La saison de la France au Brésil was invited to the Bienal Internacional de Dança do Ceará in Fortaleza from October 24 to November 1, 2025, as part of the CAIS - Connexions Artistiques Internationales project, dedicated to exchanges between France and the Brazilian Nordeste.

• Guadeloupean choreographer Léna Blou presented her piece "Le Sacre du Sucre", a powerful reflection on the history of slavery and colonization, symbolized by the cultivation of sugar.
• Dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny unveiled "Um lugar desde o começo", a solo that traces her personal and collective journey across continents.
• Choreographer Rachid Ouramdane presented "Les Traceurs", a creation combining acrobatics and highlining, exploring extreme balances between body, line and void.

In partnership with the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), the ARCHIVES project brought together French and Brazilian specialists in the field of preservation at a symposium in Rio and São Paulo, following on from a collaboration with the INA archives. The event also included the presentation and discussion of an Alberto Cavalcanti film restored by the CNC, "Rien que les heures". With the Forum des Images, films by women directors were presented. In parallel, the Festival do Rio and the Cinemateca Brasileira organized a special program featuring French women directors. The Forum des Images also hosted a selection of documentaries by Brazilian women filmmakers, in the presence of the documentary filmmakers.

The "Rendezvous Unifrance" project - an institution dedicated to promoting French cinema - brought together salespeople from French companies and distributors/exhibitors from Latin America during the Festival do Rio / Rio Market. The aim was to offer French companies a better understanding of the local market and enable discussion of mechanisms and opportunities for broader engagement and increased presence of French / European cinema in Latin America, thus promoting diversity and strengthening business relationships.

The "Film Schools" project was an exchange of know-how and techniques between Brazilian and French film schools. It took place during the Festival do Rio and welcomed students and teachers from French film schools, who worked jointly with their Brazilian counterparts. A collective short film was produced and screened - at the end of the program - during the Festival do Rio.