Alliance Francais de Brisbane in association with CulturesFrance, present the best of French cinema at the Friday Ciné Club held every month at Alliance Francaise.

Free Entrance for everyone!
All our film are in French with an English subtitle.

Fridays 10th, 17th,24th of February 5.00pm

Résolument animés is your ticket for an incredible trip into the world of French animation!

The collection of animated shorts we've selected serves to highlight the unbridled creativity of France's new generation of animation directors. Together, these films run the whole gamut of experiences, including humour, a strong sense of visual poetry and wonder, as they address a wide range of issues, such as the environment, society and human relations. No one is too young - or too old - to enjoy these delightful gems, so bring your family and friends and make a date of it!

This project was made possible through the collaboration of the Direction de l’audiovisuel extérieur and the CITIA, organiser of the Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy, one of the world's most prominent animation festivals and a launching pad for many of tomorrow's greatest creators. We wish to thank the Direction de la coopération culturelle et du français for making this event possible.

Friday 27th of April 5.30pm

Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud and François Truffaut
Genre: Comedy, Romance
(115min)

This is the story of a film director trying to finish his movie, while the actors and crew going through several romances, affairs, break-ups, and sorrows. You will finally know how it goes behind the camera!

Francis, the boss of a small plumbing supply company, is harassed by tax collectors, striking employees, and an impossible wife and daughter. His only joy is sharing lunch with his friend Gerard. Then a TV show called "where are you?" shows a woman from Gers who is searching for her husband who disappeared 28 years ago. The lost husband looks like an identical twin of Francis...

Friday 29th of June 5.30pm

Director: Francis Veber
Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret and Francis Huster
Genre: Comedy
(80 min)

Every Wednesday night a few guys have a meal together. There is a game coupled with the meal: each one of them has to bring an "idiot". The game consists in making the idiots talk about there ideas and passions so that the hosts can have a good laugh. At the end they will choose the "idiot of the evening". One of the hosts has invited his idiot home so they could go to the dinner together. However, a tough pain in one vertebra of his spinal column does not allow Pierre to meet his friends for the game and he stays alone with solicitous, but clumsy and stupid François in his apartment. Every attempt of François helping Pierre goes wrong, becoming the night of Pierre a terrible nightmare.

Friday 27th of July 5.30pm

Director: Nicolas Philibert
Actors: Georges Lopez, Alizé and Axel
Genre: Documentary
(104min)

It is a portrait of a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year. It was nominated as an "Out of Competition" film at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Friday 31st of August 5.30pm

Director: Danièle Thompson
Actors: Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier and Albert Dupontel
Genre: Comedy, Romance
(106min)

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.