Films Wed 18 Sep Life Lessons / Le Cours de la vie Noémie finds Vincent, her childhood love, in the film school where he is now the director. Through an extraordinary masterclass, she will teach Vincent and…
Films Wed 25 Sep Marinette Biopic of Marinette Pichon, first French female soccer player to sign on to the American professional league, record-woman in number of goals per game, and…
Films Wed 2 Oct The Super 8 Years / Les Années Super 8 In 2022, Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, together with her son David Ernaux-Briot, created a wistful cine-memoir composed of super-8 family…
Films Wed 2 Oct Three Days and a Life / Trois Jours et une vie Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. A child has just disappeared. The suspicion that falls on various villagers, one by one,…
Films Fri 4 Oct Happening / L’événement An adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in…
Films Wed 9 Oct Little Loves / Los Pequeños Amores Teresa, 42, changes her vacation plans to spend the summer with Ani, her mother. Living together day and night after so many years is not…
Films Wed 16 Oct The Mountain / La montagne Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by what surrounds him, he camps out alone high in the…
Films Fri 18 Oct Chocolat A French woman returns to her childhood home in Cameroon, a colonial outpost where she grew up during the final days of French rule. On…
Films Wed 23 October Grand Expectations / De grandes espérances Summer 2019. Just graduated, Madeleine goes to Corsica to prepare for further exams with Antoine, her lover with whom she shares very left-wing political convictions.…
Books & Ideas Films Talks Thu 24 Oct Creative strand: feminist performances and the revival of women’s voices Come to the Institut Français d'Écosse for a series of conferences discussing feminist historiography, organised by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk (University of Edinburgh), Dr Carme Font (Universitat…
Films Performances Thu 24 Oct “La Folle Enchère” by Thérèse d’Ulrich La Folle Enchère by Thérèse d’Ulrich was the first female-authored comedy to be performed at the Comédie-française in 1690 and met with great success at Louis…
Films Wed 30 Oct The Story of Adele H. / L’Histoire d’Adèle H. A young woman, Miss Lewly, goes to Halifax to search for Lieutenant Pinson, with whom she is madly in love. Actually, she is Adèle Hugo,…
Films Wed 6 Nov All Your Faces / Je verrai toujours vos visages Victims of violent crime and perpetrators meet up in a restorative justice group in order to have a dialogue and heal from their trauma. Nassim,…
Films Festivals & series Fri 8 Nov One Fine Morning / Un beau matin In Paris, a young, widowed mother juggles her job as a translator with caring both for her young daughter and her elderly father, who suffers…
Films Festivals & series Sat 9 Nov Toni / Toni en famille UK PREMIERE + director Nathan Ambrosioni in person Entente Cordiale with Angoulême Antonia, affectionately known as Toni, is a single mother who tirelessly cares for…
Films Festivals & series Sun 10 Nov César and Rosalie / César et Rosalie One of Claude Sautet's most celebrated films, César and Rosalie reunited the director with his on-screen muse Romy Schneider. After her marriage ends in divorce,…
Films Festivals & series Mon 11 Nov Seeds of Hope + Amani "A story of the triumph of human nature over terrible abuse" The Standard Filmed over three years, director Fiona Lloyd-Davies takes us deep into the…
Films Tue 12 Nov Short Cuts Spot the film-making talents of tomorrow in this selection of garlanded francophone shorts from France, Belgium and Quebec, curated by Martine Pierquin. How Do…
Films Wed 13 Nov One Year, One Night / Un año, una noche THE BATACLAN REMEMBERED In collaboration with the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival. Film introduced by Marian A. Aréchaga, Director, Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival On the…
Films Festivals & series Thurs 14 Nov Day for Night / La Nuit américaine CELEBRATION OF TWIN CITIES Entente Cordiale: Gala evening for Nice-Edinburgh twinning & Deputy Mayor Lezley Cameron Filmed at Nice’s fabled Victorine Studios, François Truffaut…
Films Festivals & series Fri 15 Nov Frantz An elegiac tale of love and remembrance set in a small German town in the aftermath of the First World War, where a young woman…
Festivals & series Films Sat 16 Nov Animal Tales of Christmas Magic / Le Grand Noël des animaux In a festive and fairytale atmosphere, animals from around the world are brought together through five poetic and humorous adventures to celebrate Christmas and wintertime.…
Films Festivals & series Sat 16 Nov Mousey / Maoussi UK PREMIERE + Guest Charlotte Schiøler When Babette, an immature 40-year-old dancer, gets a call from a friend who asks if she can put up…
Films Festivals & series Sat 16 Nov Cognac et littérature: passions françaises Film-maker Marie-France Brière explores the story of the Delamain family, forever associated with the prestigious worlds of cognac and literature. An opportunity for Brière to…
Films Wed 20 Nov Green Tide / Les algues vertes Not less than 3 men and 40 animals were found dead on the Breton beaches. The identity of the killer is an open secret: green…
Films Wed 27 Nov Goodbye, Children / Au revoir les enfants A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed…
Films Wed 4 Dec The Grand Highway / Le grand chemin Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend…
Films Wed 11 Dec Sugar and Stars / À la belle étoile Since he was a kid, Yazid has one big passion, pastry making. Raised between foster homes and group homes, the young man will try to…
Films Fri 13 Dec Pépé le Moko Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin) is a gangster from Paris hiding in Algier’s Casbah. As long as he’s in the Casbah, he is safe and…
Films Wed 18 Dec Rock’n Roll Having every reason to be happy, forty-three-year-old father-of-one Guillaume Canet sees his world turn upside down when Camille, his young and fresh co-star, makes him feel like…
Films Fri 24 Jan Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot Monsieur Hulot takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series…
Films Fri 21 Feb Purple Noon / Plein soleil A psychological thriller set amidst the alluring landscape of the Italian coast. A dark tale of betrayed friendships and stolen identities. Starring Alain Delon as…
Films Fri 21 Mar The Truth / La vérité Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) comes to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused…
Films Fri 11 April Édouard et Caroline Pianist Edward and his wife Caroline are expected at a party at the house of her affluent uncle. Edward plans to use the opportunity to…
Films Fri 9 May One Fine Morning / Un beau matin In Paris, a young, widowed mother juggles her job as a translator with caring both for her young daughter and her elderly father, who suffers…
Festivals & series On Women Shaping the World Next event : The Super 8 Years / Les Années Super 8 Wed 02 Oct at 18:00
Books & Ideas 2-4 Oct Annie Ernaux – a Global Perspective Next event : The Super 8 Years / Les Années Super 8 Wed 02 Oct at 18:00
Books & Ideas Performances Talks 24 & 25 Oct Missing Matter: Challenges and Approaches for a New Feminist Historical Recovery Next event : Creative strand: feminist performances and the revival of women’s voices Thu 24 Oct at 15:30
Films 8 to 16 Nov French Film Festival UK 2024 Next event : One Fine Morning / Un beau matin Fri 08 Nov at 18:00
