Our programme on the 24th of March 2013

Special programme: The Alliance Française French Film Festival 2013

Interview: Sandrine, Romain, Sylvain and Lisa
Haute cuisine (les saveurs du palais) : The opening night film of the festival. A story about Hortense Laborie, a renowned chef from Perigord, who worked for the president of the French republic.

• Wednesday 27 March: 10:30 AM
• Friday 29 March: 6:30 PM

The big night : French trouble-makers Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern are back with an anarchic and oddball comedy about aging punks in France.

• Thursday 28 March: 8:30 PM

Journal de France: A documentary of the life of Raymond Depardon, a French movie maker and photographer.

• Friday 29 March: 12:15 PM

The other son: A movie about a story of two families who inadvertently switched babies at birth. This movie is also an overview of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Sunday 31 March: 5:15 PM

Mr. Hulot’s Holiday : this movie follows the generally harmless misadventures of a lovable, clumsy Frenchman, Monsieur Hulot (played by Tati himself), as he joins the “newly-emerging holiday-taking classes” for an August vacation at a modest seaside resort in Brittany.

• Sunday 31 March: 12:45 PM   

The Alliance Française French Film Festival: 21 – 31 March / Rialto Cinemas Dunedin

Music:
In-Grid – Vive le swing - from their album: Passion - website
Juliette – Tout est bon dans l’cochon - from their album: Deux pianos - website
Astérix et Cléopâtre – Le pudding à l’arsenic - YouTube
Carla Bruni – Chez Keith et Anita - from their album: Little French Songs – website
Henri Salvador – Jardin d’hiver - from their album: Chambre avec vue – website

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Our programme on the 17th of March 2013

Special programme: New Caledonia

Interview: François Leurquin
François is French and he lives in Dunedin. He is working as museum conservator. He has lived and worked in New Caledonia. 

Baie d'Upi

He joins us to talk about his experience over there.
 
Centre culturel Tjibaou : the French state and Caledonian representatives created the Agency for the Development of Kanak Culture (ADCK) a French state public institution.

Les p’tites infos :
Day of Francophonie : 20 March 2013 - Website
Fringe Festival: 14 - 24 March 2013 at Dunedin / Valley Tales: 22 - 23 March at St Martin Hall in Dunedin
Alliance Française French Film Festival: 21 - 31 March 2013 at Dunedin

Music:
Gurejele – C’est qui qui paye ? - from their album: Go Meob Ko

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Our programme on the 10th of March 2013

Special programme: bees and Honey

Interview: Elodie Eurlacher and Nick Phillips
Elodie is working at the University of Otago and she’s doing a post-doctoral research in neuroscience. She is working on the bees for these researches.
Nick is working at the University of Otago as IT Manager. He is a beekeeper.

Ah bon? :
Medicine, weapon, ingredient for cooking: history and characteristics of honey.

More about beekeepers in New Zealand on The National Beekeepers Association

Petition to protect bees against pesticides on Pollinis

Rubrique culturelle :
Buzzy Bee, one of the most famous toy in New Zealand !
Expressions about bees

Les p’tites infos :
NZ magazine Green Ideas – article on Bee keeping - February 2013 issue
Two French books to explain the life of bees to your kids:

"D'où vient le miel de ma tartine ?" by Anne-Sophie Baumann - éditions Tourbillon

"La vie des abeilles", Les découvertes des tout-petits - éditions Fleurus
Fringe Festival: 14 - 24 March 2013 at Dunedin / Valley Tales: 22 - 23 March at St Martin Hall in Dunedin
Alliance Française French Film Festival: 21 - 31 March 2013 at Dunedin

Music:
Karel Richard Svoboda - Maya l’abeille – The song of the cartoon – website
Pat Bol – Les abeilles - from their album: L’amour propre et le cœur net - website
Serge Gainsbourg – L’anamour - from their album: Je t’aime… moi non plus
Bourvil – Les abeilles - YouTube

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Our programme on the 3rd of March 2013

Interview: Heike Cebulla, Emily Gordon, John Madden, Georges Woodhouse
Heike is a French teacher at Queen’s High School. She organised a travel in France with some of these students. Heike, Emily, John and Georges tell us their feelings about this travel in France and what they did at Vichy and Paris.
The object provided by Heike is a book : “Bouche bée, tout ouïe” by Alex Taylor.

 Ah bon? : 100 pur sang pur bœuf
After the food scandal of horse meat found in lasagna guaranteed 100% pure beef, we focus on the horses and their importance in the development of our society (audio extract: Monty Python – The Holy Grail).
 
Les p’tites infos :
Silence of Love (Tous les soleil): The new movie of Philippe Claudel – Rialto
The snow rugby: a new sport, for the promotion of 6 ski resorts in France - website - Video

Music:
Gnawa Diffusion – Chanson pour l’Auvergant - A cover of music of Georges Brassens - MySpace
ZAZ – Port Coton – from their album: ZAZ - MySpace
MC June – De ville en ville - from their album: Le Reflet - Website
Taxi Girl – Cherchez le garçon – from their album: Cherchez le garçon – website Taxi Girl / website Daniel Darc

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