events

Join us for a Pause Café over a delicious galette des rois! Discover or rediscover this French tradition while meeting other Francophones and Francophiles.

When: Friday, January 10th, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Where: OBA Café

Join us to meet fellow francophone and francophile people for an hour of conversation around a glass of wine.

When: Wednesday, January 15th, from 6 to 7pm
Where: Bar Kantoor, Haarlemmerweg 8, 1014 BE 

If you are passionate about literature and francophonie, then our new Cercle de lecture is perfect for you! Join us for a discussion around Annie Ernaux's La Place.

When: Monday, January 20th, from 5.30 to 7pm
Where: Athenaeum Boekhandel, Spui 14-16, 1012 XA Amsterdam  

For the first edition in 2025, the film screened will be Jean-Luc Godard's Le Mépris (1963). Godard's classic follows a tragic love in dissolution between a writer (Michel Piccoli) and his neglected wife Camille (Brigitte Bardot).

When: Tuesday, January 28th, from 6:30pm
Where: Goethe-Institute Amsterdam

Take a useful break, sit and chat with other fellow francophones, while drinking a coffee or tea.
When: Friday, August 25th, from 10AM to 11AM
Where: OBA Oosterdok Café

Discover the humorist Thomas VDB for the first time in Amsterdam!
When: Wednesday, May 10, from 8PM to 10PM
Where: Comedy Café Amsterdam

Join Pierre de Maere for his first concert in Amsterdam with Pa'Dam, the first French-speaking music festival in the Netherlands organised by the Alliance Française d'Amsterdam!

Join Emma Peters for her first concert in Amsterdam with Pa'Dam, the first French-speaking music festival in the Netherlands organised by the Alliance Française d'Amsterdam!

Join Vendredi Sur Mer for her first concert in Amsterdam with Pa'Dam, the first French-speaking music festival in the Netherlands organised by the Alliance Française d'Amsterdam!

Discover the humorist Rosa Bursztein for the first time in Amsterdam!
When: Thursday, February 16, from 8PM to 10PM
Where: Comedy Café Amsterdam

Take part in our Diner de la Chandeleur en français and practice your French in a friendly atmosphere!
When: Thursday, February 2 from 7PM to 9PM
Where: Crêperie Cocotte

On the occasion of the centenary of Marcel Proust's death, come and meet the scriptwriter and illustrator Stéphane Heuet for a literary conference.
When: Friday, November 18th, from 2PM to 4PM
Where: OBA Roelof Hartplein

A Gaspar Noé film about Alzheimer? The director of Irréversible, Enter the Void and Lux Æterna continues to surprise. Even more unexpected: Dario Argento plays the husband of a psychiatrist with dementia (Françoise Lebrun). The split-screen projection reflects the leads’ separate worlds.

The Alliance Française d'Amsterdam is happy to invite you to Le Tartuffe ou l’Hypocrite.
When: Monday, October 17th, from 8pm to 9:45pm
Where: Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Take part in our Ciné Club with the screening of the film Pierrot le fou.
When: Monday, September 26 , from 6:30PM to 8PM
Where: Café Brecht 

Discover French humorist Shirley Souagnon for the first time in Amsterdam!
When: Tuesday, September 20, from 8PM to 10PM
Where: Comedy Cafe Amsterdam

Join us for our Soirée Ciné and watch the French movie Madeleine Collins!
When: Tuesday, June 14 , from 7PM to 9PM
Where: Het Ketelhuis

Take part in our dîner en français and practice your French in a friendly atmosphere!
When: Tuesday, May 17 from 7PM to 9PM
Where: Brasserie Marie

La voix suave et mélancolique de Pomme, des textes forts, de la guitare : Un rendez-vous sensible à ne surtout pas manquer, pour la première performance de l'artiste aux Pays-Bas !
Pomme's zachte en melancholische stem, haar sterke teksten, haar gitaar en harp: een ontmoeting die je niet mag missen. De artieste treedt voor het eerst op in Nederland!

Une association aide des enfants cambodgiens à accéder à l'éducation. Venez découvrir un documentaire engagé et résolument humain, réalisé par Xavier de Lauzanne. La projection sera suivie d'une discussion avec le réalisateur.  Een organisatie helpt Cambodjaanse kinderen om toegang te krijgen tot onderwijs. Kom en ontdek deze geëngageerde en mensgerichte documentaire, geregisseerd door Xavier de Lauzanne. De film wordt gevolgd door een gesprek met de regisseur.

Explorer les réalités actuelles des utopies à travers le prisme du journalisme de données et l'analyse fine du collectif youtube #DataGueule ! 
Het collectief DataGueule heeft een documentairereeks gemaakt, getiteld Utopie·s. Le Festival UTOPIES nodigt u uit om de aflevering "ZAD Partout" in voorvertoning te zien. Na de film vindt een discussie met de regisseurs plaats. 

Un peu de douceur : Le Festival Utopies s’ouvrira sur la note tendre de Mathieu Boogaerts, auteur, compositeur et interprète francais.  Le Festival start met de gevoelige tonen van Mathieu Boogaerts.

The Alliance Française d'Amsterdam is happy to invite you to Qui a tué mon père !
When: Saturday, February 19, from 7:30PM to 9PM
Where: Internationaal Theater Amsterdam

Join us for a conference with Brian Bouillon-Baker, author of the book "Joséphine, l'universelle" and son of Joséphine Baker.
When: Thursday, January 13, from 8PM
Where: online