October 2016
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More assessments on 26, 27, 28 September from 5 to 7pm
Admission free – More information

The Autumn Term is open to both former and new students. General French courses, conversation courses, Refreshers' programmes, cultural workshops,  business French, and preparation for exams for adults, teenagers', children's and toddlers' courses are available all day from Monday to Saturday for 8 weeks or 16 weeks.
Assessments are free of charge and no appointment is required. Assessments are for adults only. You don't need an assessment if you are a complete beginner or if you are already a student with the Alliance, you can enrol directly online.

Until  25 October
Admission free

This month's exhibition is a retrospective of Alliance Française posters designed between 2009 and 2016 by Vincent Lavergne, who has been the Alliance Française Director of courses for the last 12 years and recently appointed Director of Communication & Marketing.
Self-taught in illustration and graphic design he started working on the institute's visual identity in 2007, providing advertisement, websites, newsletters, brochures, flyers and posters for many different events in the AF's life: new terms, festivals, concerts, workshops, talks, tastings, screenings, fairs and more.
Look at a selection here. Posters (A2 format) can be purchased at Reception for €12 each.

6-7 October 2016
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Every year, 60 French language assistants come to Ireland and are sent around the country to secondary schools to support French teachers and share their culture and language with young Irish students.

To help and support the assistants, the Department of Education and Skills and the French Embassy will hold an induction and training course the Alliance Française Dublin and The Atrium (Department of Justice).

The French assistants and their school principals will also be welcome by the Ambassador Jean-Pierre Thébault.

Saturday 8 October – 10am-12.30pm
Admission free   from 6 years old

How can you create a story out of paper straps, cut-out pictures, letters and words?
With a mountain of newspapers and magazines, glue and scissors we will make our way into the World of Paper like the main character in Julia Friese’s book Schnipselgestrüpp.
After a successful "Summer Library", European Libraries Dublin continues to create bridges between languages, books and cultures. Get the opportunity to attend a unique workshop with a German children’s book author, in the newly refurbished French Library.
European Libraries Dublin is comprised of: Alliance Française, Goethe Institut, Instituto Cervantès and Istituto Italiano di Cultura.

From 10 October
€5 / Free for AF Members

Join us for our weekly activities in the fully renovated French Library!
Toddlers’ Time Tuesdays at 10am
45 minutes of songs, games and stories.
From 1 year old
Bilingual Storytelling Wednesdays at 4pm
45 minutes stories in both French & English
For Children from 4 years old
Reading Aloud Wednesdays at 12.30pm
Listen to and discuss books, articles, etc.
For Adults
The French Library also organises monthly workshops & activities including screenings, talks, arts & crafts, board games, and more! Get your AF Membership to make the most of these activities at the best value!

Thursday 20 October – 7pm
Admission free 

To celebrate the European Day of Languages, the European Commission and the Alliance Française are organising a very special screening of the French cult movie Le Dîner de cons subtitled in Irish, an adaptation of the play by Francis Veber.

Chun Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha a cheiliúradh, tá an Coimisiún Eorpach agus an Alliance Française chun an scannán Fraincise, Le Dîner des Cons a léiriú. Athchóiriú is ea é ar an drama le Francis Veber, agus táthar tar éis fotheidil Ghaeilge a chur leis.

The screening will take place in the newly refurbished French Library.

14-15 October 2016
Full Programme

The annual conference of the French Teachers Association in partnership with the French Embassy will be held at Maynooth University on October 14th & 15th.

This year’s theme, Au pied de la lettre, will be focussed on written skills, with may key speakers including  Nathalie Cazaux, Shane Freeman, Françoise Blin, Hugh Nagle and Joe Dennehy. The conference will open on Friday evening with a screening of Ma Révolution, a French film directed by Ramzi Ben Sliman.

NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Wednesday 26 October – 6.30pm
Admission free  

Thursday 27 October – 5.30-8.30pm
Admission free

Friday 28 October – Time tbc
€8.90 / €7 AF & IFI Members 

Our French Film Club screening this month Joachim Lafosse’s L’économie du couple (After love). After 15 years together, Marie (Bérénice Bejo) and Boris (Cédric Kahn) are calling it quits, but until they can resolve their separation agreement – most notably the division of their prize asset, the apartment they share with their young twin daughters – they're still living together. The latest feature from acclaimed Belgian director Joachim Lafosse is about the ties that bind us after love has gone.

Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2