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10 Jan - 25 Apr

Café Philo

Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical issues in an informal setting, the Institut’s Café Philo meets every Saturday.

10:30 in English

Films

Festivals & Series

Today

The Stranger

Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet employee and solitary settler in his early thirties, attends his mother’s funeral without shedding a tear. The following day he…

11:30

Films

New Releases

Today

Cactus Pears

The film will be preceded by the screening of animated short film Two Black Boys in Paradise by Baz Sells

13:00

Films

Kids & Families

Today

Whispers in the Woods

Delving deep into the woodland realms, where lynxes, bears, deer, owls, capercaillies, and other river creatures roam, Vincent Munier (The Velvet Queen) not only seeks…

14:00 Preview

Kids & Families

From 10 Jan

Story Time

Let your kids’ imagination run wild through our fun storytelling session. Each week, they can discover French tales and picture books read aloud by our…

14:00

Books & Ideas

Education

Talks

Sat 20 June

Fault Lines: Olivier Norek in Conversation with Abir Mukherjee

Bestselling crime writers Olivier Norek (The Lost and the Damned, Turf Wars, Breaking Point) and Abir Mukherjee (The Wyndham & Banerjee series) come together for…

14:30

Films

New Releases

Today

Nino

In three days, Nino will face a major challenge. But first, his doctors have assigned him two vital tasks. Two missions that will lead the…

15:30 20:30

Films

New Releases

Today

Leonora in the Morning Light

Defiant, brilliant, and untamable, Leonora Carrington refused to live by anyone’s rules but her own. In the charged atmosphere of 1930s Paris, she falls under…

16:00

Books & Ideas

Talks

Sat 20 June

From Lebanon to the Frontlines with Sorj Chalandon & Fergal Keane

Award-winning journalist and novelist Sorj Chalandon joins BBC correspondent Fergal Keane for a conversation on war and storytelling. Reflecting upon Chalandon’s novel The Fourth Wall,…

16:30

Films

Festivals & Series

Today

The Fourth Wall

+ Q&A with writer Sorj Chalandon moderated by Alice Doyard

17:30 + Q&A

Films

Festivals & Series

Today

The Little Sister

Hafsia Herzi directs a moving coming-of-age drama where cultural identity and emerging sexuality struggle to reconcile. Seventeen-year-old Fatima is the youngest of three daughters and…

18:20

Films

Festivals & Series

Today

A Private Life

+ Q&A on 24 June with director Rebecca Zlotowski moderated by Diane Gabrysiak

20:30 Preview

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Films

Talks

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Nino
Sat 20 Jun at 15:30

Festivals & Series

Films

8 June - 16 July

Focus on the César

Next event : Nino
Sat 20 Jun at 15:30

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

8 - 21 June

Beyond Words

Next event : Lost Illusions
Sun 21 Jun at 11:10

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Kids & Families

Talks

Highlights of the Month

Next event : The Stranger
Tue 23 Jun at 20:20

Festivals & Series

The Earth, Here and Now

Next event : Flow
Sat 18 Jul at 14:00

Our Annual Festivals

Festivals & Series

Films

12 Nov - 3 Dec

French Film Festival London 2025

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh