The Alliance Française de Johannesburg offers you, at the start of 2023, a selection of events for everyone. To discover now.
Language courses
In this return to January, language courses resume. The choice is offered to you: French, Portuguese, English, Isizulu, Xhosa. Quality courses, face-to-face or online.
dates : from January 30
Registration : info@jhb.alliance.org.za
After-school program
The Alliance Française de Johannesburg offers a workplace for young people, outside of school hours, with support offered in mathematics, physics, Afrikaans, English
A great way to encourage children to give their best for better academic results.
dates : from January 2023, Monday to Friday afternoon
Location : Alliance Française of Johannesburg
Pre-registration and information : +27 11 646 1169; info@jhb.alliance.org.za
Music
Djembe lessons for children from 7 to 13 years old
Four 1 hour sessions, Saturday mornings:
- From 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. for children ages 7 to 9
- From 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. for children from 10 to 13 years old.
dates : from January 2023
Location : Alliance Française of Johannesburg
Price : 800R for the four sessions
Registration : +27 11 646 1169; supportclasses@jhb.alliance.org.za
Tales and stories
The first story reading for children will take place on Saturday, January 21 at 11:00 a.m. Children will have the pleasure of discovering “la petite Juliette”, reading offered in French and English
dates : January 21, 2023; February 11, 2023
Location : Alliance Française of Johannesburg
Movie theater
In January 2023, the JoburgFrenchCineClub offers you a selection of 3 films not to be missed
In partnership with Bioscope Independent Cinema
With the support of the French Institute, the French Institute of South Africa and the French Embassy in South Africa
Program :
Two Me (2019)
Rémy and Mélanie are thirty years old and live in the same neighborhood in Paris. She multiplies the missed appointments on social networks while he struggles to meet. Both victims of this loneliness of the big cities, at the hyper-connected era when we think that meeting should be easier… Two individuals, two journeys. Without knowing it, they take two roads that will lead them in the same direction… that of a love story?
Screening in French, subtitled in English
Of : Cedric Klapisch
With : Ana Girardot, Francois Civil, Camille Cottin
Date : Thursday January 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Bioscope Independent Cinema at 44 Stanley
Fuck It (2022) (MyfrenchFilmFestival)
Cassandre, 26, is a flight attendant in a low-cost company. Living from day to day, she connects flights and parties without a future, faithful to her Tinder nickname “Carpe Diem”. An existence without ties, in the form of a headlong rush, which seemingly satisfies her. As the pressure from her company increases, Cassandra ends up losing her footing. Will she be able to face the buried pain and return to those she left on the ground?
Of : Emmanuel Marre, Julie Lecoustre
With : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Alexandre Perrier, Mara Tease
Date : Tuesday January 31 at 6 p.m.
Location: The Bioscope Independent Cinema at 44 Stanley
Calamity, A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020)
A convoy of pioneers is on its way to Oregon, a far western country. The last family that joins the convoy is that of Mr. Cannary, he is poor and his wife is dead. His eldest daughter Martha Jane Cannary takes on a lot of responsibilities. During this trying crossing, his father was injured. The role of Martha Jane will grow with various apprenticeships.
Animated film for children
Screening in French, subtitled in English
Date : Friday January 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Location: The Bioscope Independent Cinema at 44 Stanley
What to do in January with the Alliance Française de Johannesburg