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7 & 8 Dec

Animal Tales of Christmas Magic

Enchanting stories unfold in this programme of short animated gems where festive wonders come to life. Delve into these heartwarming and modern tales as animals…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 27 Nov

Striptease intégral

This anthology film comes from the creators of the original Striptease TV programme and directors of So Help Me God and Poulet Frites. It presents…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 28 Nov

All We Imagine as Light

The French Film Festival Preview on 28 November at 18.00 will be followed by a Q&A with Payal Kapadia and moderated by Isabel Stevens

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 7 Dec

Black Tea

Followed by a Q&A with director Abderrahmane Sissako & Abiba Coulibaly

Films

Festivals & Series

5 & 7 Dec

Emmanuelle

In this feminist update of the original 1970s Emmanuelle directed by Just Jaeckin, Audrey Diwan (Happening) revisits the notion of female desire in the ultra-contemporary…

Films

Festivals & Series

7 & 8 Dec

The Empire

Winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Berlinale, Empire is Bruno Dumont’s first foray into science-fiction. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village on…

Films

Festivals & Series

7 & 9 Dec

This Life of Mine

Known to her biggest despair as ‘Barbie’, Barberie Bichette (Agnès Jaoui) may have been beautiful, a good mother, a reliable colleague, a great lover, yes,…

Films

Festivals & Series

30 Nov & 7 Dec

Shepherds

Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Sophie Deraspe’s inspiring film follows Mathyas, a burned-out advertising executive from…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 26 Nov

It’s Not Me

For an exhibition, which never took place in the end, the Pompidou Centre in Paris asked the filmmaker to reply in pictures to the question:…

Films

Festivals & Series

30 Nov & 8 Dec

The Second Act

Florence wants to introduce David, the man she's madly in love with, to her father. But David isn't attracted to her and wants to throw…

CinéFamilies

Films

1 & 8 Dec

La Boum

The screening on 1 December will be introduced by Prof. Ginette Vincendeau (King's College London)

Films

Festivals & Series

From 30 Nov

The Marching Band

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy,…

Films

Festivals & Series

5 & 8 Dec

Holy Cow

Totone is 18 and spends most of his time drinking beers and partying with his group of friends in the Jura region. But reality catches…

Films

Festivals & Series

3 & 8 Dec

Misericordia

The teasingly entwined ambiguities of love and death continue to fascinate Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake), who returns with a sharp, sinister, yet slyly…

Films

Festivals & Series

28 Nov & 9 Dec

Marcello Mio

From the mind of one of Cannes Film Festival’s favourites, Christophe Honoré (Sorry Angel, Love Songs) comes a joyous imagining of the – supposed –…

Films

Classics

1 & 10 Dec

La Cérémonie

+ intro by Prof. Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze (Durham University) on 1 Dec

Films

Festivals & Series

From 27 Nov

The Man with a Thousand Faces

He goes by the names of Alexandre, Ricardo or Daniel. He calls himself a surgeon or an engineer, Argentinian or Brazilian and lives with four…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 2 Dec

A Little Something Extra

To escape the police, a son (Artus) and his father (Clovis Cornillac) go on the run and seek refuge in a holiday camp for young…

Films

Classics

From 24 Nov

Good Time Girls

Chabrol’s fourth film, dedicated to the daily lives and dating experiences of four female shop assistants in post-war Paris, challenged the expectations of its contemporaries.…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 1 Dec

Beating Hearts

Co-written with Audrey Diwan, Gilles Lellouche’s return to filmmaking after Sink or Swim, features an all-star French cast including Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Alain Chabat,…

Films

Classics

From 15 Dec

The Cousins

The screening on 15 Dec will be introduced by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano and followed by a discussion with the audience, as part…

Films

Classics

From 19 Dec

The Colour of Lies

Struggling painter René (Jacques Gamblin) and his wife Viviane (Sandrine Bonnaire), a nurse, lead uneventful lives in a small town in Brittany when the sense…

Festivals & Series

Films

6 - 22 Dec

Christmas Special

Festivals & Series

Films

24 Jan - 1 Apr

Versailles, In Every Sense

Films

Classics

From 3 Jan

Rocco and His Brothers

The story of a family of Southern Migrants looking for a better life in Milan, Rocco and His Brothers is a study in social realism…

Films

Classics

From 4 Jan

Flic Story

Based on real events, Flic Story follows the hunt for the dangerous criminal Emile Buisson (Jean-Louis Trintignant), who escaped from prison in 1947. For three…

Films

Classics

From 12 Jan

The Love Cage

René Clément’s Les Félins is a brilliantly over-the-top gangster-murder-mystery medley set on the Côte d'Azur and starring French sensation Alain Delon as Marc, a small-time…

Films

Classics

19 & 21 Jan

La Piscine

While on holiday near St Tropez, Marianne and Jean-Paul enjoy lazing and making love around the pool. But things take a chillier turn when Marianne’s…

Films

Festivals & Series

24 Jan & 15 Feb

The Flood

The screening on 24 Jan will be followed by a Q&A with director Gianluca Jodice & Costume Designer Massimo Cantini Parrini as part of Fashion…

Classics

Festivals & Series

From 25 Jan

Borsalino

In 1930 Marseille two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to…

Films

Classics

From 26 Jan

The Red Circle

Fresh out of prison, master thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing paths with a notorious…

Films

Classics

From 2 Fev

Mr Klein

In this Kafkaesque tale set in 1942 in Nazi occupied Paris, Robert Klein (Alain Delon) is a prosperous art dealer who finds himself mysteriously confused…

Films

Festivals & Series

8 & 18 Feb

Marie Antoinette

Sofia Coppola offers a pop portrait of Marie Antoinette, a naïve teenager who was entirely unprepared to take her place in the turbulent history of…

Films

Classics

9 & 11 Feb

Royal Affairs in Versailles

This film retraces the history of the Palace of Versailles from its origins until the French Revolution. Produced in the aftermath of WWII, from which…

Films

Classics

From 23 Feb

The Taking of Power by Louis XIV

When Mazarin died, Louis XIV was 23 years old. While he did not seem to care about power, the young king suddenly revealed an understanding…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 2 March

The Death of Louis XIV

Catalan director Albert Serra (Birdsong, Pacifiction) continues his contemplative series of studies of legendary figures, both real and fictional (Don Quixote, the Magi, Casanova) with…

Festivals & Series

Films

6 - 22 Dec

Christmas Special

Next event : Animal Tales of Christmas Magic
Sat 07 Dec at 13:30

Festivals & Series

From 14 Sept

The Earth, Here and Now

Next event : Shepherds
Sat 07 Dec at 13:10

Festivals & Series

Films

26 Nov - 9 Dec

French Film Festival

Next event : It’s Not Me
Sun 08 Dec at 17:45

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Talks

6 June - 21 Sept

Women Shaping the World

Next event : The Man with a Thousand Faces
Wed 11 Dec at 16:00

Festivals & Series

Films

16 Nov - 12 Dec

Fashion & Cinema

Next event : Howards End
Thu 12 Dec at 19:30

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

From 10 Nov

Claude Chabrol – Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets

Next event : Good Time Girls
Fri 13 Dec at 15:30

Classics

Films

5 Nov - 28 Jan

Finally Sunday Film Club

Next event : The Cousins
Sun 15 Dec at 14:40

Festivals & Series

Films

13 Oct - 25 March

Alain Delon: An Odyssey

Next event : The Leopard
Sun 15 Dec at 11:00

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Gigs

Kids & Families

On

Highlights of the Month

Next event : French Courses - Autumn Term
Tue 31 Dec at 00:00

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

24 Jan - 1 April 2025

Versailles, In Every Sense

Next event : The Flood
Fri 24 Jan at 20:00

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Talks

9 - 19 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 8 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh