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10 & 23 March

A Short Film About Killing

Tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Fri 13 March

The Double Life of Véronique + Kieslowski by The Quay Brothers

Tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski: screening preceded by a prerecorded introduction by Irène Jacob

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Sat 14 March

The Public Woman

Tribute to Andrzej Żuławski

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Films

From 15 March

The Leopard

Luchino Visconti’s The Leopard is an epic on the grandest possible scale. The film recreates, with nostalgia, drama, and opulence, the tumultuous years of Italy’s…

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17 & 25 March

A Short Film About Love

Tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski

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From 22 March

The Facts of Murder

+ intro by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano on 22 March

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From 23 March

A Very Private Affair

+ intro by Professor Ginette Vincendeau on 23 March

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From 29 March

Goodbye and Amen

John Dannahay (Tony Musante, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), a CIA agent stationed in Rome, is planning to overthrow an African government. But his…

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From 3 Apr

Amélie

Amélie Poulain has led a sheltered life – educated at home by over-protective parents; she retreats into a fantasy world of her own. When she…

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From 3 Apr

And God Created Woman

The astounding success of Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman revolutionised the life of French films abroad, turned Brigitte Bardot into an international star and…

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From 5 Apr

The Iron Prefect

In 1925, Mussolini sent Cesare Mori to Sicily to occupy the position of Prefect. His mission was to fight the Mafia. The fascist regime was…

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Films

25 Jan - 9 Apr

Celebrating Claudia Cardinale

Over a six-decade career, the late Claudia Cardinale starred in more than 100 films, including many classics of Italian and French cinema. This season will…

Films

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From 12 Apr

The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful

In this delightful comedy, a young independent girl (Brigitte Bardot) from out-of-town is discovered by Judith (Micheline Presle), the editor-in-chief of a women's magazine. The…

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From 26 Apr

Une Parisienne

‘A highly successful popular comedy in which Bardot perfected her comic-erotic persona (a critic called it “a daring documentary on the natural beauties of Brigitte…

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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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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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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…

Festivals & Series

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28 Feb - 29 March

Kinoteka Polish Film Festival

Next event : Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
Thu 12 Mar at 20:15

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25 Jan - 9 Apr

Celebrating Claudia Cardinale

Next event : The Leopard
Sun 15 Mar at 13:00

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From 23 March

And Bardot Became BB

Next event : A Very Private Affair
Mon 23 Mar at 18:30

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Next event : Celebrating Claudia Cardinale
Thu 09 Apr

Our Annual Festivals

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12 Nov - 3 Dec

French Film Festival London 2025

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5 - 17 May

Beyond Words

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Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh