SPECIAL EVENTS

 

·    La Rentrée du cinéma: 9 – 22 September

·   French Passions: Geoff Dyer on Camus: 15 September

·   Carducci String Quartet: 17 September

·   Open House: 17 & 18 September

·   Mi-Jung Kym in concert: 20 September

·   My Favourite French Film Gala Evening: Romantics Anonymous: 21 September

·   French Passions: David Nicholls on Truffaut: 22 September

·   London Spanish Film Festival: 23 September – 6 October

 

FILMS

 

FRI 2 SEPT

New Release: The Skin I Live In

3.00pm, 8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.15pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

SAT 3 SEPT

New Release: The Skin I Live In

2.00pm, 8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

New Print: French Cancan

4.30pm | dir. Jean Renoir | cert. PG | new print

 

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.30pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

SUN 4 SEPT

Sunday French Classics / Back to School: Small Change

2.00pm | dir. François Truffaut | cert. PG

 

New Print: French Cancan

4.15pm | dir. Jean Renoir | cert. PG | new print

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

6.15pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

8.40pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

MON 5 SEPT

New Release: The Skin I Live In

6.15pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

Special Screening: 3 Women

8.40pm | dir. Manijeh Hekmat | cert. tbc | followed by a Q&A (tbc)

 

TUE 6 SEPT

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.15pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar| cert. 15

 

WED 7 SEPT

New Release: The Skin I Live In

3.00pm, 8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.15pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

 

THU 8 SEPT

New Print: French Cancan

3.00pm | dir. Jean Renoir  | cert. PG | new print

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.30pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

                                   

FRI 9 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Le Quattro Volte

3.00pm | dir. Michelangelo Frammartino | cert. U | £8, conc. £6

 

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

6.15pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

8.40pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

SAT 10 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Le Quattro Volte

2.00pm | dir. Michelangelo Frammartino | cert. U | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree of Life

4.00pm | dir. Terrence Malick| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

6.30pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

8.40pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

SUN 11 SEPT

Sunday French Classics / Back to School:  Zéro de conduite + Véronique et son cancre

2.00pm | dir. Jean Vigo & dir. Eric Rohmer | cert. PG

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Big Picture

4.00pm | dir. Eric Lartigau| cert. 15 | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree of Life

6.20pm | dir. Terrence Malick| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

MON 12 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Big Picture

6.15pm | dir. Eric Lartigau| cert. 15 | £8, conc. £6

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

8.40pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

TUE 13 SEPT

New Release: The Skin I Live In

6.15pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. tbc

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Big Picture

8.40pm | dir. Eric Lartigau| cert. 15 | £8, conc. £6

 

 

WED 14 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree of Life

3.00pm | dir. Terrence Malick| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

New Release: The Hedgehog

6.15pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

THU 15 SEPT

New Release: The Hedgehog

3.00pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

New Release: The Skin I Live In

8.40pm | dir. Pedro Almodóvar | cert. 15

 

FRI 16 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Salt of Life

3.00pm | dir. Gianni di Gregorio| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

La Rentrée du cinéma: In a Better World

6.15pm | dir. Susanne Bier| cert. tbc | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: Sarah's Keys

8.40pm | dir.Gilles Paquet-Prenner| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

SAT 17 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Sarah's Keys

6.15pm | dir. Gilles Paquet-Prenner| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: Beautiful Lies

8.40pm | dir. Pierre Salvadori| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

 

SUN 18 SEPT

Sunday French Classics / Back to School: The 400 Blows

2.00pm | dir. François Truffaut | cert. PG

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: In a Better World

4.00pm | dir. Susanne Bier| cert. tbc | £8, conc. £6

 

 

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: Beautiful Lies

6.30pm | dir. Pierre Salvadori| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree

8.40pm | dir. Julie Bertuccelli| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

MON 19 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Beautiful Lies

6.15pm | dir. Pierre Salvadori| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: In a Better World

8.40pm | dir. Susanne Bier| cert. tbc | £8, conc. £6

 

TUE 20 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: Salt of Life

6.00pm | dir. Gianni di Gregorio| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

WED 21 SEPT

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree

3.00pm | dir. Julie Bertuccelli| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: Sarah's Key

6.15pm | dir. Gilles Paquet-Prenner| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

My Favourite French Film Gala Evening: Romantics Anonymous

8.40pm | dir. Jean-Pierre Améris| cert. tbc | preview screening + party | £25, conc. £20

 

 

THU 22 SEPT

New Release: The Hedgehog

3.00pm | dir. Mona Achache| cert. tbc

 

La Rentrée du cinéma: The Tree

8.40pm | dir. Julie Bertuccelli| cert. 12A | £8, conc. £6

 

FRI 23 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: En fuera de juego

6.15pm| dir. David Marqués | cert. PG | UK premiere

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Lope

8.45pm | dir. Andrucha Waddington| cert. PG | preview screening | followed by a Q&A with lead actor Alberto Ammann (tbc) | preceded by a drink from 7.30pm | £12, conc. £10

 

SAT 24 SEPT

Kids & Families: The Fox and the Child

11.30am | dir. Luc Jacquet | cert. U

 

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Blackthorn

2.00pm | dir. Mateo Gil | cert. 12A | UK premiere | followed by a Q&A with lead actor Eduardo Noriega

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Nacidas para sufrir

4.00pm| dir. Miguel Albaladejo | cert. tbc | UK premiere

 

London Spanish Film Festival: También la lluvia

6.30pm | dir. Icíar Bollaín | cert. 12A | London premiere

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Carne de neón

8.40pm | dir. Paco Cabezas | cert. 18 | preview screening | followed by a Q&A with director Paco Cabezas

 

SUN 25 SEPT

Sunday French Classics / Back to School: Le Cinéma de Papa

2.00pm | dir. Claude Berri | cert. 15

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Pa Negre

5.00pm | dir. Agustí Villaronga | cert. 12A | followed by a Q&A with lead actress Nora Navas

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Bon appétit!

7.30pm | dir. David Pinillos| cert. tbc | followed by a Q&A with co-script writer Paco Cabezas and lead actor Unax Ugalde

 

 

 

MON 26 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: El orfanato

6.15pm | dir. Juan Antonio Bayona | cert. 15

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Vidas pequeñas

8.15pm | dir. Enrique Gabriel | cert. PG | UK premiere | followed by a Q&A with actor Francisco Boira

 

TUE 27 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: Remember My Name

6.15pm | dir. Alan Rudolph | cert. 15

 

London Spanish Film Festival: El gran Vásquez

8.15pm | dir. Oscar Aibar | cert. PG | UK premiere | followed by a Q&A with dir. Oscar Aibar (tbc)

 

WED 28 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: Lope

3.00pm | dir. Andrucha Waddington | cert. PG

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Elisa, vida mía

6.00pm | dir. Carlos Saura | cert.12A

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Ways to Live Forever

8.30pm | dir. Gustavo Ron | cert. PG | followed by a Q&A with director Gustavo Ron and actress Greta Scacchi (tbc)

 

THU 29 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: En fuera de juego

3.00pm | dir. David Marqués | cert. PG

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Crebinsky

6.15pm | dir. Enrique Otero | cert. tbc | UK premiere

 

London Spanish Film Festival: Todas las canciones hablan de mí

8.15pm | dir. Jonás Trueba | cert. tbc | UK premiere | followed by a Q&A with dir. Jonás Trueba

 

 

FRI 30 SEPT

London Spanish Film Festival: Les Femmes du 6ème étage + Q&A + Party

dir. Philippe Le Guay | cert. PG | UK premiere

3.00pm | screening

8.15pm | screening + Q&A + party: £12, conc. £10 | party only: £5

Q&A with lead actress Natalia Verbeke and director Philippe Le Guay (tbc)

 

London Spanish Film Festival: ¡Bienvenido Mr Marshall!

6.15pm | dir. Luis García Berlanga| cert. PG

 

 

BOOKS & TALKS

 

THU 15 SEPT

French Passions : Geoff Dyer on Camus

Forget existentialism. Think sensuality.

 

Geoff Dyeris the author of four novels, the latest one being the most beautiful and extraordinarily successful Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. He has also published seven non-fiction books, including Working the Room, out in paperback in August 2011, But Beautiful, a book about jazz which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize and is now considered a classic, and Out of Sheer Rage, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He is a regular contributor to many publications in the UK and the US.

7.00pm | £12, conc. £8, students £5 | in English | early reservations recommended | doors open at 6.40pm, no entry permitted after 7.00pm

 

THU 22 SEPT

David Nicholls on Truffaut

From Les Quatre Cents Coups to L’ Amour en fuite… this is all about passion!

 

David Nichollstrained as an actor before making the switch to writing. As a writer for film and TV, he has twice been nominated for BAFTA awards. He is the author of three novels, including One Day, which was published in hardback in 2009 to wide critical acclaim, and remained on the Sunday Times top ten bestseller list for ten weeks following publication.

 

7.00pm | £12, conc. £8, students £5 | in English | early reservations recommended | doors open at 6.40pm, no entry permitted after 7.00pm

 

 

CAFE PHILO

SAT 3 & 17 SEPT

Coffee Concept: Café Philo

10.30am to 12.15pm | £2 | in English

 

SAT10 & 24 SEPT

Coffee Concept: Café Philo

10.30am to 12.15pm | £2 | in French

 

MUSIC

SAT 17 SEPT

Carducci String Quartet (see below)

 

TUE 20 SEPT

Min-Jung Kym, Piano

To open our Classical Tuesdays series, we are pleased to welcome the young Korean pianist Min-Jung Kym. Min-Jung has acquired a widely recognised reputation for her diverse range of styles and repertoire as a soloist, duo and chamber musician. She made her London solo concert debut at the age of twelve with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall and after her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, she has performed in the USA, Europe and throughout the UK. She has played at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, and has also appeared at the Cheltenham Festival and Broadwood International Piano Festival. She has performed Beethoven Concerto No.4 to great critical acclaim with the Philharmonia Orchestra. She has regular collaborations with musicians such as the Haffner Ensemble, Pierre Amoyal and Adrian Brendel.

The programme will include:
Schumann Papillons Op. 2
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110
Donizetti - Liszt Reminiscences from Lucia di Lammermoor

 

8.00pm| £15, conc. £12, students £8 | early reservation recommended

 

KIDS & FAMILIES

SAT 17 SEPT

Carducci String Quartet

Matthew Denton : violin | Michelle Fleming : violin | Eoin Schmidt-Martin : viola | Emma Denton : cello

For the very first time the Institut français presents a series of interactive, fun family concerts of the highest musical quality in partnership with Cavatina. Our series starts with the great Carducci Quartet, recognised as one of today’s most successful young string quartets. Passionate about taking classical music to the next generation, the Carducci Quartet performs in many pretigious venues in the UK and worldwide.

 

 

Haydn - String Quartet op.33 no. 2 'The Joke' – Finale
Ravel - String Quartet - Assez vif
Glass - String Quartet no.2 - 2nd movement
Huang Ruo - The Flag Project - 1st movement (2009)
Dvorak - String Quartet 'American' - Scherzo
Webern - 2 movements from 6 Bagatelles
Beethoven - String Quartet op.59 no. 2 - Scherzo
Piazzolla - 'Four for Tango'

 

10.45am | 60 mins | from 5 years old|  £7, children & conc. £5 (including a fruit juice)

 

GUIDED TOURS

SAT 17 SEPT & SUN 18 SEPT

Open House

Visitors will be able to visit the Institut's art deco building, listed library and brand new cinema and learn moreabout its history. In addition, they will have the opportunity to be introduced to the Institut's archives, both printed and recorded, their preservation through digitisation and their promotion on our digital platform, Culturethèque (www.culturetheque.org.uk). Les 400 Coups by François Truffaut, a landmark film from French cinema heritage, will be shown on a restored version over the weekend, as part of the Sunday French Classics series.

from 12.30pm to 5.30pm

Free | in English and French

Screening of Les 400 Coups| Sun 18 Sept, 2.00pm | £6

 

FILMS:

Tickets: £10, conc. £8

Reduced prices on:

Weekday Matinees (before 5.30pm): £8, conc. £6

Monday all day: £8, conc. £6

Sunday French Classics: £8, conc. £6

Ciné kids: £5

Preview Screenings / Special events with guests: £12, conc. £10

Groups (ten or more people; standard screenings): £8, plus one free ticket for every 10 purchased