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SUMMARY:Chicken for Linda! dir Chiara Malta\, Sébastien Laudenbach (2023
DESCRIPTION:Animated musical comedy about Paulette’s attempts to make things right with her unfairly accused daughter Linda (it was the cat that did it). So she’ll cook chicken with peppers for Linda\, despite not knowing how to cook and being hampered in her attempts to find ingredients by a general strike … Paulette and her daughter embark on a quest to find chicken that turns into a crazy series of adventures. \nThis much-awarded film is French with English subtitles.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/chicken-for-linda-dir-chiara-malta-sebastien-laudenbach-2023/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20251010T193000
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SUMMARY:Les Choristes: dir Christophe Barratier (2004)
DESCRIPTION:This French-language musical drama has a famed French conductor performing in the United States returning to his home in France for his mother’s funeral. An old friend calls round with a diary that belonged to their old teacher; reading it together\, they learn how he tamed an unruly group of kids by forming a choir and teaching them to sing … The result is a low-key heartwarmer that manages to be uplifting without overdoing the sentimentality.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/les-choristes-dir-christophe-barratier-2004/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250423T193000
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SUMMARY:Humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person: dir Ariane Louis-Seize (2023)
DESCRIPTION:This Canadian vampire comedy horror stars Sara Montpetit as Sasha\, a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply\, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy; luckily\, she meets Paul\, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. Their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfil Paul’s last wishes before day breaks … It’s a film that has a lot of fun with the vampire motifs\, while at heart it’s a love story for teen misfits. \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, is part of SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/humanist-vampire-seeking-consenting-suicidal-person-dir-ariane-louis-seize-2023-2/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250422T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250422T210000
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SUMMARY:Back To Alexandria: dir Tamer Ruggli (2023)
DESCRIPTION:After 20 years in Switzerland\, Sue (Nadine Labaki) returns to her homeland Egypt to visit her dying mother (Fanny Ardant). Their complicated relationship is revealed on a road trip from Cairo to Alexandria; during their journey through Egypt’s beautiful landscape\, the reasons why Sue has not been in her homeland for so many years are uncovered … This is a charming and thought-provoking film about nostalgia\, homeland\, and confronting past traumas.\, supported by some excellent acting from the two leads. \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, is part of SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/back-to-alexandria-dir-tamer-ruggli-2023/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250421T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250421T210000
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SUMMARY:Hors d’haleine | Breathing Underwater: dir Eric Lamhene (2024)
DESCRIPTION:This emotional\, character-driven drama is set in the secretive world of a women’s shelter. It tells the story of Emma (Carla Juri) who arrives at the shelter in the dead of night\, covered in bruises and unexpectedly pregnant. As she grapples with her pregnancy and her emotional shackles to her husband Marc\, Emma rediscovers lost facets of herself through her unlikely camaraderie and strife with the women and children of the shelter; individual traumas intertwine and a delicate sisterhood emerges as they push one another to fight for their self-worth and independence. \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, is part of SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/hors-dhaleine-breathing-underwater-dir-eric-lamhene-2024/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250419T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250419T210000
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SUMMARY:Une part manquante | A Missing Part: dir Guillaume Senez (2024)
DESCRIPTION:Belgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez has always been fascinated with personal responsibility and family dynamics. His latest film\, which premiered at last autumn’s Toronto Film Festival\, fits the mould; it tells the story of a father’s struggle to reconnect with his estranged daughter in a place that doesn’t take too kindly to foreigners like him. Working as a driver for a private car service in Tokyo\, French expat Jay has never been able to get custody of his daughter Lily; for nine years he has used his occupation to travel the length and breadth of Tokyo in his cab\, looking for his daughter … Just when he decides to give up and move back to France\, a chance encounter opens up the possibility that he might actually find with his daughter. \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, is part of SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/une-part-manquante-a-missing-part-dir-guillaume-senez-2024/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250417T193000
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SUMMARY:En Fanfare | The Marching Band: dir Emmanuel Courcol (2024)
DESCRIPTION:The third feature film from screenwriter\, actor and director Emmanuel Courcol is a sensitive work that matches music and meaningful relationships. Thibaut\, an acclaimed orchestra conductor\, diagnosed with leukaemia \,discovers that he is adopted when a DNA test to find a possible bone marrow donor reveals a biological brother\, Jimmy. The two meet up;  Jimmy is a factory worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. When the band loses its conductor\, Thibaut steps in as replacement\, and the brothers learn more about the circumstances that have shaped each other’s lives … \nThis screening\, which is in French with English subtitles\, opens SUAD’s Francofilm Festival– a series of five films showing on consecutive nights between 19 and 23 April\, celebrating the French language and the diversity of Francophone cinema.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/en-fanfare-the-marching-band-dir-emmanuel-courcol-2024/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250221T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20250221T213000
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SUMMARY:La grande vadrouille: dir Gérard Oury (1966)
DESCRIPTION:Massively popular French-British comedy about the crew of a RAF bomber shot down over Paris in 1942 making their way through German-occupied France to safety with the aid of a motley group of civilians. La Grande Vadrouille remained the most successful French film in France for over 40 years\, and is still the fifth most successful film ever shown in France … In French with English subtitles.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/la-grande-vadrouille-dir-gerard-oury-1966/
LOCATION:Germaine Tillion Garden\, SUAD Campus\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Film
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