21st European Film Festival, May 10-27 2012 @ Alliance Francaise

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Dates: May 10-27, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: Weekdays 5.30 & 7.30pm, Weekends 3, 5.30 & 7.30pm
Tickets: Kshs 50
For more info: Facebook event page

Participating Countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland

Programme

Full programme and synopsis of all movies available on the Alliance Francaise website:

http://www.afkenya.or.ke/spip.php?rubrique86&lang=fr

Community Screening
For the first time the organizing committee will be presenting community screening in Kibera, Mathare and Korogocho in collaboration with Hot Sun Foundation

The Danish film, Kidnappet (Lost in Africa) which was shot on location in Kibera has been choosen for free community screenings on Saturdays (May 12, 19 & 26)

Play/Thriller: Dirty Sex Money, May 3-6 2012 @ Alliance

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n93Vmr631pk&feature=youtu.be] This is a hilarious comedy Thriller by Larry Beghel , directed by Mbeki Mwalimu and Produced by Abuto Eliud.

Dates: May 3-6, 2012
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Time: Thursday 3rd May, Friday 4th May, Saturday 5th at 3, 6 & 8pm and on Sunday 6th May at 3 & 6pm.
Tickets: Kshs 500 and offer of advance tickets at Kshs 400 available till Tuesday 1st May at only Kshs400 at Assanand’s Music Shop (1st fl 8to8) Mall, and Alliance Francaise.
For bookings/Mpesa-0726524124/0728130134 zap: 0734524124 or call 0202025811. fcakenya@gmail.com

PS: This play is unsuitable For younger patrons below 18 years due to adult theme.

This is a witty and intelligently crafted hilarious thriller that will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat. Corruption is high on the agenda as everyone is double crossing everyone else in an attempt to acquire a very large amount of money by a perfect murder plot!

African Heritage: Keeper of Africa’s Arts & Culture 40th Anniversary celebrations (1972 – 2012) Apr. 12-29 2012 @ Alliance

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African Heritage marks 40 years of a unique and important role in nourishing the cultural and artistic ideals of Pan Africanism. Alan Donovan, in partnership with Joseph Murumbi (retired Foreign Minister and 2nd Vice President of Kenya) and his wife, Sheila, founded the continent’s first Pan African gallery in 1972. 40 years on, African Heritage has left legacies in the world of jewellery and fashion, arts and crafts, music and dance, and architecture.
Alliance Française presents a series of activities that will showcase works by some of the giants of African Heritage over the years. African Heritage crafts and shows are now carried on by Makena Mwiraria.
There will also be a display of the spectacular Kuba cloths from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Alan Donovan with Crown Prince Kwete Kwete of the Kingdom of Kuba will petition UNESCO to recognize the tremendous impact these textiles had on 20th century. Kuba traditions will feature in African Ceremonies Vol. III and IV by acclaimed photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, associated with African Heritage since its inception.

EXHIBITION BY EAST AFRICA’S PIONEER ARTISTS
Venue: Alliance Française galleries,
Dates: April 12-29 2012

Artworks by some of the pioneer artists of East Africa, who struggled against tremendous odds immediately after independence to obtain the best education possible in the arts will be on show. These include:
Francis Nnaggenda. dean of all East African artists who later became Chairman of the Fine Arts Department of Makerere Univesity, will present the feature exhibition with his new artworks.
Elkana Ongesa. who was the first of a long line of Kisii stone carvers to obtain degrees in Fine Arts.
Magdalene Odundo. whose ceramic works rival the kind of awe that inspired the early ‘modern’ European artists.
John Odochameny. who taught sculpture at African Heritage and has inspired many younger sculptors.
Expedito Mwebe. an exceptionally talented and innovative artist, designer and builder,
Sanaa Gateja. who has taught and exhibited for many years in Africa and Europe and who continues to experiment with the use of local African materials in new mediums.

Media Roundtable: Media and Ethnicity, Mar. 27 2012 @ Alliance

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Media Focus on Africa invites you to the last Media Roundtable of the fora’s second season that began on August 30, 2011. It will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Alliance Francaise, Nairobi between 12.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
Entrance: Free

TOPIC: Media and Ethnicity: The role of the media in tackling ethnicity during elections?

PANELISTS
-Dr. Mzalendo Kibunjia, Chairperson of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC)
-Ms. Christine Nguku, Chair of Alternative Media Network and GM, Sifa FM stations
-Karambu Ringera (PhD), Founder and President, International Peace initiatives (IPI)
-Mr. Alex Chamwada, Associate Editor, Royal Media Services

Moderator: Kwamchetsi Makokha, a Media Consultant

For more information, visit www.kenyamediaroundtables.org