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From 28 Apr

La Vérité

Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) is on trial for the murder of her lover Gilbert Tellier (Sami Frey). As the hearings go on, the accused’s character…

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From 26 Apr

Une Parisienne

+ intro by journalist and film critic Muriel Zagha on 30 April

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5 & 8 May

Le Mépris + Le Parti des choses

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…

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Festivals & Series

From 6 May

Bardot

+ Q&A with director Alain Berliner and Prof. Ginette Vincendeau (King's College London) on 6 May

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From 23 March

And Bardot Became BB

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Sun 10 May

Le Mépris + Paparazzi

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…

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From 17 May

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Women’s characters who distinguish romantic love from the search for a husband were a common theme in the 1920s, as illustrated by Anita Loos's novel…

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From 24 May

Niagara

Henry Hathaway plays on two iconic images: the iridescent spray of Niagara Falls, the perfect and symbolic setting for this story of adultery, and Marilyn…

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From 31 May

The Seven Year Itch

After its highly successful Broadway run, Billy Wilder brought George Axelrod’s play about the seven-year conjugal milestone to the screen, grudgingly removing explicit moments of…

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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…

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From 6 June

Some Like it Hot

“Nobody’s perfect,” utters Joe E. Brown in one of the most famous final lines in film history. And yet, Some Like It Hot has to…

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CinéFamilies

From 6 June

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,…

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From 7 June

Camille Claudel

When renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu) notices the raw sculpting talent of the precocious Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani), the two artists begin a…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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From 11 June

A Private Life

When sophisticated psychiatrist Lilian Steiner (Jodie Foster) learns of the death of one of her patients, she is deeply troubled. Convinced it was murder, she…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sat 20 June

The Fourth Wall

+ Q&A with writer Sorj Chalandon

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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From 29 June

The Adjani Notebooks

"For forty years, I've been collecting articles from all over the world about Isabelle Adjani—covers, pages, and photos that I cut out and paste into…

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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:…

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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…

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From 5 July

Subway

After stealing incriminating documents from a mob boss, Fred takes refuge in the fascinating and chaotic labyrinth of the Paris metro, with its many eclectic…

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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…

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Highlights of the Month

Next event : Colours of Time
Mon 27 Apr at 20:30

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From 23 March

And Bardot Became BB

Next event : Une Parisienne
Thu 30 Apr at 18:15

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Women Shaping the World

Next event : Romería
Fri 08 May at 18:10

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The Earth, Here and Now

Next event : David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Fri 08 May at 18:00

Classics

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17 May - 12 June

Marilyn Monroe Centenary: From Icon to Actor

Next event : Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sun 17 May at 14:00

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From 6 June

World Ocean Day Special

Next event : Ocean with David Attenborough
Sat 06 Jun at 13:50

Classics

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7 June - 21 July

Isabelle Adjani’s Journey through Cinema

Next event : Camille Claudel
Sun 07 Jun at 13:00

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8 June - 16 July

César 2026

Next event : Nino
Mon 08 Jun at 18:45

Our Annual Festivals

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12 Nov - 3 Dec

French Film Festival London 2025

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8 - 21 June

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh