Video: French grandmaster Vachier-Lagrave on his recent world title and why...
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first world title after triumphing in the world blitz championship held recently in Warsaw.
View ArticleFrench actor and Putin crony Depardieu calls for an end to war and a start to...
French actor Gerard Depardieu, a friend of President Vladimir Putin - and a Russian citizen since 2013 - on Tuesday came out against the war in Ukraine and called for negotiations.
View ArticleCannes latest in culture industry to protest the Russian invasion
The organisers of the Cannes Film festival on Tuesday announced that Russian delegations will not be welcome at this year's event in May because of the invasion of Ukraine.
View ArticleSéries Mania chooses Ukrainian producer Julia Sinkevych as jury president
The international Séries Mania festival, which will take place at the end of March in Lille, northern France, has entrusted the presidency of the jury of its international competition to a Ukrainian...
View ArticleIPC bans Russians and Belarusians from 2022 Beijing Paralympic Winter Games
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) bowed to pressure on Thursday and banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing as part of the continuing...
View ArticleFrench president Emmanuel Macron and the European Union Council
In this week's The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear about French president Emmanuel Macron’s priority heading the EU Council. Fellow listener Hans Verner Lollike talks about Ukraine, and we'll play Ukraine’s...
View ArticleWomen War Photographers celebrated in key Paris exhibition
The Women War Photographers exhibition at the Liberation of Paris museum, which opens on International Women’s Day on 8 March, takes stock of the huge contribution to war reporting by women in the...
View ArticleHow a digital artist is bringing Cezanne's colorful universe to life
Gianfranco Iannuzzi has been developing digital exhibitions in France and around the world for thirty years. This year, and for the fifth time, he has worked with the Atelier des Lumières in Paris for...
View ArticleThe First World Radio Day
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the first World Radio Day celebration. RFI English journalist Zeenat Hansrod will help us celebrate Independence Day in...
View ArticleBurkina Faso-born architect Francis Diebedo Kere wins prestigious Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious award, was awarded this week to Burkina Faso-born architect Francis Diebedo Kere - the first African to win the honor in its more than 40-year...
View ArticleCanada's Julie Doucet wins top prize at Angouleme comics festival
Canadian "underground" comic book artist Julie Doucet has been awarded the 'Grand Prix' in Angouleme, eastern France.
View ArticleFrance’s Olympians
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the French Gold medallists in this year’s Winter Olympics. There’s all you need to know about the Hindu festival Holi from...
View ArticleTom ready to cruise the Croisette at this year's Cannes film festival
Tom Cruise is headed for Cannes in May – his first appearance at the international film festival since 1992. Organisers say he's to present the long-delayed world premiere of the Top Gun sequel.
View ArticleDeep sea dive: the Mozambican artist fishing for archives and memories
For Mozambican artist Euridice Zaituna Kala, history is not something you lock away in a book or a museum. It is a fragile, living discipline that needs interaction with humans so it can be nurtured...
View ArticleThe effects on France from the Ukrainian invasion
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the specific effects on France due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There’s an Eiffel Tower mini-history lesson, The Sound...
View ArticleAfter 75 years, Cannes Film Festival elects first woman president
The Cannes Film Festival's new boss is set to begin her mandate on 1 July, after the prestigious international event holds its 75th edition. German lawyer and businesswoman Iris Knobloch will take...
View ArticleWomen photographers 'rebel against cult of male genius'
A mammoth 40 exhibitions will be shown at the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival in the south of France this summer, with hundreds of works by women leading the charge.
View ArticleWill Smith slaps Chris Rock at Oscars ceremony; CODA takes top prize
Actor Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about Smith's wife, in a moment at Sunday's gala that left attendees and viewers stunned. In a...
View Article2021 was a bumper year for French cinema, according to national film board
French cinema production went back up to top pre-Covid pandemic levels in 2021 according to the latest figures published by the National Film Board (CNC). In total, 340 films were made in 2021...
View ArticleFrench fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dies aged 78
France's Patrick Demarchelier, who has died at the age of 78, was one of the biggest names in fashion photography, helping sculpt the public image of Princess Diana. His name was later tarnished in...
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