{"title": "Ulysse", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/family-drama"], "description": "\"Ulysse\" is a French drama film about Alice, a sociologist who learns she is pregnant, and her son Ulysse, who is diagnosed with a genetic condition that leaves him smaller than other children. It follows the boy's singular odyssey to walk, speak, learn, understand and grow, with Alice determined he will find his place in the world. The film is directed by Laetitia Masson and stars Elodie Bouchez, Stanislas Merhar, Romane Bohringer and Gringe. The screening on 21 November is its UK premiere, followed by a Q&A with the director moderated by Linda Marric.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ulysse-36659/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/ulysse/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/279873119df6c5d81f4c2b5b50811add1d24de94449d591149e7aaccfa385b63-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-21T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Ulya", "start": "2026-11-15T19:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Garden Cinema", "address": "Parker Street 39-41, WC2B 5PQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/sports-drama", "sport/basketball"], "description": "Ulya is a drama about a teenage girl in 1964 who grows up on a remote farm, troubled by her unusual height until basketball coaches spot her and take her to Riga to join a famous team. Struggling with her height and identity, she trains hard but realises basketball cannot fulfil her dream of a normal life, and must choose between hiding and aiming to be the best basketball player in the world. It was directed by Viesturs Kairiss and is inspired by the true story of the legendary Latvian player Uljana Semjonova, winner of two Olympic Gold medals.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ulya-39255/", "official_url": "https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-baltic-film-festival-presents-ulya-uk-premiere/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a9244b544a98936b608f250e382af935c46b0b9aca584affb6eab0f273ee2f34-600.webp"}, {"title": "Milo", "start": "2026-11-20T17:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "Milo is a French drama about Alice, who arrives in a quiet provincial town and takes a job at a local café because of Milo, a young mechanic tied to a past she never truly left behind. As buried tensions surface, both face the question of whether a bond shattered decades ago can be rebuilt. It was directed by Nicole Garcia, who made From the Land of the Moon, and stars Marion Cotillard, Laure Calamy, Théodore Pellerin and Artus. The film is also known by its original title, 7h40 ce matin-là.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/milo-74215/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/milo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4cd910659fcc138936ddab52589791c7f35bd2f9c395fd15cf2e03be66cbd22c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London 2026", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London 2026 is a fortnight of cinema with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings at Ciné Lumière. It is organised by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni and explores the breadth of voices in French cinema, from emerging and established directors, through fiction, documentaries, animation and restored classics. The programme includes many UK premieres, films such as Minotaur, a new partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival, and guests including Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-2026-74199/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Womans Life", "start": "2026-11-18T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama"], "description": "A Woman's Life is a French-language drama about Gabrielle, a surgeon and hospital department head who juggles her demanding profession with a loving husband and a mother needing her care, until a novelist researching a book in her department shakes her equilibrium. It was directed by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet and stars Léa Drucker, Mélanie Thierry, Charles Berling, Laurent Capelluto and Marie-Christine Barrault. Drucker, a two-time César winner, delivers a superb performance in this finely textured character study of high-powered, middle-aged femininity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-womans-life-36652/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/a-womans-life/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/38e963f8faeffbf9d1d38b5bf2b0cc3ffa6fee7222ab959751ea59c96cc6dbee-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "From £10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["film"], "description": "French Film Festival London is a fortnight of French cinema at Ciné Lumière, with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. It is organised by the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni and supported by partners including the Polish Cultural Institute London. The programme spans fiction, documentaries and animation by emerging and established directors, with UK premieres, restored classics and Q&As with guests such as Sophie Marceau, Sandrine Kiberlain and Laetitia Masson. There is also a partnership with the Cinéma du réel festival and films for families.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-36674/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8e08248ccac581c6a578b415384ceefd17d61d0f72f1eabf96ea67c997ed8909-2000.webp"}, {"title": "French Film Festival London", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film"], "description": "The French Film Festival London is a fortnight of cinema at Ciné Lumière with over 40 films and almost 100 screenings. 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Screenings take place at Ciné Lumière, the home of French cinema in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/french-film-festival-london-74235/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/festivals-and-series/french-film-festival-london/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2839698898d8c15c543995a257435e5bdd74812cf1c6c2317fdd9f12553db86c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Place for Her", "start": "2026-11-19T17:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni", "address": "Queensberry Place 17;13-15", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama", "society/women"], "description": "A Place for Her is a French film about a team at a women's shelter, the Maison des femmes, where care, listening and solidarity help women who have suffered violence rebuild their lives. Workers such as Diane, Manon, Inès and Awa welcome and support the women together, pooling their strengths, vulnerabilities and convictions. Directed by Mélisa Godet, the film celebrates solidarity and resilience, and stars Karin Viard, Laetitia Dosch, Oulaya Amamra and Eye Haidara.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-place-for-her-36653/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/a-place-for-her/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4dd7d02547048cfeda429df760afcffaf2d632eb12d4ea46424a793f5505a295-2000.webp"}, {"title": "La Gradiva", "start": "2026-11-18T20:20:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["film/drama/coming-of-age-drama"], "description": "La Gradiva is a feature film screening on a cinema screen. Director Marine Atlan follows a pack of rowdy French teenagers on a school field trip to Pompeii, where sunshine, desire, passion, angst and class tensions unfold against the ruins and beauty of the ancient past. As the journey progresses, pressures build between the students as they confront the hidden economic realities structuring their social lives. The film captures the fleeting nature of adolescence and summer, and was nominated for the Golden Camera and the Queer Palm at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/la-gradiva-74200/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cinema/la-gradiva/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c3acad915477f3220f2a109b4dd7da5860fa7ab4ed31106ac94482b1c7fe8b4-2000.webp"}]}