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Put some sparkles in your toddler’s ears and take part in our interactive session with its instruments!
Expect songs, dance and great fun for little ones.

Nursery rhymes are more than just fun little songs for children.
In fact, they play a vital role in a child’s development, and are a great way to stimulate their cognitive, linguistic, and social skills.

Baby Comptines - French Rhyme Time

France | 2020 | 60 mins | Dir: Wilson Dos Santos | in English | rec 3+

Enjoy this programme of 5 short animated films following the summer holidays of Nicholas and his joyful gang as they build sandcastles, explore new playgrounds and go treasure hunting! They will catapult you into a charming world filled with mischief and adventures.

As part of the South Ken Kids Festival

Screening "Nicholas Fantastic Summer"

UK | 2023 | 90 mins | Dir: Massimo Fenati, Gerrit Bekers | in English | Created for children aged 6+, but is suitable for all ages

Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures is an exciting series of animated specials based on the books of the famous children’s author and illustrator. After the screening of two episodes, Zagazoo and Snuff, director and producer Massimo Fenati and executive producer Tess Cuming will answer your questions about all the magic behind these animated adaptations of Quentin Blake and his box of treasures.

Programme:

Zagazoo – Bella and George are a happy couple who one day receive a strange parcel containing a lovely human baby named Zagazoo. George and Bella are delighted but Zagazoo doesn’t remain human for long.

Snuff – Sir Thomas Magpie despairs of his clumsy page Snuff who can’t duel or ride a horse. But when thieves threaten a local bootmaker, Snuff has a clever idea to save the day.

Screening supported by the BBC

Screening Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures + Q&A

France/Latvia/Belgium | 2024 | 84 mins | Dir: Gints Zilbalodis | Silent | Cert: U | Preview

Enjoy a preview of this year’s winner of the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Festival, Flow. This film is a must-see on the big screen, due to its visual beauty, that will surely amaze the whole family. The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

Screening Preview FLOW

After My Life as a Courgette, Claude Barras strikes again Savages, a masterpiece of stop motion animation which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This time he calls for environmental protection through a funny, engaging and heartfelt film questioning indigenous rights. In Borneo, at the edge of the tropical forest, Kéria is given a baby orangutan that has been rescued from the oil palm plantation where her father works. At the same time, her young cousin Selaï has come to live with them, seeking refuge from the conflict between his nomadic family and the logging companies. Together, Kéria, Selaï and the little ape will battle the destruction of their ancestral forest home, now under greater threat than ever. But for Kéria, the fight will also allow her to discover the truth of her own origins. 

 Director(s): Claude Barras
 Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Laetitia Dosch, Babette De Coster, Martin Verset
 Country, year: CHE/FRA/BEL | 2024
 Duration: 87 mins
 Language: in French with English subtitles
 Cert.: TBC
 Genre: Animation

Exclusive Screening "Savages"

Let’s join the French Club!

Through storytelling, singing, little games, young kid(s) will discover the beautiful French language and start to learn how to understand and speak it.

French Club

Institut Français du Royaume-Uni

The Institut français du Royaume-Uni promotes French language and culture and encourages cross-cultural exchanges from both sides of the Channel. Explore, experience and enjoy!

Founded in 1910, and based in South Kensington in London, it comprises a Language Centre, a Cultural Centre, Ciné Lumière, a cinema with two screens, and a multi-media library, La Médiathèque.

The Institut welcomes over 100,000 people each year, thanks to its wide range of public events, from film screenings, debates and festivals to concerts and workshops. It has also developed a broad offer for young audiences through public and school activities and its dedicated spaces, the Bibliothèque Quentin Blake and L’Atelier. It also hosts Gazette, London’s most authentic French brasserie.

Baby Comptines - French Rhyme Time

Institut Français du Royaume-Uni

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