Bonjour les amis!
Les vacances are finally upon us! Now that you are all done for the year, why not join us for a film or three over the next couple of weeks… Congratulations are due to Nick Malpas and Anissa Chatt who were awarded Semester 2's Participez! Prize worth around $150 (see picture above). Welcome also to Ben Dabscheck, Michael Forgacs and Tristan Blackshaw who will also be in FrenchSoc's 2009 Executive Committee. Et finalement, féliciations à vous d'être arrivé à la fin de l'année!
Once again it's films galor with our FREE film screening at Hermann's and 2 Film Festivals!
LES SEMAINES à VENIR avec FrenchSoc :
- FREE Film: Combien tu m'aimes?
- MA FILLE MON ANGE (Canadian Film Festival)
- TOUT EST PARFAIT (Canadian Film Festival)
Ailleurs dans le monde de la francophonie :
- The FUN PETANQUE CHALLENGE
- Bons Mots - French Literature in the Time of Monet at the Art Gallery of NSW
- CINEMA & HISTORY avec BERTRAND TAVERNIER
- Opera with Pinchgut: David et Jonathas
- French Ensemble Choir
Also, heads up for some top French performers here for the Sydney
Festival en Janvier!
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/event/_item/event/JAVA
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2009/event/_item/event/CAMILLE
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Les semaines à venir avec frenchsoc...
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FREE Film: "Combien tu m'aimes?"
18h30 mardi 25 novembre 2008
Hermann's Bar, Wentworth Building
Exams over? Essays handed in? Holidays finally here?
Then come and join us for another FREE French film at Hermann's Bar
this coming Tuesday night! "Combien tu m'aimes?" stars Monica
Bellucci, Bernard Campan and Gérard Depardieu amongst others. Director
Betrand Blier was awarded a Silver St. George for Best Director at the
2006 Moscow International Film Festival.
Simply come along and show us you ACCESS card or FrenchSoc card for
your 2 FREE drinks!!!
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"MA FILLE MON ANGE" (Canadian Film Festival)
18h30 dimanche 30 novembre 2008
Dendy Opera Quays, East Circular Quay
TICKETS just $10!!!
Includes a FREE choctop and a glass of [yellow tail] wine prior to the film!
This price is exclusive to FrenchSoc and ACCESS members. Order your
tickets toute suite by sending an SMS to Kath on 0422 545 032 with
your request.
If you wish to take advantage of this offer, be sure to SMS and
confirm your request by the day before the film (at the latest) or you
may miss out!
Look for the bright blue FrenchSoc shirt just outside the Dendy Opera
Quays box office...
http://www.possibleworlds.net.au/my-daughter-my-angel.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=53634901376
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"TOUT EST PARFAIT" (CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL)
20h30 mardi 2 decembre 2008
Dendy Opera Quays, East Circular Quay
TICKETS just $10!!!
Includes a FREE choctop!
This price is exclusive to FrenchSoc and ACCESS members. Order your
tickets toute suite by sending an SMS to Tim on 040 999 7447 with your
request.
If you wish to take advantage of this offer, be sure to SMS and
confirm your request by the day before the film (at the latest) or you
may miss out!
Look for the bright blue FrenchSoc shirt just outside the Dendy Opera
Quays box office...
http://www.possibleworlds.net.au/everything-is-fine.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=40499846156
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Ailleurs dans le monde de la francophonie...
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THE FUN PETANQUE CHALLENGE
23rd of November
Canterbury Boulodrome
Now some of you may be a bit afraid of the 'C' word (Competition that
is) but you shouldn't be! It is our experience that people enjoy the
added stimulus of friendly competition but also a competition can be
more social. If we play 'social' games, it is more difficult to get
people to circulate. Groups form and tend to just keep playing
together. If all games ended at the same time then we could split
groups up but that doesn't tend to happen that way. In a competition,
when you finish a game against one team you play another. (Usually, in
a competition we play 4 games). Also, in a casual situation people
arrive at different times and it is harder to get them into a game as
most people are already playing! In a competition everyone must be
there at the start and stay till the end. See what I mean?
The Boules Artistes will provide the equipment and refresher courses
and run the competition! There will be great prizes! We will fire up
the espresso machine and have great coffee and cakes! We will start at
1:30 and finish at around 5:00. Cost will only be $10! We will hold
the FUN PETANQUE CHALLENGE at the Boulodrome! Canterbury Bowling Club,
Close St Canterbury
Right next to Canterbury Train Station (just 15mins from Central), the
445 bus stops here (Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham, Dulwich Hill thru
to Canterbury)
Contact Gary Contact Gary on (02) 9665 9943 or email
boulesartistes@optusnet.com.au.
Check out our website at www.boulesartistes.org.au for updates.
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BONS MOTS - FRENCH LITERATURE IN THE TIME OF MONET AT THE ART GALLERY OF NSW
Monday 24 November from 6pm to 8pm
Actors Mary Haire, Andrew MacFarlane and Judy Nunn give voice to some
of the world's best loved classics, Les Miserables, Carmen, Camille
and Cyrano de Bergerac (English translations). Don't miss this unique
opportunity to hear a melange of France's best loved literature set
against the background of Monet and the France of his day.
Bookings & enquries - Tel: 02 9225 1878 or www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
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CINEMA & HISTORY avec BERTRAND TAVERNIER
10.30am Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Quad History Room
The Department of French Studies invites you to
a talk on "Cinema and History" (in English)
By French Filmmaker, Bertrand Tavernier (see attachment for film screenings)
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MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: DAVID ET JONATHAS
1st week of December
City Recital Hall, Angel Place
Pinchgut Opera will present this glorious French baroque opera at the
City Recital Hall, Angel Place Sydney on Wed 3 Dec, Sat 6 Dec, Monday
8 Dec at 7.30pm and Sunday 7 Dec at 5pm. Swedish tenor Anders Dahlin
will sing David and Sara Macliver Jonathas. The chorus will be
Cantillation and the Orchestra of the Antipodes, under conductor
Antony Walker, will play on instruments of the French baroque. It will
be sung in French with English surtitles. Pinchgut Opera is renowned
for its beautiful productions of rarely performed works. First
performed in Paris in 1688 at the Jesuit Theatre, this gripping story
of friendship and war unfolds through Charpentier's powerfully
emotional music.
We would like the French speaking community to know of this unique
opportunity to experience one of the greatest musical delights of
French baroque period.
Bookings at the City Recital Hall 82562222 or on line at
www.cityrecitalhall.com.
More information about the opera at www.pinchgutopera.com.au
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THE FRENCH ENSEMBLE CHOIR
Ensemble/Choir seeks singers wishing to perform French and Spanish repertoire
If you wish to express interest in joining, please email Maureen or
Hans with the following details:
• Previous ensemble/choir experience (not a pre-requisite);
• Instrument you play (not a pre-requisite);
• What genre of music is of most interest to you;
• Your mobile contact number.
If you love music, French or Spanish and want to sing, please contact:
FrenchChoir1@gmail.com
This project is organised by the Sydney French Language Meet-Up and
the Pure French Society, who supports the practice of French through
free conversation meetings (see Oct 23rd event).
purefrench@gmail.com
http://french.meetup.com/65/
A très bientôt!
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University of Sydney Union
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