Aux Armes, les Citoyens !
This week you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French - American man swimming the Pacific. There’s a salute to France’s Bastille Day, music composed by RFI English listener Gyanendra...
View ArticleRevived Paris Arab Cinemas Festival rewards emerging talent
A festival of cinema from the Middle East and Gulf, organised by, and at, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris has been revived. The 10-day Festival des Cinémas Arabes programmed films from across the...
View ArticleParis summer festival offers culture for all ... for free
Still a busy cosmopolitan city, Paris winds down in the summer. But in July the annual performing arts festival, Paris l'été, occupies some of the spaces vacated by schoolchildren and holidaymaking...
View ArticleFrance to slash public broadcasting budgets by €190m
The French government said Thursday that it would demand 190 million euros of spending cuts at its public broadcasting operations by 2022 as part of President Emmanuel Macron's pledge to improve state...
View ArticleChampions of the World!
This week you’ll hear the answer to the question about the North Korea / United States summit meeting. There’s a joyous salute to France’s World Cup win, listener news, great music, and of course, the...
View ArticleCo-founder of Femen feminist group found dead in Paris
Oksana Shachko, one of the founders of the Femen feminist protest movement, has been found dead in her Paris apartment, the group said on Monday. Activists from Femen, known for its bold topless...
View ArticleMali's Fatoumata Diawara has a lot to say
Seven years after her acclaimed debut album Fatou, the Malian singer songwriter and actress Fatoumata Diawara has released Fenfo meaning "something to say" in her native Bambara language. The...
View ArticleMartel's colonial, absurd and splendid 'Zama' and Silver's rare Franco-US...
In this month's Cinefile, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams tells curious film-watchers about two arresting June and July releases in France, Argentinian film Zama and US-French Thirst Street.
View ArticleThe Reverend Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a Sound Kitchen Flashback – a program dedicated to Dr Martin Luther King, Jr – so click on that little “Listen” arrow above and join in!
View ArticleFrench rappers in court over airport punch-up
Two French rappers were to appear in court on Friday over a fight that erupted at Paris's Orly airport on Wednesday, causing flight delays and damage in a duty-free shop.
View ArticleThe Invisible Eye, part I
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a Sound Kitchen Flashback – the first in a two-part series featuring photography collector WM Hunt, so click on that little “Listen” arrow above and join in!
View ArticleThe Invisible Eye, part II
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear a Sound Kitchen Flashback – the second in a two-part series featuring photography collector WM Hunt, so click on that little “Listen” arrow above and join in!
View ArticleFrench minister joins call to save Ukrainian filmmaker from Russian jail
French Culture Minister Françoise Nyssen has joined over 100 actors and cinema directors in a call to free Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian jail for nearly...
View ArticleRodin gift to Monet sold for 108,000 euros
A small sculpture given by Auguste Rodin to Claude Monet was sold at auction in Cannes on Wednesday for 108,000 euros. The two 19th-century artists were born just two days apart and were close friends
View Article'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76
Aretha Franklin, the legendary singer and "Queen of Soul" whose history-making career spanned six decades, has died at her Detroit home from cancer. She was 76.
View Article"It’s very nice to go travelling..."
This week you’ll hear the answer to the question about Colombia’s presidential poll. There’s a holiday wrap-up, listener news, great music, and of course, the new quiz question. Just click on the arrow...
View ArticleHaiti in focus at Angoulême French-language film festival
For the 11th year running Angoulême, a small town in south-west France, has become a star-studded movie hub for six days. The Festival of French-language film (FFA) has chosen Haiti for its...
View ArticleTurkey’s election results
This week you’ll hear the answer to the question about Turkey’s election results. There’s “On This Day”, a “green” walk through central Paris, great music, and of course, the new quiz question. Just...
View ArticleSheherezade triumphs at Angouleme Francophone Film Festival
One film stood out for the Jury at this year’s Angoulême Francophone Film Festival awards. Shéhérézade won three prizes. The love story is set against a background of dysfunctional family life,...
View ArticleWinter Circus Queen dies at 107
Rosa Bouglione, pioneer of traditional French circus and patron of Paris's Cirque d'Hiver (Winter Circus) has passed away at 107.
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