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The idea for Les Soirées-Cinéma started with Les Boys. Here was
a film that was one of the largest box office draws in Quebec,
yet | had never had the chance to see it on a big screen in BC.

When my son started kindergarten at the new and yet unnamed franco-
phone school in Richmond, the APE was driven to promote the school in
an effort to attract more students. Why not show French language films?
However, because aft the time we were renting two classrooms in ano-
ther school, using the gym was impossible. A year later, we had a name
for the school, L'Ecole des Navigateurs, and we found enough students
for our own building. With our own building, we had our own gym, so we
were able to start Les Soirées-Cinéma.

The next step was finding out how to show the films without breaking
any laws. Films that you buy or rent are licensed for personal use only.
You are not allowed to show them publicly. Through much research, we
learned serendipitously that the CSF has a site licence (for information,
contact Josette Desquins at josette_desquins@csf.bc.ca) with represen-
tative organizations such as Audio-Cine Films Inc. This means that, as
long as a particular film is on the list of films covered by the organization's
licence, we can rent that movie or bring our personal copies to show on
school premises. The added fact that the licence does not allow us to
charge any money for showing the film blended nicely with our vision for
Les Soirées-Cinéma.

Rather than organizing more fundraising, our APE co-presidents wanted
an activity that opened the doors of the school to the community. With
the tremendous support of School Director Alain Thibault, we wanted

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to give something back to the community that has supported us. All
of the films must have English subtitles to ensure that non-francophones
can enjoy the films too. After one year, we have found that the over-
whelming majority of fhe people who attend do not have children in
the school.

We promote Les Soirées-Cinéma through media releases to local news-
papers and to Radio-Canada, and requests for placement in commu-
nity calendars. During a calendar segment, the CBC radio afternoon
show, On the Coast, spoke for one minute about our film night. We also
have a website that provides information about the school, Les Soirées-
Cinéma and the films themselves. (www.soireecinema.blogspot.com).

We sell candy bars, chips, pop and water. Each night we arrive early to
pop the popcorn, set up the chairs, and hook up the DVD player to the
projector and speakers. Once we finish cleaning up, the licence requi-
res that we inform the CSF which movies we showed, when we showed
them, and how many people viewed the movie that night.

We are never sure how many people will come. "C.R.A.Z.Y.” was the
most popular film so far. We have shown works from France, Lebanon
and Québec and would like to continue to find films that reflect the
diversity of “le monde de la francophonie”.

For more information concerning Les Soirées-Cinéma, contact Serge Bé-
dard, APE Ecole des Navigateurs president, Richmond at 604-718-5629
or sbedard@telus.net .

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