Films New Releases From 9 Oct Comédie Française The Comédie-Française is one of France’s most revered arts institutions, and the oldest still-performing theatre company in the world. There is one golden rule: the…
Films New Releases From 28 Aug De Gaulle (Part 1): Résistance June 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this…
Films New Releases From 23 Oct Fatherland Fatherland centres on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika, a politically engaged writer, actress, and rally driver. In…
Films New Releases From 16 Oct Case 137 Stéphanie (Léa Drucker), a dedicated police officer working for the French equivalent of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, is assigned to investigate a case…
Books & Ideas Talks 29 Aug - 19 Dec 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 25 Sept De Gaulle (Part 2): Liberté June 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this…
Films New Releases From 16 Oct NAZA Shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, the widely anticipated new film by the Oscar –winning team behind No Other Land reveals in…
Films Kids & Families From 24 Oct Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom + Relaxed Screening on 25 Oct & Free Art Workshop on 29 Oct
Films Classics 25 & 29 Oct The Flower of Evil In her fifties, Anne, played by Nathalie Baye, decides to run for mayor of the town where she lives. As her campaign unfolds, she must…
Course Young Learners Mon 26 Oct French Camp for Tweens and Teens Fusing together French courses with exciting cultural activities, our French Camp for all learners aged 11 to 15 years will be an unforgettable French immersion journey!
Films Kids & Families 17 & 27 Oct Mary Anning + recorded intro with dir. Marcel Barelli & Production Designer Marjolaine Perreten
Films Kids & Families 28 & 29 Oct Animal Farm Based on George Orwell's novella, this new 4K restoration of this landmark of British animation returns to the big screen. Britain’s first animated feature…
Films Kids & Families Wed 28 Oct Short Animations for Young Audiences Enjoy a selection of recent French animation shorts.
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 29 Oct Eve Guerra on Loss and Homecoming The French Institute is delighted to welcome Eve Guerra for the English-language launch of her debut novel, Repatriation, as part of the Institut's Black History…
Films New Releases From 11 Sept Just an Illusion Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, the duo of directors behind hit film Untouchable return with this comedy starring the darlings of French Cinema, Camille Cottin…
Films Kids & Families From 30 Oct Wildwood The highly anticipated epic fantasy by Laika Studio is an adventurous tale about love, courage and power. After her baby brother is abducted by a…
CinéFamilies Festivals & Series Films Kids & Families 4 - 31 Oct Fête du cinéma d’Animation Fans of animated films, whatever your age, enjoy this animation festival with a great selection of new films alongside ultimate classics.
Films Classics From 1 Nov Our Story Never one to shy away from discomfiting situations, Blier paired two beloved French stars for an unconventional romantic tale. Alain Delon plays Robert, a man…
Films Classics From 3 Nov It’s Only the End of the World After twelve years away, a writer returns to his hometown. As the afternoon unfolds, resentment rewrites the course of his homecoming. Long-simmering grievances erupt into…
Concerts Sun 1 Nov Lovemusic This is not your usual concert. Music, theatre, dance, video, light and technology blend together for an experience where you'll need to open your eyes…
Films Festivals & Series Mon 2 Nov Inside Gaza + Q&A with producer Yann Ollivier, protagonist Mai Yaghi, Phil Chetwynd, moderated by Bénédicte Paviot
Films New Releases From 6 Nov La Bola Negra From Spain in 1932 to Spain in 2017, La Bola Negra, winner of the Best Director’s Award at this years Cannes Film Festival, is a…
Kids & Families From 4 Nov 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…
Arts Books & Ideas Talks Wed 4 Nov The Bayeux Tapestry : Between Myth & History Join Michael Lewis, lead curator of the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, and Leonie Hicks, Professor of Medieval Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, for…
Films Festivals & Series Thu 5 Nov Bedford Park 36-year-old Korean-American Audrey Park (Moon Choi) is bound by the expectations of her traditionalist mother and alcoholic father. When an accident brings her into contact…
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.
Films Festivals & Series Fri 6 Nov Home A Loan Believing that an abandoned, semi-derelict building in Seoul will soon be redeveloped, Eun-jin (Yoo Seon) purchases a third-floor apartment there for herself, her teen daughter…
Films Kids & Families 7 & 8 Nov Sirocco & The Kingdom of the Winds Audience Award at the Annecy Animation Festival 2023, Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds follows two sisters, 4-year-old Juliette and 8-year-old Carmen. Together they…
Films Classics From 8 Nov God’s Offices Nathalie Baye plays Anne, one of the dedicated and empathetic family planning counsellors who welcome and listen to women, each grappling with the question of…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 10 Nov Jonathan Coe on Ravel and Vaughan Williams and the Music of Nations An evening of conversation and live music Jonathan Coe's new novel, Lessons in Harmony, imagines the unlikely friendship between the celebrated French composer Maurice…
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 12 Nov Reading Group on Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon This reading group is dedicated to Lola Lafon's Quand tu écouteras cette chanson. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In Quand…
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.
Films New Releases From 13 Nov Fjord The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian-Norwegian couple, settle in a remote village nestled in a fjord, where they grow close to their neighbours, the Halbergs. Their…
Films Kids & Families From 13 Nov 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…
Kids & Families Sat 14 Nov Story Time: Shadow Theatre Enter our shadow theatre, and listen to the most famous french tales like Little Red Riding Hood. Our storytellers will also read magnificent picture books…
Course General French Sat 14 Nov Saturday Express Make progress in French at a fast pace with this onsite course!
Films Festivals & Series Sun 15 Nov Hana Korea Inspired by real events, Hana Korea follows Hyesun (Kim Minha), a young North Korean refugee who has just arrived in South Korea. Hyesun struggles to…
Films Festivals & Series From 18 Nov La Gradiva A pack of rowdy French teenagers embark on a school field trip to Pompeii, where sunshine, desire, passion, angst, and class tensions in the present…
Films Festivals & Series 18 & 21 Nov A Woman’s Life + Q&A with director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet and actor Léa Drucker, moderated by Samira Ahmed (BBC Front Row)
Films Festivals & Series 18 & 28 Nov Love Lessons On the eve of retirement, Émile delivers one final lesson about love and literature, urging his students to become the poets of their own lives.…
Films Festivals & Series From 18 Nov Fjord The Gheorghius, a devout Romanian-Norwegian couple, settle in a remote village nestled in a fjord, where they grow close to their neighbours, the Halbergs. Their…
Festivals & Series Films 18 – 29 Nov French Film Festival London 2026 French Film Festival London 2026 The French Film Festival London returns to Ciné Lumière! A fortnight of cinema with over 40 films and almost 100…
Films Kids & Families 19 & 21 Nov Iron Boy Winner of the Jury and Audience Awards at Annecy, as well as the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at Cannes, Iron Boy is a remarkable…
Films Festivals & Series 19 & 26 Nov Orange Flavoured-Wedding + Q&A with director Christophe Honoré on 19 November
Films Festivals & Series From 20 Nov Minotaur Russia, 2022. When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world, the collapse of his…
Films Classics Fri 20 Nov Blue Note + Q&A with Sophie Marceau, moderated by Daniel Bird on 20 November
Films Festivals & Series 20 & 28 Nov Milo Alice arrives in a quiet provincial town and takes a job at a local café, blending easily into a life that isn’t hers. Her presence…
Films Festivals & Series From 20 Nov Flesh and Fuel Étienne is a lorry driver. Fastened to the road, his love life is reduced to fleeting, nameless encounters in parking lots. When he meets Bartosz,…
Films Festivals & Series 20 & 24 Nov Gavagai On the set of a turbulent shoot of a Medea adaptation in Senegal, Maja seeks solace in a love affair with her co-star Nourou. Months…
Films Classics From 21 Nov Le Plein de Super In this off-beat road trip, Klouk (Bernard Crombey) is a car salesman who must miss a family holiday to deliver a luxury Chevrolet station wagon…
Films Festivals & Series From 21 Nov Rays and Shadows Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are committed to preserving peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is embarking on a…
Films Classics 21 & 26 Nov Le Plein de Super In this off-beat road trip, Klouk (Bernard Crombey) is a car salesman who must miss a family holiday to deliver a luxury Chevrolet station wagon…
Films Classics Sat 21 Nov To Have (or Not) + Q&A with director Laetitia Masson and actor Sandrine Kiberlain on 21 November
Films Festivals & Series 21 & 24 Nov Collapse + Q&A with director Anat Even, moderated by Gali Gold on 21 November
Films Festivals & Series From 21 Nov All of a Sudden Director of a care facility for the elderly, Marie-Lou strives to introduce an innovative care philosophy based on listening and respecting residents’ dignity, despite resistance…
Films Festivals & Series 21 & 26 Nov Thanks for Coming Alain Cavalier (Thérèse, Pater), Thanks for Coming, which premiered at the 2026 Directors Fortnight in Cannes, invites audiences into the filmmaker's private world, where everyday…
Films Festivals & Series 22 & 30 Nov All About Corinne + Q&A with actor Sandrine Kiberlain on 22 November
Films Classics Sun 22 Nov FOR SALE + Extended introduction by director Laetitia Masson and actor Sandrine Kiberlain on 22 Nov
Films Festivals & Series From 22 Nov Words of Love Sarcelles, 1995. Erika is raising her two children on her own. Her daughter, Abigaëlle, convinces herself that the father she never knew loves her from…
Films Festivals & Series From 26 Nov Women on Trial 1972. A landmark trial shakes France as young Marie-Claire is prosecuted for having undergone an illegal abortion with the help of her mother and two…
Films Festivals & Series 22 Nov & 2 Dec A Place to Heal Lucia, 17, is brought by the police to the adolescent psychiatric ward in a public hospital, a place she knows all too well. Back inside,…
Films CinéFamilies 22 & 25 Nov La Boum Sophie Marceau's first screen performance as the fourteen-year-old schoolgirl Vic won her instant international acclaim. Vic lives with her parents, but she gets along much…
Films Festivals & Series From 22 Nov Madame To make ends meet, Laura takes a job working for Souria in a grand mansion in Paris’s Triangle d’Or district. Installed there by her lover,…
Films Festivals & Series 23 & 28 Nov Parallel Tales In his latest film, shown in Competition in Cannes, Asghar Farhadi (A Separation, The Salesman) assembles a stellar cast, including Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Virginie…
Films Festivals & Series 23 & 27 Nov Too Many Beasts Farmers and hunters are openly at war in the rural town of Sérieux. Wild boars are ruining crops and putting everyone on edge. When a…
Films Festivals & Series 23 & 28 Nov Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer In this exhilarating animation film that took France by storm this summer, Jim is a gay ‘gym’ icon on the Parisian scene whose world crumbles…
Books & Ideas Talks Tue 24 Nov 2026 In Conversation with Rachid Benzine What can literature do in times of war? Join novelist and political scientist Rachid Benzine for the UK publication of The Man Who Read Books,…
Films Festivals & Series From 24 Nov A Man of His Time September 1940. Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the regime of Maréchal Pétain settles in. Carrying copies of his self-published manifesto Notre Salut (Our…
Films Festivals & Series From 25 Nov A Good Little Soldier Carla is a high-performing and deeply devoted business executive. Insecure beneath her polished exterior, she has still built a successful career, often at the expense…
Films Kids & Families 26 & 29 Nov Viva Carmen! Inspired by Georges Bizet’s world-famous opera, Viva Carmen! transports us to 1820s Seville. After three years away, 13-year-old Salva returns to his hometown, where he…
Concerts Workshops From 25 Sept 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…
Books & Ideas Sat 28 Nov Café littéraire Let’s share our love of literature and discover a selection of new book releases, old favourites and unknow treasures over a cup of coffee. Join…
Films Festivals & Series Sat 28 Nov Blind Song + Q&A with Stefano Canapa & Natacha Muslera, moderated by Catherine Bizern (Director of Cinéma du Réel)
Films Festivals & Series Sat 28 Nov Ecofeminisms + Q&A with Janaina Wagner, moderated by Catherine Bizern (Director of Cinéma du Réel)
Films Festivals & Series Sat 28 Nov Focus on Ali Cherri + Q&A with director Ali Cherri, moderated by Hammad Nasar
Films Festivals & Series 29 Nov & 1 Dec The Birthday Party + Q&A with director Léa Mysius on 29 November
Books & Ideas Talks Wed 2 Dec 2026 In One Brief Moment All Eternity with Elif Shafak Some 175 years after Gustave Flaubert gave Emma Bovary her arsenic death, Booker Prize shortlisted author Elif Shafak hands the pen to the women who…
Arts Exhibition 3 Dec 2026 - 1 May 2027 Et voici l’image / And Here is the Image Curated by Pascal Beausse, Head of the Photographic collection at the Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) in France, this exhibition aims to create a…
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.
Films New Releases From 3 Dec Minotaur Russia, 2022. When Gleb, a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures and an increasingly unstable world, the collapse of his…
Films Classics 5 & 8 Dec Cliente + discussion with Josiane Balasko & Prof. Ginette Vincendeau (King's College London)
Films Festivals & Series Sun 6 Dec 2026 Animated into Being: First Dressed Bodies in Motion + live score by multi-instrumentalist Stephen Horne and intro by Marketa Uhlirova and Émilie Cauquy
Films Festivals & Series 6 & 8 Dec 2026 Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? + intro on 6 Dec by festival co-founders Marketa Uhlirova and Christel Tsilibaris and panel with Caroline Evans, chaired by Alistair O’Neill
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.
Books & Ideas Talks Wed 9 Dec Claude Monet: A Life in Letters To mark the centenary of Claude Monet’s death (5 December 1926), Teresa Krasny and Karen Serres, art experts and co-authors of Claude Monet: A Life…
Kids & Families Sat 12 Dec Story Time: Kamishibai and Projected Stories Kamishibai is a special street performance from Japan, very popular in French libraries. We will tell stories of winter and festivities, and kids will be…
Films Classics From 13 Oct Muhammad Ali, The Greatest William Klein’s documentary follows the legend himself, alongside the people and the media that contributed to his meteoric rise over a couple of decades. The…
Books & Ideas Talks Thu 17 Dec Reading Group on L’allègement des vernis by Paul Saint-Bris This reading group is dedicated to Paul Saint-Bris’s L'allègement des vernis. Please note that the author won’t be present in person. In L'allègement des vernis,…
Workshops 16 Jan & 24 Apr 2027 Embroidery Workshop: Stitching the Middle Ages Spend a day discovering embroidery through the world of the Bayeux Tapestry with expert tutors from the Royal School of Needlework. Inspired by the Tapestry’s…
Talks Tue 19 Jan 2027 Hastings Wasn’t Everything: Rethinking 1066 with Peter Frankopan What if Hastings was not the most important thing the Normans did in 1066? Taking the Bayeux Tapestry as a starting point, historian Peter Frankopan…
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.
Talks Thu 4 Feb 2027 Behind the Scenes: Bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to London How do you bring a nearly 1,000-year-old masterpiece across the Channel? As part of the Night of Ideas, the Institut français invites audiences to discover…
Talks Thu 25 Feb Roland, Turoldus and the Bayeux Tapestry: Storytelling in the World of 1066 The Oxford Chanson de Roland, preserved in a unique manuscript written in Anglo-Norman and held in the Bodleian Library, is a heroic tale of warfare, loyalty…
Workshops Fri 19 March 2027 Sing in French: Songs Through the Ages Step back in time and sing your way through French history! Join us for a special Sing in French session celebrating the Bayeux Tapestry’s historic…
Workshops Spring 2027 Photography Workshops Photography is an art but also a science. Experiment with cyanotypes, large-format cameras and instant films in a series of workshops for kids and young…
Talks Spring 2027 The Colours of the Bayeux Tapestry What can colours reveal about the Bayeux Tapestry? Renowned historian Michel Pastoureau, a leading specialist in the history of colours, offers a fascinating new perspective…
Talks Spring 2027 The Bayeux Tapestry Reimagined French artist Hélène Delprat will be presenting the missing piece of the Bayeux Tapestry, which she has created at the Cité internationale de la tapisserie…
Concerts Wed 28 Apr 2027 Echoes of the Middle Ages Step into the musical world of the Middle Ages with vocal trio Les Itinérantes and violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Bringing together voices and strings,…
Exhibition May 2027 Magnetic 5th Anniversary Exhibition Under the umbrella of the Franco-British contemporary art fund Fluxus Art Projects, Magnetic is a joint initiative that brings together ten leading art institutions hosting…
Talks 12 - 14 May Photo London: Symposium on the History of Photography The French Institute will organise a symposium on the history of photography during Photo London, curated by Taous Dahmani, a London-based French-British-Algerian art historian specialising…
Talks Tue 18 May The Bayeux Tapestry and Medieval Women The presence of only six women in the Bayeux Tapestry raises questions about women’s role in times of war and conquest. Elisabeth Van Houts, Honorary…
Workshops Sat 19 June 2027 The Art of Medieval Illumination Step into the world of medieval illuminators with Florence Aseult, a graduate of the Institut Supérieur Européen de l’Enluminure and finalist for the 2024 Prix…
Arts Books & Ideas Concerts Kids & Families Talks Highlights of the Month Next event : De Gaulle (Part 1): Résistance Fri 23 Oct at 12:40
CinéFamilies Films Relaxed Screenings Next event : Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom Sat 24 Oct at 14:00
Classics Festivals & Series Films 30 Aug - 8 Dec 2026 Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives Next event : The Flower of Evil Sun 25 Oct at 14:00
CinéFamilies Festivals & Series Films Kids & Families 4 - 31 Oct 2026 Fête du cinéma d’Animation Next event : Mary Anning Tue 27 Oct at 14:00
Festivals & Series Films 23 Oct - 1 Nov 2026 Film Africa 2026 Next event : Caméra arabe Sat 31 Oct at 14:00
Festivals & Series Films 2 - 16 Nov 2026 London Korean Film Festival Next event : My Daughter Is a Zombie Wed 04 Nov at 20:30
Arts Books & Ideas Concerts Festivals & Series Films Kids & Families Performances Talks 14 Oct 2026 - 25 July 2027 Beyond Bayeux: Stories from the Middle Ages Next event : The Bayeux Tapestry : Between Myth & History Wed 04 Nov at 19:00
Books & Ideas Talks 15 Oct - 17 Dec 2026 Reading Group Next event : Reading Group on Quand tu écouteras cette chanson by Lola Lafon Thu 12 Nov at 18:15
Festivals & Series Films 2 - 15 Nov 2026 London Palestine Film Festival 2026 Next event : Edward Said: Between Worlds Sun 15 Nov at 14:00
Festivals & Series Films 18 - 29 Nov French Film Festival London Next event : A Woman's Life Wed 18 Nov at 19:30
Arts Books & Ideas Concerts Films Talks Women Shaping the World Next event : Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives Thu 26 Nov
Festivals & Series Films 28 Nov - 6 Dec 2026 Fashion in Film Festival Next event : Top Ten Designers in Paris Sat 05 Dec at 15:50
Arts Films Sept 2026 - Sept 2027 200 Years of Photography Next event : William Klein: 100 Tue 02 Feb at 17:00