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From 1 May

Ada – My Mother the Architect

+ Q&A with director Yael Melamede on 1 May

Films

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From 3 Apr

Colours of Time

United by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four estranged cousins discover their family’s history. As they explore the house, left untouched since…

Films

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From 1 May

Primavera

Venice, 18th century. Cecilia is a talented musician whose life changes forever when she meets her orphanage's new music instructor: Antonio Vivaldi. Drawing on…

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From 1 May

Wild Foxes

At a sports boarding school, Camille, a promising teenage boxer, narrowly survives a fatal accident. After his swift recovery, an inexplicable pain and a growing…

Films

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From 3 Apr

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…

Films

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From 8 May

Romería

18-year-old Marina needs a copy of her father’s death certificate to unlock a scholarship to study film. With her mother’s diary in hand, she will…

Films

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From 8 May

DJ Ahmet

Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yörük village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and…

Films

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From 16 Apr

Miroirs No. 3

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura, a piano student from Berlin, miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is…

Films

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From 24 Apr

The Wizard of the Kremlin

Russia, early 1990s. Amid post-Soviet chaos, a young man, Vadim Baranov, charts his path. First an artist, then a reality TV producer, he soon becomes…

Films

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From 11 March

The Great Arch

Exclusive Release 1982. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of…

Films

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From 15 May

Orphan

Hungary, 1957. A young Jewish boy, raised by his mother with idealised tales of his dead father, has his world turned upside down when a…

Films

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From 15 May

The Christophers

A mainstay of the London art scene since his starry breakout in the creative explosion of the 1960’s, Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) has drifted into…

Films

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From 15 May

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me is a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory, composed entirely of archival footage. It is a love letter to…

Films

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From 22 May

Eagles of the Republic

As a struggling superstar actor, George El-Nabawi has no choice but to accept a strange role, playing President Al-Sissi in a biopic glamourising his life.…

Films

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From 28 May

Leonora in the Morning Light

+ Q&A with directors Lena Vurma & Thor Klein and actor Olivia Vinall moderated by Anna Smith on 28 May

Films

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From 29 May

My Mother’s Wedding

+ Q&A with Kristin Scott Thomas & Samira Ahmed on 29 May

Films

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From 5 June

Enzo

Enzo, 16, defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship, a path far removed from the prestigious future they had envisioned for him.…

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From 8 June

Nino

+ Q&A with director Pauline Loquès on 8 June

Films

New Releases

From 10 June

The Little Sister

Exclusive Release 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…

Films

New Releases

From 11 June

A Private Life

Preview screenings on 11 & 20 June

Films

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

New Releases

From 23 June

The Little Sister

Exclusive Release 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…

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Concerts

Kids & Families

Talks

Highlights of the Month

Next event : Colours of Time
Thu 07 May at 18:00

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Films

Talks

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Romería
Fri 08 May at 18:10

Festivals & Series

The Earth, Here and Now

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

CinéFamilies

Films

May - June

CinéBabies

Next event : The Christophers
Fri 15 May at 11:30

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

8 - 21 June

Beyond Words

Next event : Love Me Tender
Mon 08 Jun at 20:15

Festivals & Series

Films

8 June - 16 July

César 2026

Next event : Nino
Mon 08 Jun at 18:45

Our Annual Festivals

Festivals & Series

Films

12 Nov - 3 Dec

French Film Festival London 2025

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh