Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Out with the old, in with the new... Renovation of the main cinema of Ciné Lumière is currently underway to improve the cinema-going experience. Rendezvous on 28 August for the reopening of Ciné Lumière. Find out more: www.institut-francais.org.uk/press-room/r... Photography by Eugénie Barety 051
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026French Minister Eléonore Caroit, French Ambassador @heleneduchene.bsky.social and Vincent Gombault, chair of the Friends of the French Institute Trust have officially opened the Centre Molière. Thank you to all donors and corporate sponsors for their immense support. 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The Centre Molière was officially opened on 25 June 2026 in the presence of French Minister Eléonore Caroit, French Ambassador @heleneduchene.bsky.social and Vincent Gombault, chair of the Friends of the French Institute Trust. We hope to welcome you soon! 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026After a large-scale renovation project and fundraising campaign, supported by the Friends of the French Institute Trust, the Language Centre of the French Institute becomes the Centre Molière. Enrol to our summer courses 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours... 020
Reposted by Institut français du Royaume-UniHopeRoad @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Little Sister, the adaptation from the debut novel The Last One by Fatima Daas, is screening this month at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 041
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Meet the jury of the Entente Littéraire Prize The 🇫🇷 panel is chaired by Philippe Claudel, alongside Leïla Slimani & @atrapenard.bsky.social The 🇬🇧 is panel chaired by Elif Safak, alongside @kenfollettauthor.bsky.social & @holliemcnish.bsky.social 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/culture/book... 020
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We are proud to announce the second edition of the Entente Littéraire Prize, initiated by Her Majesty The Queen & Madame Brigitte Macron. This 🇫🇷-🇬🇧 literary prize celebrates translated works of literary fiction between French and English. Find out more: www.institut-francais.org.uk/culture/book... 130
Reposted by Institut français du Royaume-UniBitter Lemon Press @bitterlemonpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Still time to get tickets to see Joseph Incardona at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social next Wednesday 10th June at 7pm talking about the book that's making just a few media headlines... 'Tarantino would have loved to write this book' ELLE www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...institut-francais.org.ukSex, Miracles, and the Vatican: Joseph Incardona on Holy F*ck - Institut Français · Royaume-UniJoseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follo... 032
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🎬 The French Institute is pleased to announce that Franco-British actor and director Kristin Scott Thomas will be the figurehead of the upcoming renovation of Ciné Lumière. 033
Reposted by Institut français du Royaume-UniBrick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Join the #BeyondWordsFest celebrating acclaimed authors and new voices from both sides of the Channel and beyond; bursting with talks, readings and a curated selection of films inspired by literature 8-22 June @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/beyond-words 021
Reposted by Institut français du Royaume-UniBitter Lemon Press @bitterlemonpress.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Join us at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social on June 10 at 7pm for the launch of 'Holy F*ck' by Joseph Incardona Best New Thriller of the Month @financialtimes.com "This freewheeling black comedy has a lot going for it, not least lapidary prose and a fizzy translation" @thetimes.com bit.ly/4ug2ZX7bit.lySex, Miracles, and the Vatican: Joseph Incardona on Holy F*ck - Institut Français · Royaume-UniJoseph Incardona presents Holy F*ck, a darkly comic novel set in the American South. Stella, a young sex worker, discovers she can heal her clients, attracting the attention of the Vatican. What follo... 022
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Let's... danse ! 🕺 From Dalida to Stromae, Jacques Brel to Indila, Francophone singers make us dance. What about you? Find these artists and more on our new playlist "Let's danse! 🎶 ▶️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/read-watch-l... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026📖Get ready for the next chapter! #BeyondWordsFest is back @ifru_london from 8-22 June!📚 Go #BeyondWords with acclaimed authors and new voices through talks, readings and films. Check the full line-up & book now! 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 30/04/2026⭐Our film season on Brigitte Bardot continues at Ciné Lumière! Dont miss Godard's classic Le Mépris, with rare behind the scene footage by Jacques Rozier (from 5 May), and Alain Berliner's documentary Bardot on 6 May. 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026📖#BeyondWordsFest is back @ifru_london from 8-22 June!📚 Go #BeyondWords with acclaimed authors and new voices through talks, readings and films. Check the full line-up & book now! 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Don't miss Cédric Klapisch's latest film Colours of Time (La Venue de l'avenir) at Ciné Lumière, featuring the crème de la crème of French cinema! 🗓️ From 17 April at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/colou... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026📽 Travel through periods of profound change in French art and society with Colours of Time (La Venue de l'avenir)! Cédric Klapisch's film was voted Favourite Film by the audience of the French Film Festival London 2025. 🗓️ From 17 Apr at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/colou... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 10/04/2026⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian "Lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classic" 🗓️ Now 10 April at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-s... www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...theguardian.comThe Stranger review – lustrously beautiful and superbly realised modern take on the Camus classicFrançois Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race 011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026📚Do you like to read and debate? Come and join our reading groups in French! The French Institute is launching a three session cycle dedicated to the issues of gender and the portrayal of masculinities. 16 Apr, 21 May & 18 June @ifru_london 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Dive into the Great Exhibition Road Festival ✨ Enjoy a weekend of brilliant free family events from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, @nhm-london.bsky.social, @vamuseum.bsky.social & many more, plus performances by the @royalalberthall.bsky.social. 🗓️ 6–7 June 🎟️ www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026🎥 And God created woman, and Bardot became BB! Ciné Lumière revisits some of Brigitte Bardot’s most iconic films and questions the multiple facets of the myth itself with a series of talks and films. From 23 March at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2026🎥Claes Bang talks to Emma Jones and Kaleem Aftab on their podcast Cinema in One Take! Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square) talks about his role in The Great Arch by Stéphane Demoustier, released exclusively at Ciné Lumière from 11 March. ▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/0FNY... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026⭐️⭐️⭐️The Great Arch review – a visionary architect crushed by the politics of prestige 📰 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... 📽️ Meet director Stéphane Demoustier and lead actor Claes Bang on 11 March at Ciné Lumière 🗓️ Exclusive release from 11 March 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-g...theguardian.comThe Great Arch review – a visionary architect crushed by the politics of prestigeClaes Bang plays the Danish designer of Paris’s Grande Arche in a meticulous drama about artistic purity colliding with bureaucratic ego and national vanity 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026#BookoftheWeek A Hymn to Life is Gisèle Pelicot’s extraordinarily powerful memoir, recounting the courage that made global headlines as she waived anonymity and faced her abusers in court. Pub. by @vintagebooks.bsky.social & tra. by Natasha Lehrer & Ruth Diver. 👉 www.penguin.co.uk/books/475698... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "sublime" @thelondonstandard.bsky.social Don’t miss Sirât, Óliver Laxe’s @festivaldecannes.bsky.social Jury Prize-winner, nominated at @theacademyusa.bsky.social 🗓️ Now at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/sirat... 📰 www.standard.co.uk/culture/film...institut-francais.org.ukSirât at Ciné Lumière - Institut Français · Royaume-UniA father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar, the daughter and sister who vanished months earlier at one of these endless parties. Surrou... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026#BookoftheWeek 'Translated gorgeously into English for the first time by @anamzafar.bsky.social and Sophie Lewis, Fearless and Free comprises stories and reflections in Baker’s own voice' - @theguardian.com Published by @vintagebooks.bsky.social 👉 www.penguin.co.uk/books/453959... 012
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026“the musician opening the doors of classical music to all generations.”🎻 – @lesechosfr.bsky.social on Esther Abrami Booking is moving fast for Abrami’s special concert celebrating International Women’s Day! 🗓️ 5 March at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2026📸 Throwback to an unforgettable night with Palme d’Or-winning director Jafar Panahi at Ciné Lumière in partnership with MubiUK! The screening was followed by a deeply moving discussion with the director and @financialtimes.com film critic Danny Leigh, in the presence of @heleneduchene.bsky.social ✨ 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026When #ClaudiaCardinale & #BrigitteBardot team up for revenge!📽️ For #CelebratingClaudiaCardinale, Les Pétroleuses, a comedy-western set in 1888 Texas, pits town boss Marie against outlaw Louise, but has a surprising twist! 📅From 22 Feb at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/les-p... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026#BookoftheWeek ★★★★★ @telegraph.co.uk The Propagandist by Cécile Desprairies, tran. by Natasha Lehrer & pub. by Swift Press, is a chilling, acute reckoning with family memory, collaboration and self-deception. 👉 swiftpress.com/book/the-propagandist/ 📰 www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026#FrenchPostIt #DidYouKnow in 🇫🇷 “To sing like a saucepan” means “to sing terribly” in 🇬🇧. #LearnFrench at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social to grasp all the subtleties of the French language 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026📽️ Meet Palme d’Or winning director Jafar Panahi for a special screening of It Was Just an Accident + Q&A on 23 Feb! Discover the gripping film nominated @bafta.org, @theacademyusa.bsky.social & #Césars2026. 📅 23 Feb - 19.45 at Ciné Lumière w/ Mubi UK 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/it-wa... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Join Courtauld curator Karen Serres for Seurat and the Sea, a talk marking the first-ever exhibition on the revolutionary seascapes of Georges Seurat. 🗣️ Exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery until 17 May! 👀 🗓️ 11 March at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Brilliant Brazilian drama of an academic on the run” - @theguardian.com Watch The Secret Agent, 4x @theacademyusa.bsky.social, 2x @bafta.org, and #César2026 nominated. 🗓️ From Sat 14 Feb at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-s... 📰 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...institut-francais.org.ukThe Secret Agent at Ciné Lumière - Institut Français · Royaume-UniBrazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realises that the city is far from being ... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Based in North London? Let us come to you! Try our once a week Evening French courses in Kentish Town! Starting from 25 Feb at the Collège Français Bilingue de Londres. #LearnFrench, c'est magnifique ! 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-cours... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “a quietly tremendous exhibition” @theguardian.com 📰 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Join us for a talk marking the first exhibition on Seurat’s seascapes, now at Courtauld! 🗓️Talk 11 March @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social uk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...theguardian.comThe god of small things: Seurat and the sea – reviewCourtauld Gallery, LondonThis quietly tremendous exhibition gathers more than half of the pointillist painter’s works, all depicting the Channel coast and sea, full of blizzards of light and a quiveri... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🇺🇦📽️Don't miss the UK Premiere of #SecondWind on 21 Feb at Ciné Lumière followed by a Q&A w/ dir. Masha Kondakova & producer Gennady Gazin, w/ TalentedU. From Ukraine’s battlefields to the roof of Africa, 5 heroes are rewriting what’s possible. 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/secon... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026⭐⭐⭐⭐ “tender and poignant study of the fragility of early childhood” @theguardian.com Don’t miss this @theacademyusa.bsky.social, @bafta.org and #César2026 Best Animated Film nominee! 🗓️ From 14 Feb at @ifru_london 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/littl... 📰 www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🎻Celebrate women in music with Esther Abrami, “the leading violinist of a new generation of classical music fans” (Harper's Bazaar). Forbes' 30 Under 30 and @rcmlondon.bsky.social graduate is back in London! 📅 5 March @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... 011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Named in Forbes’ 30 Under 30, violinist & composer Esther Abrami brings Women in Music to London for a special concert celebrating International Women’s Day, championing female composers past & present ✨🎻 🗓️ 5 March at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend... 010
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Meet director Max Keegan after The Shepherd and the Bear on 7 Feb at Ciné Lumière!📽️ Immersive storytelling and striking imagery make the documentary a modern folktale of tradition, community & a vanishing natural world. 🗓️From 6 Feb at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/the-s... 011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026#BookoftheWeek After a night alone in the Anne Frank House, Lola Lafon wrote When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing, a powerful meditation on absence, confinement, and how stories help us endure. Tr. Lauren Elkins, publ. @yalebooks.bsky.social 👉 yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Workshops at #SKKF2026! 🖍️ Expect drawing, storytelling and hands-on fun for kids, with close to 15 workshops across the festival. Create stop motion, illustrate your favourite characters, and create poems, plus lots more! 📅16–24 March 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-an... 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Discover everything the French Institute has in store for kids and families this February! With CinéFamilies screenings at Ciné Lumière and exciting activities at Bibliothèque Quentin Blake, we’ve got plenty to keep your little ones busy 💘✨📚 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/whats-on/?ty... 011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2026⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Linklater's love letter to cinema will leave you breathless” @standard.co.uk.web.brid.gy Nominated 10x at the César, Nouvelle Vague takes us to Paris as a young Godard begins Breathless! 🗓️ Now at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nouve... 📰 www.standard.co.uk/culture/film...standard.co.ukNouvelle Vague review: Richard Linklater's love letter to cinema is breathless funRichard Linklater’s account of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless is an affectionate hoot of a tribute. 000
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026📢 Only a few days left to apply to our new #CrossChannelTheatre open call for proposals 🎭 Check eligibility conditions and apply until 8 February 2026 👉 www.institut-francais.org.uk/culture/perf... With the support of Artcena & @ifofficiel.bsky.socialinstitut-francais.org.ukCross-Channel Theatre - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni 011
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Abandon all thoughts of Marcel Marceau, this is a new era for silent comedy. The creator of sold-out sensation Bigre/ Fish Bowl reveals the secret of its appeal in @thetimes.com Until 31 Jan @sadlerswells.bsky.social, supported by @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...thetimes.comThe hot new show in town — it’s mime!Abandon all thoughts of Marcel Marceau, this is a new era for silent comedy. The creator of sold-out sensation Bigre/ Fish Bowl reveals the secret of its appeal 000
Reposted by Institut français du Royaume-UniKhalid Lyamlahy @khalidlym.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Next week, I'll be in London & Oxford to present "Venice Requiem", the English translation by @rosschwa.bsky.social of my novel, published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social. Thanks @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social for the support! www.institut-francais.org.uk/khalid-lyaml... #VeniceRequiem #booklaunchinstitut-francais.org.ukKhalid Lyamlahy in the UK for the release of Venice Requiem - Institut Français · Royaume-UniBased on the true story of Pateh Sabally, a 22-year-old Gambian refugee who died in Venice’s Grand Canal in 2017, the novel follows a narrator trying to understand the events that led to his death. Th... 083
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026#BookoftheWeek Venice Requiem by @khalidlym.bsky.social, translated by Ros Schwartz and published by @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social — “A vibrant and poetic tribute to all African migrants. A necessary book” (Jury of the Alain Spiess Second Novel Prize). 👉 www.hoperoadpublishing.com/books/venice... 023
Institut français du Royaume-Uni @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026📸Throwback to an electric night with César-nominated actor Guillaume Marbeck! We were thrilled to welcome the lead actor of Nouvelle Vague for a post-screening Q&A moderated by Jonathan Romney, with Altitude Film UK. 📅Currently showing at Ciné Lumière 🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/nouve... 020