{"title": "From Book to Screen", "start": "2026-11-05T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£6/pupil or £3 film only & free for teachers", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/from-book-to-screen-french-literary-adaptations-at-the-french-film-festival-london-2025/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama", "history/wwii"], "description": "A full school day at the Institut français immersing pupils in French culture, with a linguistic or cultural activity in the morning and a film screening in the afternoon for school groups from Year 6 to Year 8. It is run by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre, whose School Activities Manager Agathe Morisse can be contacted for details. The morning offers a language activity around the French comic book Les Enfants de la Resistance or a library session on books adapted for the screen. In the afternoon pupils watch Les Enfants de la Resistance, Christophe Barratier's 2025 film with Gérard Jugnot, Artus and Lucas Hector, in which three brave children resist the Nazis in the heart of France during the German occupation in World War II.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/from-book-to-screen-74183/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/from-book-to-screen-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/05913a05b0404bdc39f75d9e360886c44f67154f3ab32f5cc3cab4046cf46c9f-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "De Gaulle", "start": "2026-10-30T17:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7159229.TcsSection_3841519", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama", "history/wwii"], "description": "A film about June 1940, when France collapses and signs the armistice and an unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom, seeking to convince the world that the battle for France is neither over nor lost. It was directed by Antonin Baudry and stars Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Florian Lesieur, Anthony Calf, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Mison. Its original title is La Bataille de Gaulle: L’âge de fer. It carries a 15 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/de-gaulle-41543/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/de-gaulle-resistance/", "image": ""}, {"title": "De Gaulle: Liberté", "start": "2026-10-31T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Phoenix Cinema", "address": "52 High Rd, London N2 9PJ, UK", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_7184604.TcsSection_3841519", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/historical-drama", "history/france"], "description": "De Gaulle (Part 2): Liberté is a French film set in June 1940, when France collapses and signs the armistice, and an unknown general flees to London, alone and without an army, determined to save what remains of freedom. Directed by Antonin Baudry, it follows his struggle to convince the world that the battle for France is not lost, as resistance fighters, rebellious students and determined soldiers gradually rise up to join his cause. The cast includes Simon Abkarian, Benoit Magimel, Anamaria Vartolomei, Stephen Campbell Moore and Tom Mison.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/de-gaulle-liberte-69902/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/de-gaulle-liberte/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/007d09933df32318746d9b0ba58b6ad449f0a4e916ea89e92d4ee05276d2b3d1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Highlights of the Month", "start": "2026-10-30T17:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/eve-guerra-on-loss-and-homecoming/", "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "Highlights of the Month is a series at the Institut Français in London, listed under Festivals & series. Its programme gathers films, new releases, classics, talks, concerts and events for children and families. It points to titles such as the De Gaulle films, Case 137, the Fête du cinéma d'Animation and the French Film Festival London 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/highlights-of-the-month-69909/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "À propos de Nice", "start": "2026-11-10T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "£20/£12", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.royalacademy.org.uk/53167/53168", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/20th-century"], "description": "This is a film screening of À propos de Nice, followed by a talk about 20th-century life in the French Riviera. The film was directed by Jean Vigo and Boris Kaufman, and is a 1930 documentary offering a provocative portrait of Nice, capturing both the luxury of the carnival on the promenade and the poverty of the working-class neighbourhoods. After the screening, historian Richard Vinen, who has taught at King's College London since 1991 and specialises in modern France and Europe, will discuss the Riviera's two competing realities: the sun-soaked playground of artists and aristocrats and the poverty of everyday life in the shadow of war and the Great Depression.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-propos-de-nice-38267/", "official_url": "https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/event/a-propos-de-nice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a3006449cabd31b550b19bf14afa16b30e5a9eef05e4564eacbbca5927618af3-600.webp"}, {"title": "Make Your Own Mini Sketchbook", "start": "2026-10-29T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Army Museum", "address": "SW3 4HT London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["art/drawing", "diy/bookbinding", "history"], "description": "Make Your Own Mini Sketchbook is a family drop-in workshop at the National Army Museum where children can make their very own sketchbook, perfect for drafting some mini masterpieces. It takes inspiration from the French artist Paul Sarrut, who travelled across France during the First World War making quick drawings of the soldiers he encountered along the way. The workshop runs in two drop-in sessions on a first come, first served basis, with no booking required, and is suitable for children aged 5+ who must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Visitors can also see many of Sarrut's sketches in the museum's exhibition Drawn on the Western Front: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/make-your-own-mini-sketchbook-37233/", "official_url": "https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/make-your-own-mini-sketchbook", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c2bfb2438c0e41658089092a5e592cd76e394f7edfce69813888dd07ebcf3af-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Class Enemy", "start": "2026-11-02T18:10:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Lexi Cinema", "address": "Chamberlayne Road 194b, NW10 3JU London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_605.TcsWebTab_606", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A screening of the film Class Enemy, followed in the build-up by a recorded introduction from its director and co-writer. The film is a Slovenian drama set almost entirely inside a school, where a stern German teacher with nerves of steel, played by veteran actor Igor Samobor, takes over a class on maternity cover. After the tragic death of class member Sabina, fingers start being pointed, and the story handles themes including grief, the sanctity of the classroom space, and the philosophy of teaching.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/class-enemy-36995/", "official_url": "https://thelexicinema.co.uk/TheLexiCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=10181408", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3cfac7c5025bc060adb8c3ea81999893db17c3505d7b266925d3b0d7262a74ea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Baby Comptines", "start": "2026-11-04T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£7 standard, £5 members, £3 for carers", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_6979931.TcsSection_2015124", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["music/childrens-music/nursery-rhymes"], "description": "Baby Comptines is an interactive French nursery rhymes session for children aged 0-4, with songs, dance and instruments, in easy French and lasting 30 minutes. It is run by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni at its Bibliothèque Quentin Blake. Nursery rhymes play a vital role in a child's development, stimulating cognitive, linguistic and social skills while having great fun.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/baby-comptines-74181/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agenda/baby-comptines/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/950a27a60be609479a4b5f84149ee9ad06269da03c0cdf3717687b39a6ecde0f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Try a Lesson", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "Try a Lesson is a one-week taster class giving a flavour of studying French at the Institut français before starting a full course. Run by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre and taught by experienced, highly qualified native French speakers, it is aimed at total beginners (A1) up to intermediate level (B1). Students learn useful words and sentences for starting French, such as greeting people and introducing themselves, in groups of 12, online or onsite. A Microsoft Teams account is required and workshop material is provided by the tutor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/try-a-lesson-74188/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-courses/try-a-lesson/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/04735045ec2535b541f72ba0a850a75940f1e1fa31e667cbad10ef4b635fc8d5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "It's Only the End of the World", "start": "2026-11-03T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": "11.00", "price_to": "11.00", "tickets_url": "https://cinelumiere.savoysystems.co.uk/CineLumiere.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_600.TcsWebTab_601.TcsPerformance_6979337.TcsSection_3841519", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "It’s Only the End of the World is a French film about a writer who returns to his hometown after twelve years away, as long-simmering grievances erupt into bitter confrontations with his family. It was directed by Xavier Dolan and stars Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard and Léa Seydoux, with Baye giving a deeply affecting performance as a heartbroken mother. The film won the Grand Prix at Festival de Cannes 2016.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/its-only-the-end-of-the-world-74174/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/its-only-the-end-of-the-world/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1c519e52b635dc17a1f84d7c7ed8f299d9f1172ab4ee7ab365ccb4c6ad8839ba-2000.webp"}, {"title": "2026: The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt, France 1940", "start": "2026-10-08T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T18:30:00Z", "place": "Arcola Theatre", "address": "Ashwin Street 24, E8 3DL London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/listings/7674", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama/historical-drama", "history/holocaust"], "description": "A world premiere play, 'THE BANALITY OF EVIL: HANNAH ARENDT, FRANCE, 1940', written and directed by Julia Pascal, presented by Arcola Theatre and Pascal Theatre Company. It follows Hannah Arendt, artist Charlotte Salomon and teenage Communist Eva Daube, three Jewish women interned in 1940 at Camp Gurs, the largest French internment camp near the Spanish border, from their arrest to their escape. Drawing on testimony, archival research and Arendt's own interviews, and weaving cabaret, physical theatre, satire and Brechtian theatricality, it uncovers the little-known story of thousands of refugees fleeing Hitler who were interned by the French state. The cast is led by Mai Weisz as Hannah Arendt, alongside Anna Eckhard as Charlotte Salomon and Ariella Barnett as Eva Daube, with Pat Dynowska as Trude, Helen Goldwyn as Agathe and Anja Fahlenkamp as musical composition & arrangement/ensemble.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/2026-the-banality-of-evil-hannah-arendt-france-1940-59988/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/30d6dd73c0956cb0fa15d0477009377c0385baa1242fc1548d8154af16be02a4-1200.webp"}]}