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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

Festivals & Series

From 03 Jan

Un Flic

A Paris police chief (Alain Delon) discovers that his nightclub owner friend (Richard Crenna, First Blood) also leads a group of bank robbers. When he’s…

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

Mon 6 Jan

The Sicilian Clan

A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in…

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

Festivals & Series

From 12 Jan

Cop au Vin

The screening on 12 Jan will be introduced by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano and followed by a discussion with the audience, as part…

Films

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From 28 Jan

The Girl Cut in Two

The screening on 19 January will be introduced by the film’s scriptwriter, Cécile Maistre-Chabrol.

Films

Festivals & Series

From 19 Jan

Chabrol The Anticonformist

The screening on 19 January will be followed by a discussion with Cécile Maistre-Chabrol

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…

Festivals & Series

Films

From 24 Jan

Remembering Auschwitz-Birkenau

Films

Kids & Families

Sat 25 Jan

Au revoir les enfants

Garnering no less than 7 César awards including Best Film and Best Director, Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical film is one of the greatest accounts on the…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 17 Jan

Maria + Q&A

The screening on 25 January will be followed by a Q&A with costume designer Massimo Cantini Parrini, as part of Fashion & Cinema

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

Festivals & Series

From 26 Jan

Inspector Lavardin

After Cop au vin (1984), Inspector Jean Lavardin (Jean Poiret) is back on form to investigate the murder of a famous Catholic writer, whose widow…

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

Festivals & Series

From 27 Jan

Simone Veil, A Woman of the Century

As a Holocaust survivor who became President of the European Parliament, the dramatic life of French magistrate and politician Simone Veil perfectly mirrored Europe’s 20th…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 30 Jan

Son of Saul

László Nemes’ critical hit at Cannes – winner of the Grand Prix and 2016 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film – focuses on Saul, a…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 2 Feb

Violette Nozière

The screening on 2 February will be introduced by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano and followed by a discussion with the audience, as part…

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

From 2 Feb

The Zone of Interest

In this profound, meditative and immersive film, Jonathan Glazer focuses on Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife as they strive to build a dream…

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

Festivals & Series

From 9 Feb

The Torment

Claude Chabrol’s The Torment, based on a screenplay by fellow director Henri-Georges Clouzot, is a psychological thriller centered on the unraveling of a man's mind…

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

Thu 27 Feb

Splendours and Miseries of the Camondo Family

Screening followed by a conversation between Ruth Zylberman and Edmund de Waal

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…

Films

Classics

From 8 March

Je, tu, il, elle

In her first narrative feature, Akerman offers a startling exploration of alienation, vulnerability and the search for connection. In a performance at once daringly exposed…

Festivals & Series

Films

24 Jan - 1 Apr

Versailles, In Every Sense

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

From 10 Nov

Claude Chabrol – Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets

Next event : La Cérémonie
Fri 10 Jan at 18:10

Festivals & Series

Films

13 Oct - 2 Feb

Alain Delon: An Odyssey

Next event : The Leopard
Sat 11 Jan at 11:00

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Talks

6 June - 21 Sept

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Emmanuelle
Fri 17 Jan at 20:15

Festivals & Series

Films

16 Nov - 12 Dec

Fashion & Cinema

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

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

24 Jan - 1 April 2025

Versailles, In Every Sense

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

Festivals & Series

Films

24 Jan - 27 Feb

Remembering Auschwitz-Birkenau

Next event : A Real Pain
Fri 24 Jan at 18:20

Classics

Films

5 Nov - 28 Jan

Finally Sunday Film Club

Next event : Violette Nozière
Sun 02 Feb at 14:00

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Next event : French Courses - Winter Term
Mon 31 Mar at 00:00

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Talks

9 - 19 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

Talks

Thu 6 Feb

Night of Ideas

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