What's On - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni

Home
What's on ?

Onsite

Online

Beyond

Films

New Releases

From 30 June

Sudan, Remember Us

In a Sudan torn apart by years of war, become immersed in the daily fight of young Sudanese activists, yearning for freedom and reform. Both…

Films

New Releases

From 13 June

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life

The hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions Agathe finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane…

Films

New Releases

From 27 June

From Hilde, with Love

Berlin, 1942. A shy Hilde falls in love with Hans and gradually finds her place in the resistance group that would come to be known…

Films

New Releases

From 8 May

Ocean with David Attenborough

This compelling documentary takes viewers on a breath-taking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise,…

Films

New Releases

From 4 July

The Shrouds

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear…

Films

New Releases

From 3 June

Three Friends

In this very French romcom by Emmanuel Mouret (Diary of a Fleeting Affair), Joan (India Hair) is no longer in love with Victor, but it…

Films

New Releases

From 4 July

Hot Milk

After writing a number of films (Ida, Disobedience), Rebecca Lenkiewiczs' directorial debut is a poetic adaptation of Deborah Levy’s Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same…

Films

Classics

From 6 July

Hidden

Haneke’s Cannes award-winning masterpiece is both an enthralling thriller and a piercing analysis of colonial guilt. Anne and Georges, a middle-class couple working in TV…

Films

New Releases

From 16 May

The Marching Band

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy,…

Films

New Releases

From 15 June

Goebbels and the Führer

Goebbels and the Führer offers a chilling portrayal of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his relationship with Adolf Hitler. Through dramatised scenes and real…

Films

Classics

From 11 July

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse

In 1976, Francis Ford Coppola and his cast, crew and family ventured into the Filipino jungle to make a masterpiece. But the production of Apocalypse…

Films

New Releases

From 11 July

The Other Way Around

After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have come up with the crazy idea of throwing a party to celebrate their break-up - like a…

Films

Classics

13 & 19 July

Le Mépris

Unusually cast and playfully shot, Godard’s masterly hymn to cinema features Michel Piccoli and Brigitte Bardot as a couple whose marriage begins to fall apart…

Films

Classics

From 13 July

Code Unknown

In Code Unknown, the first of Haneke’s many films made in France and a brilliant multi-strand narrative, the director diagnoses the social maladies of contemporary Europe…

Films

New Releases

From 18 July

The Kingdom

Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where…

Films

New Releases

From 18 July

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire

This fascinating film examines the life and work of Caribbean surrealist Suzanne Césaire, whose life was overshadowed by that of her husband, politician and writer…

Films

Kids & Families

From 19 July

Savages

After My Life as a Courgette, Claude Barras strikes again Savages, a masterpiece of stop motion animation which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this…

Films

Classics

20 & 23 July

Ran

One of the most important and influential film makers in cinema history, Akira Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. His final…

Films

New Releases

From 27 Aug

Oslo Stories: Dreams

Johanne falls in love for the first time, with her teacher. To preserve her feelings, she documents her emotions and experiences in writing. When her…

Films

New Releases

From 27 Aug

Oslo Stories: Love

Marianne, a pragmatic doctor, and Tor, a compassionate nurse, are both avoiding conventional relationships. One evening, after a blind date, Marianne encounters Tor on the…

Films

New Releases

From 27 Aug

Oslo Stories: Sex

Two men, both in heterosexual marriages, have an unexpected experience that challenges them to reconsider their understanding of sexuality, gender, and identity. One has a…

Films

New Releases

From 4 Sept

The Courageous

+ Q&A with director Jasmin Gordon on 4 September

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Talks

1 Jan - 31 Dec

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Mon 30 Jun at 20:30

Festivals & Series

8 - 21 May

The Earth, Here and Now

Next event : Ocean with David Attenborough
Thu 03 Jul at 16:00

Classics

Films

6 June - 18 July

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective

Next event : Hidden
Sun 06 Jul at 13:45

Classics

Films

13 - 24 July

Summer with Brigitte Bardot

Next event : Le Mépris
Sun 13 Jul at 16:10

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Kids & Families

Talks

On

Highlights of the Month

Next event : French Courses - Summer Term
Sat 30 Aug at 00:00

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 6 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh