A festival pays tribute to Henri Langlois
Arts in France this week with Rosslyn Hyams makes the most of a festival and awards celebrating living cinema history.
View ArticleSeheno: 'You can feel the Madagascar roots in my songs'
In this week's edition of World Music Matters, singer-songwriter Seheno talks to RFI's Alison Hird about how the nature and musical traditions of her native Madagascar inspired her latest album Hazo...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival 2016: A melting pot of cinema
The Cannes Film Festival made public Thursday the films contesting in the 69th competition, which opens next month.
View ArticleOne listener’s beliefs
Feast your ears on listener Mustapha Hassan's "This I Believe" essay. Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!
View ArticleFrench terror film hits North American cinemas after 14-month delay
A French film on a terror cell planning attacks in the French capital is to open in the US after being delayed twice because of last year's Paris attacks. Made In France's fortunes could be about to...
View ArticleIsraeli actress, film-maker Ronit Elkabetz dies, aged 51
Actress and film-maker Ronit Elkabetz, who lived and worked in Israel and France died on Tuesday, aged 51, after a long battle with cancer. She worked with leading French cinema figures such as André...
View Article400 years after his death, world celebrates Shakespeare's legacy
The world's most celebrated playwright died 400 years ago, in his native Stratford-upon-Avon. But shakespearemania is still going strong, as fans across the world prepare to commemorate the bard's...
View ArticleOne listener’s beliefs
Feast your ears on listener Gilles Corman's “This I Believe” essay. Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!
View ArticleFrench billionaire Pinault to open modern art museum in Paris
French billionaire François Pinault is to house his massive modern art collection in a new Paris museum near the Louvre and the Pompidou Centre. Work on converting the 19th-century Bourse de Commerce,...
View ArticleThe Césars
Susan is on vacation, so there is no program as such – however, the weekend host will read out the question and the winners, as well as the new question, at the usual broadcast times. We’ve put the new...
View ArticlePapa Wemba, Viva la Musica!
A tribute to the late, much-loved "king of Congolese rumba". His death on stage in Abidjan on 24 April shocked fans worldwide, but was a fitting end for the man whose whole life was devoted to music.
View ArticleFormer Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Siné dies after controversial career
French cartoonist Siné has died at the age of 87 after a long and controversial career. One of the earliest contributors to Charlie Hebdo, he was fired from the satirical magzine after being accused of...
View ArticlePakistan and Afghanistan’s beautiful carnivore, French history, the listener...
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the national heritage animal of Pakistan and Afghanistan. There’s “On This Day”, your letters, great music - and of course,...
View ArticleFifty years of James Bond style
In this week's Arts in France, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams visits the 50 years of James Bond style exhibition which, like the character, is roaming around the world.
View ArticleExiled Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping sets snake onto hat at Paris's Monumenta
Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping has filled Paris's Grand Palais art space with a giant snake and cliffs of shipping containers for the seventh Monumenta installation. Entitled Empires, the work, which...
View ArticleHistory of cinema explained on Paris suburban trains
In this week's Arts in France, Rosslyn Hyams finds that France's dedication to promoting cinema can go quite far, even on suburban trains.
View Article'The cello takes the place of the voice': Lillabox
On this week's World Music Matters, we hear from the young French duo Lillabox. Guitarist Alexandre Heztel and cellist Matthieu Deranlot tell RFI about their debut album Faidherbe Street, the...
View ArticleMartians, football and the Sun King’s 90th birthday
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the ExoMars lander. There’s a special birthday to celebrate, some news for the RFI Clubs, great music - and of course, the...
View ArticleFrench rapper Black M banned from World War I centenary ceremony
Protests by far-right politicians and bloggers have led to the cancellation of a concert by French rapper Black M at the ceremony for the centenary of the World War I battle of Verdun this month. While...
View ArticleJeff Nichols’ Loving illuminates a period of dark social US history
Jeff Nichols's Loving is a potential Golden Palm winner at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. The story of Mildred and Richard Loving, she black and he white, made history in the 1960s in the US. It led to...
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