Short Films Festival – August 18 – November 8

,

In collaboration with the Southbury Film Commission (SFC), the Alliance Francaise of NW CT is pleased to present Eurochannel’s Short Film Festival from August 18 through November 8

More than 40 short films will be shown from Eurochannel’s 6th Annual Short Films Tour celebrating “Youth in Europe” and the art of short films. Each Program features an hour and a half of rich short film productions showcasing European culture and cinematographic heritage. Some films are as short as 5 minutes and others as long as 30 minutes.  Each movie is shown in its original language with English subtitles.

Efimera_02

The kickoff program, called “DREAMERS,” was held on Tuesday August 18 at the Southbury Public Library.

In addition to an 11-minute comedy from France (Indian Ocean) titled “Speed Dating,” movies from Denmark, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Turkey was shown.

On August 28, the films shown from Program 2 “Outsiders” were a bit ‘darker’ but everyone enjoyed the films which were from France, Belgium, Romania, Switzerland and Spain.

We’re looking forward to the next programs:

“YOUNG AT HEART” – Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 pm at the Southbury Public Library featuring two films from France plus films from Austria, UK: Wales, Spain: Andalusia, Slovenia and Greece.

“THE RUNAWAYS” – Friday, September 25 at 7:00 pm at the AF Center featuring short films from Sweden, Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Italy And Germany.

“FAMILY LIFE” – Friday, October 9 at 7:00 pm at the AF Center with films from Spain (Catalonia), Netherlands/Turkey, Georgia, UK (Scotland), Spain (Bajadoz), Italy (Reggio Calabra) and Poland.

“THE YOUNGER GENERATION” – Friday, October 23 at 7:00 pm at the AF Center featuring films from France: Bourgogne, Switzerland, Germany, Lithuania, Ireland, Netherlands, Croatia and Latvia/Estonia.

“THE FRENCH COLLECTION” – Sunday, November 8 at 3:00 pm at the AF Center featuring just the French short films from the Tour.

All Programs are free, so gather your friends and family and come discover Europe, visit its countries and listen to all its languages…

The SFC’s primary mission is to encourage and facilitate filmmakers to use Southbury as a backdrop for professional film projects. Joel Wald, SFC co-Chairman, clarified a desire to expand the Commission’s scope to include identifying Southbury as a cultural haven, friendly to film-lovers and filmmakers. More information may be found on their website, www.southburyfilm.org.

Eurochannel (www.eurochannel.com) is the award winning television channel featuring premium European entertainment with the biggest stars. Eurochannel presents only top-of-the-line European programming from recent blockbusters to critically acclaimed TV series. Experience Europe on Eurochannel through cinematic adventure, humor, history and entertainment. Eurochannel is available on Sling International. To stay up to date on our latest programming, like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Eurochannel) and like us on Twitter (www.twitter.com/Eurochannel).
Logo_Eurochannel      Southbury_Film_Commission_Logo     aflogo
/by

CÉLÉBRATION DE LA FÊTE NATIONALE FRANÇAISE

What a wonderful time we had on July 12 for our Bastille Day party!

MERCI to Micheline who prepared all the scrumptious food and offered such a lovely setting around her backyard pool – even the weather was perfect!  Hospitality Chairwoman, Nancy creatively decorated the tables and fences with festive dish towels from different French regions and fresh flowers in vases.  Sabina also helped with bringing out the 3 courses of foods which were beautifully arranged on the buffet table.

Upon arrival, the guests were given a nametag on their back and everyone graciously participated in the game of “Which Famous French Person am I?” About 12 people played a competitive game of Pétanque, a couple of people enjoyed swimming in the pool, and the French music inspired our two ballroom dancers to a Parisian swing and everyone ate, and ate and ate, sipped wine and enjoyed a delightful afternoon together.

CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS
/by

Soirée Provençale – 29 juin 2015

J’ai eu l’honneur d’assister à un diner Provençal chez Mme Rogers (et son mari) avec ses étudiants de French 1 et French for Fluency pour marquer la fin des cours de  l’année. Avec son repas délicieux, ses décorations de table très provençales, ses histoires intéressantes sur les chants des grillons et les traditions françaises, la musique d’ambiance…  elle nous a transportés en Provence – on pouvait se croire en Provence sentir le parfum de la lavande et les rayons de soleil du midi sur le visage !

Les Desserts!

Les Desserts!

Pendant le dessert, il y a eu une petite cérémonie de remise de diplômes.

Bravo à tous ses étudiants ! Et Bravo à Mme Rogers d’avoir donné une soirée magnifique à ses étudiants !

Go to our French Classes page and sign up now for Mme Rogers’ Monday night French 2 and French for Fluency classes. Classes start the week of August 31.

To see more photos from the evening – click on the PHOTO GALLERY below.

PHOTO GALLERY
/by