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Promoting French language & culture, the French Institute in London comprises a Language Centre, Ciné Lumière I & II, a multi-media library and a cafe-restaurant.
#FrenchPostIt

#DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to be the turkey of the stuffing” means “to be taken for a ride” or "to be duped" in 🇬🇧.

#LearnFrench at the French Institute to grasp all the subtleties of the French language
👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#BookoftheWeek ✍️

Winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, Annie Ernaux’s The Young Man (trans. Alison L. Strayer) is a blazing account of her affair with a student 30 years younger, where love, desire and memory overlap.

@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social,
👉 fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-yo...
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#FrenchPostIt

#DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to drop a rabbit” means “to stand someone up” in 🇬🇧.

#LearnFrench at the French Institute to grasp all the subtleties of the French language
👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Following the wildly popular eponymous TV series and the film Kaamelott: First Installment, Alexandre Astier dives back into his brilliantly offbeat take on the legend of the Knights of the Round Table with a second chapter.

Now at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/kaame...
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
What's on for kids and families this December at the French Institute?

With CinéFamilies screenings at Ciné Lumière and exciting activities at Bibliothèque Quentin Blake, we have plenty to keep your little ones busy ahead of #Christmas

👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/whats-on/?ty...
December 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Want to know what to expect this month at the French Institute?

Check out our December highlights! 🎄🎦🎁

👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📢*NEW* The French Institute's Spotify channel is live!

We've made a selection of the most exciting songs in French of 2025.

Follow us and stay tuned for monthly updates!
▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/34J...
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#FrenchPostIt

#DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “to stand behind the crossbow bolt” means to "be cautious" or “to behave oneself” in 🇬🇧.

#LearnFrench at the French Institute to grasp all the subtleties of the French language
👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📸 Rendezvous with Claire Simon and the words of Annie Ernaux at #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon 🇫🇷📽️

Today director Claire Simon met with students to talk about her documentary Writing Life — Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students.
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📸 Unforgettable night with Kaouther Ben Hania and the Voice of Hind Rajab team at #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon.

Huge thanks to Hania, actors Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Amer Hlehel and producer Nadim Cheikhrouha for a powerful Q&A mod. by Babak Jalali.

🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All abord for Mattia Filice in conversation with translator @benfaccini.bsky.social to discuss his debut novel, Driver, a radical portrait of labour and life on the rails, mixing prose and free verse.

🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
📸 Throwback to a great night with Louise Hémon at #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon

Thanks to director Hémon and to an engaged audience for a wonderful post-screening Q&A, following The Girl in the Snow, her debut nominated at #festivaldecannes.

Full programme www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📸 A beautiful evening of powerful emotions at #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon

Thanks to director Romane Bohringer and actress Eva Yelmani for joining us for a moving post-screening Q&A with a great audience following Tell Her That I Love Her.

🎟️Full programme www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...
November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents Claire Simon's documentary Writing Life — Annie Ernaux Through the Eyes of High School Students, exploring how Ernaux’s work is taught and received by today's youth.

📅21 Nov at Ciné Lumière + Q&A with director
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/writi...
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🇫🇷📽️ For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon, relive the 5-César winning historical drama La Reine Margot!

A sumptuous Dumas adaptation starring the great Isabelle Adjani and Jean-Hugues Anglade, awarded Best Actress and Best Actor.

🗓️16 & 18 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/la-re...
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📸 Throwback to the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon’s Opening Night

We kicked off in style with the UK premiere of The Great Arch and an illuminating Q&A with director Stéphane Demoustier & actor Claes Bang.

🗓️Watch The Great Arch on 22 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-g...
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When the past and future collide🇫🇷📽️

From the great Cédric Klapisch, the director of Rise and Call My Agent!, comes the beautiful and heartfelt #ColoursofTime, presented at the #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon.

🗓️From 13 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/colou...
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🐿️🍄 #BookoftheWeek

Discover Olivier Tallec’s A Better Best Friend, a clever, gently funny picture book for children about the complexities of friendship, published by @geckopress.bsky.social‬.

👉 geckopress.com/bookshop/a-b...
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon 🇫🇷📽️

Meet actor/director Romane Bohringer at the screening of Tell Her That I Love Her. A blend of her own story with Clémentine Autain’s exploring absence and maternal bonds.

+ Q&A on 14 Nov

🗓️ 14 & 22 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/tell-...
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As part of #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon don't miss Jodie Foster's return to French Cinema after 20 years! 🇫🇷📽️

In Rebecca Zlotowski's A Private Life, she plays a psychiatrist who suspects her patient’s murder.

🗓️ From 12 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/a-pri...
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🥖🇫🇷It's time for a French break!

Keep your brain sharp and take your mind off things with the French @ Lunch course starting from 21 Nov.

#LearnFrench at the Institut français, c'est magnifique !
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours...
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon presents A Magnificent Life by Sylvain Chomet, a depicted biopic of Marcel Pagnol. In Paris, asked by ELLE to write about his Marseille childhood, Pagnol dialogues with his younger self.

🗓️From 14 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an...
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🇫🇷📽️#FrenchFilmFestivalLondon

Awarded the Silver Lion at Venice Film Festival, The Voice of Hind Rajab is a docudrama by Kaouther Ben Hania, based on real recordings during a bombing in Gaza.

+ Q&A with director on 15 Nov

🗓️From 15 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-v...
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Join Florence de La Rivière (OIV 2025 Laureate) in conversation with Prof. Barry C. Smith on The Look of Wine – Reading Wine Colour, a guide to wine’s beautiful chromatic diversity.

🗓️ 26 Nov at the French Institute
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For #FrenchFilmFestivalLondon watch Marion Cotillard’s most enigmatic role 🇫🇷📽️

The Ice Tower sees Cotillard shine in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s “mesmeric melodrama” (The Guardian), winner of the Silver Bear at Berlinale 2025.

📅From 13 Nov at Ciné Lumière
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-i...
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM