Join us for a free movie TOMORROW, as a group of friends chase freedom and find themselves on the edge of a changing world.

🎞️Magnetic Beats
by Vincent Maël Cardona

Brittany, 1980s. A bunch of friends yearning for excitement broadcast a free radio station from their hometown in the countryside. Jerome leads it with unique charisma while Philippe, the technical genius, lives in the shadow of Jerome, his big brother. When called for the military service, Philippe has no choice but to leave for West Berlin. He’s determined to keep on broadcasting, but realizes that he just lived the last glorious moments of a world on the verge of extinction.

🎞️Tuesday night, Alliance cinema
🗓️September 30
🕕6pm
🎟️Free entrance
☁️Comfy bean bags

Join us for the book launch of « History of Women in Ethiopia »
October 9th, 2025 | 6 PM
📍Alliance Ethio-Française, Addis Ababa
This volume explores the role of women in Ethiopia’s history — from antiquity to today.

Rejoignez-nous pour le lancement de l’ouvrage « Histoire des femmes en Éthiopie »
9 Octobre 2025 | 18h00
📍Alliance Ethio-Française, Addis-Abeba
Ce volume explore le rôle des femmes dans l’histoire de l’Éthiopie, de l’Antiquité à nos jours.

Alliance Ethio-Française is delighted to announce the opening of our upcoming exhibition, “What Shadow Owes to Light” — a collective and immersive journey exploring the interplay of light and shadow through diverse concepts and perspectives.
Join us and experience this unique exhibition at Alliance Ethio-Française, opening on October 12, 2025.


L'Alliance Éthio-Française est ravie d'annoncer l'ouverture de sa prochaine exposition, « Ce que l'ombre doit à la lumière », un voyage collectif et immersif explorant les interactions entre ombre et lumière à travers divers concepts et perspectives. Rejoignez-nous et découvrez cette exposition unique à l'Alliance Éthio-Française, qui ouvrira ses portes le 12 Octobre 2025.

🍿Magical French films for kids every Wednesday of October! Don’t miss the fun

🎟️ Free entrance
🕓 4 pm
📍Alliance Ethio-Française
Language: French (w/ English subtitles)

L’exposition "Ce que l’Ombre doit à la Lumière" a été officiellement inaugurée hier. Nous vous invitons chaleureusement à venir découvrir cette exposition originale à l’Alliance Éthio-Française d'Addis Abeba jusqu'au 14 décembre 2025. Entrée libre tous les jours (sauf lundi) de 12h à 17h.


The "What Shadow Owes to Light" art exhibition is now officially open! We warmly invite you to explore this one-of-a-kind showcase at Alliance Ethio-Française, open daily from 12 PM to 5 PM—except on Mondays.

Join us for a free movie TOMORROW, us for a powerful coming-of-age journey — identity, exile, and finding your place in the world.

🎞️Six Feet Over
by Karim Bensalah

Sofiane, son of a former Algerian embassy clerk, has travelled a lot. Now a student in Lyon, his visa has been revoked and he lives under the threat of expulsion. Hoping to regularize his situation, he agrees to work for a Muslim funeral home. Amidst parties, encounters and his job, Sofiane will start an initiatory journey that will lead him to find himself, shape his own identity and gradually move towards adulthood.

🎞️Tuesday night, Alliance cinema
🗓️October 14
🕕6pm
🎟️Free entrance
☁️Comfy bean bags

On 28 October, The Embassy of Austria in Ethiopia will celebrate the Austrian National Day at the Alliance Ethio-Française - Main Piassa Branch. On this occasion, artists from the NASOM (New Austrian Sound of Music) program of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs, the well-renowned Duo Minerva, will perform a concert starting from 7pm.

Even cats enjoy coming to Alliance Éthio-Française of Addis Abeba🤗

Due to a private event, the exhibition will be closed on October 28th and reopen for regular visiting hours on the 29th. We truly appreciate your patience and can’t wait for you to experience this exhibition in full.✨

We’re sorry! Cinema Tuesday is canceled this week — but we’ll be back next week. See you then!

Join us for a free movie TONIGHT, a delivery rider in Paris preparing for the most important interview of his life: his asylum application. A story of courage, identity, and dreams on the move.

🎞️The Story of Souleymane
By Boris Lojkine

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

🎞️Tuesday night, Alliance cinema
🗓️November 04
🕕6pm
🎟️Free entrance
☁️Comfy bean bags

Check out the latest episode of Gursha Gang by Dink TV on YouTube!
We’re delighted that the couple featured in the show visited our current art exhibition, ‘What Shadow Owes to Light’, hosted at Alliance Ethio-Française, Piassa branch.
You can catch our segment starting at 36:50.
Enjoy the episode✨

https://youtu.be/Z2IGIaycHpc?si=VCPupSgBvtI41sBd

Join us TONIGHT for a free movie of a touching documentary that spans 50 years of life on a family farm in the French Alps.

🎞️The Bertrand’s Farm
by Gilles Perret

50 years in the life of a farm… Haute Savoie (French Alps), 1972: run by three brothers, the Bertrand dairy farm and its one hundred animals is filmed for the first time. As a neighbor, director Gilles Perret dedicated his first film to them in 1997, while the three farmers are in the process of passing the farm on to their nephew Patrick and his wife Hélène. Today, 25 years later, the director-neighbor takes up the camera again to accompany Hélène, who, in turn, is handing over the reins. Through the words and actions of the people who have succeeded one another, the film reveals compelling life journeys where work and transmission occupy a central place: an intimate, social and economic story of the French farming world.

🎞️Tuesday night, Alliance cinema
🗓️November 11
🕕6pm
🎟️Free entrance
☁️Comfy bean bags

Experience the captivating storytelling of Akinola Davies Jr. in his film My Father’s Shadow — a moving reflection on identity, memory, and belonging.
📅 November 18, 2025 | 🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Alliance Ethio-Française, Piassa Branch
Entrance is free

We’re thrilled to welcome the Cameroonian artist Blick Bassy, bringing his poetic sound and powerful stage presence to Addis Ababa.
Don’t miss this special live performance on November 19, 2025, at 6:30 PM
📍 Alliance Ethio-Française, Piassa Branch
🎟️ Free Entrance

Célébrons la Journée des professeurs de français ! Une journée spéciale dédiée aux professeurs de français — avec des ateliers créatifs et une soirée musicale francophone festive !
📅 Samedi 22 novembre 2025
📍 Alliance éthio-française, Addis-Abeba
Ouvert à tous les professeurs de français. Veuillez présenter votre carte professionnelle d'enseignant à l'entrée.


Let’s celebrate Le Jour Des Profs De Français!
A special day dedicated to French teachers — with creative workshops and a joyful francophone music evening!
📅 Saturday, November 22, 2025
📍 Alliance Ethio-Française, Addis Ababa
Open to all French teachers. Please show your teaching ID at the entrance.