Part of the series  Climate. Culture. Change. 2012 highlighting the social dimension of climate change.
Tuvalu, an Island in the Pacific Ocean, may seem like paradise, but it will sink beneath the waves within a few decades as a result of climate change. Paul Lindsay's Before the Flood: Tuvalu (UK/FR 2004) describes the impact of the modern Western lifestyle in a thoughtful and melancholic way.

Panel discussion with Gavin Harte (Corporate responsibility Consultant at Business in the Community of Ireland) and Dr Emmanuel Reynaud (NGO Adéquation et Développement).
With the support of the Alliance Française and British Council.

Free - Tickets must be booked by email to:
bookings@cultivate.ie

Jean-Marc Vallée is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is best known for the film C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005), which is one of the most successful films in Quebec history, both financially and critically. Café de Flore (2011)garnered 13 nominations for the 2012 Genie Awards.
The film cuts between two seemingly unrelated stories. One, set in present-day Montreal, stars Kevin Parent as Antoine, a successful club DJ torn between his new girlfriend Rose and his ex-wife Carole; the other, set in 1960s Paris, stars Vanessa Paradis as Jacqueline, the fiercely protective single mother of Laurent, a child with Down syndrome The film builds toward the revelation of how the two stories are linked.
Presented by Brigitte Le Juez (DCU) - 120 minutes

€9.20 / €7 AF members
Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Dublin 2

Baxter is just about the most provocative and disturbing movie imaginable about a pet dog and his various human masters. In a decidedly distinctive feature debut French filmmaker Jerome Boivin invites us to question our assumptions about nature, human as well as canine. Everything is seen Baxter's point of view, which while revealing, also makes us realize that we understand more than he does. This little gem, which has a strong dose of the bleakly amusing nastiness so characteristic of the Belgians, flatters neither beast nor human.
Her daughter Florence gives Mrs. Deville bull-terrier Baxter as a surprise present. Although the old lady is afraid of him, she doesn't want to give him away because she feels lonely. But Baxter has his own ideas - he longs to be dominated, to be challenged...
1989 - French version with English subtitles, 82 min

Admission Free but reserved for AF members RSVP

The Alliance Française invites you to sing every Tuesday from 1pm to 2pm. This choir, now in its second year, is directed by French soloist, and singing teacher, Laura Zimmermann. The repertoire is French and in a variety of styles, from the medieval to the contemporary.
The sessions begin with a good warm-up and vocal work.
Whatever your level, don’t hesitate. Join us! All welcome: French speakers and non-French speakers alike.

€55 for Non-Members / €35 AF members
Online registration available
€5 a session for those who don’t want to commit to the whole term.