Swiss Events in the Washington D.C.

The Swallows of Kabul/Les Hirondelles de Kaboul

Film Screening

The Swallows of Kabul/ Les Hirondelles de Kaboul 
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. 
 
As part of the D.C. Francophonie Cultural Festival 2020, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present a screening of The Swallows of Kabul, a Swiss-French co-production.

The Swallows of Kabul takes place in 1998, when Kabul is in ruins and occupied by the Taliban. With its graphically rich, 2D watercolor-style animation, The Swallows of Kabul is an adaption of Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra's literacy fiction. The film is a moving testimony of life under Taliban control in the Afghan capital, highlighting a dangerous act or humanity during a violent time via the stories of two couples whose fates become intertwined through death, imprisonment and self-sacrifice.
 
The film was co-led by two female directors: Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec and Zabou Breitman.
The film is in French with English subtitles.
 
Tickets are free of charge. 
 
Embassy of France - La Maison Francaise
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
 
 
Smithsonian La Grande Fete 

Cultural Event  

 

La Grande Fete de la Francophonie

 
Friday, March 27, 2020 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.  
 
In celebration of the 2020 DC Francophonie Cultural Festival, the Embassy of Switzerland welcomes you to its booth at the Grande Fete de la Francophonie. Don't miss this chance to learn more about the French-speaking part of Switzerland; and try some delicious Swiss cheese and wine! 

The annual Francophonie Cultural Festival spotlights the music, art, literature, film, cuisine and customs of French-speaking countries and regions from across the globe. Launch into a world tour of francophone cultures and sample food and drink from more than 30 embassies as you explore each nation's unique attractions and traditions.
 
Embassy of France - La Maison Francaise
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
 
General Admission: $40
 
 
Gateways to New York 

Film Screening   

 

Gateways to New York 

 
Friday, March 27, 2020 6:00 - 7:45 p.m.  
and 
Sunday, March 29, 2020 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. 
 
The Architecture & Design Film Festiva: DC at the National Building Museum presents Gateways to New York, a story about the great Swiss structural engineer Othmar H. Amman, who emigrated to New York in 1904 and redefined the art of bridge building in America. 

Amman's own life, career, and breathtaking constructions were framed by the steady, dynamic acceleration of 20th century America - the roaring twenties, mass motorization, the Great Depression, war, suburbanization, and the economic boom that led to modern consumer society. Othmar Ammann's life straddles the 19th century and then end of Classical Modernism, an era he embodied in the truest sense of the word and which, as the most influential architect of steel bridges of his time, he fundamentally shaped.
 
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 
 
$12 Museum Member| $5 Student|$15 non-member General Admission: $40
 
 
 
Mario Botta. The Space Beyond 

Film Screening   

 

Mario Botta. The Space Beyond 

Friday, March 27, 2020 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.  
and 
Saturday, March 28, 2020 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 
 
The Architecture & Design Film Festiva: DC at the National Building Museum presents Mario Botta. The Space Beyond, a rare, in-depth artistic journey into the work of Swiss architect Mario Botta.
 
Directed and produced by Loretta Dalpozzo and Michele Volonte, this documentary explores Botta's ever growing curiousity and reflections on the contradictions of society, through his sacred spaces. Passionate, tireless, Botta is one of the few architects who has built places of prayer for the three main monotheistic religions and is now designing a mosque in China. 
 
National Building Museum
401 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 
 
$12 Museum Member| $5 Student|$15 non-member General Admission: $40|$135 All Access 
 
 
 
Architecture of Infinity 

Film Screening   

 

Architecture of Infinity 

 
Sunday, March 29 4:00 p.m. 
 
Swiss filmmaker Christoph Schaub's unsual, poetic, and visually stunning survey of contemporary sacred spaces and church buildings considers the work of architects Peter Zumthor, Peter Maerkli, and Alvaro Siza Vierira; artists James Turrell and Cristina Igelsias; and percussion virtuoso Jojo Mayer. 
 
Making a case for a spirtual life in architecture (and other arts), the film also relates the spaces on view to the natural world. The faintly floating cinemtaography suggests an otherwordlineess; and Schaub turns his film into a personal journey through his earlier life, when his fascination with architecture began.
National Gallery of Art  
East Building Auditorium
4th St. N.W. and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. 
Washington, DC  
 
Entry is free of charge.
 
 
Baron.e

Concert    

 

Allez viens danser with Baron.e & the Embassy of Switzerland 

 
 
Tuesday, March 31 7:00 p.m.  
 
As part of the 2020 DC Francophonie Cultural Festival, the Embassy of Switxerland presents a concert by Swiss Francophone duo Baron.e (pronounced: BaronBarone).  
 
Baron.e is a musical duo comprised of Faustine Pochon and Arnaud Rolle, both from the town of Fribourg in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Influenced by rock in all forms, as well as contemporary French music, these two friends quickly created a music and textual universe representative of themselves and their generation. Baron.e's Francophone electro-pop and indie-pop evokes a "festive melancholy."
 
Following the success of a number of singles, Baron.e will release their first full-length album on March 13, 2020.
 
The Pie Shop
Dangerously Delicious Pies
1339 H Street NE
Washington, DC N
 
Tickets: $5 
 
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