Bishkek to host French Culture Week
Francophonie Week 2019 will take place in Bishkek from March 11 to March 16. The events are organized by the French Alliance in Bishkek jointly with the Embassies of France, Switzerland, Belgium and the Delegation of the European Union in Kyrgyzstan.
In Bishkek, the organizers and partners of the festival prepared a six-day program for the broad public, consisting of 19 events.
The Francophonie week will start in Bishkek on March 11 with a French movie Au revoir là-haut (See you up there) to be screened at 18:00 at Ala-Too cinema. The Belgian movie Tout nouveau testament (The Brand New Testament) will be screened on March 13 at 18:00 at Rossiya cinema and the French-Moorish film Timbuktu (the second name is The Grief of Birds) will be shown in the French Alliance in Bishkek on March 14. In addition, the Swiss film MOKA will be screened on March 16 at Rossiya cinema.
All the films are in French with Russian subtitles, except for the film Timbuktu (its original version has French subtitles). Admission to all movies is free.
Francophonie Week 2019 also includes numerous cultural, artistic, gastronomic and sports events: Petanque tournament, a French song contest, French language in ballet, game quest, etc. Educational conferences «Education in Universities of French-speaking Countries» and a conference «Erasmus +: Education in Europe» will also take place within the week.
