🎥🧒 Ciné Kids – Sirrocco et le royaume des courants d’air
For our second screening, we will showcase the animated film Sirrocco et le royaume des courants d’air. Juliette and Carmen, two audacious sisters discovering a passage to the universe of their favorite book : “The Kingdom of the Winds” where they will be transformed and trapped. ✨📖
To celebrate the re-opening of the most famous church in Paris, we are please to present two events to know the past and the future of this France national monument.
Historian Alain Blondy invites you to a public lecture where he reveals the secrets of Notre-Dame de Paris and takes us back to 15th-century Paris.
📅 Friday December 6th ⏰ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 📍 Alliance Française Library
Virtual Reality experience
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Paris Musées and Ubisoft invite you to explore Notre-Dame de Paris through an immersive virtual reality experience at the Archaeological Crypt. Explore the cathedral in stunning detail from the forecourt to the rooftop, the nave to the gallery of gargoyles.
All accompanied by the majestic sounds of the Cavaillé-Coll organ.
📍 At the Alliance Francaise – Opera screening in the AF Cinema
🎟️ €10 for members / €12 for non-members
In partnership with Micro-Folie and the Opera National de Paris, step into a world of enchantment with Massenet’s Cendrillon, a twist on Charles Perrault’s classic fairy tale reimagined in an opera of four acts and six scenes.
🎭 This is no ordinary Cinderella : no pumpkins, no carriages, no glass slipper to try on. Here, Cinderella and Prince Charming recognize each other at first glance, sharing a deep connection in their loneliness despite their contrasting worlds.
Massenet emphasizes their bond with a rich, captivating score that blends styles with delightful fluidity.
Discover the legacy of French culture in the heart of Valletta while soaking in Malta’s autumn charm ! Join us for an immersive guided tour led by our guide, Joséphine, as she reveals the fascinating traces of French history in Malta’s capital.
🗓 Date : Saturday, November 16 🕤 Time : 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM (includes a French-style coffee and croissant break ☕🥐) Price : €10 (members) / €15 (non-members)
The French Embassy is once again taking part in the Malta Book Festival, alongside the Alliance française Malte-Méditerranée and Lireka, an online bookstore that offer French books with free delivery worlwide.
At the French Corner, you will find books from the new French literary season as well as second-hand books at free prices (donations).
In addition, this year we are inviting painter and illustrator Sophie Guinzbourg and children’s author Chloe Gallien
Reading and writing poetry is a wonderful way to better understand the world around us. It encourages us to notice details in daily life that we might otherwise overlook and to highlight others in new ways. Poetry is all around us, but uncovering it requires the right tools.
This workshop, led by author Chloé Gallien, will be a chance to explore the art of poetry through readings and the creation of simple poems about Malta, together with the students. ✍️
Sophie and Chloe will also be signing their new children’s book that they have written and drawn togethe
About our guest
Chloé Gallien
Is also from Nancy, and writes stories and fables for children, as well as poems for everyone. Her poems have been published in poetry collections and magazines, and have won several awards. Chloé particularly enjoys collaborative projects with other artists, and has recently contributed to a bilingual illustrated volume of French poems written in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Sophie Guinzbourg
A painter and illustrator from Nancy, will be taking part in the illustration exhibition organised by the Maltese National Book Council on the festival site. Exhibited in France and abroad, Sophie Guinzbourg paints moments of everyday life, including famous café and bistro scenes that are typically French. Sophie has also produced engravings, festival posters, a large mosaic and a stained glass window.
Sophie Guinzbourg has also illustrated three children’s books, created with her long-time friend Chloé Gallien: ‘Lapinoudoudou et les tissus magiques’, ‘Baba, le petit chat masqué’ and ‘Raconte encore, Alice!
🎬 To celebrate European Arthouse Cinema Day, the French Embassy and the Alliance Française are thrilled to present a special screening of the film “De Gaulle”.
1940. De Gaulle opposes Pétain because he wants to continue the military offensive. In Colombey, his wife Yvonne is forced to leave. The family knows the routes of the exodus to Brittany. As the armistice looms, de Gaulle chooses to leave for London, where Churchill, who becomes an ally, allows him to speak to the BBC on 18 June. Yvonne and Charles eventually found themselves, after a long journey, in the London capital.
🎥🧒 The Alliance Française is pleased to present “Ciné Kids,” a new event for your kids !
For our first screening, we are thrilled to showcase the animated film Ernest and Celestine : A Trip to Gibberitia ! 🐻🐭
Join our two heroes as they return to Ernest’s homeland to have his broken violin repaired, only to discover that music is banned throughout the country. They will embark on a mission to right this injustice and bring joy back to bear country.
📅 Friday, November 1st at 4:00 PM 👧 For ages 4 and up 🎟️ Free for members with registration at [email protected]
This year marks the fourth edition of the EUNIC Film Festival in Malta. Across six days, the film festival shows 14 screenings of European films, celebrating diversity in all its forms.
In partnership with the EUNIC Cluster in Malta and Spazju Kreattiv Cinema, the Alliance française Malte-Méditerranée will present the French film : « Three nights a week ».
Abstract : Baptiste, 29, is in a relationship with Samia, when he meets Cookie Kunty, a young drag queen of the Parisian nightlife. Driven by the idea of a photo project with her, he immerses himself in a world he knows nothing about, and discovers Quentin, the young man behind the drag queen.