Le Programme February – March 2017 02 Contents/Highlights

Home , Personal Shopper, Toni Erdmann, Virginie Efira, Xavier Dolan

Ciné Lumière 3–12

Kids & Families 13

All About Piano! 14

Mathieu Boogaerts Walter Presents: Spin 3 Focus on Quebec Cinema Music 15 11 Feb + Q&A with Grégory Fitoussi 16 – 19 Feb p.15 15 Feb p.8 p.6 Talks 16

We Support 18

We Recommend 19

La Médiathèque 20

Cinema Made in Italy Elle Robot by Blanca Li Dance French Courses 21 1 – 5 Mar 10 – 30 Mar Company p.9 p.4 22 – 25 Feb p.18 General Information 23–27 Barbican Centre

front cover image: It’s Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan Programme design by dothtm Ciné Lumière New Releases

In Bed with Victoria Toni Erdmann Jackie

Victoria GER/AUT/ROM | 2016 | 162 mins | dir. Maren Ade, with Peter CHL/FRA/USA | 2016 | dir. Pablo Larraín, with Natalie FRA | 2016 | 90 mins | dir. Justine Triet, with Virginie Efira, Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Trystan Pütter | cert. 15 | in Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig | cert. 15 | in English Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux | cert. German & English with EN subs & Spanish with EN subs tbc | in French with EN subs Winfried doesn’t see much of his busy daughter Ines. As Set in the days immediately following the assassination Victoria (Virginie Efira) is a beautiful Parisian criminal she is working on an important project as a corporate of President John F. Kennedy, Jackie is a searing and lawyer in her late 30s, sex-addict, workaholic, totally strategist in Budapest, Winfried decides to surprise intimate portrait of one of the most important and tragic self-centred and struggling to raise her two daughters. At her with a visit. A practical joker, he loves to annoy his moments in American history, seen through the eyes of a friend’s wedding, she reconnects with her ex-husband daughter with corny pranks and jabs about her routine the iconic First Lady (Natalie Portman). David, an old friend, Vincent, and Sam, a former client. A lifestyle. This uproarious father-daughter dramedy made comedy à la française critically acclaimed in Cannes. the shortlist for the 2017 Foreign-Language Film Oscar. Wed 8 Feb 8.30pm Fri 10 Feb 6.30pm Wed 1 Feb 6.30pm Fri 3 Feb 3.30pm, 8.40pm Thu 16 Feb 3pm Sat 11 Feb 6.15pm Thu 2 Feb 4pm Sat 4 Feb 5.40pm, 8.45pm Fri 17 Feb 3pm Tue 14 Feb 6.30pm Fri 3 Feb 6.45pm Sun 5 Feb 5.10pm, 8.15pm Sat 18 Feb 3.45pm Thu 16 Feb 9pm Sat 4 Feb 3.40pm Mon 6 Feb 7.30pm Sun 19 Feb 7.30pm Tue 7 Feb 6.15pm Tue 7 Feb 8.15pm Thu 23 Feb 8.30pm The screening on 8 February will be followed by a Wed 8 Feb 6.30pm Wed 8 Feb 3pm Q&A with costume designer Madeline Fontaine, Thu 9 Feb 4pm, 6.10pm Thu 9 Feb 8.15pm as part of Fashion and Cinema Fri 10 Feb 8.30pm Sat 11 Feb 3pm, 8.20pm Sun 12 Feb 4.10pm Tue 14 Feb 8.30pm Wed 15 Feb 3pm, 8.45pm 03 04 Ciné Lumière New Releases

It’s Only the End of the World Elle

Juste la fin du monde FRA/GER/BEL | 2016 | dir. Paul Verhoeven, with Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne FRA/CAN | 2016 | 95 mins | dir. Xavier Dolan, with Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Marion Consigny | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Vincent Cassel | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs In this gripping psychological thriller, a successful businesswoman gets caught up in French-Canadian prodigy Xavier Dolan assembles some of the greatest French acting a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the man who assaulted her. Exhilarating talents for his dazzling 6th film which won him the Grand Prix at Cannes last year. After and multi-layered, the film recalls the ambience of Hitchcock, De Palma and Polanski 12 years of absence, a writer (Gaspard Ulliel) goes back to his hometown, planning on and won Isabelle Huppert the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. announcing his upcoming death to his family. Tense and stylistically daring, It’s Only the End of the World is a powerful melodrama performed with explosive emotion. Fri 10 Mar 3.45pm, 6.20pm, 8.50pm Sun 19 Mar 8.45pm Sat 11 Mar 6.15pm, 8.50pm Mon 20 Mar 8.40pm Fri 17 Feb 8.30pm Sat 4 Mar 3.45pm Sun 12 Mar 5pm, 8pm Tue 21 Mar 6.15pm Fri 24 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Sun 5 Mar 8.50pm Mon 13 Mar 6.15pm, 8.45pm Wed 22 Mar 6.30pm Sat 25 Feb 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Mon 6 Mar 6.30pm, 8.40pm Tue 14 Mar 6.20pm, 8.50pm Thu 23 Mar 3.50pm Sun 26 Feb 6.30pm, 8.30pm Tue 7 Mar 8.40pm Wed 15 Mar 4pm, 8.40pm Sat 25 Mar 8.50pm Mon 27 Feb 6.30pm, 8.30pm Wed 8 Mar 4pm, 9pm Thu 16 Mar 3.45pm, 6.15pm Tue 28 Mar 6.20pm Tue 28 Feb 6.30pm, 8.40pm Thu 9 Mar 4pm, 6.30pm, 8.40pm Fri 17 Mar 6.30pm Thu 30 Mar 8.50pm Wed 1 Mar 4pm, 9pm Sat 11 Mar 4pm Sat 18 Mar 8.45pm Thu 2 Mar 4pm Wed 15 Mar 6.30pm Fri 3 Mar 4pm Thu 16 Mar 8.50pm

The preview screening on 17 Feb is part of our Focus on Quebec Cinema (see p.8) Ciné Lumière New Releases

Merci Patron ! Personal Shopper Sweet Dreams

FRA/BEL | 2016 | 84 mins | dir. François Ruffin, with François FRA/GER | 2016 | dir. Olivier Assayas, with Kristen Stewart, Fai bei sogni Ruffin, Bernard Arnault, Jocelyne Klur | cert. tbc | doc Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz | cert. 15 | in English & French ITA/FRA | 2016 | 134 mins | dir. Marco Bellocchio, with Valerio in French with EN subs with EN subs Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Fabrizio Gifuni | cert. tbc | in Italian with EN subs Jocelyne and Serge Klur’s factory, which made Kenzo Following their previous collaboration on the acclaimed suits (LVMH group) in Northern France, has been Clouds of Sils Maria, Kristen Stewart reunites with director Twenty years after his childhood was shattered by relocated to Poland, and they are now out of work, Olivier Assayas to play Maureen, a high-fashion personal the mysterious death of his mother, Massimo, an burdened with debts and risk losing their house. shopper who is also a medium. Grieving the recent accomplished journalist, begins to suffer from panic Confident he will save them, François Ruffin brings the death of her twin brother, she haunts his Parisian home, attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, he Klur case to the attention of LVMH’s Board and its CEO determined to make contact with him. is forced to live his traumatic past again. His encounter Bernard Arnault. Who of David and Goliath will win the with Elisa (Bérénice Béjo), a compassionate doctor, battle? Wed 8 Mar 6.30pm Fri 24 Mar 4pm, will help Massimo open up and confront his childhood Fri 17 Mar 4pm, 9pm 6.30pm wounds. Sat 18 Feb 7pm Sat 18 Mar 4pm, 6.15pm Sat 25 Mar 4.10pm Mon 20 Feb 8.30pm Sun 19 Mar 4.15pm, 6.30pm Sun 26 Mar 8pm Fri 24 Mar 8.45pm Tue 21 Feb 8.20pm Mon 20 Mar 6.30pm Mon 27 Mar 6.20pm Sat 25 Mar 6.15pm Sun 26 Feb 4.30pm Tue 21 Mar 8.50pm Tue 28 Mar 8.50pm Sun 26 Mar 5pm Wed 22 Mar 4pm, 9pm Wed 29 Mar 4pm Mon 27 Mar 8.40pm Thu 23 Mar 6.30pm, 8.45pm Thu 30 Mar 4pm

The screening on 8 March will be followed by a Q&A with costume designer Jurgen Doering, as part of Fashion and Cinema 05 06 Ciné Lumière Special Screenings

I, Daniel Blake Walter Presents: Spin 3 BAFTA Shorts

UK/FRA/BEL | 2016 | 100 mins | Ken Loach, with Dave Johns, Les Hommes de l'ombre UK | 2017 | total run: 97 mins | various directors | cert.15 Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy | cert. 15 | in English with EN FRA | 2016 | 52 mins | s3, e1 | dir. Emmanuel Daucé, in English subs Charline de Lépine, Dan Franck, with Grégory Fitoussi, Bruno Wolkowitch, Carole Bouquet | cert. tbc | in French with EN subs This programme of short animations and live action films As a BAFTA special, we offer you one more screening showcases the best of upcoming British talent, selected of Ken Loach’s second Palme d’Or winning film. Daniel Totally Serialized is back under a new format presenting by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Blake, a 59-year-old carpenter, is recovering from a a series of special events throughout the year. Kicking (BAFTA) and nominated for its 2017 Film Awards. heart attack and seeking help from the State for the first off the series, we are delighted to partner with Channel time. He crosses paths with Katie, a single mother of 4 Walter Presents to showcase the preview of the 1st Fri 17 Feb 6.30pm two. Together they navigate their way through welfare episode of Spin (season 3) at Ciné Lumière. It is six Mon 20 Feb 6.30pm bureaucracy and the impersonal British benefits system. months until the Presidential elections and an extreme Wed 22 Feb 4pm far right party is leading in the opinion polls. Spin doctor Thu 23 Feb 6.30pm Fri 10 Feb 4pm Simon Kapita is working hard on behalf of his client, Sun 12 Feb 8pm President Marjorie when suddenly the leader of the far- For the full programme, check: right party is assassinated before his very eyes. www.institut-francais.org.uk £9, conc. £7 Wed 15 Feb 7pm | £5

Preceded by an on-stage conversation with actor Gregory Fitoussi (Mr Selfridge, Spiral) and Walter Iuzzolino (Walter Presents) (tbc) Ciné Lumière Special Screenings

I, Claude Monet Les Pépites Le Misanthrope Neruda

UK | 2017 | 85 mins | dir. Phil Grabsky, with FRA | 2016 | 88 mins | dir. Xavier de Theatre Broadcast from CHL/ARG/FRA/ESP/USA | 2016 | 107 mins Henry Goodman | doc | cert. tbc | in English Lauzanne, Christian des Pallières, Marie- La Comédie-Française dir. Pablo Larraín, with Gael García Bernal, France des Pallières | cert. tbc | in French & Author: Molière | Stage director: Clément Luis Gnecco, Alfredo Castro | cert. tbc This documentary based entirely on Khmer with EN subs Hervieu-Léger | Stage design: Eric Ruf | With in Spanish & French with EN subs | preview Claude Monet’s personal letters draws the troupe and actors of the Académie de la screening a portrait of the businessman and lover Today they are 25 years old. As children, Comédie-Française | Comedy in 5 acts | 180 behind the artist. It features over a in order to survive, they were scavengers mins with interval | in French with EN subs It’s 1948 and the Cold War has reached hundred of Monet’s paintings, providing in the open garbage dump in Phnom- Chile. An inspector (Gael García Bernal) a unique window into his emotional and Penh, Cambodia. That’s where Christian In this take on Molière’s greatest classic, is assigned to hunt down the Chilean creative life. Brought to life by actor and Marie-France, founders of the starring Loïc Corbery as Alceste, the poet Pablo Neruda, who becomes a Henry Goodman, Monet’s letters record For a Child's Smile charity, met them characters are placed outside a mansion fugitive in his home country for joining his tumultuous inner life marked by over twenty years ago and began their that is being renovated instead of the cosy the Communist Party. In this story of depression, remarkable encounters and inexhaustible fight to pull these children setting of a salon. The set is a moving a persecuted poet and his implacable the joy of painting. out of their living hell. To date, they have space, a metaphor for what, according adversary, Neruda becomes aware of given more than 10,000 children access to to the director, the repertoire should be his own heroic possibilities: a chance to Tue 21 Feb 6.30pm education, and helped them build futures. “evolving, completely of its century but become both a symbol for liberty and a Thu 23 Feb 4pm This film is the story of an extraordinary nourished by previous centuries and literary legend. human adventure… already turning to the coming century.” Thu 30 Mar 6.30pm Wed 22 Feb 6.15pm, 8.30pm Wed 29 Mar 7.30pm Followed by a Q&A (tbc) Followed by a Q&A with dir. Xavier de Lausanne 07 08 Ciné Lumière Focus on Quebec Cinema

© Philippe Bossé My Internship in Bad Seeds The Decline of the The Barbarian Canada Les Mauvaises herbes American Empire Invasions CAN | 2016 | 105 mins | dir. Louis Bélanger, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre with Alexis Martin, Gilles Renaud, Le Déclin de l’empire américain Les Invasions barbares CAN | 2015 | 108 mins | dir. Philippe Falardeau, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez | cert. tbc CAN | 1986 | 101 mins | dir. Denys Arcand, CAN/FRA | 2003 | 99 mins | dir. Denys Arcand, with Patrick Huard, Suzanne Clément, in French with EN subs with Dominique Michel, Dorothée Berryman, with Rémy Girard, Dorothée Berryman, Clémence Dufresne-Deslières | cert. tbc Louise Portal | cert. 18 | in French with EN Stéphane Rousseau, Marie-Josée Croze in French, Creole & English with EN subs To escape his gambling debts, Jacques subs cert. 18 | in French and English with EN subs runs away to the countryside. He Guibord is an independent Member of encounters Simon, a rough and wily What do women really think of men? What Denys Arcand’s Best Foreign Language Parliament who represents a vast county farmer who manipulates him into a do men talk about when women are not Film Oscar-winning drama is a life- in Northern Quebec. He unwillingly finds business of growing marijuana. A sharp around? While four men prepare dinner affirming tale of love, family and friendship himself in the awkward position of holding young woman also ends up in their exchanging anecdotes of their sexual that features the cast and characters from the decisive vote to determine whether venture and by the time they get to the conquests, four women share gossips of his breakthrough film The Decline of the Canada will go to war. With his wife, his winter harvest, the three have learned their own in a gym nearby. As they all get American Empire. After years of indulging daughter and an idealistic intern from to live together, but outside forces together for dinner, the evening turns into in his hedonistic lust for life and women, Haiti, Guibord travels across his district in threaten the delicate balance of their little a disaster. An unforgettable classic about Rémy is taken ill, an event that prompts order to consult his constituents. business… modern relationships in which every taboo a reunion with his ex-wife and estranged is hilariously exposed. son Sébastien. Thu 16 Feb 6.30pm Sat 18 Feb 8.45pm Sun 19 Feb 2pm Sun 19 Feb 4.15pm The screening will be followed by a Q&A with dir. Philippe Falardeau (tbc) Double bill The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions: £15, conc. £12 See also It’s Only the End of the World (p.4) Ciné Lumière Cinema Made in Italy

Cinema Made in Italy is back with sparks! This 7th edition of the festival brings a brand new array of

cinematic delights, with an per amore image: In guerra alluring line-up of recent Italian productions, including Q&A sessions with the filmmakers. Ci vediamo at Ciné Lumière!

> screenings are listed pp.27 > see www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema-made-in-italy 1 – 5 March 10 Ciné Lumière Sunday French Classics

La Fille du puisatier Un homme et une La Nuit américaine The Well-Digger’s Daughter femme Day for Night FRA | 1940 | 140 mins | dir. Marcel Pagnol, with Raimu, FRA | 1973 | 115 mins | dir. François Truffaut, with François Josette Day, Fernandel, Fernand Charpin | cert. tbc A Man and a Woman Truffaut, Jacqueline Bisset, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre in French with EN subs FRA | 1966 | 102 mins | dir. Claude Lelouch, with Anouk Léaud | cert. PG | in French with EN subs Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouch | cert. PG The release of Toni Erdmann is the occasion to revisit a in French with EN subs François Truffaut’s exuberant celebration of filmmaking great classic on the father-daughter relationship, Marcel tells the often funny behind-the-camera story of a cast Pagnol’s La Fille du puisatier. A father dreams of marrying A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday and crew involved in the making of Je vous présente his young daughter (Josette Day) to his middle-aged evening at their children’s boarding school in Deauville. Paméla, a clichéd second-rate melodrama. La Nuit partner Felipe (Fernandel). But she meets the young A relationship develops as he offers to give her a lift back américaine won the 1974 Oscar for Best Foreign Jacques, and complications ensue… to Paris. Winner of two Oscars (including Best Foreign Language Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film. Language Film) and the 1966 Palme d’Or, this charming, Sun 5 Feb 2pm free-wheeling love story made the international Sun 26 Feb 2pm reputation of director Lelouch. See also Toni Erdmann, p.3 Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Walker Sun 12 Feb 2pm

Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Walker Sunday French Classics

For its 50th anniversary The Battle of To coincide with the release of Elle, we Algiers comes out in a restored print. pay tribute to Isabelle Huppert with the A film subsidised by the Algerian film that won her the 1978 BAFTA Award government, it follows the country’s fight for Outstanding Debut. As Pomme, a for independence from colonial France, discreet and young hairdresser, she meets reconstructing the main political events François, a cultivated and shy student. that took place in Algiers between 1954 Inexperience, naivety and shyness bring and 1957. the two together. But their closeness www.institut-francais.org.uk/25-under contains the embryo of future disputes: Sun 5 Mar 2pm Pomme has much more to give than François can possibly take… As part of Cinema Made in Italy Sun 12 Mar 2pm

Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Walker 12 Ciné Lumière Tribute to Jacques Becker

Complementing the BFI season on Jacques Becker (1-16 March), Ciné Lumière will be showing two of his latest Les Aventures d’Arsène Le Trou films, Les Aventures d'Arsène Lupin and Le Trou, offering the audience a chance to assess the diversity of his Lupin The Hole repertoire. FRA/ITA | 1960 | 132 mins | dir. Jacques Becker, with André FRA/ITA | 1957 | 104 mins | dir. Jacques Becker, with Robert Bervil, Jean Keraudy, Michel Constantin | cert. TBC While Arsène Lupin recounts the exploits of the famous Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver | cert. tbc | in French with EN in French with EN subs gentleman thief in a Belle Epoque flamboyant Paris, his subs minimalist film, Le Trou, praised by Jean-Pierre Melville In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of as "the greatest film of all times", centres on a group of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief with a hundred their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to prisoners attempting to escape. disguises, has just pulled off two burglaries in Paris, tunnel to freedom. Based on a novel by José Giovanni, when he is kidnapped by the ravishing Mina von Kraft, Jacques Becker’s last film balances lyrical humanism Assistant to Jean Renoir in the 1930's, Becker shared acting on behalf of the German Emperor Guillaume II. with a tense, unshakable air of imminent danger. with him the same sense of poetic realism and humanism. Representative of a certain tradition of French Sun 19 Mar 2pm Sun 26 Mar 2pm cinema, his work also conveyed features announcing the New Wave. Followed by a Ciné Salon with Nick Walker The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Ginette Vincendeau, Professor in Film Studies at King's College London Kids & Families

Let’s watch films, play with new friends and learn

French at the same time with our Kids programme! image: The BFG

CinéKids Screenings Why not go for a ride with a big friendly giant in The BFG or follow the adventures of Pat and Mat or Félicie in Ballerina? In French, in English, in notes or just funny noises, enjoy our CinéKids! Every Sat 2pm & Sun 11am

Kids Activities Tales, workshops, games and more for kids > All Kids & Families activities are listed pp.26-27 from 0 to 12. You can even learn how to play the > See our dedicated printed Kids Programme & website: flute, the mandolin or the piano! www.institut-francais.org.uk/kids-families 14 All About Piano!

Barry Douglas © Katya Kraynova 31 March – 2 April Special Events Kids and Families All About Piano! comes back from 31 March to 2 April 2017, for a 5th edition celebrating all forms of piano. From cine-concerts by star accompanist John Sweeney, Let your kids discover the magic of piano with our to talks, masterclasses and even an art exhibition specially designed family and children events, ranging From solo recitals to concerts for two pianos or four commissioned by the Discerner, enjoy the king of from a Baby Tale session with storyteller Anna Orford and hands, the festival offers a varied range of performances, instruments in all guises! pianist Gabriela Georgieva, to a cine-concert with John and takes you through all kinds of repertoires. Sweeney. If you have always dreamed of playing the piano on stage The festivities will include recitals by non-other than or simply learn or practise with the pros, we can make Other delights include a Cavatina Concert with Melvyn Tan, Barry Douglas, Marcela Roggeri, François your dreams come true with our interactive activities! internationally acclaimed Fidelio Trio offering an Chaplin, Ivan Ilic, Cédric Pescia, Tristan Pfaff, Ismaël Take part in the amateurs concert or attend our free interactive performance and a special screening of The Margain & Guillaume Bellom, as well as a jazz concert by piano tuitions for adults and children by top teachers from Red Turtle, introduced by composer Laurent Perez Del Yaron Herman and a show revisiting modern classics with the London Piano Institute. Mar, who will tell you all the secrets of the film’s score! the Piano Brothers. And for a bit of fun and conviviality, join us for a jazz Full programme: www.itsallaboutpiano.co.uk And if you wish to discover the rising stars, come to brunch or a music quiz, and don’t miss the chance www.facebook.com/ItsAllAboutPiano see the supporting performances by young pianists of to meet the artists during our after-concert signing @ifru_london #AllAboutPiano the Paris Conservatoire and the Royal Conservatoire of sessions. Scotland.

LONDON BRANCH Music PARIS À LONDRES MARCH 05-12 SPECTACLES EN FRANÇAIS, ANGLAIS ET BILINGUES FRENCH FEST MUSIQUE OPÉRA CABARET THÉÂTRE COMÉDIE STAND-UP

Mathieu Boogaerts LES SIESTES ACOUSTIQUES LAURENT BARAT French singer-songwriter Mathieu Boogaerts will launch our new Music Rendezvous, a series of intimate performances, set in our Art Deco listed library.

Over the last 20 years, Mathieu Boogaerts has been well-known and appreciated for his original repertoire of tender, minimalist ballads. He will offer a selection of subtle songs, occasionally veering towards childishness or melancholy but always with a knack for bittersweet humour. MARCEL LUCONT ARSHID AZARINE LA POULE PLOMBÉE THE CRAZY COQS Sat 11 Feb 4.30pm & MANY MORE... in French & English £7, members £5 BRASSERIE ZEDEL BRASSERIE

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Contemporary French Reading Group Café Philo Theatre: A Perspective Every month we focus on the latest translated works Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical of acclaimed French authors. Join our unique bilingual issues, the Institut’s Café Philo meets every Saturday in Meet four of today’s most acclaimed French playwrights, literary discussion with a little French twist! the salons. Rémi De Vos, Magali Mougel, Lancelot Hamelin and Adeline Picault, as they have plays published in English Thu 16 Feb | The End of Eddy, by Édouard Louis (2014) – tr. Sat 4, 11 & 25 Feb, 4, 18 & 25 Mar | in English translations by Chris Campbell, Literary Manager of The M. Lucey (Harvill Secker, 2017) Sat 18 Feb & 11 Mar | in French Royal Court Theatre. This event marks the launch of The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary French Plays, a new Thu 16 Mar | Nothing Holds Back the Night, by Delphine de 10.30am to 12.15pm | £2 collection published by Oberon Books. Vigan (2011) – tr. G. Miller (Bloomsbury, 2014) contact: [email protected]

They will be joined by Chris Campbell and Dr Clare 7.00pm | 1h30 | in English and (easy) French Finburgh, senior lecturer from the University of Kent £5, members £3, including a glass of wine courtesy of department of Drama and Theatre who will chair the Sud de France panel discussion.

Tue 28 Feb 7.00pm

In English | £7, conc. £5

18 We Support

Forms of Action César Vayssié: UFE(UnFilmÉvènement) Robot by Blanca Li Dance Company HeHe - Fracking Futures

Artistic engineers HeHe have turned the gallery space into an experimental drilling site, and the environment of the gallery is transformed into an industrial landscape where boreholes are drilled and waste chemicals are treated.

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2 Mar – 21 May Fact (Liverpool) Artist Katia Kameli is presenting Stream César Vayssié presents the UK premiere of Full of invention, wit and mischievous of Stories as part of the exhibition Forms UFE(UnFilmÉvènement), a film carving out humour, this multimedia spectacle by Improv Theatre Battle for the of Action, which brings together existing a distinct space between dance, visual art, Blanca Li Company sees eight agile "Francophonie" works and new commissions by artists live performance and media production. dancers share the stage with seven whose actions in society are at the core of personality-infused robot humanoids, all their practice. www.tate.org.uk dancing to the percussive beat of a ten- piece mechanical orchestra. www.cca-glasgow.com 8 Feb Tate Modern www.barbican.org.uk 27 Jan – 12 Mar CCA (Glasgow) The Craft of Film: A Prophet + ScreenTalk 22 – 25 Feb Barbican Centre Hand and Mind Screenwriter Thomas Bidegain will talk about his work on A Prophet, Jacques La Nouvelle Alliance at StAnza poetry Dance Room is the largest body of work Audiard's acclaimed gripping drama. Festival by Alex Cecchetti to be presented in the This theatrical genre (in French) is a UK outside of London. It is part of the www.barbican.org.uk La Nouvelle Alliance is a translated cross between improvisational theatre exhibition Hand and Mind at Grand Union language focus on French poetry for and ice hockey with actors from several gallery, a series of performances linking 26 Feb Barbican Centre StAnza 2017. French-language poets will francophone countries engaging in a battle the development of language and gesture. push the boundaries of poetry in a range of wits and creativity, mixing humour and of readings, workshops and performances ingenuity to win the favour of the public! www.grand-union.org.uk not-to-be-missed. www.claphamgrand.com 3 Feb – 26 Mar Grand Union gallery www.stanzapoetry.org (Manchester) 22 Mar Clapham Grand Theatre 1 – 7 Mar St Andrews Cultural events in the 'We Support' and 'We Recommend' sections are supported or recommended by the Institut français, Fluxus Art Projects and the French Music Export Office. We Recommend

Collecting Europe Tree of Codes by Company Wayne Tinariwen Lara Fabian McGregor / Paris Opera Ballet As the debate about the future of Europe The Touareg pioneers of the desert blues Belgian’s biggest ever pop star makes goes on, the Goethe-Institut London and the sound, who won a Grammy Award for best her long-awaited UK concert debut. V&A have commissioned 12 international World Music Album in 2011, are back on Fabian, who has sold over 32 million artists to imagine what Europe might look the road to support the release of their records worldwide, will be performing in like 2,000 years from now. How might our eagerly awaited new album, Elwan, which English and French, delivering classic hits present be viewed from the future? features guests including Kurt Vile and including Je t'aime and I Will Love Again. Mark Lanegan. www.vam.ac.uk www.eventim.co.uk www.electricbrixton.uk.com 1 - 7 Feb Victoria and Albert Museum 15 Mar Eventim Apollo 9 Mar Electric Brixton Thierry Pécou & Ensemble Variances 15 dancers explore Olafur Eliasson’s visual Frànçois and The Atlas Mountains concept, reflecting the audience’s gaze Vianney Ensemble Variances performs Outre- back at them as he immerses them into mémoire by Thierry Pécou who leads his strange world. In collaboration with us once again into an overwhelming award-winning musician Jamie xx. musical experience that invokes a state of meditative contemplation. www.sadlerswells.com www.sjss.org.uk 4 – 11 Mar Sadler’s Wells

22 Feb St John’s Smith Square Les Siestes acoustiques

Wax Tailor Launched in 2010, Bastien Lallemant's Signing to Domino in the UK, Frànçois and Les Siestes acoustiques is a relaxing show The French star, who has already released The Atlas Mountains endeared themselves One of France's finest beatmakers, Jean- mixing acoustic vibes and French spoken two albums to date including last year's to discerning UK audiences with their Christophe Le Saoût's recent release By word. The audience is invited to lie down eponymous effort, saw his rapid rise infectious, African-tinged indie-pop. This Any Beats Necessary sees him team up and unwind while musicians play music capped with a Victoires de la Musique London date is part of a tour to support with guests including Wu Tang Clan's and narrate stories. You can even bring a award for Best Artist in 2016. This will be the follow-up to their 2014 album Piano Ghostface Killah. Get ready for an almighty pillow! his first time playing hits like Pas là in the Ombre. collision of blues, psychedelic rock, soul, UK. funk and hip-hop. www.brasseriezedel.com www.mothclub.co.uk www.hippodromecasino.com www.koko.uk.com 5 Mar Brasserie Zédel 27 Mar Moth Club 15 Mar The Hippodrome Casino 3 March Koko 19 20 La Médiathèque

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