Avisek Arora, student at AFB, is offering to launch a theater group.After last year’s hit, we can only recommend that you try yourself as an actor or actress…no doubt you will look good after Avisek gave you hints and tips about contemporary theater.
Please pop-in at AFB for more information or to contact Avisek.

ADDA SESSIONS

Every First and last Thursday of the month
6-8 pm
@ AFB Gallery

Join us and discuss AFB’s upcoming events and other cultural topics: talk, sing, dance, argue, share and laugh!
You are more than welcome to bring along with you any press clips or other document relating to the discussed topics…
Mar 6 Francophonie and introduction to Alain Mabanckou
Mar 27 “On strike!” Bandh and demonstrations in Paris and Kolkata

Please don't forget to check this website regularly as programmes and timings are subject to change.