Alliance Francaise hosting TWO Film Festivals in May 2009

The Alliance Fraincaise will be definitely busy come March...As always, though, they shall not let us down. The Festivals and additional info are below.




5^th CUBAN FILM FESTIVAL

6 – 10 May

Alliance Française auditorium: Entrance Free

The Embassy of Cuba presents the 5^th Cuban Film Festival in Nairobi offering a menu of popular and critically acclaimed films

THE SILLY AGE (2006 – 1h48) drama

Tue. 6 at 6.30pm

Rejection of a grandchild by a grandmother set in her ways.

AMANDA’S PROPHECIES ( 1999 – 1h30) drama

Thur. 8 at 6.30pm

A film of psychological reflection about popular life in Cuba today

HONEY FOR OSHUN (2001 – 1H48) drama

Fri. 9 at 6.30pm

Roberto returns to Cuba from the US in search of his mother

VIVA CUBA

Sat. 10 at 11am ( 2007 – 1h20) drama

The friendship between two children is threatended by their parents’ differences

MAURICIO’S DIARY

Sat. 10 at 6.30pm ( 2006- -3h15) drama

Individual dimensions combine with social context in the last decade of the 20^th century in Cuba

17^th EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL

14 May – 1 June (except 16, 19 and 30 May)

Weekdays: 5.30 and 7.30pm, Weekend: 3, 5.30 and 7.30pm

Tickets: 30/-

Showing recent films from 18 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom).

Detailed programme available from Alliance Française.