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This June the 1st French Festival in cooperation with Sri Lanka's Ministry of Culture and the Arts, the Embassy of France, the BMICH and the support of 20 French and Sri Lankan institutions in France and Sri Lanka: 11 French artists, 67 Sri Lankan artists and more than 100 workshop participants in Colombo, Kandy, Matara and Jaffna will be held.

Male' in the Maldives will also participate with a world music concert and master classes in oriental music. The French Spring in Sri Lanka will take place between the 15th and the 24th of June 2012 in the framework of the cooperation between Sri Lanka and France.

All the artistic events will be accessible to all in the BMICH: Free admission for the International Fête de la Musique, the Rock and world music concerts, the classical concert (Lionel Wendt), the contemporary dance shows and workshops, the art and sustainable architecture photo exhibitions including round tables and workshops, the crossed readings in 4 languages by Sri Lankan writers and the festival of francophone cinema for children and adults. A French gastronomy festival will be also proposed between 20th and 23rd of June by Mount Lavinia Hotel.

A world of exciting artistic events organized by the Alliance Française de Kotte, showing the strength and the dynamism of the amicable cooperation between our two countries. Ten days of culture and pleasure you should not miss!

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Festival Event Line Up :

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FRI. June 15th at 7.00 pm
World Music Abaji (France), P. Ratnayake (Sri Lanka), BMICH Open Air Theatre

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FRI. June 15th to SUN. 24th – 11.00am to 7.00pm
Photo exhibition by Dorothy Shoes (France), BMICH Mihilaka Medura – Workshops in Jaffna and Colombo

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SAT. June 16th to SUN. 24rd
Bonjour Cinéma! Francophone Film Festival, BMICH BCIS Lecture Hall – Workshop on short films conducted by Asoka Handagama on Sunday June 24th

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SAT. June 16th at 7.30 pm
Rock concert Stigmata (Sri Lanka) and SUCCESS (France), BMICH, Outside Hall

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SUN. June 17th at 7.00pm
Classical Music concert with F. Pelassy (France) and Ananda Dabare, Avanti Perera, Dushyanthi Perera from the Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka, Lionel Wendt Theatre

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TUE. June 19th to SAT. 23rd
Exhibition on Sustainable Architecture (Symposium and Round Table on Wed. June 20th), BMICH Eco Auditorium and BCIS Lecture Hall, in cooperation with the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects

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THUR. June 21st at 3.00 pm onwards
Fête de la Musique, BMICH Outside Hall

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FRI. June 22nd at 5.00 pm
A vous de lire! Cross readings and books launching, BMICH Mihilaka Medura

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FRI. June 22nd at 7.30pm
“Shango Shango Shango Oh!” Dance performance by Arpeggio Creative Dance Academy (Sri Lanka), BMICH Outside Hall

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SAT. June 23rd at 7.00 (BMICH, Outside Hall) and 24th at 5.30pm (Galle Face Green)
Street Art / Hip Hop Dance by De Fakto Company (France)

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WED. June 20th to SAT. 23rd
French Gastronomy with Chef Frédéric Simonin, Mount Lavinia Hotel

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The French Spring in Sri Lanka is organized by the Ministry of Cultural and Arts Affairs, the Embassy of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, the BMICH, the Alliance française de Kotte, and sponsored by the Fondation Alliance française, the Institut français, the Mairie de Paris, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Vinci, Mackwoods, Biomed, Mount Lavinia Hotel, Sri Lankan Airlines, Galle Face Hotel, Alstom, Alcatel, Dialog, Maharaja TV, Lafarge, Global Brand Wines, Connaissance de Ceylan, Carmart, Oxylane.

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