Institut Francais de Jordanie

Discover Art while having fun at the digital museum! (from 5 years old)

“The end of the year is coming and you want to make the most of the remaining time? Join us at the French Institute in Weibdeh! L’ Institut français de Jordanie is offering you three different options: an intensive session, an extensive session for both French and Arabic and French conversation workshops. Registration is open by email at cours@ifjordan.com or at the French Institute in Jabal Weibdeh from October 27 to 29. From 10 to 1 and from 2:30 to 7.

French and English Duration : 1:00 / free entrance Come create a funny portrait like the artist Pablo Picasso! Drawing & collage workshop.

THE STATE AGAINST MANDELA AND THE OTHERS by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte In French with English subtitles Duration : 2:05 / free entrance 2018 marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. He was at the center of the historic trial in 1963 and 1964, but there were also eight others who, like him, faced the death sentence. They too were subjected to pitiless cross-examinations. Against a zealous prosecutor, they decide together to turn their own trial into one against the Aparth...

French, all language levels Duration : 1:00 / free entrance The library of the French Institute will offer a space for French conversation! You can come practice your French in between 2 classes, meet Francophone and Francophile, or simply share a good cup of coffee!

DERNIÈRES NOUVELLES DU COSMOS by Julie Bertuccelli In French with English subtitles Duration : 1:25 / free entrance Although she is almost 30 years old, Hélène still looks like a teenager. She is the author of powerful texts with caustic humor. However, Hélène can’t speak or hold a pen and she never learned how to read or write. At the age of 20 years old, her mother discovers that she can communicate with her by arranging letters on a piece of paper.

EUROPEAN ROYAL RESIDENCIES At the Markaz Theater (2nd floor of the French Institute of Jordan) From 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, free entrance

Programme :   6 PM – 6.30 PM: Poetry lecture by Walid Al Swairki 6.30 PM – 7.30 PM: “Voices Within” Hisham Bustani will perform his poetry texts alongside audio-visual suggestions by Kazz Torabyeh   Description:   “Voices Within” Hisham Bustani performs his poetry texts alongside audio-visual suggestions by Kazz Torabyeh   Hisham Bustani presents a selection of his poetry in addition to hybrid-genre literary texts in this Arabic language multimedia performance accompan...

THE FRUITLESS TREE by Aicha Macky In French with English subtitles Duration : 52 min / free entrance The director, a married woman without children, deals with the issues of infertility in the country of Niger, by sharing stories of stigmatized wives, husbands who refuse to be tested (or who abandon the women and take up with other wives.) The project was inspired by the death of the director’s own mother in childbirth.

French and English Duration : 1:00 / free entrance Colorful collage workshop where we will create a picture inspired by the “gouaches découpées” by painter Henri Matisse.