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French language being shared by people from every continent leads also to share get-together with fun : music and dance go along the Maroccan delicacies dinner, CHOQ radio invites “Les Respectable”s and “The Breadfeeders” bands, with southern flavours an enjoyable Bïa concert. Cinema menu is as always long with Frédérick Back short-films, the Jacques Demy last screenings at the cinematheque, Universcine at the Alliance ; at the end of March wonderful Cine Franco Festival (with English subtitles) starts at the Royal. Thank to the best historians and authors, the University of Toronto introduces to us the variety of « 400 years of Francophone presence in Ontario », the Historical Society delivers a talk about Champlain. Due to our knowledge of the past, we keep ourselves well alive. Joël Savary, Attaché Culturel Events « 400 ans de francophonie, ça se fête ! » Francophonie Week Various places Festival « CinéFranco » Francophone Cinema Festival Alliance Française Exhibitions « Draws of a life » by Frédéric Back Alliance Française « Continuum » by Pierre Tremblay Glendon College Lectures « Simone de Beauvoir: yesterday and today » Madeleine Gobeil Alliance Française « Telling lies with History and with stories » Jeudi littéraire of AFT Alliance Française « Veterans of Empire » Gregory Mann UofT « Samuel de Champlain, 400 years later » Société d’Histoire de Toronto Alliance Française « 400 years of French presence in Ontario » Symposium UofT / CEFMF UofT Music « Bïa in concert » Closing show of the Francophonie Week Enwave Theatre « 2008 Journey at the end of the tale» Tales and music for children Parliament Library Theatre « The invisible man » by Patrice Desbiens T.F.T. « Dom Juan » by Molière Glendon Theatre Cinema « Age of darkness » by Denys Arcand In movie theatres « Caramel » by Nadine Labaki In movie theatres « Like an image » by Agnès Jaoui at Ciné-Jeudi ONF « Talespinners » at Ciné-Samedi ONF Television « Mon petit doigt m’a dit » by Pascal Thomas at Universciné Alliance Française Programmation TFO March Toronto 1 CALENDAR MARCH 2008 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4:00 pm Lecture 7:30 pm 3:00 pm Gregory Mann Ciné-Jeudi Cinematheque « Like an « Trois places image » pour le 26 » 7:30 pm Short Film Festival 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2:30 pm 10:00 am 4:00 pm Cinematheque Tales and Short films 6:30 pm 7:30 pm « La naissance Music for Frédéric Back 2:00 pm 7:30 pm Lecture Universciné du jour » and children Cinema Cinematheque « Simone de « Mon petit « Le bel « Demandez la « The world of indifférent » Jacques Beauvoir » doigt m’a dit » permission aux enfants ! » Demy » 6:00 pm 5:00 pm Exposition Moroccan Frédéric Back Evening 8:00 pm CHOQ ! Evening 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 9:00 am 7:00 pm 17h30 7:00 pm Symposium Short films Exhibition by Lecture « 400 years of Frédéric Back Pierre Tremblay French « Samuel de presence in Champlain » Ontario » 8:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm Theatre Theatre Theatre Bïa in concert « Dom Juan » « Dom Juan » « Dom Juan » 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 8:00 pm 6:30 pm 2:00 pm Theatre Jeudis Ciné-Samedi « The Invisible littéraires « Talespinners » Man » « Telling lies with History and with stories » 2 EVENTS Francophonie Week « 400 ans de francophonie, ça se fête ! » Every year in March, Toronto lives within a French atmosphere. For old and young alike, dozen of activities are organized by French-speaking associations in Toronto to gather people and celebrate French as a common language. The Francophone Centre is the event coordinator; it establishes an activity calendar and organizes a large-scale show to th highlight the Francophone International Day which is on the 20 of March. You can find a partial scheduling event of the francophone week through this newsletter. th th From Friday, March 14 to Thursday, March 20 For further information, check the complete schedule: http://costaleclercdesign.com/flashtest/400/ CHOQ Evening! To celebrate the Francophone week and Toronto’s French-speaking portal inauguration: www.grandtoronto.ca, CHOQ-FM organises a soiree with the participation of “The Respectables” and “The Breastfeeders”, a French-speaking music band. Friday, March 14th at 8:00pm Republik Nightclub (261, Richmond Street West) Free Entrance Moroccan Evening On the Francophone Week occasion, Toronto’s Morocco Association organises an annual cultural soiree. In the programme, Morocco dinner, music and dance until 1am in a homelike atmosphere with the participation of the popular band “Orchestre Rachid de Montréal”. Saturday, March 15th from 5:00pm Metropolitan Centre (3840 Finch Avenue) Entrance: 35 $ per adult / 20 $ for the 7-15 years-old / Free for under 7 year-old Informations et reservations : (416) 219-5793 or [email protected] FESTIVAL CinéFranco To celebrate and promote French cinema in Ontario, CinéFranco Association organises its 11th International Movie Festival in French. From Friday, March 28th to Sunday April 6th At the Royal Cinema (608 College Street) More information : www.cinefranco.com 3 EXPMJYUEXHIBITIONSMTION « Drawings of a life » by Frédéric Back The Toronto Alliance Française and the Toronto Animated Image Society organise the exhibition’s preview promoting “Drawings of a life” from Frédéric Back. On that occasion, you are invited to discover 45 drawings originally from his animation movies and to meet the renowned artist. Frédéric Back is an animation filmmaker, a graphic designer and a teacher worldwide scale-known. His animation short-films usually deal with ecology and the Quebecker culture, themes especially adapted to children. His movies are known for their drawing sophisticate technique: wax-pencil on frozen acetate and for his neo-impressionist style. th Friday, March 14 at 6:00pm at the Alliance Française (24 Spadina Road) Free Entrance « Continuum » Video installation by Pierre Tremblay The Glendon College Gallery inaugurates the “Continuum” exhibition from Pierre Tremblay, a Quebecker artist. The inauguration will be preceded by a speech of P. Tremblay “Continuum” is a video installation which exposes a moving landscape. This piece shows randomness with its presentation system. Thus, it uses 30 TV-screens with different images; they all are different, juxtaposed and stacked. The images were recorded when the artist was walking, cycling, taking pictures of the skyline at different time of the day and of the year. Tuesday, March 18th from 5:30pm to 8:00pm Glendon College (2275 Bayview Avenue) LECTURES “ Veterans of the Empire : History and Memory between Africa and France” by Gregory Mann Gregory Mann’s intervention will follow the projection of Rachid Bouchareb’s movie, “Indigènes” (in French with English subtitles) from 2 pm to 4 pm in the same room. This lecture is presented by the Centre d’Etudes de la France et du Monde Francophone (CEFMF), the New College, the African Studies, the History Department, l’Institut d’Etudes du Cinéma, the Centre d’études transnationales et de la diaspora and the Centre d’Etudes européennes, russes et eurasiennes. Gregory Mann is teacher-assistant at Columbia University (New York), in the History Department. His specialization is the history of Western French-speaking Africa. He is the author of “Native Sons”, published in 2006. Monday, March 3rd from 2:00pm to 6:00pm at New College, Room Wi 1017 (300, Huron Street) Information: [email protected] 4 « Simone de Beauvoir : Yesterday and Today » by Madeleine Gobeil-Noël Three years after her last coming to Toronto to present Jean-Paul Sartre, Madeleine Gobeil-Noël will present a lecture about “Simone de Beauvoir: hier et aujourd’hui” to celebrate the centenary of the famous writer who was also her close friend. After telling the story and biography of the writer along the century, she will comment on Simone de Beauvoir’s writing, the meaning of her fight for women’s rights and also her political convictions. “Simone de Beauvoir’s work is a fight against time, against contingency, against herself”. Madeleine Gobeil taught French Literature at Carleton University from 1964 to 1971. When she was 15, she used to have a personal correspondence with Simone de Beauvoir. They met in Paris in 1958. Their friendship did last 30 years afterwards. She also used to have important functions at the UNESCO in Paris from 1975 to 1997. Tuesday, March 11th at 6:30pm at theAlliance Française - Free Entrance « Samuel de Champlain 400 years later » by Patrice Dutil In the Francophonie week context, the Toronto Historical Society presents a lecture by Patrice Dutil, Professor at Ryerson University. Samuel de Champlain is the incarnation of the creation of Quebec and of the constant implementation of the French presence in North America but what does he really represent today? After a reminder of Champlain’s striking career, Dutil will consider what the Canadians remember of him. He will end his lecture with a 400 year-old perspective on Champlain. Does Champlain have a future ? Wednesday, March 19th at 7:00pm at the Alliance Française (24 Spadina Road) - Free Entrance Contact: (416) 924-7631 or [email protected] « 400 Years of French Presence in Ontario » Symposium UofT / CEFMF This symposium is organized in the Francophonie week context by the University of Toronto’s Department of French Studies, in collaboration with the Centre d’Etudes de la France et du Monde Francophone (CEFMF), to celebrate the French language, culture and the French-speaking people of Ontario. The purpose is to present an accessible amount of information about the arrival of the French-speaking people in Ontario, the different immigration waves and the current status of the French language and culture in Ontario. The Official Languages Commissioner, Graham Fraser; the Radio-Canada Ombudsman, Julie Mirville-Dechêne; the author and co-founder of “French for the Future”, John Ralston Saul; teachers, as Yves Frenette from the University of Ottawa, François Paré from Waterloo University, Raymond Mougeon from York University and Laurent Gajo from the University of Geneva will intervene.