Cultural offers and mediations
Right from when it was established, the Bibliothèque publique d’information has undertaken to bring culture and access to knowledge for everyone within everyone’s reach, particularly through implementing a rich offer of cultural events, festivals, cultural mediations and valuation of collections.
The Cinémathèque du documentaire à la Bpi
Since January 2018, the Bpi has been offering an exceptional program of documentary films every day in the rooms of the Centre Pompidou, offered by La Cinémathèque du documentaire à la Bpi.
Festival Press Start
Each year, Press Start offers conferences, workshops and demonstrations to discover the world of video games through a theme. Objective: promote video games in all their forms.
Festival Effractions
The Effractions contemporary literature festival, created in 2020, highlights the authors who make literary news and whose works give food for thought on the link between literature and reality. Meetings, round tables, workshops, readings…
Festival Cinéma du réel
This international festival, created by the Bpi in 1978, takes place every year in March and is the unmissable event for documentary cinema, exploring its many forms, reflecting its time and production, and serving as a laboratory for writing about the world.
Cultural events
One of the Bpi’s missions is to develop all forms of cultural action. To best achieve this, the library provides a varied cultural events programme, related to issues the world deals with today: temporary exhibitions, film, debates, meetings, symposiums, masterclasses, performances and readings
Mediations
The library also has a mediations programme on site to strengthen the relationship between users and librarians, using the resources provided. At the library you can also take part in tours, workshops, advice sessions… or explore the wealth of collections through different types of documents and media with themed selections.