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Photoquai Biennale of World Images, Paris. © Photoquai Biennale of World Images,  Musée du Quai Branly

Photoquai Biennale of World Images

22 Sep - 22 Nov 2009 (biennial)

Photoquai, the Biennale of World Images, returns to Paris' Musée du Quai Branly, featuring photography from over 40 countries worldwide. The vibrant display spills outdoors into a free…

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Oman, summer 2000, Lars Tunbjörk. © Lars Tunbjörk/VU' La Galarie, Paris

Paris Photo

19 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)

Paris Photo is an international fair of 19th-century, modern and contemporary photography, featuring around 100 exhibitors. Held at the Carrousel du Louvre, this high-quality and innovative…

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Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival © Festival de Films Gays et Lesbiens de Paris

Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

16 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, held at the Forum des Images, first took place in 1994 and ranks among the best in the world. Screenings include prize-winning films from other…

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European Cinema Meet

16 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)

Aubenas organises its annual European Cinema Meet, established in 1999. Held at cinemas throughout town, this non-competitive festival aims to give viewers a snapshot of current European…

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Amiens International Film Festival

13 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)

Amiens International Film Festival returns to a range of venues across the city, screening classic and new films from all over the world. With more than 300 films shown over ten days, visitors…

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Pompidou, Paris. © Paris Tourist Office/Amélie Dupont/Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers

Pompidou Centre Arts Festival

21 Oct - 23 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Pompidou Centre launches its inaugural Arts Festival - five colourful weeks of exhibitions, talks, screenings and gigs celebrating the cultural crème de la crème. Catch the action in the…

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Paris' Pompidou hosts Vidéodanse. © Paris Tourist Office/David Lefranc

Vidéodanse

21 Oct - 23 Nov 2009; not Tue (annual)

Every year Paris' Pompidou Centre presents Vidéodanse, a free season of films and video on the subject of dance. Around 200 films and videos of contemporary choreographic works explore the…

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German Film Festival

11 - 24 Nov 2009 (annual)

See a great selection of new and older German films, screened at the Odeon in Cherbourg-Octeville in Normandy. The German Film Festival features documentaries, past gems as well as…

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Aix Short Film Festival

23 - 27 Nov 2009 (various dates)

The annual Aix Short Film Festival (Festival Tous Courts) takes place at cinemas and arthouses across town. International directors fight it out in eight award categories and there are special…

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Documentary Shorts Festival

22 - 28 Nov 2009 (annual)

Doc en Courts Documentary Shorts Festival, held at Lyon's Comoedia cinema, celebrates an often-neglected sub-genre that is easily dismissed as amateurish. The gems showcased at this festival…

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International Scoop and Journalism Festival

16 - 28 Nov 2009 (annual)

Breaking news and hard-hitting headlines are celebrated at the media-focused International Scoop and Journalism Festival. France's top journalists and photographers compete for the coveted…

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Short Film Festival, Toulouse. © Séquence Court Métrage

Toulouse Short Film Festival

13 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The Cinémathèque de Toulouse hosts the annual Toulouse Short Film Festival. Known as the Séquence Court Métrage, it's a serious business, with 300 entrants each year hoping to scoop a trophy…

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Boreals Festival

9 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

This week-long Scandinavian festival in Caen presents exhibitions, lectures and readings on subjects including drama, dance, cinema and music. It aims to create a cultural bridge between…

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Russian Film Festival

25 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

The old harbour town of Honfleur makes a charming setting for this Russian Film Festival, which invites literary, cinema and press personalities to judge films ranging from documentaries to…

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Books. Photo by Ben Evans, © Whatsonwhen

Salon Page Book Fair

27 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual)

Editors, authors and novelists converge on Paris's Espace Charenton for the annual Salon Page (Book Fair). A programme of lectures and workshops acts as a backdrop to the three-day…

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Joueuses de guitare. © Antoni Sevruguin/Medhi Monem/Museée du Quai Branly/Photoquai 2009

165 Years of Iranian Photography

22 Sep - 29 Nov 2009; not Mon

Running in tandem with its outdoor Photoquai exhibition of images, Paris's Musée du Quai Branly presents 165 Years of Iranian Photography, curated by the photographers Bahman Jalali and Hasan…

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St'art Modern Art Fair, Strasbourg. © OTCP/David Lefranc

St'art Art Fair

26 - 30 Nov 2009 (annual)

After the FIAC in Paris, Strasbourg's annual St'art Art Fair is the second-biggest art fair in France. Galleries from France and across Europe show off their finest sculptures and paintings -…

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Documentary Film Month, France. © Mois du Film Documentaire/delphinecordier.net

Documentary Film Month

1 - 30 Nov 2009 (annual)

Cinemas, arthouses, schools and libraries across the whole of France and the French-speaking world participate in November's Documentary Film Month (Le Mois du Film Documentaire). Some 120,000…

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Tango in the Suburbs, Paris. © Paris Tourist Office/Amélie Dupont

Tango in the Suburbs

15 Oct - 30 Nov 2009 (annual)

Paris goes tango mad in autumn for Tango in the Suburbs. Venues across the city, including Le Satellit Café, welcome the biggest names on the Latino dance scene as some 250 artists from 20…

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Design à la Cour, Château de Fontainebleau, Paris. © Château de Fontainebleau/Heymann, Renoult Associées

Design at the Château de Fontainebleau

6 Sep - 30 Nov 2009; not Tue

Just outside Paris, the glorious Château de Fontainebleau hosts Design à la Cour. Comprising objets d'art and pieces both from the Château's historic collection and from the world of modern…


Highlights

Photoquai Biennale of World Images

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

22 Sep - 22 Nov 2009 (biennial)

Paris Photo

Carrousel du Louvre, Paris

19 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)

Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Forum des Images, Paris

16 - 22 Nov 2009 (annual)