Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?

Mrs. Géquil is a teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde contained?

For February’s goûter littéraire, Anne O’Connell will lead an active discussion on and sharing of Poetry.

Pour la cinquième séance, nous aborderons plusieurs extraits des essais et romans de Sylvain Tesson pour donner un panorama de la pensée et de l’écriture de l’auteur voyageur.

Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.

Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her 14-year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.

Hervé Joubert-Laurencin and Marianne Dautrey will present their movie "Bazin roman" and book on the director. Followed by a Q&A by Table ronde animée par Prof. Marion Schmid, Dr Davide Messina, Dr David Sorfa (university of Edinburgh, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures).

During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. A long night will begin, during which she’ll have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can Justice be made when it lies on the side of the tormentors?

During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. A long night will begin, during which she’ll have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can Justice be made when it lies on the side of the tormentors?

The first international harpsichord festival in Edinburgh

The Institut français is delighted to welcome Paolo Zanzu for the opening of the first edtion of Harpsichord en fête

Join us for an exciting concert performed by pupils of St Mary’s Music School!

The Institut français is really honored to welcome David Gerrard and John Kitchen for a duo harpsichords recital!

The Institut français is delighted to welcome for the first time in Scotland "Le Stagioni".

As a part of the Harpsichord en fête programme, Jan Waterfield will be leading a workshop on basse continue, a form of musical accompaniment, which lends itself well to improvisation and which was used prominently during the Baroque period.

The Institut français is really honored to welcome Jan Waterfield and László Rózsa for a recital on the French Chamber Music from the Early Eighteenth Century.

The Institut français is delighted to welcome Jean Rondeau, one of the most famous harpsichordist in the world of his generation.

Luna lives near Monptellier and works in a farm. She is beautiful, funny and live life to the full. She si ready to do anything to keep Ruben’s love. During a drinking party with her friends, they attacked a young man. Some weeks later, he came back in Luna’s life ...

From 3 stars chefs to female cooks, sommelières, entrepreneuses all around the world, meet innovative women who want to change the world through gastronomy!

From 3 stars chefs to female cooks, sommelières, entrepreneuses all around the world, meet innovative women who want to change the world through gastronomy!

In this talk illustrated by extracts from her films, Pascale Breton, one of the most original voices in contemporary French cinema, offers insight into her practice as filmmaker and scriptwriter.

A teacher in Denmark takes a job in rural Greenland where he struggles to fit in with the locals.

A teacher in Denmark takes a job in rural Greenland where he struggles to fit in with the locals.

Un samedi par mois, un rendez-vous littéraire à l’Institut.

North of France. The factory where Hervé is working will have to move. He is the only one worker to accept this fact, because he is chasing another destiny : to become a fisherman and pass on this passion to his son.
Tunis’s council estate. The factory is relocated. Foued thinks it’s a good opportunity to find a job, help his mother and seduce the woman he loves. Hervé and Foued trajectpries ressemble each other and enter into a life long rythm of call and response.

North of France. The factory where Hervé is working will have to move. He is the only one worker to accept this fact, because he is chasing another destiny : to become a fisherman and pass on this passion to his son.
Tunis’s council estate. The factory is relocated. Foued thinks it’s a good opportunity to find a job, help his mother and seduce the woman he loves. Hervé and Foued trajectpries ressemble each other and enter into a life long rythm of call and response.

In this movie from Daniel Roby (2017), a family attempts to survive a massive catastrophe in Paris, completely immersed in a strange fog.

In this movie from Daniel Roby (2017), a family attempts to survive a massive catastrophe in Paris, completely immersed in a strange fog.

Etienne comes to Paris from Lyon to study cinema, meets many new friends with the same passion and falls under the thrall of the mysterious Mathias.

Etienne comes to Paris from Lyon to study cinema, meets many new friends with the same passion and falls under the thrall of the mysterious Mathias.

Un samedi par mois, un rendez-vous littéraire à l’Institut.

A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker. Scripted by Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche, the film was banned from theaters for the duration of the occupation for its dark portrayal of the hedonistic excesses of the ruling class. Today, it is often singled out as Jean Grémillon’s greatest achievement.

A shimmering glass hotel at the top of a remote Provençal mountain provides the setting for a tragicomic tapestry about an obsessive love pentangle, whose principals range from an artist to a hotel manager to a dam worker. Scripted by Jacques Prévert and Pierre Laroche, the film was banned from theaters for the duration of the occupation for its dark portrayal of the hedonistic excesses of the ruling class. Today, it is often singled out as Jean Grémillon’s greatest achievement.

Un samedi par mois, un rendez-vous littéraire à l’Institut.

Un samedi par mois, un rendez-vous littéraire à l’Institut.