The Alliance Française organisation runs an annual Fête de la Musique in most of its locations around the world, with the local management getting to choose the music – almost always Francophone performers, of course, but none the worse for [ ... ]
Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the nine years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter; [ ... ]
A satirical comedy of the near future: unemployed Max (Blanche Gardin) struggles to earn a living by selling stolen robot parts on the black market. But her latest ‘acquisition’, T-0, is too old for the fence; her 10-year-old daughter Paula [ ... ]
Three more performances of this sharp, witty, very urban contemporary comedy of relationships. Worn down by 25 years together, Xavier and Sophie seem to be running on empty: neighbours Adèle and Alban come round for dinner, and these uninhibited people [ ... ]
A sharp, witty, very urban contemporary comedy of relationships. Worn down by 25 years together, Xavier and Sophie seem to be running on empty: neighbours Adèle and Alban come round for dinner, and these uninhibited people offer a somewhat risqué [ ... ]
Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen, [ ... ]
Joseph is Joseph Terterian, purveyor of 'popera' – classics delivered with his operatically powerful voice; Le Petit Orchestre is just what is says, a variable-sized but always compact band of strings, drums, double bass and backing vocals. They really are [ ... ]
The regular Alliance Française ciné-apéro evening (a glass of wine and canapés before the screening) this month features this well-reviewed legal drama film starring Daniel Auteul, who also co-wrote and directed it. Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to [ ... ]
The paintings of the Emirati artist "unfold as fragments of a personal and collective mythology," says the gallery. "Navigating the space between memory and presence, her visual language evokes the resonance of the self as both a persistent echo and [ ... ]
Gypsy jazz always makes for a good night out. This band, led by Alexandre Colleuil, really does rhythm and swing than Reinhardt and Grappelli, but they're still great fun and good musicians) ... The door price includes one drink; AF [ ... ]
Colonna's debut features brings an interesting angle to the mafia movie: Le royaume shows the Corsican underworld through the eyes of the 15-year-old daughter of a clan head. Caught up in a war between rival factions and on the run, [ ... ]
This moving animated feature was deservedly selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The story centres on a woodcutter and his family; they find a small girl in the forest who has been thrown [ ... ]
Known for a hybrid style blending realism and abstraction, Seaty is an artist with graffiti and pop art influences who characteristically creates portraits of people from different cultures and backgrounds, celebrating cultural diversity with a blend of monochrome tones and [ ... ]
The fourth film from veteran actor Vincent Perez is set in 1887 Paris, when illegal duals were common practice. The drama follows the blood feud that slowly develops between fencing master Clément Lacaze (Roschdy Zem), desperate to dissuade his nephew [ ... ]
Cinema has always been very interested in itself. In Cédric Kahn’s Making of we are introduced to a movie, a story about workers fighting to protect their factory from being relocated. And we meet a variety of characters involved in [ ... ]
A tale of courage, friendship, and adventure for all ages. Zodi, a 12-year-old nomad, discovers an orphaned baby camel in the desert. He names it Téhu and forms a deep bond with the animal. He dreams of entering Téhu in [ ... ]
Odile Deray, a small time public relations executive, has her work cut out for her – getting some exposure for a pretty terrible small-budget horror movie called Red is Dead. Then she gets a break: the projectionist is murdered, just [ ... ]
The last concert of the UAE Classical Talents Season 2024/2025 features the return of Magadalena Wajdzik (piano) and Carlos Teixeira (flute) in a programme with works by Bach, Mozart, Fauré and Poulenc As usual, concert curator Stéphane Ferrault will illuminate [ ... ]
A leading voice in contemporary Arabic literature, Al Ghanem blends tradition and modernity in exploring themes of identity, freedom, and cultural dialogue; this event will feature a bilingual reading in Arabic and French, accompanied by musical interludes with Elena Thedvall [ ... ]
Alan Delon is Marc, a petty criminal on the run from American gangsters, who seeks refuge in a mission for the poor where wealthy widow Barbara (Lola Albright) hires him as her chauffeur and moves him to her Riviera château. [ ... ]
Known for her vibrant exploration of colour, movement, and abstraction, Al Suwaidi’s art reflects the dynamic energy of cultural encounters, music, and landscapes. This exhibition draws a parallel between her artistic philosophy and Henri Matisse's; both artists translate emotion into [ ... ]
An evening with Nujoom Al Ghanem in celebration of International Poetry Day. A leading voice in contemporary Arabic literature, Al Ghanem blends tradition and modernity in exploring themes of identity, freedom, and cultural dialogue; this event will feature a bilingual [ ... ]
Nora and Zora Novotná return to AF Dubai for a recital featuring composers from countries within the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. For this special evening celebrating month of La Francophonie, the Novotná sisters will be playing four-hand piano pieces [ ... ]
Known for her vibrant exploration of colour, movement, and abstraction, Al Suwaidi’s art reflects the dynamic energy of cultural encounters, music, and landscapes. This short-run exhibition draws a parallel between her artistic philosophy and Henri Matisse's; both artists translate emotion [ ... ]
Daniel Roby's film has a Parisian couple whose daughter suffers from an incurable disease that forces her to live in a hermetically sealed glass bubble. Then a mysterious toxic fog begins to spread in the Parisian streets, killing anyone who [ ... ]
A compelling hybrid of drama and documentary, this film covers the events that led up to the infamous destruction of an extraordinary 300-year-old tree held sacred by the Indigenous Haida Nation of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. Inspired by John Vaillant’s [ ... ]
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth," said Albert Einstein, "man would have no more than four years left to live". That's because without the bees' pollinating work, agriculture could collapse and with it our ability to [ ... ]
Élise (played by real-life Paris Opera Ballet principal ballerina Marion Barbeau in her first film rôle) thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet dancer. It all falls apart the day she [ ... ]
On the stage of the Opéra Bastille in Paris, 30 dancers from non-traditional genres – hip-hop, krump, break, voguing – reprise and remix Jean-Philippe Rameau's baroque 1735 masterpiece, Les Indes galantes. It’s an opera offensive to modern sensibilities that reflected [ ... ]
A programme of dance-related shorts in the Move on Screen programme. The 24 films include 10 produced by students of the Sharjah Performing Art Academy; the remainder are by local filmmakers and artists.
Charismatic, athletic Manish is a talented young street dancer from a poor Mumbai family who struggles against his parents’ insistance that he forgets his dreams of becoming a professional dancer. He meets Yehuda, a curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet teacher who [ ... ]
Valentin Thurn's documentary shines a spotlight on the global scandal of food waste. Why do we throw away so much? On the way from the farm to the dinner table, more than half the food we grow gets thrown away. [ ... ]
A prestigious Paris high school takes an audacious bet: to integrate students from working-class districts and to make them break the cycle of school failure through training in hip hop dance. Each student brings their own story: complex family relationships, [ ... ]
Charismatic, athletic Manish is a talented young street dancer from a poor Mumbai family who struggles against his parents’ insistance that he forgets his dreams of becoming a professional dancer. He meets Yehuda, a curmudgeonly 70-year-old Israeli ballet teacher who [ ... ]
The top Ukrainian pianist Oleg Poliansky plays works by Debussy, Scriabin and Stravinsky for the latest recital in Alliance Française's UAE Classical Talents series, now in its fifth season. The price here is for non-members; AF members pay AED 130. [ ... ]
16-year-old Bella and Vipulan are part of a generation that knows its very future is at risk – between climate change and the mass extinction of wildlife, their world could well be inhabitable 50 years from now. At the instigation [ ... ]
In a dystopian present, it hasn't rained in Rome for three years: the drought has reduced water reserves to a minimum and there's an epidemic of sleeping sickness carried by cockroaches. Through a city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves [ ... ]
An exhibition of Navarro's abstract paintings. The artist says he considers himself primarily a colourist, and the sun of Dubai has led him towards a palette of golden colours, with light shades, infused with the energy and movement that characterise [ ... ]
It is the year 2034: drought and flooding are destroying the livelihoods of millions of people. The International Court of Justice has had to evacuate from The Hague to Berlin, where the climate catastrophe becomes the subject of legal proceedings. [ ... ]
The fifth season of the UAE Classical Talents, a programme of chamber music concerts aimed at promoting local artists, opens with a programme of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and his 'La Folia' (Vivaldi take on the well-known folk tune was written [ ... ]
An exhibition of Navarro's abstract paintings. The artist says he considers himself primarily a colourist, and the sun of Dubai has led him towards a palette of golden colours, with light shades, infused with the energy and movement that characterise [ ... ]
An occupational nurse in a chemical plant turns whistleblower over toxic discharges but has to balance fighting for the truth against the risk of alienating her entire family – many of whom work for the giant chemical works, an ominous [ ... ]
The regular Alliance Française ciné-apéro evening (a glass of wine and canapés before the screening) this month features a drama of restorative justice with a strong storyline and a good cast. Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up on [ ... ]
Just how did a group of humble factory workers become a phenomenal sports success story and the pride of an entire nation? Julien Faraut's technically innovative and visually stunning documentary tells the tale of the Japanese women's volleyball team's journey [ ... ]
"Wit, charm, and boundless humour" are promised from this "hilarious stand-up comedy show" by Saleh Al-Nawawy. It's also a podcast, and "one or two" audience members will be interviewed on stage. There'll be a guest comic too, though we don't [ ... ]
The regular Alliance Française ciné-apéro evening (a glass of wine and canapés before the screening) this month features Desclou's psychological/political thriller; a young couple with political aspirations more or less accidentally kill a violent driver on a remote country road. [ ... ]
A cocktail reception (8-8.30pm) followed by a recital from two artists who have been a hit in the Classical talents series – pianist Magdalena Wajdzik and harpist Erdinç Komsu. They will be performing works by Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Hasselmans. [ ... ]
"A most exotic dreamlike journey" promises the blurb for this successor to the first Beyond the City show last November. Art collective Féminin Pluriel returns with work by Bénédicte Gimonnet; collective memebrs Alison Ladegaillerie, Agnès Sheikh, Alexandra Raynaud, Bénédicte Joland-Chazelle, [ ... ]
Third evening (of three) for this top gig of Francophone comedy with Nassim Mellah, Benito, and Malcolm & Syphax. There's drinks and nibbles at 6.30pm, the show starts at 7pm. AF members pay AED 100, the rest of us AED [ ... ]
A second evening of top Francophone comedy with Nassim Mellah, Benito, and Malcolm & Syphax. There's drinks and nibbles at 6.30pm, the show starts at 7pm. AF members pay AED 100, the rest of us AED 125.
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