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Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

Presentation by the French Observatory of Api...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

The OFA is spearheading the "Flowers for Bees" initiative so that each of us can take action in favor of safeguarding bees.

Mes états nordiques / Marie-Claude Fournier

Document audiovisuel | Marie-Claude Fournier. Producteur

Marie-Christine accueille chaque matin ses onze élèves dans sa petite classe à Kangirsuk, au Nunavik au nord-est du Québec. Depuis deux ans, elle enseigne dans le Grand Nord. Ce web-documentaire nous fait partager l’expérience de ...

Les contes de la périphérie / Nikolaj Larsen

Document audiovisuel | Nikolaj Larsen. Metteur en scène ou réalisateur

Durant cinq mois, Nikolaj Larsen a incité des jeunes de la ville de Saint Denis, dans la banlieue parisienne, à enregistrer, avec la fonction vidéo de leurs téléphones portables ou avec des caméras, leur vie et leurs pensées quoti...

Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

Arne Næss, pour une écologie joyeuse

Livre numérique | Ramadier, Mathilde. Auteur | 2017

Cet ouvrage est un essai libre sur la vie et l’œuvre d’Arne Næss, philosophe norvégien, à la fois écologiste engagé et alpiniste de renom. Au-delà de sa pensée philosophique, Næss invite chacun à découvrir son propre rapport à la ...

Amélie Nothomb / Nothomb, Amélie

Document audiovisuel | 2018

Having published a book a year since the publication in 1992 of her first novel Hygiène de l’Assassin at the age of twenty-five, one could argue that Amélie Nothomb is a prolific author. Get a chance to delve into her extensive wo...

Petit pays

Livre numérique | Faye, Gaël. Auteur

En 1992, Gabriel, dix ans, vit au Burundi avec son père français, entrepreneur, sa mère rwandaise et sa petite sœur, Ana, dans un confortable quartier d’expatriés. Gabriel passe le plus clair de son temps avec ses copains, une joy...

Charles Aznavour: Debut Recordings

Musique audio | Charles Aznavour | 2011

Les plages d'Agnès Varda

Musique audio | Laurent Levesque | 2010

French Quiz: Les vendanges en France / Instit...

Livre | 2017

Testez vos connaissances sur l'actualité et la culture française avec le French Quiz. Les ressources présentées dans ce module portent sur les vendanges en France. Cette ressource comprend : - Une feuille de questions de compré...

Amélie Nothomb / Nothomb, Amélie

Document audiovisuel | 2018

Having published a book a year since the publication in 1992 of her first novel Hygiène de l’Assassin at the age of twenty-five, one could argue that Amélie Nothomb is a prolific author. Get a chance to delve into her extensive wo...

Les Prénoms épicènes

Livre numérique | Nothomb, Amélie. Auteur

« La personne qui aime est toujours la plus forte. »Depuis 1992 et Hygiène de l'assassin, tous les livres d'Amélie Nothomb ont été publiés aux éditions Albin Michel. Elle a reçu, entre autres, le prix Chardonne, le Grand prix du r...

Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

L'Autre Alceste

Livre numérique | Alfred Jarry | 1896

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ROMAIN DURIS AND FRANÇOIS OZON DISCUSS 'THE N...

Document audiovisuel

"After the death of her life-long best friend, Claire vows to watch over her husband, David, and their young daughter. But when she makes a surprising discovery, her own subconscious desires are unleashed, taking her on a journey ...

DESCARTES - LIVING WITH THE PASSIONS: / Micha...

Document audiovisuel | 2013

My Night with Philosophers, 2013. Descartes draws a very sharp distinction between mind and body, conceiving the mind as a purely immaterial entity that could exist separately from the body. But he also insists that the two are i...

Laurent Binet on The 7th Function of Language...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Beyond Words Festival: Laurent Binet on the 7th Function of Language Laurent Binet is an author and professor of literature in France. His first novel, HHhH (Vintage), was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix...

This Little Art: Kate Briggs and Daniel Hahn ...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

A Conversation with Kate Briggs and Daniel Hahn on Translation and 'This Little Art' With the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs’s essay is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, f...

Tatiana De Rosnay in conversation with Tessa ...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

On the 5th October 2017, best-selling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay (Sarah’s Key) gave an exclusive talk with Daphne du Maurier’s eldest daughter, Tessa Montgomery, which was chaired by Dr Laura Varnam, on the occasion of the UK publ...

The Bonjour Effect with Julie Barlow / Barlow...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Canadian authors Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow have been travelling to Paris a lot over the last 10 years. Yet one important precept never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you spea...

Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (ANALYSIS)

Document audiovisuel

The 2014 edition of 'Rendez-vous with French Cinema' paid tribute to the late and great Alain Resnais, a director of unmatched distinction and elegance, whose works awed and amazed, or shocked and unnerved, but never left audience...

ALAIN GAGNOL DISCUSSES 'UNE VIE DE CHAT'

Document audiovisuel

Alain Gagnol (born in 1967) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated movie A Cat in Paris - his first animated feature concerning a house cat by day who becomes a cat burglar ...

VINCENT LINDON DISCUSSES 'THE MEASURE OF A MA...

Document audiovisuel

In April of this year, the French star Vincent Lindon joined us at the Institut francais to discuss his new film The Measure of a Man or La loi du marché in French by director Stéphane Brizé. Here at Culturetheque we’ve put the...

JALIL LESPERT, GUILLAUME GALIENNE AND PIERRE ...

Document audiovisuel

Director Jalil Lespert and lead actors Pierre Niney and Guillaume Gallienne discuss their 2013 film 'Yves Saint Laurent'. 'Yves Saint Laurent' traces the life of the precocious talent, who took over from his mentor, Christian Dio...

DAVID OELHOFFEN AND VIGGO MORTENSEN DISCUSS '...

Document audiovisuel | 2014

Based on an Albert Camus's story, 'Loin des Hommes' is more or less a two-hander for a duo of the most magnetic actors in current cinema. In 1950s Algeria, a teacher in a remote village (Viggo Mortensen) is entrusted with accompa...

PABLO: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Document audiovisuel | 2015

Writer Julie Birmant and artist Clément Oubrerie came to the Institut français to discuss their award winning graphic novel. The discussion is chaired by comics expert Paul Gravett, co-curator of the British Library’s Comics Unmas...

Masterclass with director Mahamat-Saleh Harou...

Document audiovisuel

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was born in Chad in 1961 and has resided in Paris since 1982. After working as a journalist and directing several shorts and documentaries, he gained international recognition with his first feature-length fic...

CLAUDE LELOUCH DISCUSSES 'A MAN AND A WOMAN'

Document audiovisuel

French film director Claude Lelouch talks about his 1966 film 'Un homme et une femme'. Winner of two Oscars (one for Best Foreign Film) and the 1966 Palme d’Or, this charming, free-wheeling love story made the international reputa...

Alexis Jenni and Hisham Matar on Rewriting Hi...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Jenni’s novel, The French Art of War spans essential decades of recent French history, from the aftermath of the Second World War in the 1950s, to the decolonisation and Algerian war of the 1970s. Meanwhile in The Return, Matar te...

IF ÉCOSSE: TALK WHAT DO THE SCOTS AND ENGLISH...

Document audiovisuel | Éric Albert - Reporter, Writer | 2016

A great talk took place on Wednesday 20 April at IF Ecosse entitled "What do the Scots and English have in common?" Listen to this lively discussion between Éric Albert, London correspondent for French newspaper Le Monde, author...

CÉDRIC KLAPISCH DISCUSSES 'CHINESE PUZZLE'

Document audiovisuel

After Barcelona for 'Pot Luck' (L’Auberge espagnole), London and Saint Petersburg for 'Russian Dolls' (Les Poupées russes), Cédric Klapisch this time takes his characters to New York and Paris. Without missing a beat, French direc...

MIA HANSEN-LØVE DISCUSSES 'EDEN'

Document audiovisuel

French film director Mia Hansen-Løve talks about how her own life became an inspiration for 'Eden', why she used Robert Creeley's poem, 'The Rhythm' and how her directing has evolved compared to her previous films. Hansen- gives ...

FRANÇOIS CUSSET: THE PROBLEM WITH THEORY / In...

Document audiovisuel | 2013

My Night with Pilosophers, 2013. On issues such as gender, post-colonialism, social critique, or the cultural industry, ‘theory’ has been enjoying a renewed interest, and a great success, for quite a while now, as a sort of para-...

ROMAIN DURIS AND FRANÇOIS OZON DISCUSS 'THE N...

Document audiovisuel

"After the death of her life-long best friend, Claire vows to watch over her husband, David, and their young daughter. But when she makes a surprising discovery, her own subconscious desires are unleashed, taking her on a journey ...

FRANÇOIS CUSSET: THE PROBLEM WITH THEORY / In...

Document audiovisuel | 2013

My Night with Pilosophers, 2013. On issues such as gender, post-colonialism, social critique, or the cultural industry, ‘theory’ has been enjoying a renewed interest, and a great success, for quite a while now, as a sort of para-...

DESCARTES - LIVING WITH THE PASSIONS: / Micha...

Document audiovisuel | 2013

My Night with Philosophers, 2013. Descartes draws a very sharp distinction between mind and body, conceiving the mind as a purely immaterial entity that could exist separately from the body. But he also insists that the two are i...

MIA HANSEN-LØVE DISCUSSES 'EDEN'

Document audiovisuel

French film director Mia Hansen-Løve talks about how her own life became an inspiration for 'Eden', why she used Robert Creeley's poem, 'The Rhythm' and how her directing has evolved compared to her previous films. Hansen- gives ...

CÉDRIC KLAPISCH DISCUSSES 'CHINESE PUZZLE'

Document audiovisuel

After Barcelona for 'Pot Luck' (L’Auberge espagnole), London and Saint Petersburg for 'Russian Dolls' (Les Poupées russes), Cédric Klapisch this time takes his characters to New York and Paris. Without missing a beat, French direc...

Laurent Binet on The 7th Function of Language...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Beyond Words Festival: Laurent Binet on the 7th Function of Language Laurent Binet is an author and professor of literature in France. His first novel, HHhH (Vintage), was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix...

This Little Art: Kate Briggs and Daniel Hahn ...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

A Conversation with Kate Briggs and Daniel Hahn on Translation and 'This Little Art' With the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs’s essay is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, f...

Vol. 2 Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézièr...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

2017

Tatiana De Rosnay in conversation with Tessa ...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

On the 5th October 2017, best-selling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay (Sarah’s Key) gave an exclusive talk with Daphne du Maurier’s eldest daughter, Tessa Montgomery, which was chaired by Dr Laura Varnam, on the occasion of the UK publ...

The Bonjour Effect with Julie Barlow / Barlow...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Canadian authors Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow have been travelling to Paris a lot over the last 10 years. Yet one important precept never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you spea...

Alexis Jenni and Hisham Matar on Rewriting Hi...

Document audiovisuel | 2017

Jenni’s novel, The French Art of War spans essential decades of recent French history, from the aftermath of the Second World War in the 1950s, to the decolonisation and Algerian war of the 1970s. Meanwhile in The Return, Matar te...

Behind the Scenes with Alcest at the London, ...

Document audiovisuel | 2018

At Culturethèque, we had the privilege of catching up with Neige, from Alcest who appeared as special guests at this year's edition of Meltdown, curated by none other than Robert Smith of The Cure. The interview was recorded on 1...

HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (ANALYSIS)

Document audiovisuel

The 2014 edition of 'Rendez-vous with French Cinema' paid tribute to the late and great Alain Resnais, a director of unmatched distinction and elegance, whose works awed and amazed, or shocked and unnerved, but never left audience...

CLAUDE LELOUCH DISCUSSES 'A MAN AND A WOMAN'

Document audiovisuel

French film director Claude Lelouch talks about his 1966 film 'Un homme et une femme'. Winner of two Oscars (one for Best Foreign Film) and the 1966 Palme d’Or, this charming, free-wheeling love story made the international reputa...

ALAIN GAGNOL DISCUSSES 'UNE VIE DE CHAT'

Document audiovisuel

Alain Gagnol (born in 1967) is a French film maker. In January 2012, he was nominated for an Academy Award for the animated movie A Cat in Paris - his first animated feature concerning a house cat by day who becomes a cat burglar ...

VINCENT LINDON DISCUSSES 'THE MEASURE OF A MA...

Document audiovisuel

In April of this year, the French star Vincent Lindon joined us at the Institut francais to discuss his new film The Measure of a Man or La loi du marché in French by director Stéphane Brizé. Here at Culturetheque we’ve put the...

JALIL LESPERT, GUILLAUME GALIENNE AND PIERRE ...

Document audiovisuel

Director Jalil Lespert and lead actors Pierre Niney and Guillaume Gallienne discuss their 2013 film 'Yves Saint Laurent'. 'Yves Saint Laurent' traces the life of the precocious talent, who took over from his mentor, Christian Dio...

DAVID OELHOFFEN AND VIGGO MORTENSEN DISCUSS '...

Document audiovisuel | 2014

Based on an Albert Camus's story, 'Loin des Hommes' is more or less a two-hander for a duo of the most magnetic actors in current cinema. In 1950s Algeria, a teacher in a remote village (Viggo Mortensen) is entrusted with accompa...

PABLO: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

Document audiovisuel | 2015

Writer Julie Birmant and artist Clément Oubrerie came to the Institut français to discuss their award winning graphic novel. The discussion is chaired by comics expert Paul Gravett, co-curator of the British Library’s Comics Unmas...

Masterclass with director Mahamat-Saleh Harou...

Document audiovisuel

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun was born in Chad in 1961 and has resided in Paris since 1982. After working as a journalist and directing several shorts and documentaries, he gained international recognition with his first feature-length fic...