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Part of a worldwide network, the Institut français du Royaume-Uni promotes French language and culture and encourages cross-cultural collaborations. Founded in 1910, and based in South Kensington in London, it comprises a Language Centre, a Cultural Centre, Ciné Lumière, a cinema with two screens, and a multi-media library, La Médiathèque.

 

The Institut welcomes over 100,000 people each year, thanks to its wide range of public events, from film screenings, debates and festivals to concerts and workshops. It has also developed a broad offer for young audiences through public and school activities and its dedicated spaces, the Bibliothèque Quentin Blake and L’Atelier. It also hosts Gazette, London’s most authentic French brasserie.

 

In addition, the Institut presents and supports external cultural events, in collaboration with British partners, and fosters creation from both sides of the Channel thanks to its flagship Franco-British programmes, Fluxus, Magnetic and Diaphonique.

 

Culture

Education

 

Education & Culture Networks in the UK

 

As part of a UK-wide French network including the Institut français d’Ecosse, la Maison Française d’Oxford and 11 Alliances Françaises, the Institut français du Royaume-Uni develops Franco-British educational and cultural projects throughout the country.

It also coordinates a network of 11 French schools which are accredited by the French Ministry of Education and 62 FLAM schools.

Institut français d’Ecosse

Alliances Françaises in the UK

International French Schools

 

 

The Institut français du Royaume-Uni is part of Discover South Kensington which brings together the leading cultural and educational organisations in London’s South Kensington, one of the world’s most popular cultural destinations.

Discover South Kensington

 

The Institut is also part of Francophonie UK, bringing together several embassies and institutes promoting French language in the UK, and of EUNIC London (European Union National Institutes for Culture), the network of the cultural institutes and embassies from the member states of the European Union in London.

EUNIC LONDON

Francophonie UK

 

Lumière

Cultural & academic collaborations, mobility & residencies programme

 

French Cultural Network in the UK

The UK-wide French network includes the Institut français d’Ecosse, la Maison Française d’Oxford and 11 Alliances Françaises.

 

In figures

7
Days open
+100k
Visitors to the cultural centre
8k
Registrations to the language centre
2k
Screenings at Ciné Lumière
40k
Resources at La Médiathèque
110
Teachers at the Language Centre
15
International festivals
250
Projects supported by Fluxus
100
Projects supported by Diaphonique
11
Alliances Françaises
11
Accredited French schools

 

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The Institut Français in the World

The Institut français in Paris is the public institution in charge of developing France’s cultural action abroad, under the supervision of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture. It helps to promote the French language, the circulation of works and ideas and the mobility of artists throughout the world.

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