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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…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 31 Oct

Caméra d’Afrique

+ Q&A with director Férid Boughedir

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

Festivals & Series

Sat 31 Oct

Caméra arabe

+ intro by director Férid Boughedir

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…

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Festivals & Series

Mon 2 Nov

Inside Gaza

+ Q&A with producer Yann Ollivier, protagonist Mai Yaghi, Phil Chetwynd, moderated by Bénédicte Paviot

Films

Festivals & Series

Wed 4 Nov

My Daughter Is a Zombie

+ Q&A with actor Lee Jung-eun

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…

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

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 14 Nov

Journey There

+ Q&A with director Kim Jin-yu

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

Sun 15 Nov

Edward Said: Between Worlds

+ Q&A with director Maiken Baird

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

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

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…

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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

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

From 19 nov

Coward

+ recorded intro with director Lukas Dhont

Films

Festivals & Series

19 Nov & 1 Dec

In Waves

+ recorded intro with director Phuong Mai Nguyen

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 & 25 Nov

A Place for Her

+ Q&A with director Mélisa Godet, moderated by Muriel Zagha on 25 November

Films

Festivals & Series

19 & 26 Nov

Orange Flavoured-Wedding

+ Q&A with director Christophe Honoré, moderated by Muriel Zagha on 19 November

Films

Classics

Fri 20 Nov

Blue Note

+ Q&A with Sophie Marceau, moderated by Daniel Bird on 20 November

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

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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

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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

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…

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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

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…

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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 & 24 Nov

Collapse

+ Q&A with director Anat Even, moderated by Gali Gold on 21 November

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

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

21 & 29 Nov

Ulysse

+ Q&A with director Laetitia Masson, moderated by Linda Marric on 21 November

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

Sun 22 Nov

Congo Boy

+ recorded intro with director Rafiki Fariala

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 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

From 26 Nov

Women on Trial

+ Q&A with actor Charlotte Gainsbourg on 26 November and with co-director Yvo Muller on 2 December

Films

Festivals & Series

22 & 30 Nov

All About Corinne

+ Q&A with actor Sandrine Kiberlain on 22 November + Q&A with director Marc Fitoussi on 30 November

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

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…

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

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

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…

Festivals & Series

Films

30 Aug - 26 Nov

Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 28 Nov

Focus on Ali Cherri

+ Q&A with director Ali Cherri, moderated by Hammad Nasar

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

Blind Song

+ Q&A with Stefano Canapa & Natacha Muslera, moderated by Catherine Bizern (Director of Cinéma du Réel)

Films

Festivals & Series

29 Nov & 1 Dec

The Birthday Party

+ virtual Q&A with director Léa Mysius on 29 November

Films

Classics

5 & 8 Dec 2026

Cliente

+ discussion with Josiane Balasko & Prof. Ginette Vincendeau (King's College London)

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 5 Dec 2026

Absolument fabuleux

+ preceded by a Q&A with actor Josiane Balasko

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 5 Dec 2026

Top Ten Designers in Paris

+ intro by Laura McLean-Ferris

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

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

Classics

Sun 6 Dec 2026

Le Père Noël est une ordure

+ extended introduction by actor Josiane Balasko

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…

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

30 Aug - 8 Dec 2026

Nathalie Baye: A Hundred Lives

Next event : The Flower of Evil
Thu 29 Oct at 18:30

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Kids & Families

Talks

Highlights of the Month

Next event : De Gaulle (Part 1): Résistance
Fri 30 Oct at 17:20

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

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

5 - 6 Dec 2026

Fashion in Film Festival

Next event : Top Ten Designers in Paris
Sat 05 Dec at 15:50

Festivals & Series

Films

5 - 6 Dec

Josiane Balasko in Focus

Next event : Cliente
Sat 05 Dec at 14:30

Arts

Films

Sept 2026 - Sept 2027

200 Years of Photography

Next event : William Klein: 100
Tue 02 Feb at 17:00

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

8 - 21 June 2026

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh