#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon dans London Macadam "Le French Film Festival London 2025 est de retour! London Macadam aime." Pour en savoir plus, lisez l'article 👇 www.londonmacadam.com/single-post/... Ticket(s): institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents Claire Simon's documentary Writing Life — Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students, exploring how Ernaux’s work is taught and received by today's youth. 📅21 Nov at Ciné Lumière + Q&A with director 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/writi...

🇫🇷📽️ For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon, relive the 5-César winning historical drama La Reine Margot! A sumptuous Dumas adaptation starring the great Isabelle Adjani and Jean-Hugues Anglade, awarded Best Actress and Best Actor. 🗓️16 & 18 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/la-re...

📸 Throwback to the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon’s Opening Night We kicked off in style with the UK premiere of The Great Arch and an illuminating Q&A with director Stéphane Demoustier & actor Claes Bang. 🗓️Watch The Great Arch on 22 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-g...

When the past and future collide🇫🇷📽️ From the great Cédric Klapisch, the director of Rise and Call My Agent!, comes the beautiful and heartfelt #ColoursofTime, presented at the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon. 🗓️From 13 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/colou...

🐿️🍄 #BookoftheWeek Discover Olivier Tallec’s A Better Best Friend, a clever, gently funny picture book for children about the complexities of friendship, published by @geckopress.bsky.social‬. 👉 geckopress.com/bookshop/a-b...

The French Film Festival London starts today! From comedies to documentaries and personal stories, the films in the festival reflect on the present and complex world we live in. Go see something new at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 📽️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

Thanks to @thenerve.news for their interview of actor Claes Bang coming tonight @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the UK premiere of The Great Arch, opening the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon at Ciné Lumière. 🎟️ institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-g... www.thenerve.news/p/claes-bang...

#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon 🇫🇷📽️ Meet actor/director Romane Bohringer at the screening of Tell Her That I Love Her. A blend of her own story with Clémentine Autain’s exploring absence and maternal bonds. + Q&A on 14 Nov 🗓️ 14 & 22 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/tell-...

As part of #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon don't miss Jodie Foster's return to French Cinema after 20 years! 🇫🇷📽️ In Rebecca Zlotowski's A Private Life, she plays a psychiatrist who suspects her patient’s murder. 🗓️ From 12 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/a-pri...

🥖🇫🇷It's time for a French break! Keep your brain sharp and take your mind off things with the French @ Lunch course starting from 21 Nov. #LearnFrench at the Institut français, c'est magnifique ! 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents A Magnificent Life by Sylvain Chomet, a depicted biopic of Marcel Pagnol. In Paris, asked by ELLE to write about his Marseille childhood, Pagnol dialogues with his younger self. 🗓️From 14 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon Awarded the Silver Lion at Venice Film Festival, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a docudrama by Kaouther Ben Hania, based on real recordings during a bombing in Gaza. + Q&A with director on 15 Nov 🗓️From 15 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-v...

Join Florence de La Rivière (OIV 2025 Laureate) in conversation with Prof. Barry C. Smith on The Look of Wine – Reading Wine Colour, a guide to wine’s beautiful chromatic diversity. 🗓️ 26 Nov at the French Institute 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon watch Marion Cotillard’s most enigmatic role 🇫🇷📽️ The Ice Tower sees Cotillard shine in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s “mesmeric melodrama” (The Guardian), winner of the Silver Bear at Berlinale 2025. 📅From 13 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-i...

🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents The Songbird’s Secret, Antoine Lanciaux’s first long feature using meticulous cutout animation. A joyful tale following 9-year-old Lucie's adventures. + intro by recorded Q&A with director 🗓️16 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-s...

#FrenchPostIt #DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to have the banana” means “to be all smiles” or “Grinning like a Cheshire cat'” in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

🇫🇷📽️ #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon celebrates Dominik Moll with his César-winning Harry, He’s Here to Help and his gripping new Case 137, fresh from Festival de Cannes. 🗓️ 21–23 Nov at Ciné Lumière +intro and Q&A with the director on 22 Nov! 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

Join novelist Mattia Filice in conversation with translator Ben Faccini to discuss his debut, Driver, a radical portrait of labour and life on the rails, mixing prose and free verse. 🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

🇫🇷📽️For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon 5 César winner, historical drama La Reine Margot returns, a Dumas adaptation starring Isabelle Adjani. + discussion with film critic Samuel Blumenfeld on 16 Nov 🗓️16 & 18 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/la-re...

#CrossChannelTheatre French theatre was centre stage @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social with Prof. Clare Finburgh Delijani, playwright Estelle Savasta, and Hortense Archambault (Director of the MC93 and former Co-Director of the Festival d’Avignon), in a panel chaired by Chris Campbell.

🇫🇷📽️ For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon, discover Jafar Panahi’s Festival de Cannes Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident, France’s Oscars submission, an urgent reflection on justice, forgiveness and coexistence in dire times. 🗓️From 13 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/it-wa...

Throwback to the 10th anniversary of the #CrossChannelTheatre programme with staged readings by actors #tonyjayawardena, #ellenthomas, #cliffordsamuel & #suzykohane, directed by Marianne Badrichani, Felicity Davidson, Mark Maughan and Simon Scardifield.

#BookoftheWeek Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno (trans. Natasha Lehrer) @sevenstoriesuk.bsky.social ‬ A deeply personal and haunting exploration of abuse. Watch our talk with Neige Sinno @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social ▶️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/read-watch-l... www.sevenstories.com/books/4706-s...

“A remarkable free-verse novel about the rhythms of work.” - @chrispower.bsky.social on Driver(@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social) Join author Mattia Filice with @benfaccini.bsky.social on 20 Nov @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... observer.co.uk/culture/book...

The #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon is coming! The UK premiere of The Great Arch will kickstart the festivities on 12th November and it only gets better from there. Lots of premieres, Q&A chats and animated movies! The festival runs from 12th to the 23rd November and promises to be quite the event!

It is time to say oui to a new learning journey! Join us for an online taster class from 12 Nov and immerse yourself in the French language and culture. Book your spot now! #LearnFrench at the French Institute, c'est magnifique ! 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

Enjoy an evening of shared reading and reflection📖 Join our Reading Group on Maryse Condé’s Le Cœur à rire et à pleurer, intimate childhood stories by the Caribbean writer, awarded the 2018 Alternative Nobel Prize. 🗓️ 13 Nov at the French Institute 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...

🇫🇷📽️Fresh from its French release, discover François Ozon’s acclaimed new take on Camus’ The Stranger. A searing portrait of absurdity and fate in colonial times, as part of #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon 📆 From 19 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-s...

🇫🇷📽️ #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents Wild Foxes Labelled Best European Film by Europa Cinemas at 2025 Festival de Cannes, this coming-of-age drama follows a teenage boxer on the ropes, caught between fear and greatness. 🗓️From 12 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/wild-...

#BookoftheWeek Read George Sand: True Genius, True Woman, a fierce, luminous graphic biography of France’s most subversive 19th-c. literary star. By Séverine Vidal (words), Kim Consigny (art) & trans. Edward Gauvin (@selfmadehero.bsky.social). 👉 www.selfmadehero.com/books/george...

🇫🇷📽️Embark on a mouth-watering journey into a three star Michelin dynasty with Frederick Wiseman’s Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros at the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon. Enjoy the Troisgros signature dish at Gazette Brasserie! 🗓️ 22 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/menus...

As part of #TravellingShots, Agnès Varda's Vagabond, Venice Golden Lion winner, led by Sandrine Bonnaire's César-winning performance, reconstructs drifter Mona’s final days through flashbacks from those who encountered her. 📆From 28 Oct at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/vagab...

🇫🇷📽️ #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon gives carte blanche to FIDMarseille! Discover two remarkable documentaries Have a Nice Day and Thousands of Years of Absence (CNAP Award 2025). 🗓️14–15 Nov at Ciné Lumière + intro & post-screening Q&A with director 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

#FrenchPostIt #DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to do the fat morning” means “to sleep in” in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

Ciné Lumière pays homage to the late Claudia Cardinale📽️ Watch Visconti’s The Leopard, a cinematic masterpiece starring Claudia Cardinale alongside Alain Delon which won the 1963 Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes 🗓️23 & 26 Oct at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-l...

#BookoftheWeek A joyful new picture book for children from award-winning creator Beatrice Alemagna: Best Thing Ever! published by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social Pascaline — the beloved little pink bat from Never, Not Ever! — is back! www.thamesandhudson.com/products/bes...

#DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to have the heart on the hand” means "to wear one's heart on one's sleeve" in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

Rediscover the legends of French cinema!🇫🇷📽️ #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon celebrates French classics with award-winning masterpieces, from La Reine Margot and The Sorrow and the Pity to Harry, He’s Here to Help. 🗓️12–23 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

The legend returns! 🇫🇷📽️ #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon brings back Alexandre Astier’s cult saga with Kaamelott: The Second Chapter. Arthur faces new threats in this long-awaited, brilliantly satirical epic. 🗓️ From 17 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ Book now: www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/kaame...

#BookOfTheWeek The Possession by Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux, translated by Anna Moschovakis and published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social. A razor-sharp portrait of jealousy and obsession after a love affair ends — cool, lucid, and mercilessly honest. 👉 fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-po...

🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon Black to the Future is a sci-fi comedy where Jean-Pascal Zadi (Simply Black) explores prejudice in a world where the centre of geopolitics shifts when Africa launches its first space mission. 🗓️15 & 20 Nov at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/black...

#FrenchPostIt #DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to squeeze someone like a lemon” means "to squeeze someone dry" in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

Don't miss The Time Masters, a cult animated film by visionary science-fiction animator René Laloux (La Planète sauvage) and Jean Giraud aka Mœbius. 12 & 18 Oct at Ciné Lumière + intro by @michaeljleader.bsky.social @ghibliotheque.bsky.social (18 Oct) 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-t...

Watch Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave classic Pierrot le fou, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina. From 12 Oct at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/pierr...

#BookOfTheWeek What if history took a different turn? Laurent Binet’s Perspectives (trans. Sam Taylor) is a gripping literary whodunit full of counterfactual twists and thought-provoking invention. 🏆 Winner of the Naissance d’une œuvre prize 👉 www.penguin.co.uk/books/460561...

Watch the past and future collide 🇫🇷📽️ From Cédric Klapisch, the director of Rise, Call My Agent! and Pot Luck, comes #ColoursofTime presented exclusively at the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon. 🗓️From 14 Nov at Ciné Lumière + Q&A with director 23 Nov (TBC) 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/colou...

#FrenchPostIt #DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 "the drop of water that makes the vase overflow" means "the last straw that broke the camel's back" in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...

The #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon programme is live! 🇫🇷🎬 Expect a dazzling showcase of French creativity, from bold new voices to the masters you love, UK premieres, exclusive Q&As, and restored classics. 🗓️ 12-23 Nov at Ciné Lumière Book your tickets! 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...

Want to know what to expect at the French Institute? Check out our October highlights!🍂 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...