Alliance Française de Malte
Join us at The Alliance Française for a story time in French with Halle and Garance!.
The program includes the reading of a surprise French tale to get you dreaming, followed by the tasting of the Galette des rois!
Come and meet the Alliance Française team at a convivial tasting of Galette des Rois!
Free entrance
Discover the delights of this cultural experience : which of you will get the famous « fève » and be crowned?
We encourage children to come dressed as kings and queens, princes and princesses!
Join us at The Alliance Française for a story time in French with Halle and Garance! The program includes the reading of a surprise French tale to get you dreaming.
For ages 6+
In French with English subtitles
Natanaël, almost 7 years old and unable to read, is disappointed when his aunt Eléonore leaves him her vast library. However, he soon discovers that at night, characters from the books, like Alice, Fairy Carabosse, and Captain Hook, come to life and need his help. They warn him of a great danger that could erase them forever. To save his tiny friends, Natanaël, brave adventure to defeat threats like the treacherous Pictou and a giant crab. Will he manage to read the magic formula in time to save them all? ✨📖
🎥🧒 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. ✨📖
📅 Friday December 20th at 5:00 PM
👧 For ages 4 and up
🎟️ Free for members / 10€ non-members
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.
by Historian Alain Blondy 📚
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
Saturday, January 25th, from 10 am to 12 pm
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.
Micro-Folie Musée numérique of AF Malta
📆 12 December 2024
🕰 7:30 to 10:30 PM
📍 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.
🗣️ French with English subtitles.
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).
Events at Alliance Français School premises:
Location : College Hamrun – Secondary School, San Gorg Preca, Triq Wenzu Mallia, Il-Ħamrun HMR 1241
7:00 to 8:30 pm
Level required : A2+
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. ✍️
Events at the Malta Book Festival Center:
Location : Ir-Rokna tal-Ktieb, Malta Book Festival, MFCC, Ta’ Qali
9:30am to 10:45am
For adult
11:00am to 12:00am
For children
Limited places.
To register for the workshops, please send an e-mail
2:00 am
Sophie and Chloe will also be signing their new children’s book that they have written and drawn togethe
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.
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”.
Free but booking is required
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.
🗣️ French with English subtitles.
