The Alliance Française in figures
• 1992 : Setting up of the Alliance française de Port-Vila
• 2 Alliances françaises in Port-Vila and Luganville
• 5 francophone farés on Malekula, Tanna, Pentecost and Motalava
• 1200 members in Port-Vila, 400 in Luganville
THE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE :
In Port-Vila
• A language school
• A cultural center
• A multimedia library
• The ‘animabrousse’
• The ‘ciné-club’
• A exhebition room
• The Arts Café
In Luganville
• A language school
• A small multimedia library
• The ‘ciné-club’
In the islands
• Small libraries
• Organizing relay on cultural demonstrations
• Center for trainings
TRAININGS
• French courses: FFL, FOS and language remediation
• The majority of students are adults
• Increasing demand of external courses
- Banks and hotels
- Public service
- Vanuatu Institute of Teachers Education
• Organization of short courses for Australian students
• First literacy courses for adults
• Bislama courses
• Approximately 6OO enrolments each year
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
• Organization of events and nearby activities
• Cultural broadcasting
• Production and publication
• Cooperation with the local institutions
• Numerous exchanges with New-Caledonia
ARTS
• Exhebitions
- at the ‘Espace Culturel Français de l’Ambassade de France’
- at the ‘Alliance française’ (art’péritifs, Café des arts)
• Support to artists and associations
• Workshops and exchanges
• First conference of Oceanian Arts in May 2008
• Participation to the 2009 National Art Festival
• Preparation of the exhebition « 30 » in 2010
• Publication of a comtemporary artist catalogue /soon on line
MUSIC
• Musical shows
– FrancoSonik
– Fête de la Musique
– Concerts, art’péritifs
– Exchanges with New-Caledonia
– Participation to the Fest’Napuan
– Martin Rappeneau’s concert
• Training
– Support to Tura Nambe music center
– Organization of stringband classes
• Production
– Support to creation
– Coproduction
STAGE ARTS
• Shows
– ‘Kastom stori’ tellers tour in Vanuatu and abroad
– Competitions and hip hop
– Calédonian artists tour :circus, theatre, stories
• Workshops organization
CINEMA
• Ciné-club
• Cinema on the islands
• Subtitling of Vanuatu films
• Partnership with the ‘Festival de la Foa’ and the southern province
– Presentation of Vanuatu films in the festival
– Projection of Caledonian short films in Vanuatu
– Trainings
LITERATURE
• Publication
– Partnership with the Vanuatu Cultural Center : edition of story books
– Editions Alliance Française: Tôghàn of Marcel Melthérorong, Cartoon strips, the JAF, booklets on vernacular languages, Toktok…
– Publication of the next French-Bislama dictionary
• Translation
– Participation of Guy Deroin author of Mino to the ‘Salon de la BD’
– Participation to the first Vanuatu literature week organized by ‘la Maison du Livre Calédonien’ in next November
CHALLENGES
• Reinforcement of the network through the archipelago
• Extension of the premises in Port-Vila
• Continuation of actions in favour of the dialogue of cultures
• Development of exchanges with the Alliances françaises of the region
• Development of trainings for students of neighbouring countries: Fidji, Australia and New-Zeland