French Film Festival 2019
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Fête de Noël 2019
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Fête de Noël 2018
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Fête de Noël 2017
On Sunday the 10 December, our members enjoyed a very successful " Christmas pizza party" at the Patacca Sicilian Pizzeria in Morrison Square. What a beautiful day. There was great French music, lots of pizza and conversation and Maman Noël did the rounds with exchange a gift. Thanks to Leigh who organised this lovely event with 32 attending. Your Florentines were amazing too. The staff was very accommodating and the Tirimazu was incredible!
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2017 Bastille Day - La Gourmandaise
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Opening night of the French Film Festival 2017What a fantastic opening night celebration at the Suter cinema for the French film Festival 2017!!
We had delicious wine, scrumptious nibbles, gorgeous French musicians, very enthusiastic members helping, great opening speeches and a stand out opening movie! Have a look at the pictures below if you don't believe it (or if you don't remember!). |
Fête de Noël 2016
On Sunday the 4 December, our members enjoyed a very successful " christmas bbq party" at the Nelson Golf Club. What a beautiful day, with a raffle and a lot of winners, followed by a delicious barbecue and of course, good wine. We had a lot of fun and are ready for the busy coming year!
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A conversation with Olivier Weber 2016
We had a great time on December 2016, meeting Olivier Weber at NMIT for an interesting and impresive conversation about conflicts, environment and boarders. Olivier's been wherever there is a conflict: Afghanistan, East-Timor, Sri Lanka, south Sudan, Irak, Palestine, Cambodia, etc. He had a lot of personal experiences to share, stories to tell and lessons to teach, it is an incredible Globe-Trotter!
Olivier has also been a French Ambassador at large for five years working for the French government, taking his pen a notebook, camera and backpack wherever he could. And after travelling all around the world, it was a great privilege that he actually made it for the first time to....New Zealand! |
Nicolas Fargues in Nelson 2015What a wonderful experience in April! French Randell Cottage writer-in-residence was invited by us to have a wee conversation about his novels (he's been prolific with over 10 novels and hundreds of thousands sold), his life, his experiences overseas (he's managed two Alliance Francaise), his plans in New Zealand and life in general. A fantastic audience and the support of NMIT and the French Embassy allowed us to get to know much this successful writer and have several opportunities (NMIT and at La Gourmandise) to interact with someone both talented and very accessible. Nicolas spent three days in Nelson which gave him plenty of opportunity to discover our beautiful city.
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Fête de Noël 2015
On Sunday the 13 December, our members with their families and friends enjoyed a very successful "garden party" at the Nelson Hinemoa Croquet Club. What looked like a weather unfriendly day turned out to be perfect for an "intense" sport activity namely, croquet, followed by a delicious buffet and of course, good wine. A very fine way to end a great year in style and looking forward to another great one coming! |
March 2015 French Film Festival in NelsonHere some pictures of the opening of the French Film Festival in Nelson in March this year. A great selection of the latest released French films mixed with some that relate to the centenary of the World War 1 with a special guest from Canada who came to talk about her stunning documentary.
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Concours Oral 2014Pictures from our past Concours Oral 2014 edition which took place on Friday the 15 August 2014 at the Richmond New Life Centre, Wensley Road. From 9.00 to 3.00, 10 judges, 84 students, accompanied by their French teachers, gathered from Nelson College for Girls, Nelson College for Boys, Waimea College, Nayland College, Motueka High School, Marlborough College Girls, Marlborough College Boys. One by one, students are ushered to a room where they meet the judges who make them talk in French (two judges per year level) to assess their conversational level. At the end of the day certificates for all the participants, medals and prizes for the three first winners of each year.
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