Film Screenings at Alliance Française - July 2020
Alliance Française in Dubai has opened its doors since the COVID-19 lockdown and announced a summer program of film screenings.
The screenings will take place in its cinema/auditorium and the same hygiene and safety measures applied by the commercial cinemas in Dubai will be applied at Alliance Française too, including social distancing between the seats and deep cleaning before each screening. Attendees are expected to wear masks too.
The line up includes a mix of classics and recent releases, and there’s something for all ages.
I’m happy there are themes to some of the selections that feel relevant to our current times. The line up includes films paying tribute to caregivers, and films featuring wide open spaces (something many of us are craving in our daily lives). There’s also a tribute to Michel Piccoli who passed away in May.
All the films include English subtitles. The screenings are free for Alliance Française students, AED 25 for Alliance Française members and AED 45 for non-members. You can buy tickets from here, and this is the location map.
The line up can be found here, and I’ve listed them below too and included links to trailers/synopsis for the program targeting adults.
It’s a slow summer of new releases at the cinemas here and across the world and this is a great opportunity to watch contemporary French films and French classics in a cinema space, a rare occurrence to watch classics on the big screen in Dubai.
Ciné Kids for 3-12 year olds, every Wednesday at 4.00pm
July 1: Gus, petit oiseau, grand voyage / Yellowbird ( Christian De Vita, 2014, 90 min)
July 8: Le roi et l'oiseau / The King and the Mockingbird (Paul Grimault, 1952, 83 min)
July 15: Griffes, plumes, poils et mustaches / Claws, Feathers, Hair and Moustaches - a program of 5 short films without words for the little ones
July 22: Contes d'Afrique / Tales of Africa - a program of 6 short films
July 29: Rémi sans famille / Remi, Nobody's Boy (Antoine Blossier, 2018, 105 min)
Ciné Teens for 12 year olds and above, every Monday at 4.00pm
July 6: Tout en haut du monde / Long Way North (Rémi Chayé, 2015, 82 min)
July 13: Les demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967, 128 min)
July 20: Tamara (Alexandre Castagnetti, 2016, 103 min)
July 27 July: Phantom Boy (Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, 2015, 84 min)
Ciné Adults
Daily screenings between Saturday and Wednesday at 7.00pm. Click on each poster below for the synopsis and trailer.
Open Spaces
A selection of films to “take a breath of fresh air into the countryside, by the sea or in the mountains”.
Wednesday, July 1 at 7.00pm
Continuer / Keep Going (Joachim Lafosse, 2018, 84 min)
Saturday, 4 July at 7.00pm
Conte d'été / A Summer's Tale (Eric Rohmer, 1996, 113 min)
Sunday, 5 July at 7.00pm
Une année polaire / A polar year (Samuel Collardey, 2018, 95 min)
Monday, July 6 July at 7.00pm
Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice / Fidelio: Alice's Journey (Lucie Borleteau, 2014, 97 min)
Caretakers
A selection of films paying tribute to “caregivers and everyone all the people whose profession is to relieve the physical or moral suffering of others”.
Tuesday, July 7 at 7.00pm
Hippocrate / Hippocrates (Thomas Lil, 2014, 102 min)
Wednesday, July 8 at 7.00pm
De chaque instant / Each and Every Moment (Nicolas Philibert, 2018, 105 min)
Saturday, July 11 at 7.00pm
La Permanence / On Call (Alice Diop, 2016, 95 min)
Tribute to Michel Piccoli
A selection of films paying tribute to Michel Piccoli who passed away in May.
Sunday, July 12 at 7.00pm
Le mépris / Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963, 103 min)
Monday, July 13 at 4.00pm
Les demoiselles de Rochefort / The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967, 128 min)
Monday, July 13 July at 7.00pm
Milou en man / May Fools (Louis Malle, 1990, 108 min)
Tuesday, July 14 at 7.00pm
French Cancan (Jean Renoir, 1955, 102 min)
Wednesday, July 15 at 7.00pm
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (Costa-Gavras, 1967, 115 min)
Saturday, July 18 at 7.00pm
Le Doulos / Doulos: The Finger Man (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962, 109 min)
Comedies
Sunday, July 19 at 7.00pm
Cherchez la femme / Some Like it Veiled (Sou Abad, 2016, 88 min)
Monday, July 20 at 7.00om
Le poulain / We Need Your Vote (Mathieu Sapin, 2018, 97 min)
Tuesday, July 21 at 7.00pm
L'Homme de Rio / That Man from Rio (Philippe de Broca, 1964, 114 min)
Wednesday, July 22 July at 7.00pm
Tout ce qu'il me reste de la revolution / Whatever Happened to My Revolution (Judith Davis, 2018, 88 min)
Saturday, July 25 July at 7.00pm
Edmond (Alexis Michalik, 2019, 109 min)
Once in a Lifetime / Les Héritiers (Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, 2014, 105 min)
Dramas
Sunday, July 26 at 7.00pm
L'Heure de la sortie / School's Out (Sébastien Marnier, 2019, 103 min)
Monday, July 27 at 7.00om
Les meteorites Meteorites (Romain Laguna, 2019, 85 min)
Tuesday, July 28 July at 7.00pm
Le Havre / The Havre (Aki Kaurismäki, 2011, 93 min)
Wednesday, July 29 at 7.00pm
La Grande illusion / The Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1937, 113 min)
