• The BNF’s virtual exhibitions

The BNF offers a selection of exhibitions around six themes: 

- The book and the written word

- Writers and storytellers

- History of representations

- Arts and architecture

- Photography

- Maps and globes

All audiences

Available language : French

• The Arts Centre of Enghien-les-Bains

The Arts Centre offers a whole range of services that can be accessed from home to keep the connection going: podcasts, MOOCs, playlists, etc.

All audiences

Available language : French

• CNAM: virtual exhibitions

The National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts(CNAM) is offering a series of virtual exhibitions.

All audiences

Available language : French and English

• Confined Arts Festival

The Confined Arts Festival is the news wire for those artists who simply wanted to continuing nurturing, enriching, educating, passing on and raising questions about their craft, during the lockdown period, which began in France on 15 March 2020. 

Like a festival, this unique event is running for the duration of the lockdown and will close as soon as it does, leaving behind a finished work, the temporality of which is still unknown today.

All audiences

Available language : French

• The Conf’ of Libraries Without Borders

Every Tuesday and Thursday, on Libraries Without Borders’ Facebook page, a live conference is organised with professors and researchers on a subject students will need to know to earn their Brevet or Baccalaureate, respectively the final exams for lower and upper secondary students. 

All audiences - young audiences

Available language : French

• Encounters with Fantasy

Listen again to round tables organised as part of the « Rencontres de l’Imaginaire » (« Encounters With Fantasy ») festival, featuring storytellers, novelists, illustrators, academics, publishers and musicians united around fantasy in all its forms, and in particular the guests of honour, the novelist Alain Damasio and the illustrator Frédéric Clément, as well as the event’s sponsor, the storyteller Henri Gougaud. 

Tout public

Language available: French

• INSHEA teaching resources adapted to disabled audiences

The French National Higher Institute for Training and Research on Special Needs Education (INSHEA) lists a range of adapted content: online training, educational video games, online cultural activities and accessible libraries.   

People with disabilities

Language available: French

• Institut du monde arabe : Altaïr

Institut du monde arabe offers Altaïr, a collection including more than 120,000 documentary resources about the Arab world.

All audiences

Available languages : French, English and Arabic

• International City of Arts – Work in progress (everyday)

Artistic creation continues in the heart of the International City of Arts, which every day reveals the work of artists in residence in Paris through a series of interviews, photographs and videos. 

These include the work of Thokozani Mhlambi, Laila Aoudj, Shatha Al-Deghady and Jehyna Sahyeir, four residents from the Institut français' programme at the International City of Arts.

All audiences

Languages available : French and English

• Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris : #FLVchezvous

Each week, the Foundation offers a chance to check out some of the exhibitions, concerts or masterclasses it has hosted since it opened in 2014. 

The Foundation offers three dates a week:

- on Wednesdays at 18:00, tour of an exhibition, guided by the curators’ comments;

- on Fridays at 20:30, take in one of the stellar concerts that took place in the auditorium;

- on Sundays at 17:30, a concert by a class of students from the cello Excellence Class, conducted by Gautier Capuçon.

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• France Inter : Jeunesse podcasts

A series of podcasts selected by France Inter to keep children busy.

Young audiences

Available language : French

• FrenchCulture.org

A compilation of French content available in the United States.

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• Fun MOOC : learn as you like

FUN: the excellence of higher education encapsulated in online courses, free and open to all.

All audiences

Available language : French

• GuestViews : Broad public consultation

For the past 6 years, GuestViews has been giving a voice to visitors of cultural places. Today more than ever, your ideas and feelings are a source of inspiration to help these places prepare for the future!

GuestViews is launching a public consultation on the expectations of visitors to cultural sites after confinement. To do so, simply fill out this questionnaire.

Through this initiative, GuestViews wants to identify trends regarding the containment and consumption of cultural offerings, particularly in relation to initiatives taken by the places to keep the link with their community; but also to give the floor to visitors to discover the wishes and aspirations of each one about the moment we are all waiting for: the reopening of these essential places.

The results of this consultation will be anonymized and accessible on their website and social networks, in the form of various media (computer graphics, articles, etc.). They will also be shared with all the institutions that wish to do so, in order to help them implement their reopening strategies.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Hauts-de-Seine : The Departmental Archives

The Departmental Archives of Hauts-de-Seine give you a chance to experience its exhibitions on its digital platform to view archives, museums and other cultural highlights of the department from home.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Majelan

For one month, the Majelan podcast platform offers free access to its podcasts using the code « majelan ». 

All audiences

Available language : French

• Cultural MOOCs by the Orange Foundation

Free online courses so that everyone can enjoy easy access to culture and knowledge.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Keep your children busy with art !

Beaux-Arts offers a user’s guide for parents looking for ways to keep their children busy.

Young audiences

Available language : French

• Paris Museums : The City of Paris Museums

324,622 works online, from the collections of the City of Paris’ Museums.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Performing arts : interviews

A collection of interviews with artists (of all disciplines) who came to the United States.

All audiences

Available language : English

• Podcast Binge Audio

The next-generation podcast network.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Pompidou Centre, Beaubourg

A collection of major interviews in the fields of visual arts, architecture, design and cinema. Listen to artists and discover their journeys, their works and their views on the world !

Note that the Centre Pompidou also offers a selection of MOOC : online courses, free and open to all, to perfect your knowledge of art history.

Public

Languages available : multilingual - subtitled in French and English

• Théâtre National de Bretagne (National Theatre of Brittany): « One date per day »

50 daily readings of France's world history, a collective work directed by Patrick Boucheron. This book, published in 2017 by Éditions du Seuil, presents the history of France and the destiny of a country that cannot exist separately from the world. Each date is treated as a small storyline.  

Brought together for this occasion, actors, actresses and artists from all walks of life involved in the suspended season of the Théâtre National de Bretagne, as well as members of the theatre's permanent team, will present you daily with 50 dates selected for you by Patrick Boucheron. Podcasts to discover on SoundCloud.  

All Audiences

Language available : French

• L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui (Architecture Today)

Faced with the confinement imposed on everyone to counter the spread of the Covid-19 virus, many architects have had to adapt their practice and working method to this new rhythm of life. The « Confiné.e.s » (Confined) series of L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui magazine gives them a voice, asking for their perspective of the situation — as well as their cultural recommendations. 

All audiences

Language available : French

• Arc-en-Rêve

Always on point, Arc-en-Rêve offers a press review and texts reflecting on the situation we are living in so we can take the time to rethink the way we inhabit the world, individually and collectively.

All Audiences

Language available : French

• The Arsenal Pavilion

To enable each and every one of us to contribute, discuss and consider the « aftermath » together, the Arsenal Pavilion opens the « et demain on fait quoi ? » (and tomorrow what will we do ?) forum.

This new virtual sharing space aims to bring together articles, forums, drawings, projects etc. to imagine what tomorrow’s society could or should look like. These contributions, initially available to all online, will be presented at the Arsenal Pavilion when the Halle reopens. Call for entries ! 

All Audiences

Language available : French

• “Art/Africa: the new workshop” exhibition - Louis Vuitton Foundation

As part of its #FLVchezvous programme, the Louis Vuitton Foundation gives you the opportunity to (re)discover the exhibitions that have characterised its cultural programme. Immerse yourself in the contemporary artistic creations of South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa with a documentary produced by SISSO as part of the Art/Afrique, The New Workshop exhibition.

• Cap Moderne cultural site

Discover villa E-1027 by Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici with Le Corbusier’s Cabanon in the south of France, in photos and on a virtual tour. 

All Audiences

Language available : French 

• Claude Monet Foundation – virtual exhibition

The Claude Monet Foundation allows you to stroll through the home of the famous painter Claude Monet. Discover the house and gardens where many of his works were created.

All Audiences

Languages available: French and English

• L’École des Arts Joailliers’ (The School of Jewellery Arts) IGTV videos

Teachers from the École des Arts Joailliers introduce you to the fascinating world of luxury jewellery.

On their Instagram page, discover IGTV videos in the form of a series dedicated to France’s crown jewels.

Stay connected to discover forthcoming episodes.

All Audiences

Languages available: French and English

• The « Fantastic Women » exhibition in Frankfurt

Opened just over a month ago, the exhibition “Fantastic Women” was forced, like so many others, to close until further notice. Taking over where its IRL offerings left off, the museum's website now features a digital tour, so that visitors can see some of the 260 works on display by 34 surrealist women.

All audiences

Available languages : English and German

• FRAC (Regional Contemporary Arts Foundation), Centre-Val-de-Loire

Discover or rediscover the Frac collection through allocated themes. The collection is mainly devoted to radical architecture from the 1950s to the present day.  

Beautiful discoveries (including mock-ups) dream up the world of tomorrow and revise the utopias of yesterday with Yona Friedman, Pascal Hauserman, Italian radicals and many others.  

All Audiences

Language available : French

• “From the Great Mughals to the Maharajahs:Jewels of the Al Thani Collection” exhibition

In a virtual tour, the Grand Palais invites you to discover its exhibition showcasing the jewels of the Al Thani Collection, tracing their history from the Grand Mughals to the Maharajahs.

You will have the opportunity to discover the exhibition either freely or guided.

All Audiences

Languages available : French and English

• La galerie Perrotin (The Perrotin Gallery)

The Perrotin Gallery launches #Unlock and posts films, podcasts, virtual tours of exhibitions, videos featuring artists’ works & projects. Every Friday you can check out a new selection of videos from artists who share rare video, performance and documentary works. 

All audiences

Language available : French

• #GiacomettiChezVous

The Giacometti Institute has temporarily closed its doors in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, but invites its audience to come enjoy it online. With the #GiacomettiChezVous programme, the Foundation’s team has rallied to action and is offering new content to introduce Alberto Giacometti’s work. 

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• Institut des Cultures d’Islam (Institute of Islamic Culture)

The Institute of Islamic Culture offers virtual tours of its spaces and its current exhibition. With the exhibition « Croyances : faire et défaire l’invisible » (Beliefs: Unravelling the Invisible), ICI and Afrique in Visu are exploring the evocative power of the religions, superstitions and myths of the African continent, seen by artists as a place of experimentation, shifts, friction and negotiation.

All audiences

Languages available : French and English

• Le Point du Jour Arts Centre

Inaugurated in 2008, Le Point du Jour is an arts centre/publisher focusing on photography. Their programme favours works in which social, political or historical reality is taken into account, but which offer an interpretation of it without ignoring its contradictions or its cover-ups. 

You can find the educational files and interview films produced for the exhibitions online. Le Point du Jour also offers workshops that are suitable to do at home with young children. Inspired by the work of artists, they allow you to discover their work through the creation of images and objects. 

All audiences and young audiences

Language available : French

• LONELY : Spaced in Lost par Socle

In these times of introspection and inner experiences, Yvannoé Kruger invites 16 artists to participate in Lonely, an immersive virtual exhibition that allows us to question our relationship to solitude.

The current situation forces us to readapt our behaviour towards cultural visits. In fact, Lonely, is an exhibition entirely modelled in 3D and designed especially for the occasion, populated with works that the artists have designed and adapted from a distance in an extremely short time.

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• The Louvre – Virtual exhibitions

The Louvre offers a selection of virtual exhibitions giving you the chance to discover the most iconic corners of the museum without leaving your home.

(Re)discover the most beautiful rooms in the Louvre : the Little Gallery, the Egyptian antiquities, the Apollo gallery and the medieval Louvre.

All Audiences

Available languages : multilingual 

• Universal Museum of Art 

64 french museums are teaming up to offer this museum in virtual reality and showcase 150 major works through the exhibition De la Renaissance au XXe siècle : les chefs d'oeuvre de la peinture dans les musées français (From the Renaissance to the 20th Century: masterpieces of painting in french museums).

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• Media Library of Architecture and Heritage

Each virtual exhibition offers a choice of pre-programmed questions based on the archives of the state's historical monuments and photographic heritage, which catalogues negatives and prints kept in the Media Library of Architecture and Heritage. 

All Audiences

Language available : French

• National Archives

FranceArchives, the national archive portal offers virtual exhibitions of archive services including eight exhibitions on architecture, with a special focus on the historical dimension and ancient heritage. 

All Audiences

Language available : French

• The Palace of Versailles : virtual reality and YouTube channel

The Palace of Versailles offers « Vivez Versailles », a virtual reality experience created with the Orange Foundation.

« Vivez Versailles » gives you the chance to relive the visit of the embassy of the kingdom of Siam to the court of Louis XIV, and the Bal des Ifs organised by Louis XV.

The Palace of Versailles also offers you a multitude of videos on its YouTube Channel to (re)discover the château as well as the wider context of the history of France, as you have never seen them before.

Find musical sketches, portraits of notable characters, virtual tours and even live explanatory videos of the château.

All Audiences

Languages available: French and English

• Paris Photo – 23rd edition

Paris Photo, the first international fair dedicated to photographic media, invites you to (re)discover its latest 2019 edition hosted by the Grand Palais.

Discover the works of nearly 200 exhibitors from all over the world through a virtual tour.

All Audiences

Languages available : French and English

• Podcasts from the Pompidou Centre

Two programmes available by podcast: “Les visites” to catch up on missed exhibitions, or “A podcast, a work", which each month offers listeners an explanation of a work from archives and interviews. 

All audiences

Available language : French

• Yvelines Departmental Archives

 The department of Yvelines offers a selection of virtual exhibitions with a particular focus on a review of the creations of the famous gardener André Le Nôtre as well as the presence of high quality educational kits to learn all about the parks and gardens of the 17th to the 19th centuries.

All Audiences

Language available : French

• Aria, the ABC of opera

Aria is a new application launched at the beginning of April by the Opéra national de Paris (Paris National Opera) to raise public awareness of the world of opera and ballet. Can't you see the connection between Star Wars and Wagner ? Between Pretty Woman and La traviata ? Between the music you dance to every weekend and ballet ? And why not ? You're much closer to the Opera House than you think.

Let Aria introduce you to the dance steps and different voices of the opera, go behind the scenes to see how a set is created, and go and meet the artists. Escapism guaranteed ! 

All audiences

Languages available: French and English

• The Best of Electronic Music Documentary Films

A bank of 383 documentary films on electronic music around the world, created by Gerome Sportelli and broadcast on YouTube.

All audiences

Available language : English

• La Blogothèque - Stay Away Shows 

Every day at 19:00 on Blogothèque's Instagram page an artist plays live from home. An intimate meeting with your favourite artists.

Public

Languages available: French and/or English 

• Champs Élysées Theatre

Every week the Champs Elysée Theatre gives you the chance to (re)see and (re)listen to some of the highlights of the Theatre's stage. Every Friday evening at 19:30 the Theatre posts a recording of a recently performed opera. 

All audiences

Languages : multilingual, depending on the works

• « Les Concerts à La maison » (Concerts at Home) by Sourdoreille and ARTE Concert

ARTE Concert and Sourdoreille join forces during this period of confinement. Since artists can no longer perform in venues or at festivals, let's visit their homes with Les Concerts à la Maison. From Monday to Friday at 16:00 an artist delivers a live music session from his or her home. The live event is followed by an exchange with the artist who will answer (almost) all your questions live. 

Visit Sourdoreille's Facebook page every day at 16.00.  

Public

Languages available: French and/or English 

• Cris de Paris

Discover the productions of the Cris de Paris music group in audio and video on their website, and explore behind the scenes of their past creations as well as their new « confined » ones. 

The Cris de Paris called on sympathetic composers to take into account the constraints imposed by videoconferences (their synchronisation problems) to write new pieces that would testify both to the context in which they emerged, and to a caring commitment to the performers. 

All audiences

Languages available : multilingual, depending on the works

• Les Enfants de la Zique : a cultural resource about songs

Orchestrated by Réseau Canopé and Les Francofolies, this nationwide operation offers a new edition each year, at which viewers can experience the essence of the work of a French-language artist. Thanks to the wealth of multimedia resources on offer, Les Enfants de la Zique platform encourages students to discover the experience of song in class.

Young audiences

Available language : French

• Entreprise FM 

The label « Disques Entreprise » launches Entreprise FM, a playlist to allow you to discover or rediscover songs in French, with all genres and eras combined.You also get the chance to receive one song per day at noon in your mailbox.

Public

Language available: French

• « Face x Face »: (de)confinement in music

You can keep people at home but you can't lock down music. « Face x Face » makes confinement more enjoyable for an unprecedented collaboration between two musicians twice a week on Culturebox, during sessions recorded on the internet under live conditions. 

In Face x Face, two artists meet face to face on the internet. They catch up with each other's news and exchange a virtual kiss before grabbing a guitar, playing the piano or launching into an instrumental and uniting their voices. Face x Face is an opportunity to revisit legendary collaborations in contemporary pop music - from rap to chanson and variety - and to create encounters between artists who have never sung together before. 

Face x Face is broadcast on Culturebox on Wednesday and Friday at 19.30 from 9 April

Public

Language available: French

• La Fédération des Associations de Musiques et Danses Traditionnelles (The Federation of Traditional Music and Dance Associations)

For several years, La Fédération des Associations de Musiques et Danses Traditionnelles has brought together sound and audiovisual collections in the fields of oral literature and ethnomusicology. Discover their oral heritage portal.  

Public

Language available: French

• Fédération nationale des Centres musicaux ruraux (National Federation of Rural Music Centres)

In March 2020, the Rural Music Centres (CMR) present the programme « Blog notes for an amateur audience »: a weekly collection of musical educational materials, accessible to all. These fact sheets offer children, teenagers and adults varied content, each week addressing a new dedicated theme supporting the practice of music.

Public

Language available: French

• France TV

France TV offers a selection of operas and concerts recorded in the best French venues: the Opéra de Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Aix-en-Provence Festival etc. 

All audiences

Languages available : multilingual, depending on the works

• GameLAN, making music with your smartphone

GameLAN is a collection of music apps designed by Grame (National Centre for Musical Creation), which use Faust technology and have been designed to be played by simply using the movements of a smartphone. No musical talent is required - all you need is your actions to make you a musician ! 

All audiences

Languages available : French and English

• Général Pop Cast

The web culture and societal magazine Général Pop is offering podcasts dedicated to emerging and new musical talent on the French scene. A talk show and live session are on the programme. 

All audiences

Languages available : French

• Korg & Moog

Both synthesizer manufacturers have decided to make their applications available free of charge.

All audiences

Accessible all around the world

Available language : English

• Laurent Garnier

Electronic music: Laurent Garnier has put up a 7-hour mix to listen to in these days of lockdown.

All audiences

Accessible all around the world on SoundCloud

Available languages : English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Italian, Spanish

• Maison Tsugi Festival

Twice a day at 15:00 and 18:30, Tsugi offers a rendez-vous on its Facebook page and on Tsugi Radio to experience two exceptional concerts by a different artist each time. On Facebook Live or recorded from home with whatever means are available, many artists have answered the call to take part in this amusing daily routine. 

Public

Languages available: French and/or English 

• Mélo : the participatory media around music and the world

Mélo is an interactive explorer of interconnected content, the latest tool developed by Zebrock and made available to all, to give contemporary music its rightful place in artistic and cultural education.

Mélo combines multiple features: an interactive world map, a media library, a catalogue of leaflets and themed tours, and a tour editor so that users can create their own content, even without any computer skills.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Music for containment

Initiated by producer Molécule, 33 French artists have come together around a solidarity project: Music For Containment. A compilation of ambient titles, all proceeds of which will be donated to the Fondation de France. Discover compositions by Rone, Bertrand Burgalat, Dominique Dalcan, Etienne De Crécy, Bertrand Belin, Nosfell and many others. 

Public

Language available: French

• NomadPlay

In support of the artists, NomadPlay is now free until May 31st to allow musicians from all over the world to continue training, rehearsing and giving virtual concerts while staying at home.

Use the following code: TOGETHER20

All audiences

App accessible in all countries

Available languages : plurilingual

• Opéra Comique

During confinement, the Opéra Comique theatre has launched an online cultural programme and released many of its recent productions. 

All audiences

Languages available : multilingual, depending on the works

• Opéra national de Paris

The Opéra national de Paris offers a selection of ballet and opera performances, including Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Rameau’s Les Indes galantes (The Amourous Indies) and Swan Lake choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev...

All audiences

Languages available: French and English

• Opera Play

Opera Playis the new interactive, original app for the Festival d’Aix, allowing audiences to discover the world of the voice and opera!

Let yourself experience the history and characteristics of each vocal range, as well as its mythical performers.

Vibrate to the sound of extracts from the great operatic arias, test your knowledge and test your knowledge with games that challenge you to recognize different timbres (tenor, soprano, mezzo, baritone, bass).

And thanks to a unique karaoke offering, get on stage and have fun performing two famous songs from Carmen! 

An app from the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, designed and produced by Sonic Solveig, in partnership with DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Illustrations by Camille de Cussac.

Public

Language available : French

• Paris Philharmonic

The Philharmonie Live platform offers concerts, interviews and music documentaries all year round. During confinement, Philharmonie Live also offers « Le concert du jour » (Concert of the Day) by rebroadcasting a concert from previous seasons. 

All audiences

Languages: multilingual, depending on the works

• Péniche La Pop

Péniche La Pop, an incubator for the arts and people, a place of residence, research and experimentation, offers Pop Conf’, meetings that bring together a scientist-expert and an artist around a question that seems banal but concerns everyone, and whose answer is far from obvious.

For a little over an hour, the participants explore a theme related to the sound and/or musical universe, and explore the question. The participants never deal with specific subjects for specialists, but with questions that are inherently multidisciplinary and concern the general public. 

Public

Languages available : French

• Le Printemps de Bourges Imaginaire festival (Bourges Springtime Fantasy Festival)

This year, the major event in contemporary music awaited by an entire profession and over 200,000 festival-goers every year has had to reinvent itself : forced to cancel its 44th edition due to the health crisis, Printemps de Bourges offers a « fantasy » formula online.

Un Printemps Imaginaire (A Fantasy Springtime) will take place from 21 to 26 April and offer a « creative bubble », co-constructed by participating artists and commentators, as well as festival-goers. Participants offer a free format video and let their imaginations run wild. The videos can be found on the Printemps de Bourges Facebook page. 

All audiences

Languages available: French and English

• Sick Sad World - Anti-Covid Covers (compilation) 

The Kids Are Lo-Fi label invites 41 groups and artists from the French underground scene to cover hits from the 1990s/2000s (from Britney Spears to Yo La Tengo). This compilation will collect donations for Secours Populaire (Popular Relief) to help the most disadvantaged during the Covid-19 health crisis. 

All audiences

Languages available: French and English 

• Sonic Solveig, discover music the fun way

Sonic Solveig’s applications, designed mainly for young audiences but accessible to all, teach you about the world of classical music through interactive and immersive narratives drawn from famous works.

All audiences

Languages available : French and English

• Versailles Baroque Music Centre

In these times of confinement, the Versailles Baroque Music Centre is launching a #Baroquecheznous (#Baroqueathome) campaign to continue to bring French Baroque music and its artists to life beyond the home! Musicians, singers, dancers and actors are invited to film themselves performing a work of French baroque music.  

All audiences

Languages available : French

• White Label : Antivirus party

White Label Radio - a Parisian internet radio station dedicated to independent electronic music - offers a virtual evening with French artists every weekend : the Antivirus party.  

Find all the podcasts on their SoundCloud.

Public

Language available : multilingual

• Angers Premiers Plans Festival

The cinema at Premiers Plans is a place for sharing, passing on and enjoying discoveries and encounters. For this reason, the festival offers you what the public has experienced live each year: the richness of the films shown, and of the debates that accompanied them, and of course the great diversity of events that remain in our memory but also in our archives that we are going to open up to you!

A selection to lift your spirits and your movie nights, alone, with friends or family, but always at home!

It should be noted that you will find two short films produced as part of the 2014 Labo d’Alger (Laboratory of Algiers), offered by the Institut français of Algeria.

All Audiences

Languages available: French and English

• Around midnight

The production company makes short films available on its YouTube channel, free of charge and open to all audiences worldwide.

All audiences

Accessible all around the world

Available language : French

• Children's films

A portal for films made for children.

Young audiences

Available languages : French, English, Japanese and Portuguese

• Cinémathèque française (French Film Library)

During the current health crisis and despite its closure, the Cinémathèque française is taking care of both young and old thanks to the implementation of three programmes.

• The Cinémathèque is launching its new VOD platform HENRI: every evening, you can find a film from its collections.
• Since 15 March 2020, artists from all over the world have been sending short-format productions to the Cinémathèque française in the style of postcards and messages in bottles during this somewhat complex period. These are the « Lettres de cinéma » (« Letters from the Cinema »), some 60 films from the four corners of the world, to be seen without delay on Vimeo.
• Finally, you can find some 800 videos in the form of masterclasses with the world’s greatest film makers, actors, actresses and technicians, as well as essays and conferences. Not forgetting the opportunity to re-read over 500 articles and websites developed by the teams. See here.

Public

Available languages: multilingual

• Fémis (French National Graduate School of Image and Sound Professions) and its film conferences

For over 30 years, Fémis has been a meeting place for artists and students.

For this reason, it has decided to highlight from  its archives an initial selection of round tables, masterclasses, conferences and debates which illustrate the words of film makers. Footage shot by the students themselves since 1986.

Public

Language available: French

• GREC

In partnership with Viméo, GREC offers a multilingual session (English, Polish, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese)subtitled in French, combining fiction, musical comedy, documentary, essays and films spotted and awarded prizes at festivals (Belfort, Vila do Conde, New York etc.) :

- Levittown by Nelson Bourrec Carter - English - ST FR, 13 min

- Boniek and Platini by Jérémie Laurent - Polish/Fr - ST FR, 22 min

- Blinis ! by Diane Weber Seban - French, Russian, English - ST FR, 25 min

- Gayrouthby Charbel Raad - Arabic/English - ST FR, 33 min

- Antonio lindo Antonio by Ana Maria Gomes - Portuguese - ST FR 41min

As well as a session in French subtitled in English :

- La guerre des centimes (The War of Cents) by Nader S. Ayach - Fr/Arab - ST EN, 37 min

- Les vacances c'est la liberté (Holidays are Freedom) by Yuna Alonzo - Fr ST EN, 26 min

- Les cartes postales (Postcards) by Camille Rosset - 15 min

- Aux battements du parloir (Jail Quarters) by Pascal Marc - Fr ST EN, 12 min

All films are available for freefor the duration of confinement with the agreement of the directors.

All audiences

Available languages : multilingual

• HUMAN by Yann Arthus Bertrand

Director Yann Arthus Bertrand has decided to release the full 3hrs 11mins version of HUMAN on YouTube for free. 

This documentary that poses so many questions: « What makes us human ? Is it because we love, is it because we fight ? We laugh ? We cry ? Our curiosity ? Our quest for discovery ? » illustrates in depth the emotions and topics that unite us all: the struggles against poverty, war, homophobia and the future of our planet, mixed with moments of love and happiness.

Director and photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting the stories of 2,000 women and men in 60 countries.

All audiences

Languages available : multilingual, subtitled in French

• Lincoln Center

To celebrate Women's History Month, Lincoln Center shares a selection of its favourite Q&As and masterclasses of female film makers who have presented their work at Film at Lincoln Center. Discover interviews with Juliette Binoche, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola.

Public

Language available: English

• Médiathèque numérique

A Digital Media Library with thousands of films, documentaries, series and youth programmes from the best of Arte and the UniversCiné collection.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Mk2 Curiosity

Every Wednesday and as part of the « Festival at Home », the theatre production and operations company Mk2 offers five films to watch during confinement.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Mobile museums award-winning films

Discover the winning films from the online mobile museums festival.

The subject of these short films is simple: visitors, whoever you are, make a film (of no more than three minutes) about your visit to a museum, castle or monument using your mobile phone. 

Public

Language available: French

• NANOUK

Offered by the Passeurs d’images association NANOUK, this is an online educational platform that supports the school and cinema programme.

NANOUK is organised around three areas:

- the “family” area intended for public consultation, and therefore for parents,

-  the “teacher” area, reserved for teachers and cultural partners,

-  the “at school” space for educational use in the academic context

Public - teachers

Language available: French

• Transmettre le cinéma (Broadcasting cinema)

A video library to understand, love and share cinema. An invitation for all to explore select cinema routes and recharge your batteries through the « transmittrelecinema » video library run by the LUX National Stage and the CNC (National Centre for Cinema and Animated Image)!

Educational content as well as film references can be viewed with references from VODS sites. 

Public - teachers

Language available: French

• UniversCiné

From 24 March, continuing from the Cinéma du réel festival, UniversCiné offers a wide selection of films from the off-festival programming as well as some of the winners from 2019 and previous editions.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Varan Workshops

The film library of the Varan workshops, specialists in documentary production, offers a wide catalogue of documentaries dealing with international subjects, which can be viewed free of charge on their site.

All audiences

Language available: French

• ActuaLitté

The literary news site Actualitté offers a list of platforms for accessing audio books, talking books and recorded readings. Available online, free of charge.

All audiences

Available language : French

• BDnF, the comic book factory

A desktop and mobile application that enables users to produce comic books, graphic novels or any type of story combining illustration and text.

All audiences

Available languages : French and English

• Culottées

This is the fully-animated adaptation of Pénélope Bagieu’s work, published online in Le Monde and published at Gallimard in 2016. 

Thirty portraits of women who dared to smash prejudice to bits and change the world in their own way. From 7 March on france.tv.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Dargaud

Dargaud offers you the opportunity to discover and read many comics online while staying at home.

There is something for all tastes and ages, and both young and old will be able to enjoy: Agrippine, Ana Ana Douce Nuit (Ana Ana Sweet Night), Sardine de l’espace (Space Sardine), Boule & Bill, Murena La pourpre et l’or (Murena the Purple and Gold), Long John Silver, XIII Le jour du soleil noir (XIII The Day of the Black Sun) and many more. 

Public

Language available: French

• La Découverte Editions

La Découverte Editions make their works available online during this period of confinement (with the agreement and enthusiasm of the authors, of course). This will allow the readers to keep themselves busy and to take the time to think about what comes after.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Éditions P.O.L. : Video readings

Pending the reopening of bookstores, P.O.L. authors read excerpts from their books. Find Célia Houdart, Anne-James Chaton, Lucie Rico and Charles Juliet and others on the P.O.L. website sharing their latest publications.

All audiences

Language available: French

• Éditions du Seuil : #leSeuildujour

To mitigate the current situation a little, publishers Éditions du Seuil et Éditions du Sous-sol, as well as their authors and translators, offer you the chance to discover some of their books free of charge.

So every day from today during the confinement period, they will offer you a free and complete reading of a work from the Seuil and Sous-sol catalogues: gems, curiosities, classics, books to re-read and discover.

All audiences

Language available: French

• Editions Zones

Editions Zones publishing house has made its books available online.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Fantasy : rediscovering its roots

The documentary site produced by the BNF in tribute to fantasy literature.

All audiences - young audiences

Available language : French

• LingoZING!

EDTECH Cool Tools Award finalist and winnerLingoZING! is the only edutainment application in the world that uses interactive comics to learn a language. Now you can read and listen to your favourite comics, graphic novels, picture books, anime and manga while learning a new language.

In addition to language learning, some comics offer an introduction to a culture or profession.

With LingoZING!, comics become veritable tools for general training.

The editors and authors in the LingoZING! catalogue who come from all over the world, include: FOX, Top Cow, BOOM Studios, Media Participations, Glenat, Delcourt, Philippe Geluck, Naïf Al-Mutawa, Turma da Monica, l’Ecole des Loisirs etc.

And to support families in particular during confinement, LingoZING! offers a special free programme. As soon as you register, you will receive Garfield free of charge followed by a free selection of titles adapted to each age.

The application can be used from the age of five years, as well as by any family wishing to take advantage of the offer until 1 June 2020 or later. To receive a free selection code, simply send the user's age to education@lingozing.com

All audiences

Available on tablets and smartphones, Android and iOS

Languages available : French, English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)

• Lapin.org

Les éditions Lapin offer free access to comics. The publishing house is specialised in the dark and absurd, in web and paper forms.

All audiences

Language available : French

• Librairie Mollat

In addition to selling books, Librairie Mollat also offers written content, videos and podcasts from literary figures.

All audiences

Language available : French

• Myths and legends by Quelle histoire

Ulysses, Athena, Thor, Anubis, King Arthur, and many more... Quelle histoire introduces myths and legends from around the world, like never before.

All audiences - young audiences

Language available : English

• Oui’Dire publishers

Oui’Dire publishers, dedicated to storytelling, offers stories (tales, myths, legends and creations) that belong to the heritage of oral literature. There are seven stories to listen to for free, updated every week. 

Young audiences

Language available: French

• Réservoir de livres numériques libres

Liste de bibliothèques de livres numériques : textes libres de droits ou issus du domaine public, moteurs de recherche, revues, livres audio, web et littérature (autres formes d’écriture).

All audiences

Language available : French

• ARTCENA

Dedicated to helping professionals bring their projects life and build the future of circus, street and theatre arts.

ARTCENA provides documentation on street art and circus arts as well as documentation about the theatre.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Avignon - Fictions

Archived live broadcasts from the Avignon Theatre Festival.

For ten days, France Culture takes up residence in the Cour du Musée Calvet for a series of programmes that promote the idea of a living culture, shared as widely as possible and by all generations. It is a celebration of the mind for viewers and listeners, driven by the conviction that literary, theatrical and musical works can change our lives or deeply inspire them.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• « Ça va, ça va le monde ! » on RFI Radio

A series of readings by contemporary theatre writers from La Francophonie du Sud during the Avignon Festival.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Claude Régy, the complete series of five interviews (2006)

A series of one-on-one interviews in “A voix nue”, a programme by Laure Adler and aired on France Culture in July 2006.

All audiences 

Language available : French

• Compagnie Propos - Radio guidance at home

Radio guidance at home : An original way to have fun and dance at home. The principle is very simple: just start the audio file and follow the instructions given by the choreographer Denis Plassard. 

Each radio guidance can be repeated several times if desired, as the way the instructions are interpreted can change with each listening. By repeating a guidance, you can move more and be more original.

Recommended from the age of 6/7, but it is always preferable to accompany children (or to monitor them if they take part in radio guidance alone). Adults can also participate together. 

All audiences 

Language available: French

• Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique Supérieur (CNSAD)

The Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique Supérieur (National Conservatory of Dramatic Art Superior) offers to watch in replay some of the presentations of the works of its students.

All audiences 

Language available: French

• La Comédie française

La Comédie Française launches its online channel « La Comédie continue! » (« Comedy Continues! »), available on its website, its Facebook page and its Youtube channel from 16:00 to the end of the evening. 

At a time when it is impossible to perform in the various venues in Paris or go on tour, La Comédie française offers not only shows but also a series of original programmes and shorts.

Programming that is both family-oriented and educational, poetic, entertaining and always theatrical.

Public

Language available : French

• La Comédie de Valence theatre: « Notre Grand Evasion (Our Great Escape) »

"Notre Grande Evasion"is a shared creation project during the containment period. La Comédie de Valence offers new artistic creations on its Facebook page, gestures of resistance and solidarity that take many forms and affirm the need to share art despite everything. A new opportunity to meet the artists who will create works at La Comédie in the coming seasons.

All Audiences

Language available : French

• Nanterre-Almond Theatre

Sharing and putting on shows are part of the identity of the Nanterre-Amandiers Theatre. The theatre is proposing to virtually continue artistic escapism and moments of reflection. It is offering « Make it Home », a selection of full-length shows, artist films, documentaries and encounters with thinkers and artists. 

This selection will gradually be expanded. 

All Audiences

Language available : French

• Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe

The Odéon launches a collection of content accessible on their website, including a series of Ibsen shows staged by S. Braunschweig over the last 10 years, the film Les Fausses Confidences (False Confessions) directed by Luc Bondy in 2015 based on his adaptation of the Marivaux text, and a series of major interviews conducted by Arnaud Laporte (France Culture) at the Odéon. 

All audiences

Language available: French

• Parade at the Châtelet Theatre

The Châtelet Theatre launches its show Parade to be experienced on Arte Concert.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Rosas : Dancing in the times of lockdown

Create your own version of the choreography Rosas danst Rosas with the tutorial Re : Rosas made in 2013. The only equipment you need is a chair.

All audiences

Available languages : French, English and Dutch

• Telecirque, perspectives on circus today

A short-format audiovisual programme on circus today, produced by Archaos, the National Circus Centre and directed by Raquel Rache de Andrade. 85 episodes produced between 2014 and 2019.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Théâtre 14

Every evening at 18:00 on social media an artist from Théâtre 14 will introduce you to a text they love. The reading will also be available on their Facebook page. 

All Audiences

Language available: French 

• Théâtre du Soleil

Discover the world of Théâtre du Soleil shows : interviews with artists, video clips, music from shows and stage sets, as well as films and documentaries.

All Audiences

Language available: French 

• Le Quai – Angers National Centre For Dramatic Art

Le Quai d’Angers, a national centre for dramatic art, launches « Le Quai chez vous » (The Quay At Home) and posts online plays and meetings with the artists included in their programming. 

All audiences

Language available : French

• Galerie Magazine

To introduce the world to extraordinary interiors, Galerie Magazine publishes an article showing the most radical post-modern interiors around the globe.

All audiences

Available language : English

• Arte Trips : awaken your emotions in the land of masterpieces

The Arte Trips collection gives you access to digital productions free of charge, from the site or on YouTube. In total, 10 360° films.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Artips

Lesser-known stories about renowned works of art.

Three times a week, receive an offbeat anecdote in your inbox: one-minute reads you won’t forget.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Free French video games to help you stay inside

An article offering a compilation of multiple video games, accessible in the United States of America.

All audiences

Available language : English

• MAIF Social Club

To inspire you with new ideas, have fun with your family, amuse yourself for a few minutes or simply to whet your appetite, this month we offer a selection of videos, articles, podcasts and activities to (re)discover.

Public

Language available: French

• Le Royaume d’Isyald

An interactive journey into the fantasy world with The Kingdom of Isyald, a game developed by the BNF.

All audiences - young audiences

Available language : French 

• Ghost in the machine - 21bis Mirabeau, espace culturel départemental

An exhibition that questions, in a poetic and sensitive or even humorous and ironic way, the mystery of death and the desire for immortality.

All audiences - young audiences

Available language : French 

• Canal-U

The official videocast site produced by the French research community, Canal-U offers hundreds of presentations, recorded on video, encompassing every subject and every field of knowledge.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Waiting for Nadeau

The review En attendant Nadeau, available free of charge online, offers literary critical review, topical discussion, and reflections on current events in the arts and humanities.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Hypothèses

A vast platform of academic blogs, Hypothèses offers hundreds of blogs in all areas of the social sciences and humanities, presenting the work of researchers in France and elsewhere, as they emerge, and often in the form of educational outreach. Also available in Portuguese, Spanish, German, English and Italian.

All audiences 

Available languages : French, German, English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

• Le Grand Continent

The revue published by the think tank Groupe d’études géopolitiques, mainly devoted to European issues, Le Grand Continentoffers numerous articles covering all areas of public discussion. The review also offers remarkable coverage of the pandemic, illustrated with data from multiple sources and thought on the underlying issues.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• La Vie des idées

This open-access online journal offers a range of critical summaries of recent works in the human and social sciences, so that you can be abreast of all the latest trends and see the key issues in public discussion.

All audiences 

Available languages : French and English

• Boussole

This ENS web series features more than 10 interviews with contemporary thinkers. In less than five minutes, these current personalities evoke the role of the humanities in contemporary society.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• abc penser - L’Abécédaire de la pensée contemporaine (The primer of the contemporary thought)

Created by Prova Films with the journalist Philippe Petit, this primer welcomes intellectual figures for video interviews. They discuss the major concepts of their work and their relevance to understand the current world.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Savoirs du Collège de France 

The Collège de France has redesigned its site to facilitate the discovery of its content. Its Knowledge section now makes it possible to find lessons, seminars, courses and conferences, in audio and video format, on any subject, from sciences of the universe to archeology.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• IddriTV 

The Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations) is an independent think tank. Since the first lockdown, it has offered numerous online seminars to explore environmental issues. 

Specialized audience

Available languages : French, English 

• Paroles d’histoire (words of history) 

This André Loez podcast is devoted to the latest publications from French historians. Intended to all audiences, it explores all subjects and all periods. Paroles d’histoire already has over 150 50 minutes episodes.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• La Poudre (The Powder) 

Twice a month with Lauren Bastide, writers, artists, researchers and activists speak about the contemporary feminist and anti-racist struggles. One episode every other Thursday.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Nonfiction

This free online journal provides access to a wide range of summaries of works in the human and social sciences, along with thought pieces on art, in connection with major current topics of discussion.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• OpenEdition Books

OpenEdition Books is the largest open-access platform for French books in the social sciences and humanities. It offers hundreds of books, recent and older, in direct, free and unrestricted access. It recently called on all its partner publishers to open access to the remaining 14% of its content. It also offers books in other languages.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Savoirs ENS

Savoirs ENS is the platform for dedicated to sharing courses, colloquia and conferences recorded at the École Normale Supérieure, in all disciplines.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Sciences Po

With these MOOCs, online courses open to all and free of charge, everyone – no application requirements to fulfil – can access original, multidisciplinary, international and high-academic quality courses, just like the courses taught at Sciences Po.

All audiences 

Available language : French

• UNIVERS SCIENCE : Science is here

In this period of confinement, scientific culture must reach out to all. This is the meaning of the device launched by Universcience: « Science is here ». On the programme, there is a wide range of content to keep everyone busy while learning : exhibitions, conferences, games, animations, web documentaries...

All audiences 

Available language : French

• Culturetheque, free access until 30 May for audiences abroad

Institut Français offers access to its platform of French-language cultural resources (including, for French as a Foreign Language, its own learning modules and collections from many publishers) to Francophone audiences abroad.

All audiences

FLE

Available language : French

• Divercities : Et en plus, je chante en français !

“Et en plus, je chante en français !” offers users a selection of the latest hits from French-language songwriters, online via their mobile phone, tablet or computer. The songs, offered free of charge via the Divercities app, come alongside FLE educational materials to learn French in music.

All audiences

FLE

Available language : French

• Dulala

Digital resources to promote togetherness, by educating children about the diversity of languages and cultures.

All audiences

Available language : plurilingual

• FIPF

The International Federation of French Language Teachers offers a selection of resources for French teachers worldwide.

All audiences - teachers

FLE

Available language : French

• Frantastic

Institut français, in partnership with Gymglish, offers establishments in its network the chance to take advantage of this online French course.

All audiences

FLE

Available language : French

• IFprofs, a social network for Francophone education professionals

Teachers and instructional managers can dialogue, share resources and receive training. Through weekly webinars, they can find out all about the latest news in and on French, around the world.

Teachers

FLE

Available language : French

• La langue française à la maison

French-speaking resources ideal for use during lockdown, offered by the International Organization of La Francophonie for learners and teachers.

All audiences - teachers

FLE

Available language : French

• Mooc Francophone

Mooc Francophone is a portal for online courses in French, open to all.

It includes all the essential sites with French-language content.

All audiences

Available language : French

• Orthodidacte

Institut français, in partnership with Orthodidacte, offers establishments in its network the chance to take advantage of this online French course.

All audiences

FLE

Available language : French

• RFI Savoirs

RFI's French-language Department puts radio to work for the community of those teaching and learning French.

All audiences

Available language : plurilingual

• Chef Bambino

In response to the coronavirus and closure of schools, Chef Bambino has turned into Classe Bambino. Every Monday to Friday, at 8:20, receive a new cooking activity by e-mail for you and your kids! Recipes parents can make with their kids, creative workshops, games, quizzes, colouring, etc. Making every day at home with the kids a day of fun.

All audiences

Activity sent by mail

Available language : French