cultural events september october 2015 alliance française of kathmandu
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Rain boots and rain jackets are in the closet, cultural season starts again. After this aquatic interruption, we welcome a French documentary filmmaker, Philippe Borrel , for two mirrored screenings followed by a substantive debate. Chill Bump, a duo of a new kind, verbalizing in English on airy beats, which opened the concerts of C2C and Wax Tailor will be in Kathmandu for a unique performance in our garden. We also welcome the theatre play Fear and Trembling (subtitled in English) adapted from the novel by Amélie Nothomb staged by Layla Metssitane. Any resonance of title with real events is purely coincidental and fortuitous.... The actress, Layla Metssitane, is not Japanese but Franco-Moroccan. She adjusts and plays the story by introducing a perspective that encourages reflection. In October, our garden will vibrate with jazz and Latin sounds thanks to The Latination, a beautiful musical collaboration between French and Indian musicians. As usual, everyone is welcome at AFK!TRANSCRIPT
CULTURAL EVENTSSEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2015
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LLes bottes de pluie et les cirés sont presque rangés, la saison culturelle recommence. Après cette interruption aquatique, nous accueillons un documentariste français, Philippe Borrel, pour deux projections en miroir suivies d’un débat de fond. Chill Bump, un duo d’un nouveau genre, verbalisant en anglais sur beats aérés et qui a ouvert les scènes de C2C et Wax Tailor, sera à Katmandou pour un concert unique dans nos jardins. Nous recevons également la pièce Stupeur et tremblements (surtitrée en anglais) adaptée du roman d’Amélie Nothomb mise en scène par Layla Metssitane. Toute résonnance du titre avec des faits réels ne serait que pure et fortuite coïncidence…. L’interprète, Layla Metssitane n’est pas japonaise mais franco-marocaine. Elle adapte et joue le récit en y introduisant une mise en perspective qui incite à la réflexion. Au mois d’octobre, notre jardin vibrera au rythme des sons jazzy et latino grâce à The Latination, une belle collaboration musicale entre musiciens français et indiens.
Comme d’habitude, tout le monde est le bienvenu à l’AFK !
Ophélie Belin / Directrice
Rain boots and rain jackets are in the closet, cultural season starts again. After this aquatic interruption, we welcome a French documentary filmmaker, Philippe Borrel , for two mirrored screenings followed by a substantive debate. Chill Bump, a duo of a new kind, verbalizing in English on airy beats, which opened the concerts of C2C and Wax Tailor will be in Kathmandu for a unique performance in our garden. We also welcome the theatre play Fear and Trembling (subtitled in English) adapted from the novel by Amélie Nothomb staged by Layla Metssitane. Any resonance of title with real events is purely coincidental and fortuitous.... The actress, Layla Metssitane, is not Japanese but Franco-Moroccan. She adjusts and plays the story by introducing a perspective that encourages reflection. In October, our garden will vibrate with jazz and Latin sounds thanks to The Latination, a beautiful musical collaboration between French and Indian musicians.
As usual, everyone is welcome at AFK!
Ophélie Belin / Director
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2 Screenings & debates (p1)
18 SeptemberAlliance Française of Kathmandu
CHILL BUMP. Genre: Hip-hop, rap, turntablism
Concert (p3)
5 SeptemberAlliance Française of Kathmandu
Documentaries : A World Beyond Humans and The Invisible Revolution
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Theatre (p5)
24 & 25 SeptemberTheatre Village - Tej Bhawan, Lazimpat
Play: FEAR AND TREMBLING by Leyla Metssitane
Concert (p7)
9 OctoberAlliance Française of Kathmandu
THE LATINATION. Genre: Latin jazz
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Alliance française of Katmandu invites the documentary filmmaker Philippe Borrel to present two of his documentaries built in mirror according to a shot reverse shot concept. The two screenings will be followed by a debate and interactions with the filmaker.
Un monde sans humains / 2012 / 52 minutes / 3:00 pm
For about a decade, technology has been progressively and
surreptitiously creeping its way into our daily lives to a
point at which we have become totally dependent on it. These
warnings are at the heart of this investigative documentary's
reflection, at a cross-section of huge financial stakes, powerful
lobbies and people who are sounding today's alarm bells. The
fusion between man and machine has already started and it
is high time to question where exactly does man stand in this
race for progress.
L'urgence de ralentir / 2014 / 85 minutes / 5:30 pm
The documentary tells stories about citizens of the world
who have joined forces: creating cooperative and supportive
groups, giving birth to a series of projects able to find a real
alternative to the traditional concept of growth at any cost and
rhythm. the documentary has won this year the Green Up Film
Festival.
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18 SEPTEMBER
ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF KATHMANDU
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7:30PM
Come for the unique concert of Chill Bump on Friday 18th September at 7:30 pm in AFK garden.
Since the group was founded in 2010, Chill Bump has proven to be a collaborative endeavor of an entirely new kind. The alliance between Miscellaneous (MC) and Bankal (Beatmaker) was both unique and powerful from the get-go; enriched by the fusion of their respective English and French speaking heritage.
It was their unique spirit that piqued Wax Tailor and C2C’s attention, allowing the duo to open venues for both artists respectively.
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THEATRE VILLAGE - LAZIMPAT
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La Compagnie Théâtre des Hommes, with support from The Société littéraire de La Poste and of France Télécom, presents : Fear and Trembling based on Amélie Nothomb’s novel (Grand Prize for a novel, awarded by the Académie Française in 1999), staged and played by Layla Metssitane.
Alone on stage, she appears first as an enigmatic woman veiled in black, then while reading a book, she turns slowly into a geisha, the face made up in white, all the while telling the pricelessly funny story of a young western woman, hired by a Japanese company, and who, minding business that wasn’t her own motivated by an impulse of love toward her boss of untouchable beauty, ends up cleaning up the toilets....
Venue : Theatre Village, Uttar Dhoka Marga, Tej
Bhawan, Lazimpat, Kathmandu / Phone : 01-4001089
Pre-sales : AFK reception & Theatre village
+ Interaction with Layla Metssitane on Thursday, September 24. Limited seats / Registrations
recommended, please contact : [email protected]
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5:45PM SHARPENGLISH VERSION
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Come for a unique concert of The Latination on Friday 9th October at 7:30 pm in AFK garden.
The Latination is one of India's only virtuoso and genuine Latin jazz outfit, a powerful and soulful collaboration between French and Indian specialists of jazz and Latin music. Its repertoire ranges from the festive sounds of salsa and rumba to modern jazz, blending the dance-compelling power of Afro-Latin rhythms with the intellectual streams of dense harmonies and sophisticated melodies, the discreet sweetness of jazz ballads and Latin boleros with virtuose improvisation and solo performances.
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