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Brought by the creators of A Cat in Paris and Phantom Boy, this clever film exploring how children perceive adult problems is not to be missed. Nina, a 10-year-old girl, whose father has always entertained with stories about a hedgehog, finds her life turned upside down when her dad loses his job. As she hears rumours of a treasure hidden in his old factory, she and her best friend embark on a wild adventure.

Screenings preceded by a recorded Q&A with Alain Gagnol

FRA | 2023 | 80 mins | dir(s) Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli, with Guillaume Canet, Audrey Tautou | in French with EN subs | PG 7+

Screening "Nina & the Hedgehog's Secret"

To find his long-lost son and some food to survive the winter, the great bear king leads his clan down from the mountains and into the world of men. After escaping terrible monsters and defeating an evil duke, the bears and men live together in peace – for a time.

 Director(s): Lorenzo Mattotti
 Original title: La Fameuse Invasion des Ours en Sicile
 Country, year: FRA/ITA | 2019
 Duration: 82 mins
 Language: in French with EN Subs
 Age: 7+
 Cert.: TBC

Screening "The Bear's Famous Invasion in Sicily"

Justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted. His dream is to become one the Knights of Valour, but his father wants him to become a lawyer. After an inspiring visit to his grandmother, Justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight.

 Director(s): Manuel Sicilia
 Cast: Freddie Highmore, Antonio Banderas, Julie Walters, Saoirse Ronan
 Country, year: SPA/UK/NETH/US | 2013
 Duration: 90 mins
 Language: in English
 Cert.: PG

Screening "Justin & the Knights of Valour"

Away is a dialogue-free fantasy adventure and the debut animated feature from Flow’s Golden Globes winning director, Gints Zilbalodis, about a boy travelling across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home. Along the way he makes a series of connections with diﬀerent animals and reﬂects on the possible ways he ended up on the island. Part dream, part reality, Away explores our common, universal need to ﬁnd a connection.

 Director(s): Gints Zilbalodis
 Country, year: LAT | 2020
 Duration: 75 mins
 Language: Silent
 Cert.: U

Screening "Away"

Celebrate the richness of the French language with all its diversity and cultures on the occasion of the Mois de la Francophonie. We will first take you to the bayou in New Orleans where wildlife is thriving during the beautiful Shooom’s Odyssey and then we will embark on an initiatory journey to Guadeloupe where Vanille will jump in an epic adventure bringing her closer to her roots. An exciting programme that will make you want to discover the elsewhere, the other and yourself.

 Director(s): Guillaume Lorin & Julien Bisaro
 Country, year: FRA | 2019-2020
 Duration: 60 mins
 Language: in French with English subtitles
 Cert.: U

Screening - Family FrancoFUNie Shorts

Winner of the Jury Award at the Annecy International Animation Festival in 2024 and of the 2025 Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Flow 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.

 Director(s): Gints Zilbalodis
 Cast: 84 mins
 Country, year: France/Latvia/Belgium | 2024
 Duration: 84 mins
 Cert.: U

Screening FLOW

Tintin and his friends visit Professor Calculus, who is experimenting with new technology at his country laboratory, only to find him and a pair of local children threatened by criminals. Is the infamous Rastapopoulos behind it all? Tintin is on deck to solve the mystery!

 Director(s): Raymond Leblanc
 Country, year: FRA/BEL | 1972
 Duration: 75 mins
 Language: In English 
 Cert.: U

Screening "Tintin & the Lake of Sharks"

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.

Screening "Nina & the Hedgehog's Secret"

Institut Français du Royaume-Uni

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