Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
Workshop: Stop Motion Movie Production
From storyboarding to editing, promising filmmaker Alix Guichard will guide you through the meticulous steps of filmmaking using the crafty method of stop motion animation to bring your favourite book characters to life.
Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
Workshop: Wild Immersion Virtual Reality
Immerse yourself in nature with 360° VR films, discovering hundreds of wild species in their natural habitat. This is an interactive, playful, and sensorial setting to raise awareness on climate change and nature conservation.
Every child will have the opportunity to choose one film from the catalogue to immerse into nature. One film is between 5 and 10 min length of time. During the time slot, there might be a wait before doing the workshop until a VR headset becomes available.
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Workshop with Delphine Renon
Delphine Renon invites you to a soft clay workshop. While Autumn leaves on its trail the smell of damp earth and moss, mushrooms, and snails on the grass; let your creativity speak and make your own characters inspired by Delphine’s characters Emmet and Caleb’s seasonal drawings.
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Workshop with Marc Boutavant
Our favourite pet Dumpster Dog is back! Get ready for a great show as Marc Boutavant shares tricks to create a storybook step by step. Create a new Dumpster Dog adventure and take it home with you. On your MARCs, get set, go!
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Workshop with Clémentine Beauvais
Embark upon a journey to transform a bunch of words that make sense in one language – French; into another bunch of words that make sense in another language – English. And to make it extra difficult, we’ll need some rhymes sometimes. No knowledge of French is required, but a love for words in English desirable!
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Translation Workshop with the Stephen Spender Trust
Join a translation workshop run by two talented teachers and literary translators from the Stephen Spender Trust. Based on La Valise by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, how would you translate friendship?
Film: Poly
Screening in partnership with Into Film. Inspired by Cecile Aubry’s eponymous novel, Poly takes us on a trip to memory lane. Cécile, 10 years old, moves to the South of France with her mother, Louise. Integration with the other children of the village is not easy. When a passing circus settles down next door, Cécile discovers that Poly the star pony is being mistreated, so she decides to protect him and organise an escape. Pursued by Brancalou, the disturbing director of the circus, and the mysterious Victor, Cécile and Poly embark on an adventure full of twists and turns, a true journey of initiation and an incredible story of friendship…
Film: Hello World!
Hello World! Is a whimsical examination of a fragile ecosystem, made with papier-mâché puppets. These 10 episodes are 10 animated adventures in stop motion and hand-crafted sculptures set in beautifully painted backgrounds. An artist’s view on how is a bird born, why does one come into the world as an insect, mammal or fish?
Film: Little Vampire
Little Vampire has been 10 years old for the last 300 years. Despite living in a haunted house with a merry group of monsters, he is bored to death… His dream? Going to school to meet other kids. Unfortunately, his parents won’t let him leave the mansion, as for them, the outside world is way too dangerous. Accompanied by Fantomate, his faithful bulldog, Little Vampire escapes from the manor in secret, determined to meet other children. Adapted by celebrated illustrator Joann Sfar from his own eponymous comic book.
Performance: The Little Prince
In a spellbinding show, storyteller Matthew Crampton and pianist Olga Jegunova tell their own version of the world’s best-selling and most-translated book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, improvising on classical themes to weave musical magic throughout the words.
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Film: Quentin Blake: The Drawing of My Life
In this celebration of one of Britain’s best-loved artists, illustrator and author Sir Quentin Blake tells the story of his 70-year long career, in his own words – and with his own pictures! He is filmed as he is creating an extraordinary new work especially for this documentary: a huge canvas on which self-portraits and classic characters emerge in his instantly recognisable, energetic, and ebullient style.
Showing by kind permission of the BBC and Wingspan Productions
Exhibition: Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Blake, illustrator of Roald Dahl’s famous books and so many classics, is the patron of the South Ken Kids Festival. This year, he is sharing special illustrations with us: from La Fontaine’s Fables celebrating the 400 years of the author’s birthday to some nature-inspired drawings highlighting the urgency to tackle climate change, enter into the universe of the beloved Quentin Blake in a unique exhibition.
Due to special events, there will be some disruption in the opening times of the Quentin Blake exhibition.
We apologise for the inconvenience. More information: library@institutfrancais.org.uk
Until 25 Nov
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Performance: The Little Prince
In a spellbinding show, storyteller Matthew Crampton and pianist Olga Jegunova tell their own version of the world’s best-selling and most-translated book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, improvising on classical themes to weave musical magic throughout the words.
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The Children’s Bookshow: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Come and meet author and illustrator Chris Naylor-Ballesteros for a morning of stories and illustration. Chris will be telling us about his work as a picture book creator, reading his books, and drawing live too. With the chance to ask questions, this event will inspire children to read, write and draw!
Multilingual Poetry Slam
We are glad to bring back the Multilingual Poetry Slam run by Michaël Vidon for the 5th year in a row! A Poetry Slam is a competitive event where poets are judged on their skills as writers as well as performers. The poetry Slam is always warm, rowdy and fun. This year the theme is: “Planet on Fire, don’t look away!”
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Impro!
Voted best event of the weekend for years, Impro! gathers all our guest illustrators on stage for a wild, joyful, and musical live creation. Illustrators team up with two exceptional musicians: Sarah Gail Brand on the trombone and Will Glaser on drums. Don’t miss out!
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Piano Recital & Live Drawing with Louise Cournarie, Antoine Préat & Jo Weaver
For your ears and eyes’ delight only, two talented young pianists Louise Cournarie and Antoine Préat will play magnificent pieces from the classical repertoire, including Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy, accompanied on stage by illustrator Jo Weaver, whose beautiful nature-inspired work will strike your imagination in a live drawing for the ages. Enjoy!
Programme:
Rameau, L’entretien des muses, Génération harmonique, Les Cyclopes, L’Egyptienne
Couperin, La Favorite, Les Roseaux
Forqueray, La Couperin, Jupiter
Chopin, Préludes (selection)
Debussy, Préludes
Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit
In partnership with Steinway & Sons
As part of Les Salons en Musique, a chamber music concerts series supported by Aline Foriel-Destezet
See also:
Piano Recital with Louise Cournarie & Antoine Préat
Fri 19 Nov | 6pm | at the Institut français d’Écosse
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