The festival will place particular focus on the island’s connection to French author and playwright Victor Hugo, with an exhibition on the restoration of Hauteville House. It will also look at links with French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, marking the 100th anniversary of his death with the opportunity to see one of his original paintings.
Meanwhile, Guernsey Museum, will host numerous arts and crafts workshops, French cinema and themed children’s activities.
Pictured: An exhibition on the restoration of Victor Hugo’s former home will be open throughout the week.
The biannual event was first launched in Jersey in 2017, but is being stretched across both islands this years with help from Jersey’s Maison de Normandie and the Bureau des Iles Anglo-Normandes in Caen.
“The island of Guernsey has a very strong relationship with France, emphasised by the cooperation agreements with Normandy and Brittany,” said a spokesperson for Education, Sport and Culture. “Le French Festival is therefore strongly supported by the States of Guernsey, Normandy Region, County Council of La Manche and Rennes Métropole.”
ESC President Deputy Matt Fallaize has extended his thanks to all of the local and French partners who have worked towards making the festival a reality, as well as the Jersey organising committee which invited Guernsey to be a part of the initiative.
More information on the festival and a timetable of events is available here.