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Presentation of the 77th edition of the Festival d’Avignon with Tiago Rodrigues and guests

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Beyond Words

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20 June 2026

Beyond Words 2026 – Sorj Chalandon : The Fourth Wall

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20 June 2026

Beyond Words 2026 – Olivier Norek in Conversation with Abir Mukherjee

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17 June 2026

Beyond Words 2026 – Camille de Peretti : Portrait of an Unknown Woman

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Books for Thought

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15 Sept 2026

The Barman of the Ritz – Philippe Collin in Conversation with Philippe Sands

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29 August 2026

De Gaulle & WWII Selection

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2 July 2026

Summer Reads 2026

Les Salons en Musique

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9 Oct 2024

Interview with Mao Hayakawa

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7 Oct 2024

Interview with Axelle Saint-Cirel

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28 Sept 2023

Jazz Concert with Tom Sochas Trio

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Ciné Lumière

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27 Sept 2026

Steal this Story, Please! – Q&A with Amy Goodman and Carl Deal

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26 Sept 2026

De Gaulle: Resistance – Q&A with Antonin Baudry, Simon Abkarian, Anthony Calf and Tom Mison

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26 Sept 2026

De Gaulle: Liberté – Q&A with Antonin Baudry, Simon Abkarian and Tom Mison

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Creative Industries

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25 May 2023

Best of ICC Immersion United Kingdom 2023

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8 March 2019

Interview of Marie-Claire Isaaman – Women in Games

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6 March 2019

Women in Games

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Night of Ideas

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5 Feb 2026

Night of Ideas 2026 Selection

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5 Feb 2026

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5 Feb 2026

Night of Ideas 2026 – Global Imbalances

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Outside the Frame

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26 Oct 2021

How Sustainability Is Disrupting Luxury Fashion

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22 Oct 2020

Leading with Ingenuity & Imagination by Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A

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22 Oct 2020

Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A

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South Ken Kids Festival

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16 - 24 March

Best of South Ken Kids Festival 2026

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Mon 02 Mar

South Ken Kids Festival 2026 – Teaser

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18 - 24 Nov 2024

Best of South Ken Kids Festival 2024

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The Earth Here & Now

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9 Feb 2023

Night Of Ideas Opening with Zadie Smith followed by Can Democracies Save the Climate Crisis

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14 Apr 2022

Living as a Bird with Vinciane Despret and Garry Marvin

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18 Feb 2022

A Decolonial Ecology with Malcom Ferdinand and Shela Sheikh

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Women Shaping the World

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5 March 2025

Interview with Clara Dupont-Monod

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1 June 2023

Celebrating 150 Years of Colette

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19 May 2023

Colette by Deborah Levy, Michèle Roberts, Emmanuelle Lambert & Diana Holmes

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1 Oct 2026

French Institute’s October Spotify Playlist

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27 Sept 2026

Steal this Story, Please! – Q&A with Amy Goodman and Carl Deal

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26 Sept 2026

De Gaulle: Resistance – Q&A with Antonin Baudry, Simon Abkarian, Anthony Calf and Tom Mison

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De Gaulle, the Free France and the Institut français

De Gaulle & WWII Selection

The Free France and the Institut français

De Gaulle, a certain idea of France

Prix de l’Entente Littéraire

Exclusive interview with Elif Shafak

Exclusive interview with Philippe Claudel

Summer Picks

Summer Reads 2026

French Institute’s July Spotify Playlist

French Institute’s June Spotify Playlist

Beyond Words 2026

Beyond Words 2026 – Sorj Chalandon : The Fourth Wall

Beyond Words 2026 – Olivier Norek in Conversation with Abir Mukherjee

Beyond Words 2026 – Camille de Peretti : Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Pride Month 2026

Pride Month 2026 Selection

Chantal Akerman, Sonia Wieder-Atherton: Dialogues

In Conversation with Fatima Daas

French Pop Video Competition 2026

French Pop Video Competition 2026 – National Winners 7-11

French Pop Video Competition 2026 – National Winners 12-15

French Pop Video Competition 2026 – National Winners 16-18

Night of Ideas 2026

Best of Night of Ideas 2026

Night of Ideas 2026 – Global Imbalances

Night of Ideas 2026 – The Baltic Frontline

The Winter Warriors

Interview with Christopher Maclehose

Interview with Andrey Kurkov

Interview with Olivier Norek

Film Award Season

It Was Just an Accident – Q&A with Jafar Panahi

Interview with Guillaume Marbeck

The Voice of Hind Rajab – Q&A with Kaouther Ben Hania

Black History Month

Black History Month 2025 Selection

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire – Q&A Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Zita Hanrot

Marie NDiaye at La Médiathèque

French Film Festival 2025

Best of French Film Festival London 2025

Case 137 – Q&A with director Dominik Moll

The Great Arch – Q&A with director Stéphane Demoustier and actor Claes Bang

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Interview with Ken Follett on the Bayeux Tapestry

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Liaisons heureuses

Liaisons heureuses: Interview with Pénélope Bagieu

Liaisons heureuses: Interview with Steven McRae

Liaisons heureuses: Interview with Colombe Schneck

Entente Cordiale 120th Anniversary

Entente Littéraire Prize Award Ceremony

Entente Cordiale Exhibition Opening

Entente Cordiale – Interview with Jean-Philippe Dumas

Art Matters

Maguy Marin in conversation with Alistair Spalding

Edmund de Waal In Conversation with Olivier Gabet

Presentation of the 77th edition of the Festival d’Avignon with Tiago Rodrigues and guests

Beyond Words

Beyond Words 2026 – Sorj Chalandon : The Fourth Wall

Beyond Words 2026 – Olivier Norek in Conversation with Abir Mukherjee

Beyond Words 2026 – Camille de Peretti : Portrait of an Unknown Woman

Books for Thought

The Barman of the Ritz – Philippe Collin in Conversation with Philippe Sands

De Gaulle & WWII Selection

Summer Reads 2026

Les Salons en Musique

Interview with Mao Hayakawa

Interview with Axelle Saint-Cirel

Jazz Concert with Tom Sochas Trio

Ciné Lumière

Steal this Story, Please! – Q&A with Amy Goodman and Carl Deal

De Gaulle: Resistance – Q&A with Antonin Baudry, Simon Abkarian, Anthony Calf and Tom Mison

De Gaulle: Liberté – Q&A with Antonin Baudry, Simon Abkarian and Tom Mison

Creative Industries

Best of ICC Immersion United Kingdom 2023