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Sat 18 Apr

The Dinner

In 1939, just two weeks after the Civil War’s end, Franco invites his top generals for a night of triumph at the luxurious Hotel Palace…

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Festivals & Series

From 18 Apr

Romería

+ Q&A with Carla Simón moderated by Prof. Maria Delgado on 18 Apr

Festivals & Series

Films

17 - 19 Apr

Spanish Spring Weekend

Films

Festivals & Series

Sun 19 Apr

The Delights of the Garden

Fermín, an abstract painter facing a personal and financial crisis, lives in his friend’s studio in Madrid. He hides a tremor in his hand and…

Films

Classics

From 26 Apr

Une Parisienne

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

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 6 May

Bardot

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

Festivals & Series

From 23 March

And Bardot Became BB

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

Classics

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…

Films

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,…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

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 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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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. …

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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:…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Films

Festivals & Series

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…

Festivals & Series

Films

17 - 19 Apr

Spanish Spring Weekend

Next event : Romería
Sat 18 Apr at 20:30

Festivals & Series

Films

8 June - 16 July

César 2026

Next event : The Stranger
Sat 18 Apr at 10:50

Festivals & Series

From 23 March

And Bardot Became BB

Next event : Une Parisienne
Sun 26 Apr at 14:00

Festivals & Series

The Earth, Here and Now

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

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Films

Talks

Women Shaping the World

Next event : And Bardot Became BB
Sun 10 May

Arts

Books & Ideas

Concerts

Kids & Families

Talks

Highlights of the Month

Next event : And Bardot Became BB
Sun 10 May

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

17 May - 12 June

Marilyn Monroe Centenary: From Icon to Actor

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

Festivals & Series

Films

From 6 June

World Ocean Day Special

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

Festivals & Series

Films

7 June - 21 July

Isabelle Adjani’s Journey through Cinema

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

Our Annual Festivals

Festivals & Series

Films

12 Nov - 3 Dec

French Film Festival London 2025

Books & Ideas

Festivals & Series

Films

Talks

8 - 21 June

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

16 - 24 March

South Ken Kids Festival 2026

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 5 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh