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From 13 Oct

La Femme du Gange + Les Mains négatives

An important precursor to India Song, La Femme du Gange is the first film in which Duras makes extensive use of disassociated voices and creates…

Films

Classics

From 29 Sept

India Song

Delphine Seyrig plays the bored and promiscuous wife of a French diplomat (Michael Lonsdale) in Marguerite Duras’s Calcutta based drama, now fully restored to its…

Films

Kids & Families

From 19 Oct

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Caesar offers the Gauls a deal: if they can perform twelve special tasks successfully, he will hand over the Roman empire to them. If the…

Films

Kids & Families

Sun 20 Oct

Paddington

Paddington Day Special: Stay tuned for exclusive content, prizes & activities on Sunday 20 Oct

Films

Classics

From 20 Oct

Nathalie Granger

+ Film Club on Sun 20 Oct

Films

Kids & Families

From 20 Oct

Paddington 2

Paddington Day Special: Stay tuned for exclusive content, prizes & activities on Sunday 20 Oct

Films

Kids & Families

Thu 24 Oct

The Siren

Screening preceded by a recorded Q&A with Sepideh Farsi

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 26 Oct

Shaihu Umar

In Shaihu Umar, the narrative begins with a discussion among Islamic students and their esteemed teacher, Shaihu Umar. When asked about his origins, Umar shares…

Films

Classics

Sat 26 Oct

Two Films by Djibril Diop Mambéty

Film Africa presents the first two instalments of Senegalese director Djibril Diop Mambéty’s uncompleted trilogy of short films called Contes des Petites Gens (Tales of…

Films

Classics

Sun 27 Oct

Ouaga: Capital of Cinema

A documentary tribute to Ouagadougou, capital of one of the world’s poorest countries, and its Fespaco film festival, the most important for African cinema, founded…

Films

Kids & Families

Sun 27 Oct

Lady Buckit & The Motley Mopsters

With Lady Buckit & the Motley Mopsters, Adebisi Adetayo brings us the first Nigerian 3D long feature length animation to reach the big screens. We…

Films

Classics

Sun 27 Oct

Chronicle of the Years of Fire

This epic semi-autobiographical film recounting the Algerian uprising won its director the first Palme d’or in Cannes for an African film: ‘I tried to recount,…

Films

Classics

Mon 28 Oct

The Knife Woman

The screening will be preceded by Bassori‘s short film On the Dune of Solitude

Films

Classics

Mon 28 Oct

Mandabi

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival 1968 and considered the first feature-length film in an African language, Mandabi is regarded…

Films

Kids & Families

Mon 28 Oct

Lucky Luke: The Daltons on the Loose

(Re)discover the classic comic book character created by no other than the famous René Goscinny along with Gilberte Goscinny & Morris. The Daltons are delighted…

Films

Kids & Families

Tue 29 Oct

Shorts for Little Ones: Daily Life Adventures

Enjoy these silent short animations from France and introduce your little one to the magic of animation on the big screen.

Films

Classics

Wed 30 Oct

Emitai

Emitai is a deceptively simple story about the resistance, and a strong statement from Sembene about the forms of oppression practised by the French in…

Films

Kids & Families

From 13 Oct

Nina & The Hedgehog’s Secret

Screenings preceded by a recorded Q&A with Alain Gagnol

Festivals & Series

Films

From 11 Oct

Fête du cinéma d’Animation

Films

Classics

Thu 31 Oct

Camp de Thiaroye

Winner of the 1988 Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival 1988, and featuring brilliant performances from the excellent cast, this uncompromising historical epic…

Films

Classics

Fri 1 Nov

A Trio of Short Films

Discover a programme of short films recently restored in 2K thanks to the support of Orange Studio, Cinémathèque Afrique, in collaboration with PSV Films and…

Films

Classics

Fri 1 Nov

Alyam Alyam

Alyam Alyam captures the life of land workers in the Moroccan countryside. Young man, Abdelwahad becomes the principal breadwinner of the family upon his father’s…

Films

Classics

Sat 2 Nov

Waiting for Happiness

While waiting for his departure to Europe, young Abdallah joins his mother who lives in a small town attached to a peninsula on the Mauritanian…

Films

Festivals & Series

Thu 11 Nov

The Guest

Severely indebted Min Cheol (Lee Joo-seung) and Young Gyu (Han Min) manage a remote, dingy motel for violent loan shark Deuk-chan (Hyun Bong-sik), while reluctantly…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sun 10 Nov

The Noisy Mansion

Nothing is more frightening, as the narrator points out, than a ‘time-rich nosy person’. Exhibit A is Ahn Geo-ul (Gyeong Su-jin), who commits herself to…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sun 10 Nov

Alienoid: Return to the Future

Ean (Kim Tae-ri) finds herself trapped in the distant past while attempting to prevent the escape of alien prisoners locked inside human bodies. In her…

Films

Festivals & Series

Mon 11 Nov

Sandstorm

Sandstorm is a compelling documentary following the Kolping Women’s Ssireum Team, pioneers in Korean women’s wrestling—a sport officially recognised by the Korean Ssireum Association in…

Films

Festivals & Series

Tue 12 Nov

Women’s Voices Shorts

Watch this selection of short films from Korea.

Films

Classics

From 15 Nov

A Story of Women

In her second film with Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert stars as Marie Latour, a mother-of-two-turned-abortionist who tries to make ends meet in Nazi-occupied France. Based on…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 27 Nov

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 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, moderated by Prof. Rachel Dwyer

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…

Arts

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Films

Talks

6 June - 21 Sept

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Lee
Fri 18 Oct at 18:15

Festivals & Series

Films

13 Oct - 25 March

Alain Delon: An Odyssey

Next event : Purple Noon
Fri 18 Oct at 15:30

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

15 Sept - 25 Oct

The Cinema of Marguerite Duras

Next event : India Song
Sat 19 Oct at 11:00

Classics

Films

5 Nov - 28 Jan

Finally Sunday Film Club

Next event : Nathalie Granger
Sun 20 Oct at 14:00

CinéFamilies

Films

Kids & Families

20 October

Paddington Day

Next event : Paddington
Sun 20 Oct at 11:15

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

25 Oct - 3 Nov

Film Africa Classics

Next event : Two Films by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Sat 26 Oct at 14:00

CinéFamilies

Festivals & Series

Films

Kids & Families

11 - 31 Oct

Fête du cinéma d’Animation

Next event : Nina & The Hedgehog’s Secret
Thu 31 Oct at 13:45

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Gigs

Kids & Families

On

Highlights of the Month

Next event : French Courses New Term
Thu 31 Oct at 00:00

Festivals & Series

Films

2 - 16 Nov

London Korean Film Festival

Next event : The Guest
Thu 07 Nov at 20:30

Festivals & Series

Films

26 Nov - 9 Dec

French Film Festival

Next event : Man with a Thousand Faces
Wed 27 Nov at 18:00

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