Directed by Guillaume Gallienne

France, 2013, 1h 26min, DCP, In French with English Subtitles

Madame Gallienne, a temperamental bourgeoise lady, has 3 sons: two of whom she considers as her boys and another called Guillaume who she sees differently. How does one become a man when your mother has simply decided it will be another way? This is the challenge for Guillaume.

Adapted from Guillaume Gallienne’s successful one-man show, this autobiographical coming of age comedy offers a playful twist on the typical coming-out narrative. Co-presented by ttps://www.agliff.org/

Tickets can be purchased here.

If you haven't been able to make it to the regular Friday Café Conversation, we hope that you'll join us this time. AFA students currently enrolled in levels 100 to 109, are invited to come and pratice their French at Easy Tiger Linc, with AFA instructor Maryvonne Le Guilly as your host.

Sign-in on is required, and students' names must appear on the roster of currently registered A1 Level students.

From our meeting place, it is only a short stroll to the Austin Film Society theater, where our very own Ciné-Club will be showing LES GARÇONS ET GUILLAUME, À TABLE! Café conversation and the Ciné-Club screening are separate events. If you cannot attend the film, you are still welcome to attend the event.

This is a free event, but make sure to RSVP to let us know to expect you!

Our September Salon de Conversation will be held at Upper Crust Bakery on September 14th. Participants will asked to describe their perfect weekend - where would you go? What would you do? With whom would you spend time?

AF Austin members at all levels of French are invited to attend and participate. Great coffee, pastries, and the chance to practice French with the help of native speakers.  Our Salon is a MEMBERS-ONLY and FRENCH-ONLY event. Speak French the second Saturday of each month with your AFA friends.

While the event is free, we just ask that you RSVP here for this event so we know to be expecting you!

Bring a dish to share and join Alliance Française  Play Pétanque, a favorite French past-time, enjoy food & drinks, and speak French with your Alliance Française friends & neighbors. No previous experience is necessary, families are welcome and all equipment is provided.  Food and drink are potluck. Participants are invited to bring bread, cheese or a favorite recipe to share. AFA Pétanque is fun for people of all ages and there's no charge to participate. Members and nonmembers are welcome. 

Bring a dish to share and join Alliance Française on August 25th from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Hangar at Mueller. Play Pétanque, a favorite French past-time, enjoy food & drinks, and speak French with your Alliance Française friends & neighbors. No previous experience is necessary, families are welcome and all equipment is provided. 

Food and drink are potluck. Participants are invited to bring bread, cheese or a favorite recipe to share. AFA Pétanque is fun for people of all ages and there's no charge to participate. Members and nonmembers are welcome. We hope to see you at the Hangar at Mueller on August 25th to enjoy food, friends, French and Pétanque.

Directed by Mohammed Ben Attia

Tunisia, Belgium, France, 2016, 1h 28min, DCP, In Arabic with English Subtitles.

Go to AFA Cine-Club for more information on the film and to purchase tickets

Special Note: Tunisian Actor Majd Mastoura will be giving a skype Q&A after the screening!

Directed by Agnès Varda

France, 1988, 1h 37min, DCP, In French with English Subtitles

In the 1970s, model, actress and singer Jane Birkin was a high-flying sex symbol, but her friend and confidante Agnès Varda saw more than the iconic face and figure captured in the lens of the era’s fashion magazines. In this unusual, endlessly surprising biography, Varda explores the full possibilities of the two-dimensional portrait, and sneakily creates one of the great feminist films of the era.

BUY TICKETS HERE.

Join Alliance Française the first Sunday of each month at AFA's French Materials Library.  Members are invited to stop in for a visit, browse our materials, and to borrow a book or two. The Library offers AFA members the opportunity to check out materials appropriate for all levels of French proficiency.  Members come find a book and see what the Library has to offer! Come by on August 4th for Library hours.

The AFA Library is reserved for current AFA members only.  Click HERE to read about the benefits of AFA membership or click on the JOIN US tab.  AFA Members discover what your French Library has to offer during Library Hours Sunday afternoon Aug 4th in Room 106 at the AFA School, 4101 Medical Parkway, Austin 78756.

Join the Bullock Museum for a screening and conversation about Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's film Deux jours, une nuit (Two Days, One Night).

Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that their workmates have opted for a bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.

Purchase Tickets Here

By Bruno Sauvard, 2018 - 95 min - Documentary - French with English subtitles

Producer Nicolas Manuel and director Bruno Sauvard will be joining us for a skype Q&A after the screening

Recently the world of wine has been in full effervescence, shaken by a counter culture as strong as the rock scene was in its time. All around the world, joyous rebels have invaded the vineyards to create the wine they love : a natural wine free of codes and norms. While there are more than 3,000 wine growers in France, less than 3 percent of them are working in bio, biodynamic or natural methods of wine production. For ethical reasons, this relatively small community of wine growers has chosen environmentally friendly farming practices aimed at finding the natural expression of “terroir” – the full breadth of land, geography and climate – and the living character of the wine.

It’s in the south of France, in the heart of Catalonia, that WINE CALLING has followed over a year, from the harvest to the bottling, some of the most exciting of these new wine growers, springboard of a rising global movement for taste and sustainability.  BUY TICKETS HERE!

Co-Presented by: AF Cine-Club

Seething with a feral energy that masks genuine tenderness, Camille Vidal-Naquet’s feature debut took the 2018 Critics Week at Cannes by storm. Anchored by a piercing, peripatetic lead performance by Félix Maritaud, "Sauvage" makes vivid a gay street hustler’s knife’s-edge existence. Both brutal and brutalized, sweet and savage, Maritaud’s prostitute roams from john to john in search of a fix (in the form of sex, drugs, and possibly even love), desperate for both intimacy and freedom, destabilized but ultimately resilient. The intimacies of male bodies both connected and colliding is sensitively captured by cinematographer Jacques Girault, guided by Vidal-Naquet’s assured direction.

Dir. Camille Vidal-Naquet, 2018, 99 min, France (in French w/English subtitles), DCP

Purchase Tickets Here

Bring a dish to share and join Alliance Française on July 14th 3:00-5:00pm at the Mueller Hangar. Play Pétanque, a favorite French past-time, enjoy food & drinks, and speak French with your Alliance Française friends & neighbors. No previous experience is necessary, families are welcome and all equipment is provided.  Food and drink are potluck. Participants are invited to bring bread, cheese or a favorite recipe to share. AFA Pétanque is fun for people of all ages and there's no charge to participate. Members and nonmembers are welcome. We hope to see you at the Hangar in the Mueller development to enjoy food, friends, French and Pétanque on Sunday afternoon July 14th.

The Alliance Française of Austin July 13th Bastille Day Celebration is guaranteed fun for the whole family, at a family-friendly price! This year’s event celebrates French culture from around the world, from Vietnam and Belgium to Texas and Louisiana. Pack a blanket and a picnic, or skip the stress and plan to buy your dinner from our fabulous on-site food vendors. French-themed face painting, jugglers, a splash pad, and a balloon artist will put smiles on your kids’ faces as you relax and enjoy your dinner accompanied by live French and Cajun music. Garage and street parking is available.

Buy your wristbands online now to benefit from advance purchase pricing from June 13 through July 12 HERE. Members during this time are $5 and non-members are $8. Entry is $10 the day of the event. Children 12 and under are free.

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Join Alliance Française the first Sunday of each month at AFA's French Materials Library.  Members are invited to stop in for a visit, browse our materials, and to borrow a book or two. The Library offers AFA members the opportunity to check out materials appropriate for all levels of French proficiency.  Members come find a book and see what the Library has to offer! Come by on July 7th for Library hours.

The AFA Library is reserved for current AFA members only.  Click HERE to read about the benefits of AFA membership or click on the JOIN US tab.  AFA Members discover what your French Library has to offer during Library Hours Sunday afternoon July 7th in Room 106 at the AFA School, 4101 Medical Parkway, Austin 78756.

Practice French with your fellow AFA Students! On the 4th Friday of each month students currently registered in an AF Austin A1 Beginner Level 100 to 109 class have the opportunity to visit in French with friends with the guidance of an AF School instructor. Café Conversation meets at Santa Rita Cantina near the Alliance Française School. Purchase your own snack or drink and join the fun! Sign-in required. Students' names must appear on the AFA School roster of currently-registered A1 Level Beginning French students.

Current AFA School A1 students, check out AFA’s Beginning French Café Conversation group Friday June 28th, 12:30pm @ Santa Rita Cantina, 1206 W 38th Street, Austin Tx.

Bring a dish to share and join Alliance Française on June 23rd from 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Hangar at Mueller. Play Pétanque, a favorite French past-time, enjoy food & drinks, and speak French with your Alliance Française friends & neighbors. No previous experience is necessary, families are welcome and all equipment is provided. 

Food and drink are potluck. Participants are invited to bring bread, cheese or a favorite recipe to share. AFA Pétanque is fun for people of all ages and there's no charge to participate. Members and nonmembers are welcome. We hope to see you at the Hangar at Mueller on June 23rd to enjoy food, friends, French and Pétanque.

In June AFA Ciné-Club will present the 2018 French comedy/drama PLACE PUBLIQUE, a comical portrait and commentary on French society. Early in the story we meet Castro, a once famous television personality. It’s a lovely afternoon in the countryside near Paris. Castro attends a house warming party at the home of his longtime friend and producer Nathalie. During the party Castro encounters reality stars, actors, models, and an eccentric farmer who lives next door. Champagne is flowing and the party is in full swing. Castro’s ex-wife Hélène works the crowd to convince guests to sign a petition in support of an Afghan refugee. She barely notices the arrival of their daughter Nina who just published a book in which the main characters borrow heavily from her parents’ lives and flaws.

Actress and director Agnès Jaoui teams up with Jean-Pierre Bacri for their latest dissection of contemporary French society. Buy Tickets Here

If you haven't been able to make it to the regular Friday Café Conversation, we hope that you'll join us this time. AFA students currently enrolled in levels 100 to 109, are invited to come and pratice their French on Sunday June 23rd at Easy Tiger Linc, with AFA instructor Maryvonne Le Guilly as your host.

Sign-in on is required, and students' names must appear on the roster of currently registered A1 Level students.

From our meeting place, it is only a short stroll to the Austin Film Society theater, where our very own Ciné-Club will be showing Place Publique by Agnѐs Jaoui at 1pm.

Café conversation and the Ciné-Club screening are separate events. If you cannot attend the film, you are still welcome to attend the event. Early bird tickets for Place Publique can be bought in advance on our website, or at the door before the movie. http://www.afaustin.org/cine-club

This is a free event, but make sure to RSVP before June 22nd at noon to let us know you're coming!

Summer Classes begin at the AFA French School on Monday June 17th. Our School offers great Beginning French classes, Specialty classes, classes for children and teens, and our popular private lesson program.  It’s not too late to register - sign up for class ONLINE today! The AFA School offers outstanding French classes taught by experienced native-speakers and a convenient central Austin location with easy parking. Learn French, make friends, and connect to the world beyond Austin with Alliance Française. Our Session IV Class Schedule is available HERE.

CLICK HERE to register today and join us at the AFA School the week of Monday June 17th.

2nd Saturday Salon de Conversation will be held at Upper Crust Bakery on June 8th. Participants will asked to speak French about Favorite Childhood Summer Traditions & Vacations: How did you spend your summers as a child? What did you do, where did you go and what are your best memories?. AF Austin members at all levels of French are invited to attend and participate. Great coffee, pastries, and the chance to practice French with the help of native speakers.  Our Salon is a MEMBERS-ONLY event. Member levels & benefits at afaustin.org/join-us/

Speak French the second Saturday of each month with your AFA friends. Please be ready to speak in French about favorite Childhood Summer Traditions and Vacations on Saturday June 8th at 11:00am at Upper Crust Bakery, 4508 Burnet Road, Austin 78756.

Join friends on June 7th @ 9pm for AFA Game Night at Cherrywood Coffeehouse.  Pick up coffee or a glass of wine for yourself, a dessert, and join in on a game!  We'll speak French as we play traditional French board games and American board games en français. Members' names must appear on the current membership list.  Non-members & guests will be charged a $5 fee.  

Memberships may be purchased online anytime and at Game Night.  Sign-in with Alliance Française is required.  We hope to see you at Cherrywood Coffeehouse on Friday June 7th to speak French, snack, drink and play.  Game Night @ Cherrywood Coffeehouse. 1400 E 38th 1/2 Street, Austin.

Join Alliance Française the first Sunday of each month at AFA's French Materials Library.  Members are invited to stop in for a visit, browse our materials, and to borrow a book or two. The Library offers AFA members the opportunity to check out materials appropriate for all levels of French proficiency.  Members come find a book and see what the Library has to offer!

The AFA Library is reserved for current AFA members only. Click HERE to read about the benefits of AFA membership or click on the JOIN US tab.  Members discover what your French Library has to offer during Library Hours Sunday afternoon June 2nd, and bring the kids by for storytime.

Registration for June Classes is OPEN NOW! Session IV Classes at the AFA School include our popular private lesson program, Specialty classes, and over 40 group French classes per week.  REGISTER ONLINE by May 28th to receive $10 off each group class for which you register.

Summer Classes begin June 17th.

Learn French, make friends, and connect to the world beyond Austin with Alliance Française. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY-BIRD DISCOUNTS ON GROUP CLASSES for those who register ONLINE by May 28th. Be and Early-bird and join Alliance Française in June!

AFA's May Club de Lecture session will be held May 25th in the Cellar at Genuine Joe’s Coffee Shop at 2pm. Get yourself a coffee or a bite to eat, or just join us to discuss Chanson Douce by Leïla Slimani. Club de Lecture is a members-only event.  Become an AFA member today and join book discussion on May 25th at Genuine Joe’s, 2001 W Anderson Lane.

Louise, a young nanny, is magic with children. Myriam, the children's mother, returns from her first day back at work to find that Louise has tidied the cramped apartment, seemingly doubling it in size. When the nanny also shows her abilities as a cook, the husband Paul proudly invites friends and colleagues to enjoy the dinners prepared by Louise. Louise seems to be a miracle, but Leïla Slimani opens her book with the shocking words: "Le bébé est mort."  At first, it seems like a crime novel, working backwards to enable us to solve, or at least to understand, the murders. Yet Slimani is more subtle than that. Over the three or four years when Louise is working for the Massés—with occasional flashbacks to her previous employments, her life with her late husband, and troubles with her own daughter—the author paints a complex but recognizable picture of contemporary social life, class and privilege. Leïla Slimani is the winner of the 2016 Prix Goncourt for Chanson Douce. Join us for AFA’s RESCHEDULED May Club de Lecture at 2:00pm at Genuine Joe’s on May 25th. Hope to see you there.

Alliance Française invites you to join us for food and fun May 23rd at 7:00pm at Opa Coffee & Wine Bar, a favorite South Austin hangout with tapas, espresso, sweets, and a full wine bar. AFA will provide small plates to share from 7:00-8:00pm. Guests pick up their own drinks.  Apéritifs are free to members whose names appear on the current member list. Non-members & guests will be charged a $10 fee.  Stop by to speak French and to try Greek salad, moussaka, baked feta, and Opa’s signature Mediterranean platter.

We hope to see you on the patio under the Live Oaks at Opa at 2050 S Lamar Boulevard. Check in with Alliance Française when you arrive & join us for food, fun and French on May 23rd  A très bientôt!

In May AFA Ciné-Club will present the 2013 French film SUZANNE, an intimate story about priorities, family relationships, and a working-class dad, Nicolas, who is doing his best to raise his daughters Suzanne and Marie after the death of their mother. Life is stable and the family is getting along until Suzanne falls in love and unexpectedly leaves with a man with a criminal past. The relationship between the two sisters is lovingly portrayed, and the connection between Suzanne, Marie and their father is clear.

Tickets available HERE. Suzanne by Katell Quillévéré. Drama, 1 hr, 34 minutes. 2013 France starring Sarah Forestier, Adèle Haenel, and Paul Hamy. AFS Cinema, 6259 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin Tx.

Practice French with your fellow AFA Students! On May 17th students currently registered in an AF Austin A1 Beginner Level 100 to 109 class have the opportunity to visit in French with friends with the guidance of an AF School instructor. Café Conversation meets monthly at Santa Rita Cantina near the Alliance Française School. Purchase your own snack or drink and join the fun! Sign-in required. Students' names must appear on the AFA School roster of currently-registered A1 Level Beginning French students.

Current AFA School A1 students, check out AFA’s Beginning French Café Conversation group Friday May 17th, 12:30pm @ Santa Rita Cantina, 1206 W 38th Street, Austin Tx.

A 60-something former swimming champion, Adam, is a pool attendant at a hotel in Chad and is forced to give up his job to his son, Abdel. Meanwhile the country is in the throes of civil war and authorities demand the population to contribute to the "war effort," with money or volunteers old enough to fight. In a moment of weakness, Adam makes a decision that he will forever regret.

UN HOMME QUI CRIE is the second film in the Francophone Film Series co-presented by the Bob Bullock History Museum and Alliance Française of Austin. The film is shown in conjunction with the Bullock Museum’s core exhibition Becoming Texas and includes a Q&A with Alliance Française d'Austin’s Ciné-Club Director Julia Podgorsek. The film shows on May 16th at 7 P.M. in the Texas Spirit Theater and will be followed by a Q&A. $5 for AFA Members & Bullock Museum members. $8 for nonmembers. Purchase tickets HERE. In French and Arabic with English subtitles.

Alliance Française of Austin, with our community partners the World Affairs Council of Austin and the French American Business Council of Austin, is delighted to announce and support the 8th Annual Texas-EU Business Summit, to be held this year on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The Texas-EU Summit is a premier event for Texas businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development professionals who seek to expand their footprint in Europe. Texas is the largest exporting partner to the European Union in the United States. The Texas-EU Summit builds on this footprint, with emphasis on promoting the international trade capacity of Texas businesses and organizations. This years’ Summit focus includes business and trade between Texas and France. Featured speakers include Alexis Andres, Consul General of France, Houston and the morning keynote address is Connecting French Entrepreneurs. The Summit will conclude with a reception for presenters, guests and attendees.

The 8th Annual Texas-EU Business Summit will be held at the University of Texas at Austin San Jacinto Resident/Event Hall located at 309 E 21st Street. AF Austin members receive $15 off Summit registration fees. Current members please contact info@afaustin.org to receive the discount code.