PUBLISHED March 7th, 2016 10:46 am
12 – 22 MAR 2016 | Alliance Française is once again back with the Francophonie Festival, aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue and celebrate the diversity of the French language and francophone communities around the world.
This year the festival is taking a step forward in bringing the most promising productions of each francophone countries contributing to the unique and vibrant local cultural scene.
Singapore Francophiles crowd and curious minds can enjoy The Canterville Ghost in the presence of Yann Samuell, film director who will present his movie at Alliance française for the first time worldwide! Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, in the run for the best movie in a foreign language at the 2016 Oscars, 88th Academy Awards and Golden Globes, will open the festival. The public can also meet Edwy Plenel, famous French political journalist who shook-up the world of digital journalism, but also listen to the beautiful chansons of Noga and Patrick Bebey, and travel to the middle-east through a series of photographs exposed at Alliance française gallery.
Cinema, music, exhibition, conference, there is something for everyone.
Francophonie Festival 2016 is happening from 12 to 22 March 2016 at various locations. For more details, check out the event page here.