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From 17 Oct

Souleymane’s Story

Awarded the Jury Prize and Best Actor Prize in the Un Certain Regard selection at last year's Cannes Film Festival, as well as 4 César…

CinéFamilies

Festivals & Series

Films

Kids & Families

5 - 21 Dec

Christmas Special

This festive season, swap tinsel for timeless cinema and animated gems at the French Institute’s Ciné Lumière, with a Christmas film programme that delivers elegance,…

Films

New Releases

From 31 Oct

Palestine 36

1936. Palestine has been under British mandatory control since 1920 and tensions are flaring over the future of the territory and of its population. Chronicling…

Films

New Releases

From 29 Nov

It Was Just an Accident

Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eghbal enters…

Films

New Releases

From 25 Nov

The Choral

1916. A Yorkshire village’s choral society finds its ranks depleted as men head off to war. With the annual performance looming, the society is forced…

Films

Classics

From 5 Dec

Sunset Boulevard

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback.…

School Activities

Fri 5 Dec

Women of Science: Changing the Equation

Come with your Year 10 to Year 13 students and join the Francophonie UK group for a special event highlighting women in science. Register…

Films

New Releases

From 29 Nov

The Thing with Feathers

Oscar® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Thing with Feathers, adapted from the award-winning debut novel by Max Porter. Following the death of his wife,…

Films

New Releases

From 24 Nov

The Ice Tower

The 1970s. Jeanne, a runaway, finds refuge in a film studio where The Snow Queen is being shot, and falls under the spell of Cristina…

Films

New Releases

From 24 Nov

Kaamelott – Second Installment (Part 1)

Following the wildly popular eponymous TV series and the film Kaamelott: First Installment, Alexandre Astier dives back into his brilliantly offbeat take on the legend…

Kids & Families

From 13 Sept

Kamishibaï & Story Time

Let your kids’ imagination run wild through our fun storytelling session. Each month we’ll have fun with some kamishibaï (“paper theatre”), a form of Japanese…

Films

Kids & Families

From 6 Dec

Hook

+ free colouring session on 13 Dec

Books & Ideas

Talks

27 Sept - 13 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 6 Dec

Fiume o morte!

In 1919 the Italian poet, dandy and preacher of war Gabriele D’Annunzio occupied the city of Fiume. The citizens of Fiume, today called Rijeka, retell…

Films

Classics

From 7 Dec

The Wind Will Carry Us

Kiarostami’s masterpiece follows a Tehrani filmmaker who poses as an engineer to covertly film the funeral rites of a small village in rural Iran. The…

Films

Kids & Families

From 7 Dec

CBeebies Panto 2025: Cinderella

+ free colouring session on 13 Dec

School Activities

Tue 9 Dec

WWII In France

Course

General French

Wed 10 Dec

Try a Lesson

Get a flavour of what studying with us is like before starting your French journey!

Films

New Releases

From 12 Dec

Animalia

Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to the Moroccan privileged codes of her husband’s family. When supernatural events put…

Films

Classics

From 12 Dec

Sherlock Shorts

During the 1920s, 47 film adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories were produced, all licensed by the creator of Sherlock Holmes himself, Sir Arthur Conan…

Films

CinéFamilies

14 & 20 Dec

The Count of Monte Cristo

In the year 1815, Edmond Dantès (Pierre Niney) finds himself incarcerated within the formidable fortress of the Château d’If for a crime he did not…

Films

Classics

14 & 17 Dec

The Southerner

Jean Renoir’s third film during his wartime sojourn in the USA, The Southerner follows the struggles of an idealistic Texas cotton picker who aspires to…

Films

Kids & Families

From 14 Dec

Marcel Santa and the Little Pizza Delivery Man

The screening on 21 December is a special relaxed screening designed for children with sensory difficulties

Films

Kids & Families

From 30 Nov

Lord of the Flies

Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced…

Films

Mon 10 Nov - Wed 17 Dec

Travelling Shots

Pack your bags, if only in spirit, as we embark on a season devoted to the art of travel in film.

Kids & Families

From 10 Sept

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…

School Activities

Thu 18 Dec

The Magic of Christmas

French Courses

Sept - Dec

French Courses – Autumn Term

Films

Classics

Sat 20 Dec

The Sorrow and the Pity

Marcel Ophüls four-hour portrait of the French town of Clermont-Ferrand under German occupation from 1940-44 is one of the greatest films ever made, as important…

Films

From 6 Sept

Travelling Shots

Next event : It Was Just an Accident
Fri 05 Dec at 18:15

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Kids & Families

Talks

Highlights of the Month

Next event : Souleymane’s Story
Fri 05 Dec at 20:25

CinéFamilies

Festivals & Series

Films

Kids & Families

5 - 21 Dec

Christmas Special

Next event : Sunset Boulevard
Fri 05 Dec at 15:45

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Talks

Women Shaping the World

Next event : The Ice Tower
Sat 06 Dec at 20:00

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

16 - 22 March

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh