Cultural Newsletter: APRIL 2013 - Dublin

As part of Culture Connects, Ireland’s 2013 EU Presidency Cultural Programme, the 14th Franco-Irish Literary
Festival, jointly organised by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy and the Alliance Française Dublin,
continues the tradition that led to Dublin's nomination as a UNESCO City of Literature.
Mr. Eamon Gilmore TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade and Emmanuelle d’Achon, Ambassador of
France to Ireland will officially open the Festival on Friday 19 April 2013 at 2pm at the National Library of Ireland.
The Festival welcomes writers from several countries across Europe. Our aim is to celebrate European cultural
connections with Ireland and to encourage the discovery of Irish, French and other European literature.
WRITERS IN ATTENDANCE:
Judith Hermann (Germany),
Gilles Leroy (France),
Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (Ireland),
Gilles Ortlieb (France)
David Park (Northern Ireland)
Grégoire Polet (Belgium)
Cecilia Ştefănescu (Romania)
Barbara Tarrant (Ireland – Hennessy Literary Award)
Jáchym Topol (Czech Republic)
Dermot Bolger (Ireland)
Bernard du Boucheron (France)
Marie Darrieussecq (France)
Patrick Deville (France)
Christine Dwyer Hickey (Ireland)
Hélène Frappat (France)
Mia Gallagher (Ireland)
Anne Haverty (Ireland)
Dermot Healy (Ireland),
14TH FRANCO-IRISH LITERARY FESTIVAL
19 & 20 April @ The National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, D2
21 April @ The Alliance Française Dublin, 1 Kildare Street, D2
ADMISSION FREE to all events
Simultaneous interpretation in English & French provided
Info: 01 708 8308 - [email protected] - Download the full programme here!
www.francoirishliteraryfestival.com
FREE EVENT
SCREENING OF « THOSE WHO REMAINS »
9 APRIL 2013
To mark the occasion of the 14th Franco-Irish Literary Festival,
the IFI, in partnership with the French Embassy, Alliance
Française and Institut Français is delighted to present a free
screening of Anne Le Ny’s sensitive portrayal of grief and attraction, Those
Who Remains (Ceux qui restent).
In keeping with this year’s festival theme – Love & Hurt – the film explores
the relationship between Bertrand and Lorraine, played by the deservedly
acclaimed Vincent Lindon and Emmanuelle Devos, who meet in hospital
while visiting their respective partners both of whom are seriously ill.
Introduced by Philippe Milloux, Director of the Alliance Française.
Vincent Lindon and Emmanuelle Devos in Ann Le
Ny’s Those Who Remains
Tuesday 9 April, 6.30pm
@ Irish Film Institute
ADMISSION FREE
Book your FREE ticket on 01 679 3477 or emailing [email protected]
www.ifi.ie
CINEMA
« THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE: EUROPE’S GYPSIES IN WORLD WAR II »
10 APRIL 2013
The IFI presents a screening of the comprehensive and imperative
documentary, The Forgotten Genocide: Europe’s Gypsies in World War II.
Drawing focus on the persecution of the Sinti and Roma communities across
Europe in the lead up to and throughout the Second World War, the film also
elucidates on important aspects of Roma history and culture that dispels some
common misconceptions.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s two directors,
Idit Bloch and Henriette Asseo.
Presented in partnership with the French Embassy, Holocaust Education Trust
Ireland, Institut Français and the Memorial de la Shoah in Paris.
Wednesday 10 April, 6.30pm
@ Irish Film Institute
Bookings: 01 679 3477 - www.ifibooking.ie
* IFI and Alliance Française members can avail of discounted €7 tickets for this
IFI French Film Club screening.
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EXHIBITION
THE MODEL, SLIGO: "AN ANATOMICAL CHART OF LOVE PAINS"
14 APRIL - 16 JUNE
This project involves five artists invited to respond to a chapter in the
book The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk. Each artist will have
a gallery space to then act out their response. Invited artists are Lili
Reynaud Dewar (France), the Brussels-based sculptor Zin Taylor, Model
artist in residence (awarded via the RDS, Ireland) Ian Nolan, Nikola
Roethemeyer (Germany) and Koken Ergun (Turkey).
In exquisite, harrowing detail, the text describes and makes a chart of the
protagonist’s physical and emotional torments due to unrequited love, akin
to a modern day Goethian Werther narrative but from the modernised
East. This intense microcosm of existence is the backdrop to each
artists’ production for the exhibition. The artworks range from drawings to
sculpture to full room installations.
Supported by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy
[email protected]
themodel.ie/
MUSIC
HAYDN: THE SIX "PARIS" SYMPHONIES
14, 21, 28 APRIL & 12, 19, 26 MAY 2013
Between 1785 and 1786, Haydn composed six great works for the French capital
that represent one of the pinnacles of the late-eighteenth-century classical symphony.
Known collectively as the Paris symphonies, they were commissioned by Les
Concerts de la Loge Olympique, financed by the aristocratic music lover, Le Comte
d’Ogny, and performed at the Salle des Cent Suisses in the Tuileries palace in 1787
by what was the largest and most virtuosic orchestra in Europe at the time. Their
enduring popularity and Haydn’s attention to French taste resulted in titles for three of
them: l’Ours, No. 82, la Poule No. 83 and la Reine No. 85. La Reine was the
favourite of Marie Antoinette.
One of the Paris symphonies will be performed by The Orchestra of St Cecilia as
the concluding work in each of the six concerts in this, the third of six annual series
devoted to performing all 108 symphonies of Haydn.
Orchestra of St Cecilia - Haydn: The Six "Paris" Symphonies
@ Newman University Church, St Stephen’s Green, D2
Sundays, 14, 21, 28 April & 12, 19, 26 May 2013
All concerts at 3.30pm
Tickets: €25, conc. €22. Advanced booking,through post only €20.
Bookings: Linsday Armstrong (01) 412 6134 - [email protected]
www.orchestrastcecilia.ie
*** For a chance to WIN TICKETS for those concerts ***
E-mail your full contact details and the code HAYDN PARIS to [email protected]
Winners will be picked at random from all qualifying entries.
EXHIBITION
GALWAY - EXHIBITION: SCIENCE/FICTION: A JOURNEY IN THE HEART OF LIFE
15 APRIL - 15 MAY 2013
The French Embassy in Ireland, in partnership with the Alliance Française
Galway and INSERM, the French National Institute of Health and Medical
Research, is delighted to present the exhibition Science/Fiction: a journey
in the heart of life from 15 April to 15 May 2013.
From living organisms, observed at the microscopic level. And from the
work of France’s most visionary writer, Jules Verne. The panels on
display are a superimposition of scientific photographs from the Inserm
image bank and old engravings illustrating the writings of Jules Verne.
These striking images are the creation of Eric Dehausse, an
iconographer at INSERM.
15 April - May 2013
@ Alliance Française Galway
ADMISSION FREE
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EDUCATION
STUDY IN FRANCE: CAMPUS FRANCE OFFICE IN IRELAND
Campus France, based in the heart of Dublin (on the 4th floor of the Alliance
Française’s Building), offers personalised assistance to Irish students who
wish to study in France (undergraduate and postgraduates studies).
The Campus France Office is open from Monday to Friday, from 9.30 to
5.30 (4.30 on Fridays). There are a large range of leaflets and brochures and
a laptop that you can freely use.
For further information about a specific subject area or a university please
contact :
Elodie Le Rouic
Head of Campus France Office in Ireland
4th Floor, 1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Tel. 01 708 8307 - [email protected]
www.irlande.campusfrance.org
Cultural and Scientific Service
Embassy of France in Ireland
4th Floor, 1 Kildare Street
Dublin 2
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