Alliance Française

Marona’s Fantastic Tale (Belgique)

Victim of an accident, Marona, a small black and white dog, remembers the different masters she has known and loved throughout her life. Through her unfailing empathy, her life becomes a lesson in love. A superb fable full of color and graphic inventions.

An Unexpected Destiny (France)

An Unexpected Destiny by Sonia Rolland | 2023 | 1h38 Alliance Française Auditorium Fri, 22 March | 19h00   Nadia, a young 18-year-old mixed race girl, lives with her family in a […]

World Poetry Day: Poets You Should Know

Celebrating World Poetry Day – LaFrancophonie Edition Open Mic suivi d’un concours de slam-poésie en français.
Mic check 1 – 2, Spreading the love of language and culture one word at a time📝.

CinemAlliance

Somewhere on the internet is a land where communities pretend to live out a survivalist fiction. The players reveal their fears and fantasies, in an at times unsettling blurring of the real and the virtual.

Exhibition: Kubuni

The exhibition is a roadmap built around three focal points and dedicated to the discovery of comics from Sub-Saharan Africa, from the past, the present and the future. These comics […]

Discussion

Joëlle Epée Mandingue is one of the curator’s of the exhibition, Kubuni, which presents the best comics from Africa, aiming to share the continent’s richness. Author and cartoonist, Elyon is the organizer of the prestigious African comic book festival Bilili BD which takes annually place in Congo Brazzaville.

The Art of Anne Defréville

Anne Defréville is a designer, illustrator, and comic artist.  Her comic work focuses on environmental and animal issues, challenging anthropocentrism in creative, sometimes humorous, and always thought-provoking ways.  She was awarded the 2020 Artemisia Prize for the Environment and the Mouans-Sartoux Prize for best environmental book for her graphic novel ‘The Blue Age’ (2019).  She is currently working on the illustrated adaptation of Joseph Kessel’s novel “The Lion” due to be released in October 2024.
She will be presenting a preview of her work in progress of ‘The Lion’ by Joseph Kessel before its release as well as live illustrations of Kenyan fauna to music.

Exhibition: The Secret of The Swordfish/Le Secret des Espadons

Based on the works of the famous comic strip series «Blake and Mortimer» by Edgar P. Jacobs, one of the founding fathers of the Franco-Belgian comic strip, this exhibition offers a fascinating journey through the history of what is commonly known as the «9th art» in the Franco-Belgian tradition, exploring its unique storytelling techniques and the artistic conventions that distinguish it from other forms of visual storytelling.