Books & Ideas Talks 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.
Films New Releases From 15 May Do You Love Me Do You Love Me is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to…
Films Classics From 1 June The Misfits Written by Arthur Miller, then Marilyn Monroe’s husband, this modern Western drama is a haunting portrait of lost souls drifting through the Nevada desert. Directed…
Films CinéFamilies From 13 June A Magnificent Life With A Magnificent Life, Sylvain Chomet (Belleville Rendez-vous, The Illusionist) crafts a beautifully depicted biopic of iconic writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol. While living in…
Films Festivals & Series From 10 June The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. When he arrives in Paris, he…
Arts Exhibition 8 May - 13 June Samir Laghouati-Rashwan: May God Leave Us Poor The exhibition concludes a year-long research period carried out in Houston during Samir Laghouati-Rashwan's residency at Villa Albertine. His research, Slowness as a Resistance - which…
Films New Releases From 28 May 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…
Films New Releases From 29 May My Mother’s Wedding Three sisters (Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham) return to their childhood home for a momentous occasion: the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother Diana.…
Films New Releases From 30 May Portrait of a Lady on Fire One of the hits at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it received a Queer Palm and the Best Screenplay award, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of…
Films New Releases From 5 June Acting An immersive documentary in the world of theatre company Cheek by Jowl from acclaimed director Sophie Fiennes (Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, A Pervert’s Guide…
Films Kids & Families From 12 June 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…
Films Festivals & Series From 10 June 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…
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…
Books & Ideas Talks Sat 13 June Cantona as Told by Valentin Deudon & Philippe Auclair French poet and football enthusiast, Valentin Deudon revisits Éric Cantona’s 82 Goals, retracing each one scored for Manchester United during a defining era for the…
Films New Releases From 5 June Enzo Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship, a path far removed from the prestigious future they had envisioned for him.…
Films Classics From 14 June The Story of Adèle H. Miss Lewly travels to Halifax in a desperate search for Lieutenant Pinson. In reality, she is Adèle Hugo, second daughter of the exceptional literary and…
Arts Exhibition 18 Feb - 14 June Bouchra Khalili: Circles and Storytellers Circles and Storytellers is the first public UK solo exhibition by French Moroccan artist and educator Bouchra Khalili. It presents interconnected works The Circle Project…
Films Kids & Families Sun 14 June Arco As children, we all thought rainbows were magical. In Ugo Bienvenu's colourful time travelling adventure, Arco, a 10-year-old boy, comes from the future and lands…
Course General French Mon 15 Jun Intensive Premium Do you want to take your French to a proficient level in a short time? The online Intensive Premium Course is designed for you!
Course General French Mon 15 Jun Twice a Week Don’t think twice! Learn French online or onsite twice a week and achieve great results!
Films Festivals & Series 8 & 15 June Love Me Tender One late summer, Clémence (Vicky Krieps) tells her ex-husband that she now desires women. When he gains custody of their son, her world is turned…
Arts Books & Ideas Talks Tue 16 June Lecture: Roman Art, Heir to the Greeks? As part of the "Tuesdays of European History" lecture series organised by l'Association des Historiens, the French Institute in London welcomes the eighth and final…
Books & Ideas Talks Wed 17 June Camille de Peretti in Conversation with Ben Faccini on Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of an Unknown Woman Camille de Peretti discusses Portrait of an Unknown Woman, the story of a painting by Gustav Klimt that was lost, repainted, stolen, and ultimately found…
Course General French Wed 17 Jun Once a Week – Daytime Take your French to the next level at a reasonable pace with this well-rounded onsite or online course!
Kids & Families From 14 Jan Baby Comptines Put some sparkles in your toddler’s ears and take part in our interactive French nursery rhymes session with its instruments! Expect songs, dance and great…
Course Conversation & Grammar Thu 18 Jun Conversation & Grammar Master grammar naturally through conversation practice, join us online or onsite.
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 18 June Reading Group on Standard by Nina Bouraoui This reading group is dedicated to Standard by Nina Bouraoui. Note that the author will not be present to discuss the novel. What happens when…
Films Festivals & Series 18 & 22 June Orwell: 2+2=5 Narrated by Damian Lewis and shaped by an incredible editing of archival footage from around the world, Peck’s film lends Orwell’s prescient writings a renewed…
Course Culture & Society Thu 18 Jun Study of London Exhibitions Polish your linguistic skills and enhance your appreciation of art with this online course.
Films New Releases From 8 June 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…
Films Festivals & Series From 19 June 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…
Films New Releases From 19 June Cactus Pears The film will be preceded by the screening of animated short film Two Black Boys in Paradise by Baz Sells
Classics Films Sat 20 June All Nighter: Out 1: Noli Me Tangere One film, thirteen hours, infinite mystery. For the first time ever, see all eight episodes of Jacques Rivette's Balzacian epic screened through the night, only…
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,…
Films Festivals & Series From 11 June A Private Life + Q&A on 24 June with director Rebecca Zlotowski moderated by Diane Gabrysiak
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…
Films Festivals & Series Sat 20 June The Fourth Wall + Q&A with writer Sorj Chalandon moderated by Alice Doyard
Arts Exhibition 20 June - 4 Oct Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour ‘Colour is the best way to express the charm and poetry of life.’ French painter, writer, and photographer, Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) is best known…
Films Festivals & Series From 21 June Queen Margot Margot (Isabelle Adjani) is one of several in line to inherit the crown in France, where Roman Catholics and Protestants are jockeying for power. Margot's…
Kids & Families Films Sun 21 June Little Amélie Adapted from Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling autobiography The Character of the Rain, Little Amélie transports us to Japan seen through the eyes of a thriving little…
Films Festivals & Series From 9 June Lost Illusions Adapted from Honoré de Balzac’s masterpiece, Lost Illusions charts the life of ambitious romantic poet Lucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) as he ascends through the…
Films Special Screenings Mon 22 June Oceanic Global Short Film Festival: London Premiere Followed by a conversation between Oceanic Global Founder Lea d’Auriol and festival juror James Honeyborne
Course Culture & Society Tue 23 Jun French Through Creative Writing – Atelier d’écriture For those wishing to combine language learning with creativity and imagination.
Concerts Workshops From 27 March Sing in French Come and sing in French! We invite all music lovers to come and sing with us at one of our monthly singing group sessions. They…
Films Kids & Families From 27 June Persepolis Based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name, Persepolis follows her life in pre- and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe. This poignant…
Films Kids & Families 28 June & 11 July Regal Gals Shorts The screening on 28 June is a special relaxed screening designed for children with sensory difficulties.
Arts Exhibition 7 Feb - 28 June Gwen John: Strange Beauties at the National Museum Cardiff This once-in-a-generation exhibition brings together oil paintings from public and private collections across the world with rarely seen works on paper from the artist’s studio…
Films Classics From 28 June Nosferatu The Vampyre In the 19th century, Jonathan Harker travels to the Carpathian Mountains to sell a house to Count Dracula, braving the warnings of the villagers. …
Arts Exhibition 2 May - 28 June Daiga Grantina: Lilacs Daiga Grantina represented Latvia at the 2019 Venice Biennale and now lives and works in Paris. This is her first solo exhibition in a UK…
Films Festivals & Series From 29 June The Adjani Notebooks + conversation with director Cyril Brody on 5 July
Arts Exhibition 30 May - 6 Sept Tohé Commaret: Mijitas at Spike Island Mijitas is the first exhibition in the UK by Franco-Chilean artist Tohé Commaret (b.1992, Vitry-sur-Seine), featuring two new moving image commissions, Rosa and Can you…
Films Classics 30 June & 7 July Possession Possession emerged as the ‘loser’ of the unofficial duel of two Cannes 1982 competition entries by esteemed Eastern European masters. While Andrzej Wajda’s somber Man…
School Activities Thu 2 July The Power of Friendship Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
Concerts Fri 3 July The Carice Singers: The Song Sung True The Carice Singers is a vocal ensemble from the United Kingdom known for its captivating approach to choral sound and innovative concert programmes. They present…
Films New Releases From 3 July Backrooms In the basement of a furniture showroom, Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) stumbles upon a strange doorway that leads into a mysterious, otherworldly labyrinth... Endless yellow corridors…
Films New Releases From 3 Apr 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…
Films Festivals & Series From 4 July The Ties That Bind Us Valeria Bruni Tedeschi delivers a brilliant performance as Sandra, a 50-something, independent woman who works in a feminist bookstore, has no children by choice, and…
Films Festivals & Series 4 & 19 July The King’s Favourite – Part 1 & 2 In the epic royal saga of the Valois-Angoulême dynasty, during the height of the Renaissance, one woman leads the way in the race for honours:…
Course Exam Preparation Courses Thu 09 Jul DELF-DALF Preparation Course The perfect course for those wishing to obtain a diploma of B1-B2 or C1-level proficiency in the French language.
School Activities 10 July & 2 Oct French German Days Immerse your pupils in French and German culture for a full day with linguistic and cultural activities at the Goethe Institut and the Institut français…
Films Special Screenings Sat 11 July Ancestral Hauntings: Short Film Programme + Q&A + Q&A with the filmmakers
Performances 11 May - 11 July Care – Young Vic When Grandmother takes a fall, she is hastily moved to a care home she doesn’t want to be in, surrounded by other elderly people longing…
Films Classics From 12 July Deadly Circuit The Eye, a private investigator (Michel Serrault) becomes obsessed with the target of his investigation, a serial killer whom he suspects is his disappeared daughter…
Films Classics From 15 July The World is Yours François is a small time drug dealer who wants to call it quits. His dream to become the official distributor of the Mr Freeze popsicle…
Films Kids & Families Sat 18 July Flow Winner of the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Festival in 2024 and of the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Flow is a…
Course Young Learners Mon 20 Jul GCSE / A-Level preparation For students in currently taking French for GCSE or A-Level, looking for additional practice—at a standard or accelerated pace— to achieve outstanding results and realise…
Exhibition 4 June - 9 Aug Armineh Negahdari: The Living River The Living River, the first UK solo exhibition by Bordeaux-based Iranian artist Armineh Negahdari affirms her persistent commitment to drawing as a practice, while suspending…
Arts Exhibition 12 March - 23 Aug David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting Don’t miss the new David Hockney exhibition at Serpentine Galleries, bringing together recent works, from still lifes and portraits to his monumental printed frieze, shown…
Arts Exhibition 1 May - 23 Aug Ranti Bam: Sacred Groves Paris-based British Nigerian artist Ranti Bam works with sculpture, performance, film and photography. She explores our relationship to the environment through touch, spirituality and healing. Sacred…
Course Young Learners Mon 07 Sep French for Kids and Teens The perfect online or onsite course for all young learners aged 4 to 17 years to discover French language or practise their skills through its fantastic culture!
Course Professional French Tue 08 Sep French at Work Learn workplace French online in just one hour per week! Join small-group online lunchtime classes designed to help you communicate confidently in everyday professional situations.
Course Culture & Society Wed 09 Sep Discuss French Cinema You are a cinema fanatic or just curious about French and Francophone culture? You would like to know more about French films or would like…
Course Conversation & Grammar Fri 11 Sep French at Lunch Keep your brain sharp and take your mind off things with the French @ Lunch course!
Course General French Wed 16 Sep Evening French in Kentish Town Based in North London? We come to you! Try our French courses in Kentish Town.
Exhibition 16 Apr - 19 Sept Nhu Xuan Hua: Of Walking on Fire Nhu Xuan Hua (b.1989) is a French artist and photographer of Vietnamese heritage. Working at the intersection of art and fashion photography, she reflects on…
School Activities Thu 15 Oct Music in France Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
School Activities Thu 5 Nov From Book to Screen Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
School Activities Thu 12 Nov Banlieue Multiculturelle Francaise: Life in Banlieues: Interactive Workshop + Screening of Gagarine Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
School Activities Thu 3 Dec The Magical Icy Christmas Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
School Activities Tue 8 Dec Noel in France Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
School Activities Thu 28 Jan Banlieue Multiculturelle Francaise: Life in Banlieues: Interactive Workshop + Screening of Gagarine Immerse your pupils in French culture for a full day with linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a school screening in the afternoon.
Exhibition Thu 11 March Camille: The Sound of Milk Tour For more than twenty years, the French artist has forged a unique path in contemporary music. Singer-songwriter, composer, performer, and vocal explorer, Camille has created…
Classics Festivals & Series Films 17 May - 12 June Marilyn Monroe Centenary: From Icon to Actor Next event : The Misfits Sat 13 Jun at 20:00
Arts Books & Ideas Concerts Films Talks Women Shaping the World Next event : My Mother's Wedding Sat 13 Jun at 20:15
Classics Festivals & Series Films 7 June - 25 July Isabelle Adjani’s Journey through Cinema Next event : The Story of Adèle H. Sun 14 Jun at 12:45
Books & Ideas Festivals & Series Films Talks 8 - 21 June Beyond Words Next event : Love Me Tender Mon 15 Jun at 18:00
Heritage Series Next event : Camille de Peretti in Conversation with Ben Faccini on Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of an Unknown Woman Wed 17 Jun at 19:00
Books & Ideas Talks 16 Apr - 18 June Reading Group Next event : Reading Group on Standard by Nina Bouraoui Thu 18 Jun at 18:15
CinéFamilies Films 25 June - 23 July Relaxed Screenings Next event : Regal Gals Shorts Sun 28 Jun at 11:00
Arts Books & Ideas Concerts Kids & Families Talks Highlights of the Month Next event : The Stranger Sat 04 Jul at 13:15