8 good reasons to come and learn French at Institut français !  

Benefit from excellent teaching by native and qualified teachers. Choose a suitable course within a wide range of on-site and online classes that follow the curriculum of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Find course material and complementary activities, related to our virtual classes, on the Apolearn platform, the best pedagogical platform for […]

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Culture

Soirée pétanque !

Thursday the 29th of June, 2023 16:30

L’Institut français vous invite à une soirée pétanque le jeudi 29 juin à partir de 16h30 à Pajalahdenpuisto (Lauttasaari).

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Culture

Café Enchanté

Un petit bout de France en plein coeur d´Helsinki
Enchanté, un café s’il vous plait !

Music for children (0 to 10 years old)

Description : An ideal workshop to learn French through music from a very young age. The children will develop their sense of rhythm and music through dancing on cello pieces and relaxation activities. The teacher: Barbara Mussafia is a French professional cello player, with a Master degree from the Sibelius Academy. She is also a well-known […]

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Culture

Gojira at Provinssirock and Tuska

June the 29th - 30th, 2023

French progressive metal colossus Gojira will be back in Finland, as one of the 2023 headliners at Provinssirock and Tuska!

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Culture

Emmanuel Mouret, guest at the Midnight Sun Film Festival!

June the 14th - 18th, 2023

One of the most interesting names in contemporary French cinema, Emmanuel Mouret (b. 1970) has made subtle relationship dramas since the 1990s, in which speaking becomes visual music and spatial poetry. Mouret’s classical films don’t pander to any zeitgeist. While he long stayed under the radar, the director has in recent years risen to wider acclaim and earned César nominations with his work.

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Media Library

Édouard Louis, Changer : Méthode

En l’honneur du festival de littérature Helsinki LIT de ce week-end, une suggestion littéraire sur l’œuvre de l’auteur français Édouard Louis, Changer : Méthode.

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Culture

Soirée scène ouverte francophone !

Thursday the 1st of June, 2023 17:00-19:00

Chanson, poésie, slam, partagez vos talents avec nous lors d’une soirée scène ouverte conviviale à l’Institut français !

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Media Library

Eugène et moi – Katherine Pancol

Suggestion littéraire
Katherine, la blonde et Eugène, la rousse n’ont rien en commun sauf leur vingt ans et un mot d’ordre : « sans risque la vie est trop triste ». À l’affût des moindres surprises de la vie, Eugène initie Katherine à la liberté la plus radicale.

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Science and universities

French-Nordic Research

The French Institutes of Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have developed a common website. Here you can find the different scientific mobility programmes of the institutes.

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Science and universities

What is the role of nature for humans?

Thursday the 4th of May, 2023 16:30

On Thursday 4 May 2023 the Café Scientifique proposes to put into perspective the questions of the role of biodiversity and its links with Humans through the screening of the film Animal by Cyril Dion.

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Culture

Mamie Jotax in Helsinki !

May the 4th - 7th, 2023

Mamie Jotax is a fictional character, a gentle grandmother from France who loves painting soundscapes.

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Culture

Vincent Roumagnac Reacclimatizations #4

February the 16th - April the 19th, 2023

Vincent Roumagnac hybridizes theatre and visual arts exploring the potential of their contemporary fluid dialogue. The Helsinki-based Basque-French artist combines art, research, and techno-ecological thinking, visualizing the future of theatre and drama in a world changed by the simultaneous phenomena of climate crisis and hypertechnological determinism.

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Culture

Papanosh “A Very Big Lunch”

April the 12th - 19th, 2023

Here is the new adventure of the abundant French quintet: Papanosh portrays the imaginary world of author Jim Harrison. Their European journey kicks off at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam on April 8th. They hit eight concerts in Finland from April 12th to 19th and ten concerts follow in the Baltics from April 21st to 30th.

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Culture

Soirée littéraire avec Cristina Sandu & Claire Saint-Germain

Thursday the 16th of March, 2023 17:00

Pour célébrer les 30 ans de l’adhésion de la Roumanie à l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie l’Ambassade de Roumanie et l’Institut français de Finlande vous invitent á une soirée littéraire en présence de l’auteur Cristina Sandu et de sa traductrice Claire Saint-Germain !