Alliance Française du Cap, Afrique du Sud

18 to 24 January 2010
Cultural Programme

Tuesday 19 January:

Opening of the exhibition
Walk about city and countryside
by Béa Garrouste
@ Alliance Française
18h / Free Entrance

Artist’s statement:

I am a geographer. As such, I have always been interested in landscapes, both rural and urban with a preference for landscapes shaped by the hand of man.

By profession, I was involved in rural development – as such I learnt to “read” and understand landscapes, and to measure the impact of people on their environment : how they were farming the land, modifying the natural landscapes, building their houses, their sheds, or manufacturing, constructing new roads, and so on…

And I believe that my paintings are the translations of this interest in what people are creating and modifying and the new landscapes that emerge. They might also just reflect my interest in people…
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Wednesday 20 January
Ciné-club
VHS Kahloucha by Néjib Belkadhi
in partnership with Encounters
@ Alliance Française
19h / R20
English subtitles

Synopsis : VHS Kahloucha Seeking some laughter and scenes from home, a group of illegal Tunisian immigrants in Italy badger anyone with a TV so that they can view the latest film from cult filmmaker, writer, director, action hero Moncef Kahloucha. Back home in Kazmet, a poor district of Sousse, Tunisia, the house painter Kahloucha is in the throes of making his next film : Tarzan of the Arabs. Using equal measures of madness and magic, Kahloucha draws heavily on the beneficence of the local populace, negotiates social boundaries and strains family ties in his determination to bring light relief to the residents of his poor neighbourhood. Hilarious, energetic and touching, whilst portraying an unobserved view of Tunisian life, this unexpected joy aptly displays what you can achieve if you truly believe in what you are doing. Nominated for Grand Jury Award at Sundance film Festival in 2007

Next events:

Wednesday 27 January
Ciné-club
Accentus Laurence Equilbey
by Andy Sommer
@ Alliance Française
19 h /Free Entrance
In French with English subtitles
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Thursday 4 February
Concert : Benguela
Brydon Bolton (double bass)
Alex Bozas (guitar)
Ross Campbell (drums)
20h30 / R40

Improvising trio Benguela bring a certain je ne sais quoi to the cafe Alliance ambiance on the 4th of February 2010. You would think that twelve years of playing music together would put these three instrumentalists on the same page, but you would be wrong - ’loose’ is how they like it. Come see music being created from nothing - like magic in the age old French tradition.

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Call for entries!
Moving Things Film Festival at Out the Box Festival
Co-hosted by UNIMA SA and Animation SA
Out the Box Festival is calling for dynamic, creative stop-motion and puppetry films for the MOVINGS THINGS FILM FESTIVAL, which will take place from 22 - 28 March 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Alliance Française

Anne-Marie Bel
Cultural Coordinator / Chargée de projets culturels
155 Loop Street, Cape Town
culture.cpt@alliance.org.za
www.alliance.org.za
021 423 56 99

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