CANNES 2019 SPECIAL: Les Misérables, Atlantique,
In this Cinefile, RFi's Rosslyn Hyams looks at three films which premièred at the Cannes Film Festival, Les Misérables, Atlantique and My Brother's Wife.
View ArticleLatvian amputee to star at Paris Crazy Horse cabaret
Bionic showgirl" Viktoria Modesta, who is set to take the stage at the risque Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris next week, says she has had to reinvent herself after being treated as an outcast over her...
View ArticleUkrainian actor gets the role of his life
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about Ukraine’s presidential poll. There’s a report from listener Helmut Matt, oodles of listener news, and of course, the new...
View ArticleFrench prosecutors drop rape case against Depardieu
Prosecutors investigating French film star Gerard Depardieu over rape allegations have dismissed the case due to lack of evidence.
View ArticleSerpentist Michel Godard meets Alim Qasimov: spellbinding
French avant garde jazzman Michel Godard is one of the world's leading players of the serpent, a Renaissance wind instrument, ancestor of the tuba and which was first used to accompany Gregorian...
View ArticleWho decided what is hot and what is cold?
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales. There’s a surprise guest this week, Eid al-Fitr greetings from listener...
View ArticleDora Maar retrospective displays full range of talent of Picasso's muse
Pablo Picasso immortalised French artist Dora Maar in several of his portraits during their eight-year relationship in the 1930s. His fame however overshadowed her talent as a photographer and...
View ArticleHighlights of Cannes Directors’ Fortnight alive again in mini-festival
For several years now, the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes has been giving the films it selects an extra push in a few chosen cities after the festival fever has died down. This year they rise again in...
View ArticleFestival of Romantic Film opens in old Proust hangout in Normandy
For the 33rd year running, the annual international film festival of Cabourg in Normandy spreads a bit of romanticism. A good home for Rom-Coms like Danny Boyle's Yesterday, but also for the more...
View ArticleUnesco awards prize to London’s Shubbak Festival for promotion of Arab culture
Unesco's Deputy Director-General, Xing Qu is on Thursday to award the 16th edition of the Unesco-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture to two laureates at a ceremony in Paris.
View ArticleKenyan singer JS Ondara keeps the American dream alive
JS Ondara began writing songs as a kid in Nairobi, obsessed with American artists like Bob Dylan and Neil Young. His dream of following in Dylan's footsteps became reality when, in 2013, he reached...
View ArticleOffshore Festival documentary 'Wakes' leads spectators to exciting waters
French film director Léa Rinaldi's latest documentary Sillage (Wakes in English) has just released in France. Rinaldi follows about twenty sailors who set off from France in a solo 4000 nautical-mile...
View ArticleThe temperature scales
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature scales. There’s interesting information about the ancient Mesopotamian civilization,...
View ArticleItalian film, opera legend Franco Zeffirelli dies aged 96
Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli has died at his home in Rome, local media say. He was 96.
View Article2019 Portrait(s) Festival in Vichy encompasses landscapes, selfies
Indoors and outside in the spa town of Vichy, photos taken indoors and outside in countries far apart geographically and culturally bring the world to the 25,000 inhabitants, and their summer visitors.
View ArticleFrench street art duo unveil largest mural in Europe
French graffiti artists Ella and Pitr have painted Europe's largest work of street art on a roof of a Paris convention centre. Covering 2.5 hectares, the image of an old woman intersected by the ring...
View ArticleFrance: UAE finances restoration of Chateau de Fontainebleau's 19th-century...
A theatre that sat unused for 150 years at Fontainebleau has been restored to its original glory with a 10-million-euro donation from the United Arab Emirates.
View ArticleRestoration of Chateau de Versailles learns from Notre-Dame de Paris fire
The Royal Chapel at the Palace of Versailles, the final great building work undertaken in the reign of Louis XIV, is undergoing a painstaking restoration that is expected to be finished within 18...
View ArticleYemeni-style hip hop from A-WA sister trio
A-Wa sing electronic-infused versions of Yemenite folk songs in Arabic. They proudly defend their Israeli Yemenite identity on their second album Bayti Fi Rasi, inspired by the story of their...
View ArticleThe Falun Dafa meditation movement
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Falun Dafa meditation movement. You’ll go on a trip to Taiwan, hear some great music - and of course, there’s the new...
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