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Loulabelle’s FrancoFilesSpring in Cannes!I am currently in France and have been road-tripping all over the place, but more on that in upcoming episodes....At the moment I have connected with friend to the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast Ruby Boukabou and in this episode we discussed some observations from this particular Cannes Film Festival. We had tickets for the opening night red carpet event and we were in the room for the opening ceremony too, to see Robert De Niro receive his honorary Palme d'Or presented by Leonardo DiCaprio. I felt a shift in Cannes this time, with a more...2025-05-1629 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesBack in France and the Cannes Film Festival!This episode is coming to you from Paris! Ouuuuiiiii!I have escaped Melbourne and headed to my happy place, but before my departure last week I chatted to my dear friend, author, performer, tap dancer and long time Cannes Film Festival journalist Ruby Boukabou.2025 is the 78th festival in Cannes where Ruby and I will meet up, but even though this is my second time attending the festival, I needed this chat with Ruby to explain many of the details of the festival including the types of awards and some of the stuff we can...2025-04-1725 min
SBS French - SBS en françaisParisian notes et The Paris Plan avec Ruby BoukabouRuby Boukabou nous parle du spectacle Parisian notes à Sydney le 14 mars avec Emma et Thomas Hamilton. Le point aussi sur The Paris Plan, des vidéos sur You Tube sur ce qu’il se passe à Paris.2025-03-0210 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesThe Paris Plan! Your Parisian cultural agenda!Friend of the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast, Ruby Boukabou has a new project working with French director Clément Reboussin, The Paris Plan!Whenever I spend time hanging out with Ruby in France we have so much fun with loads of original, sometimes classic, must see and sometimes quirky, out of the box things to do!For anyone planning a trip to Paris, potentially for residents living in the French capital or perhaps for those elsewhere around the world who just want to stay connected to what's going on, The Paris Plan is for you!T...2024-10-0627 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesCannes Film Festival FlashbackRecently I followed with great interest all the excitement of the Cannes Film Festival, which got me reminiscing about when I was there for the 2023 Festival last May with friend to the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast Ruby Boukabou. I also loved the chat I had with Ruby back then while we were in Cannes with loads of insights into the local customs, the sights, the weird and the wonderful happenings of the most famous film festival on the planet!Tune into hear all the insider views on the festival as well as be updated on some exciting stuff t...2024-06-1129 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesReturning to Paris and Cannes in 2024!Ruby Boukabou is an author, performer, tap dancer and Paris resident with whom I have had numerous wonderful French experiences including attending the Cannes Film Festival last year. The films selected for 2024 have now been announced with loads of Aussies set to be gracing the red carpet. (Bonjour Chris Hemsworth & Cate Blanchett!) Ruby and I are particularly impatient for the global premiere of George Miller's new Mad Max movie. Ruby has been reporting on the famous Cannes Fest for over a decade and this year she and I will be reprising our YouTube program T...2024-04-2130 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesDancing on a péniche on the river Seine!My beautiful friends Ruby Boukabou and Wendy Lee Taylor are teaming up as they have done before, but this time for a wonderful show, "Paris Time Step"! They're performing the spectacle on a péniche called the Marcounet, a sort of barge or long boat on the Seine just next to the Pont Marie which is across the river from the Ile Saint-Louis in my most fave little spot in Paris! I can even see the venue from my regular Paris apartment window! The show takes the audience through different epochs and areas of Paris starting at th...2023-10-1532 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesFrom the heart of Cannes!Friend to the Loulabelle's podcast Ruby Boukabou chatted on the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles a few weeks ago to give me an idea of what to expect at the Cannes Film Festival but nothing could prepare me for the level of craziness I found when I finally got there! There is glitz and glamour but also just squillions of people! This chat is half way through the festival and includes Ruby's and my discussion about a couple of the films we saw:The New Boy directed by Warwick Thornton, starring Cate Blanchett, Debra Mailman, Wayne Blair and newcomer Aswan...2023-05-2627 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesRuby & Loulabelle chatting on the Cannes Couch!Ruby Boukabou has been on the Loulabelle's podcast a number of times and now she and I are headed to the wonderful Cannes Film Festival! Ruby has been attending as a journalist since 2009 and will lead me through my first experience of the Festival. This year Ruby and I will be sharing daily all the fun from the festival on our YouTube channel "The Cannes Couch". We'll be chatting on the couch with a cuppa and pastries in the morning or apero in the afternoon with loads of different Cannes personalities.I asked Ruby what...2023-05-1331 minLoulabelle’s FrancoFilesMy own French story...I have always had a love of France as long as I can remember. When I was a little girl, my home was filled with old music and the old “chanson” from my dear Papa who is a wonderful muso. In this 100th episode of the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast, the tables are turned and I am interviewed about my own French story by previous Loulabelle's podcast guest, now lovely friend, Ruby Boukabou.In the March of 2020 I was to take a trip to France with my oldest girlfriends from my school days. We planned to visit Paris and...2023-03-241h 03
Fabulously Delicious: The French Food PodcastCrème Caramel with Ruby BoukabouWhat do a flan, flan mixto, quesillo, pudim, flan de café, rozata, flan de Cuba, purin, flan Napolitano and leche flan all have in common? In France they are all called a crème caramel. Or are versions of one. Ruby Boukabou is an Australian tap dancer, author of guidebooks on Paris’ architecture and art as well as the proud daughter of French restaurant owner parents. Today’s topic on Fabulously Delicious is one that Ruby is pretty much an expert on. Ruby’s mum used to make these delicious dishes every night for her father's...2022-08-3034 min