Music Thu 21 Nov The Night With… Ensemble Écoute Across Borders // entre les horizons Across Borders is a Franco-Irish-British collaboration between Ensemble Écoute and The Night With… with new works commissioned from Emma…
Arts Books & Ideas Sat 23 Nov French Fair 2024 The French Fair will come back to the Institut français d'Ecosse on Saturday 23 November from 10am to 4pm! Come to discover the many talents…
Books & Ideas Tue 26 Nov Groupe de lecture “Rose Valland” de Jennifer Lesieur Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Music Tue 26 Nov Eloïse Bella Kohn, piano: Schubert and Ravel – CANCELLED Launching her new album, Parisienne, to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, pianist Eloïse Bella Kohn presents a concert exploring the inspirations of…
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…
Kids & Families Workshops September to November Board games workshops Join us for Board games workshops every last Friday of the month! Come with your children for a time of fun and games !
Workshops Fri 29 Nov French Honey Tasting Experience Join us for a delightful evening of French Honey Tasting Experience! Get ready to savour the rich flavours of France’s finest honey varieties. Immerse yourself…
Films Wed 29 Jan The Rapture / Le Ravissement Lydia, a dedicated midwife, is in the middle of a breakup. At the time, her best friend Salomé tells her she is pregnant and asks…
Books & Ideas Talks Wed 4 Dec Meet the graphic novel author Fabien Toulmé Born in Orleans, after studying Civil Engineering, Fabien Toulmé spent 10 years overseas before returning to France in 2009 to devote himself to Comics, with…
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 Thu 5 Dec Precious Ivie / Ivie Wie Ivie Sarah Blaßkiewitz's feature debut centers on Ivie, a 30-year-old woman with African roots living in Leipzig, who is searching for permanent employment as a teacher…
Kids & Families Workshops Sat 7 Dec Histoires et Craft Spécial Noël Join us at the Institut Français d'Écosse for a morning of Christmas crafts activities and stories on the theme of Santa Claus and his reindeer.…
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…
Books & Ideas Thu 12 Dec Human vs Machine: AI translation slam Be there when AI and human creativity collide in a translation duel! The experienced translators Rebecca DeWald, Vineet Lal and Annie Rutherford compete with machine…
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…
Books & Ideas Tue 17 Dec Groupe de lecture “Ce que le jour doit à la nuit” de Yasmina Khadra Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
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 Wed 15 Jan Abel Gance et son Napoléon With the help of rare and previously unpublished documents, Nelly Kaplan, who was Abel Gance's young assistant, revisits the filmmaker's career in the 1920s. The…
Films Wed 22 Jan Homecoming / Le retour Khédidja works for a wealthy Parisian family who offered her to mind their children for a summer in Corsica. Bringing along her own two teenage…
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…
Books & Ideas Tue 28 Jan Groupe de lecture “Grâce et dénuement” d’Alice Ferney Once a month, the reading group meets up to discuss a couple of books selected in advance (from classical to contemporary French literature) and discovers…
Films Wed 5 Feb My American Uncle / Mon oncle d’Amérique Three destinies, those of a journalist, news director on a radio station, a farmer's son recycled in a textile industry itself in mutation, and that…
Books & Ideas Kids & Families Sat 8 Feb “Lapin is cold” puppet show Lapin is cold. Very cold. But how can he warm up? Join Tania and her Parisian garden friends as they embark on a charming bilingual…
Films Wed 12 Feb No Love Lost / La Fille de son père Étienne is barely twenty when he falls in love with Valérie. They are hardly any more when their daughter Rosa is born. And then, one…
Films Wed 19 Feb The Black Tulip / La Tulipe noire French Revolution-era count leads double life as bandit "Black Tulip," robbing village. Injured, he has brother impersonate him. Brother discovers count's selfish motives, sparking conflict…
Books & Ideas Talks Wed 19 Feb Une histoire franco-écossaise d’un soldat polonais The fascinating story of Jean (Jan) Novak (1917-2005). Polish by birth, he moved to a small town in the Aisne region of northern France at…
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 Wed 26 Feb Toni / Toni en famille Antonia, known as Toni, raises her five children alone. A full-time job. She also sings in bars in the evenings, to keep her family fed.…
Films Wed 5 Mar Take Care France / À nous deux France! Evoking mixed marriages and their difficulties, the author depicts the wanderings of a young black husband, an elegant dandy, who comes to Paris to find…
Films Wed 12 Mar A Real Job / Un métier sérieux Benjamin is a PhD student without scholarship support. Under the pressure of his parents, and in need of money, he becomes a substitute teacher in…
Films Wed 19 Mar A Radiant Girl / Une jeune fille qui va bien Paris, summer 1942. Irene is a young, bubbly, 19-year-old Jewish girl. Her family watches her discover the world, friends, new love and a passion for…
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 Wed 26 Mar Papicha Algeria, 1990s. Nedjma, an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War to keep her…
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…
Films Talks 26 Nov - 12 Dec Special French-German Cultural Event Series Next event : New currents in French and German short film cinema Tue 26 Nov at 18:30
Books & Ideas On Wed 04 Dec Celebrating Comics and Graphic Novels Next event : Meet the graphic novel author Fabien Toulmé Wed 04 Dec at 16:00
