Rainbows

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Speech & Language

London

Kensington and Chelsea

As children, we all thought rainbows were magical. In Ugo Bienvenu’s colourful time travelling adventure, Arco, a 10-year-old boy, comes from the future and lands by mistake in 2075 where he meets Iris. Now stuck in a world where technology has gone too far and the environment is at stake; Arco will count on the strong friendships he makes to help him return home.

With Arco, produced by Natalie Portman and winner of the Crystal Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Bienvenu manages to paint a fun, positive and moving film that will leave adults and children full of hope for humankind.

Special Offer
Calling all parents and guardians! Adults pay £10 when bought with one or more kids tickets to see this film.

Simply add the kids and your ticket (Standard/Member/Concession) to the basket and the discount will automatically be applied at the checkout.
As part of the French Film Festival London

 Director(s): Ugo Bienvenu
 Country, year: FRA| 2025
 Duration: 82 mins
 Language: In French with EN subtitles
 Cert.: TBC

Preview screening- ARCO

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Directed by visionary science-fiction animator René Laloux (La Planète sauvage) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud – aka Mœbius – The Time Masters is a visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure.

After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar, a pilot transporting the exiled Prince Matton and Princess Belle from their former kingdom. Jaffar seeks the help of Silbad, a cheerful old-timer who knows how to circumvent Perdide’s hazards, including brain-devouring insects. Along the way, Jaffar and company the Masters of Time, mysterious beings who can bend reality and perhaps reveal to the heroes their secret origins and destinies.

 Director(s): René Laloux
 Cast: Jean Valmont, Michel Elias, Frédéric Legros
 Original title: Les Maîtres du temps
 Country, year: France | 1982
 Duration: 79 mins
 Language: in French with EN subs
 Cert.: PG
 More information: 4K Restoration

Screening "The Time Masters"

Adapted from Amélie Nothomb’s bestselling autobiography The Character of the Rain, Little Amélie transports us to Japan seen through the eyes of a thriving little girl decided to discover the world in her own terms. She is curious and loves to indulge in her Belgian grandma’s treats, but this doesn’t always fit in with the more traditional Japanese upbringing. The beautiful and colourful style will please the younger ones while the more tragic subjects will move older ones.

 Director(s): Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
 Cast: Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grosbois, Isaac Schoumsky
 Original title: Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes
 Country, year: France | 2025
 Duration: 77 mins
 Language: In French with EN subs
 Age: 5+
 Cert.: TBC
 More information: Courtesy of Vue Lumière

Preview Screening "Little Amelie"

This beautiful animation by screenwriters and directors Rémi Bezançon (Le mystère Henri Pick) and Jean-Christophe Lie (Les triplettes de Belleville, Hercules) is inspired by the true story of the giraffe Zarafa who was gifted by the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, as a political gesture to the king of France, Charles X. Ten-year-old Maki escapes from slave traders and befriends Zarafa. Together they embark on a perilous journey from Sudan to Paris passing by Alexandria, Marseille et the snowy Alps Mountains.

 Director(s): Rémi Bezançon, Jean-Christophe Lie
 Cast: Max Renaudin, Simon Abkarian, François-Xavier Demaison
 Country, year: FRA/BEL | 2012
 Duration: 78 mins
 Language: in French with EN subs
 Cert.: PG

This screening is part of the Fete du Cinema d'Animation season

Screening "Zarafa"

Maya and her dad (Michel Gondry) live in two different countries. To keep in touch with his daughter and continue to tell her stories, her dad asks her every evening ‘Maya, give me a title’. Based on this title, he makes a cartoon for her to star in. Through these adventures narrated by Pierre Niney, Michel Gondry brings to life through paper cuttings a poetic and amusing journey that will have the little ones dreaming… and the grown-ups smiling.

Bonus
Followed by a free stop motion animation workshop with paper cuttings. The workshop is free to attend for ticket-holders for the film but booking is required.

 Director(s): Michel Gondry
 Cast: Maya Gondry, Pierre Niney
 Original title: Maya, donne-moi un titre
 Country, year: FRA | 2024
 Duration: 66 mins
 Language: In French with EN subs
 Age: 6+
 Cert.: TBC
 More information: London Premiere

Screening "Maya Give me a Title" + Animation Workshop

Antoine Lanciaux’s first long feature is a joyful story depicted through the meticulous art of cutout animation. 9 years-old Lucie joins her archaeologist mother Caroline, who is working in the countryside for the holidays. Lucie doesn’t know much about her family history but grabs the occasion to be where her mum grew up to discover more with the help of her new friend Yann. Together they’ll meet mysterious people discover secret passages under a castle, approach an old caravan in the woods. Many leads bringing her closer to her mum’s secrets.

Special Offer
Calling all parents and guardians! Adults pay £10 when bought with one or more kids tickets to see this film.

Simply add the kids and your ticket (Standard/Member/Concession) to the basket and the discount will automatically be applied at the checkout.

 Director(s): Antoine Lanciaux
 Cast: Lucie Léontiadis, Anton Souverbie-Giorgis, Marina Le Guennec
 Original title: Le Secret des mésanges
 Country, year: FRA | 2025
 Duration: 70 mins
 Language: In French with EN subtitles
 Cert.: TBC

As part of the French Film Festival London

Preview Screening - The Songbird's Secret

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.

Preview screening- ARCO

Institut Français du Royaume-Uni

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