People from all over the world meet on a weekly basis at the Atelier de conversation of the Bibliothèque publique d'information located in the Centre Pompidou in Paris to practise their French. Refugees of war sit together with businessmen, easy-going students next to victims of political persecution. As diverse as its members might be, they have one goal in common that connects all of them: to learn the language and find companions while living abroad – if not to survive living abroad. At this hopeful place, social and cultural borders dissolve. People, who otherwise would never have been in touch, meet eye to eye.
Conversation Studio Atelier de conversation
People from all over the world meet on a weekly basis at the Atelier de conversation of the Bibliothèque publique d'information located in the Centre Pompidou in Paris to practise their French.
What's On
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods Bambi, l'histoire d'une vie dans les bois
Michel Fessler
Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 14:30 / Main Hall
The story of Bambi retraces the first years of a fawn’s life, and the trials he must face in the woods… This initiatory tale, a hymn to nature.
The Other Way Around Volveréis
Jonás Trueba
Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 16:30 / Main Hall
Is a “good” breakup possible? Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s film is a playful and witty nod to the classic remarriage comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, showing that separation can hold just as much love and hope as a reunion.
No Other Land No Other Land
Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Sunday, 20. 04. 2025 / 18:00 / Small Hall
Palestinian activist Basel Adra has been documenting for years how Israeli occupiers destroy villages in his home region of Masafer Yatta. While fighting to preserve his community, he forms an unexpected alliance with Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham…