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From 17 Nov

The Unvanquished

The screening on 17 November will be introduced by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano and followed by a discussion with the audience, as part…

Films

Classics

From 24 Nov

Good Time Girls

Chabrol’s fourth film, dedicated to the daily lives and dating experiences of four female shop assistants in post-war Paris, challenged the expectations of its contemporaries.…

Festivals & Series

Films

26 & 30 Nov

Jim’s Story

The screening on 26 November at 19:45 will be followed by a Q&A with directors Jean-Marie & Arnaud Larrieu and actor Karim Leklou

Films

Festivals & Series

From 26 Nov

It’s Not Me

For an exhibition, which never took place in the end, the Pompidou Centre in Paris asked the filmmaker to reply in pictures to the question:…

Films

Festivals & Series

27 Nov & 3 Dec

Souleymane’s Story

Awarded the Jury Prize and Best Actor Prize in the Un Certain Regard selection at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story takes…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 27 Nov

Striptease intégral

This anthology film comes from the creators of the original Striptease TV programme and directors of So Help Me God and Poulet Frites. It presents…

Films

Festivals & Series

27 Nov & 2 Dec

Juliette in Spring

When Juliette (Izia Higelin) goes back to her hometown to spend some time with her family. She finds herself between a loving but moody father,…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 27 Nov

The 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 and moderated by Isabel Stevens

Films

Festivals & Series

28 Nov & 9 Dec

Marcello Mio

From the mind of one of Cannes Film Festival’s favourites, Christophe Honoré (Sorry Angel, Love Songs) comes a joyous imagining of the – supposed –…

Films

Festivals & Series

29 Nov & 1 Dec

Along Came Love

1947. On a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress and young mother, meets François, a wealthy, and cultivated student. They hit it off immediately, as…

Films

Festivals & Series

Fri 29 Nov

Before it’s Too Late

Carte blanche to FIDMarseille: screening followed by an extended Q&A with actor and director Mathieu Amalric, moderated by Cyril Neyrat, artistic director at FIDMarseille.

Films

Festivals & Series

Fri 29 Nov

Filmlovers!

Introduced by director and actor Mathieu Amalric

Films

CinéFamilies

Sat 30 Nov

Savages

After My Life as a Courgette, Claude Barras strikes again Savages, a masterpiece of stop motion animation which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this…

Films

Festivals & Series

30 Nov & 7 Dec

Shepherds

Winner of the Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Sophie Deraspe’s inspiring film follows Mathyas, a burned-out advertising executive from…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 30 Nov

The Marching Band

Thibaut is an internationally renowned conductor who travels the world. When he learns he was adopted, he discovers the existence of a younger brother, Jimmy,…

Films

Festivals & Series

30 Nov & 5 Dec

Three Friends

The screening on 30 November at 19.50 will be followed by a Q&A with director Emmanuel Mouret

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 30 Nov

The Wolves

Carte blanche to FIDMarseille: screening followed by a Q&A with director Isabelle Prim, moderated by Cyril Neyrat, artistic director of FIDMarseille

Films

Festivals & Series

30 Nov & 8 Dec

The Second Act

Florence wants to introduce David, the man she's madly in love with, to her father. But David isn't attracted to her and wants to throw…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 30 Nov

7 Walks with Mark Brown

Carte blanche to FIDMarseille: screening introduced by Cyril Neyrat, artistic director of FIDMarseille

Films

Classics

Sun 1 Dec

La Cérémonie

+ intro by Prof. Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze (Durham University) on 1 Dec

Films

CinéFamilies

Sun 1 Dec

Nicholas’ Fantastic Summer

Enjoy this programme of 5 short animated films following the summer holidays of Nicholas and his joyful gang as they build sandcastles, explore new playgrounds…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 1 Dec

Beating Hearts

Co-written with Audrey Diwan, Gilles Lellouche’s return to filmmaking after Sink or Swim, features an all-star French cast including Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Alain Chabat,…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 1 Dec

Langue étrangère

A shy and lonely teenager, Fanny goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to…

Films

Festivals & Series

From 2 Dec

A Little Something Extra

To escape the police, a son (Artus) and his father (Clovis Cornillac) go on the run and seek refuge in a holiday camp for young…

Films

Festivals & Series

3 & 6 Dec

The Belle from Gaza

The screening on 3 December at 18.00 will be followed by a Q&A with Yolande Zauberman, moderated by director Sophie Fiennes

Films

Festivals & Series

3 & 8 Dec

Misericordia

The teasingly entwined ambiguities of love and death continue to fascinate Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake), who returns with a sharp, sinister, yet slyly…

Films

Festivals & Series

5 & 7 Dec

Emmanuelle

In this feminist update of the original 1970s Emmanuelle directed by Just Jaeckin, Audrey Diwan (Happening) revisits the notion of female desire in the ultra-contemporary…

Films

Festivals & Series

5 & 8 Dec

Holy Cow

Totone is 18 and spends most of his time drinking beers and partying with his group of friends in the Jura region. But reality catches…

Films

Festivals & Series

Fri 6 Dec

Elementary

The screening on 6 December at 18.00 will be followed by a Q&A with Claire Simon, moderated by director Sophie Fiennes

Films

CinéFamilies

7 & 8 Dec

Animal Tales of Christmas Magic

Enchanting stories unfold in this programme of short animated gems where festive wonders come to life. Delve into these heartwarming and modern tales as animals…

Films

Festivals & Series

7 & 8 Dec

The Empire

Winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Berlinale, Empire is Bruno Dumont’s first foray into science-fiction. In a quiet and picturesque fishing village on…

Films

Festivals & Series

7 & 9 Dec

This Life of Mine

Known to her biggest despair as ‘Barbie’, Barberie Bichette (Agnès Jaoui) may have been beautiful, a good mother, a reliable colleague, a great lover, yes,…

Films

Festivals & Series

Sat 7 Dec

Black Tea

Followed by a Q&A with director Abderrahmane Sissako & Abiba Coulibaly

Films

Classics

From 15 Dec

The Cousins

The screening on 15 Dec will be introduced by film critic and programmer Roberto Oggiano and followed by a discussion with the audience, as part…

Films

Classics

From 19 Dec

The Colour of Lies

Struggling painter René (Jacques Gamblin) and his wife Viviane (Sandrine Bonnaire), a nurse, lead uneventful lives in a small town in Brittany when the sense…

Films

Classics

From 3 Jan

Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers is the story of a family of Southern Migrants looking for a better life in Milan, a study in social realism…

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

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

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…

Classics

Films

5 Nov - 28 Jan

Finally Sunday Film Club

Next event : The Unvanquished
Fri 22 Nov at 15:30

Festivals & Series

Films

13 Oct - 25 March

Alain Delon: An Odyssey

Next event : The Unvanquished
Fri 22 Nov at 15:30

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

From 10 Nov

Claude Chabrol – Behind the Mirror: Family Secrets

Next event : Good Time Girls
Sun 24 Nov at 17:30

Festivals & Series

Films

26 Nov - 9 Dec

French Film Festival

Next event : Jim’s Story
Tue 26 Nov at 19:45

Arts

Books & Ideas

Classical Music

Films

Talks

6 June - 21 Sept

Women Shaping the World

Next event : Juliette in Spring
Wed 27 Nov at 20:20

Festivals & Series

From 14 Sept

The Earth, Here and Now

Next event : Shepherds
Sat 30 Nov at 15:30

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