Le Ciné Club Manila

05/06/2026

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 🎬 | 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞!

This June, discover how cinema gives voice to resistance, emancipation, and collective expression through our theme. ✨

𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫
𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟏𝟎 | 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 | 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝟏𝐡𝟑𝟓

🎭 Synopsis

Set in 1949 France, Les Choristes follows Clément Mathieu, a kind-hearted but disillusioned music teacher who takes a job supervising a boarding school for troubled boys. The school is ruled with an iron fist, but Mathieu introduces a different approach — forming a choir that changes the boys’ lives forever. Through music, hope is reborn in a place of despair.

This touching story about redemption, resilience, and the transformative power of music captured hearts worldwide and was nominated for two Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film. The soundtrack, featuring the famous song “Vois sur ton chemin”, remains iconic to this day.

Join us on Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30 PM, FREE ADMISSION! 🗓️

🔗 Register here: https://www.alliance.ph/le-cine-club/ #/

05/06/2026

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 🎬 | 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞!

This June, discover how cinema gives voice to resistance, emancipation, and collective expression through our theme. ✨

Featuring Les Choristes by Christophe Barratier, L’une chante, l’autre pas by Agnès Varda, and Suprêmes by Audrey Estrougo, this programme explores how music, speech, and collective expression can become powerful ways of existing, resisting, and belonging. 🎥

Join us on Wednesday, June 10, Wednesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 27 at 7:30 PM, free admission! 🗓️

26/05/2026

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT/ANNONCE 📢

Le Ciné Club screening of "La Petite Bande" is cancelled due to the declared national holiday on May 27th, 2026.

For any urgent concerns, you may reach us via email at [email protected].

Thank you for your understanding.

11/05/2026

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 : 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!

This May, discover how cinema explores solidarity, humour, and collective action through our theme, “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒓.” ✨

Featuring La Grande Vadrouille by Gérard Oury and La Petite Bande by Pierre Salvadori, this programme highlights how groups form, clash, and come together again in the face of challenges, across very different contexts. 🎥
Join us on Wednesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 27 at 7:30 PM, free admission! 🗓️

🎟 Free Registration - https://www.alliance.ph/upcoming-events/ #/

04/05/2026

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events from March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 Celebration ✨
The Embassy of Brazil in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of Kobra Auto Retrato (Kobra Self-Portrait) (2022), produced by Vinícius Pardinho and Jefferson Pedace

📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: May 13, 2026 (Wednesday)
🗣️ Language: Portuguese with English Subtitles | 1H24
🕕5:30 PM film screening followed by cocktails

🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: https://bit.ly/BrazilianFilmScreening

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
A portrait of the multifaceted life of Eduardo Kobra, a renowned Brazilian street artist whose journey unfolds between reality and reverie. The film chronicles Kobra’s evolution from a rebellious youth clandestinely graffitiing São Paulo’s streets to a global peace activist known for painting over 50 expansive murals in New York City.

Lina Chamie’s immersive filmmaking style allows us to intimately explore Kobra’s inner world as he reflects on his artistic influences and the profound impact of New York’s vibrant artistic community on his work.
Kobra Self-Portrait celebrates Kobra’s monumental artistic achievements, including creating some of the world’s largest murals, and reveals the personal and philosophical depths that underpin his kaleidoscopic portrait.

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events from March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 Celebration ✨

The Embassy of Brazil in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of Kobra Auto Retrato (Kobra Self-Portrait) (2022), produced by Vinícius Pardinho and Jefferson Pedace

📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: May 13, 2026 (Wednesday)
🗣️ Language: Portuguese with English Subtitles | 1H24
🕕5:30 PM film screening followed by cocktails
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: https://bit.ly/BrazilianFilmScreening

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
A portrait of the multifaceted life of Eduardo Kobra, a renowned Brazilian street artist whose journey unfolds between reality and reverie. The film chronicles Kobra’s evolution from a rebellious youth clandestinely graffitiing São Paulo’s streets to a global peace activist known for painting over 50 expansive murals in New York City.

Lina Chamie’s immersive filmmaking style allows us to intimately explore Kobra’s inner world as he reflects on his artistic influences and the profound impact of New York’s vibrant artistic community on his work.

Kobra Self-Portrait celebrates Kobra’s monumental artistic achievements, including creating some of the world’s largest murals, and reveals the personal and philosophical depths that underpin his kaleidoscopic portrait.

22/04/2026

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 : 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!

Our April Ciné-Club theme, “𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓,” dives deep into how cinema captures memory, identity, and cultural encounters.
Sans Soleil (2023)

🎭 Synopsis
April 29 | 7:30 PM | Duration: 1h40

Freelance cameraman Sandor Krasna reflects on the world he captures through his lens. Traveling across the world, he is drawn to two “extreme poles of survival”: Japan and Africa. Constantly shaping the way the world is represented, he reflects on his role as a creator of images and the memory he helps to forge.

Join us on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM

🎟 Free Registration - https://www.alliance.ph/upcoming-events/ #/

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 : 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!

Our April Ciné-Club theme, “𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓,” dives deep into how cinema captures memory, identity, and cultural encounters.

Sans Soleil (2023)
🎭 Synopsis
April 29 | 7:30 PM | Duration: 1h40

Freelance cameraman Sandor Krasna reflects on the world he captures through his lens. Traveling across the world, he is drawn to two “extreme poles of survival”: Japan and Africa. Constantly shaping the way the world is represented, he reflects on his role as a creator of images and the memory he helps to forge.

Join us on Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM

🎟 Free Registration - https://www.alliance.ph/upcoming-events/ #/

10/04/2026

𝐀𝐅𝐌 𝐋𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧é-𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 : 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄!

Our April Ciné-Club theme, “𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓,” dives deep into how cinema captures memory, identity, and cultural encounters.

Featuring works by two filmmakers from distinct cultural backgrounds, Guinean director Thierno Souleymane Diallo and French filmmaker Chris Marker

This programme invites you to see how cinema preserves and reinterprets the past.

Join us on Wednesday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 PM

🎟 Free Registration - https://www.alliance.ph/upcoming-events/ #/



Alliance française de Manille

13/03/2026

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events this March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻✨

The Embassy of France in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of 𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴 (1963) by Jacques Demy.
📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: March 28, 2026 (Saturday)
🗣️ Language: French with English Subtitles | 1H31
🕕5 PM film screening
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: https://bit.ly/FSLPCherbourg

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
Geneviève Emery, whose mother runs an umbrella shop, is in love with Guy Foucher. Madame Emery disapproves of this romance with a young mechanic. Guy is drafted into the army for the Algerian War, and before his departure Geneviève gives herself to him. She soon discovers she is pregnant. News from Guy becomes scarce. Urged by her mother, Geneviève agrees to marry Roland Cassard, a wealthy diamond merchant. A few years later, on a snowy Christmas Eve.

13/03/2026

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events this March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻✨

The Embassy of France in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of 𝗟𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 - 𝗤𝘂'𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗰𝗲 𝗾𝘂'𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 ê𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘅 ?(2022) by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre.

📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: March 28, 2026 (Saturday)
🗣️ Language: French with English Subtitles | 1H26
🕕3 PM film screening
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: https://bit.ly/FSLPNicolas

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
Bent over a wide blank sheet somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny bring to life a mischievous, quick-witted little boy: Little Nicolas. Amid friendship, quarrels, scuffles, games, pranks, and endless punishments, Nicolas experiences a childhood shaped by joy and discovery. As the story unfolds, the boy slips into his creators’ studio and playfully calls out to them. Sempé and Goscinny recount their first meeting, their friendship, as well as their journeys, their secrets, and their own childhood memories.

13/03/2026

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events this March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻✨

The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of Shepherds (2024) by Sophie Deraspe.

📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
🗣️ Language: French with English Subtitles | 1H53
🕕6:00 PM film screening followed by cocktails
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: bit.ly/CanadaMarch25

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
Mathyas trades in his Montreal life as a young advertising executive to become a shepherd in the South of France. But the harsh realities of the pastoral world force him to question his romantic vision of the profession. A visit from Elise, a civil servant who has abruptly quit her job, gives Mathyas’ quest a new direction. Together, with a herd in their care, they embark on a journey towards a new way of life in the mountains.

The French Embassy, together with the Alliance française de Manille and the Francophone community, invites you to our events this March en route to the 20th Francophonie Summit in Cambodia!

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗟𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝗻é 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻✨

The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines and Alliance Française de Manille invite you to a screening of Shepherds (2024) by Sophie Deraspe.

📍 Venue: Alliance Française de Manille
📅 Date: March 25, 2026 (Wednesday)
🗣️ Language: French with English Subtitles | 1H53
🕕6:00 PM film screening followed by cocktails
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION | Register here: bit.ly/CanadaMarch25

🎞️ Film Synopsis:
Mathyas trades in his Montreal life as a young advertising executive to become a shepherd in the South of France. But the harsh realities of the pastoral world force him to question his romantic vision of the profession. A visit from Elise, a civil servant who has abruptly quit her job, gives Mathyas’ quest a new direction. Together, with a herd in their care, they embark on a journey towards a new way of life in the mountains.