Laureates

Following the call for applications published in summer 2025, 53 laureates of 42 different nationalities have been selected for residencies between April 2026 and April 2027 :

• ABDULAZIZ Asim -Yemen - Cinema (Institut français des Émirats arabes unis)

• AHMADPOOR SAMANY Zohreh - Iran - Theater (Villa Zadig)

• AL-ADAWY Hussein - Egypt - Commissariat (Institut français d'Égypte)

• AL ARABI Khalid - Qatar - Photography (Institut français du Qatar)

• ALI Eman - Oman - Photography (SCAC Oman)

• ANUWATWIMON Ruangsak - Thailand - Visual Arts (CNRS)

• BADRAN Rayya - Lebanon - Books (Institut français du Liban)

• BEHL Kanu - India - Film (Velouria Pictures)

• BHATIA Richi Kamal - United Arab Emirates - Visual Arts (Institut français des Émirats arabes unis)

• BOULOGNE Michele - Netherlands - Visual Arts (Stichting Nederland)Netherlands - Visual Arts (Stichting Waag Society)

• CALLEJA Anna - Malta - Visual Arts (SCAC Malta)

• CHOJOO Aliya - Mauritius - Visual Arts (Institut français de Maurice)

• DE FALCO Carmela - Italy - Visual Arts (Fond. Made in Cloister)

• DIEU-GROSJEAN Sofie - Australia - Digital Art (Monash University)

• ELAMIR Omnia - Bahrain - Visual Arts (Alliance Française du Bahreïn)

• ESPARZA PEREZ Felipe - Peru - Cinema (Asociación Cultural Bulla)

• FERRON Arnaud - Germany - Visual Arts (Judy's Death)

• GILL Alissa - Russia - Photography (Institut français de Russie)

• GONZALEZ Thomas - Switzerland - Theatre (SCAC Suisse)

• GUNAYDIN Irem - Turkey - Visual Arts (Institut français d'Ankara)

• HOZHABRPOUR Heman - Iran - Music (Villa Zadig)

• ITANI Alaa - Lebanon - Visual Arts (Institut français du Liban)

• KARTAL Ayce - Turkey - Cinema (SCAC Turkey)

• KASSIM Raghad - Iraq - Cinema (Institut français d'Irak)

• KHODR Chrystèle - Lebanon - Theatre (Institut français du Liban)

• KURTISHVILI Irina - Georgia - Métiers d'art (Institut français de Géorgie)

• LAZAROVSKI Aleksandra - Serbia -Cinema (Moderato Production)

• LYKKE Signe - Denmark - Music (Art Music Denmark)

• LYSE Maja Malou - Denmark - Visual Arts (Maison du Danemark)

• MCLAUGHLIN Kendra - Canada - Film (Harvard University)

• MENG Jinghui - China - Theatre (SCAC China)

• MENKA Teresa - Ghana - Photography (Institut français du Ghana)

• MIKHEEVA Kseniya - Russia - Dance (Institut français de Russie)

• MOREIRA Safira - Brazil - Cinema (SCAC brazil)

• MPUTU KAZADI Patient - Congo - Theater (Institut français du Congo)

• PANSANGA Mary - Thailand - Commissariat (SCAC Thailand)

• PLAZA GABRIEL Patricio - Argentina - Cinema (Institut français d'Argentine)

• PERICLES Lincoln - Brazil - Cinema (Astúcia Filmes)

• POLITI Lô - Brazil - Cinema (SCAC Brazil)

• PUTHOD Liliane - Ireland - Visual Arts (Temple Bar Gallery)

• RAITCES Marta - Armenia - Book (French Institute of Russia)

• RAMANATHAN Parilojithan - Sri Lanka - Photography (SCAC Sri Lanka)

• RASULOV Nodir - Uzbekistan - Métiers d'art ( Alliance française de Samarcande)

• SALLA Sherine - Egypt - Visual Arts (Institut français d'Égypte)

• SARR Roger - Senegal - Dance (Institut français de Saint-Louis)

• SCOTTI Giulia - Italy - Theatre (Immaginare Orlando)

• SOMTHAI Pitiwat - Thailand - Visual Arts (SCAC Thailand)

• STOENESCU Cristina - Romania - Commissariat (Institut français de Roumanie)

• SUGITA Mariko - Japan - Architecture (in Residence Kyoto)

• SUMMER Shesha - Saudi Arabia - Dance (Institut français d'Arabie Saoudite)

• TSOUMPLEKAS Dimitris - Greece - Visual Arts (Institut français de Grèce)

• URIEL Belén - Portugal - Visual Arts (Institut français du Portugal)

• WILLIAMSON Philemona - United States - Visual Arts (Semiose)

In addition, the program will welcome a dozen additional laureates, selected through prizes and partnerships including:

• BENJAMINSEN Eline - Norway - Visual Arts (French Prize)

• CONDORI Fabiola - Peru - Visual Arts (Pasaporte para un artista Prize)

• GARRONE Eli - Uruguay - Theatre (Prix Molière)

• KHAN Raheel - United Kingdom - Visual Arts (Magnetic : Bétonsalon - Institut français du Royaume-Uni)

• Prix de l'Alliance française de Florianópolis - Brésil - Arts visuels (to come)

• Prix Braque - Argentina - Visual Arts (forthcoming)

• Prix Matisse- Paraguay - Visual Arts (forthcoming)

• PAIR Award - India - Visual Arts (forthcoming)

• Prix de Paris - Ecuador - Visual Arts (forthcoming)

• AIR Artists in Residence in Paris program (Chishima Foundation - Villa Kujoyama - Kyoto Art Center) - Japan - Pluridisciplinary (coming soon)

The commission

The commission was held on December 11, 2025.

It was chaired by Fanny Rolland, Head of the Residences department at the Institut français' Direction des Mobilités et des Manifestations internationales, and brought together the following people:

• Lucie Brechette, Project Manager, Residences Department (Institut français - DMMI)

• Audrey Level, Project Manager, Residences Department (Institut français - DMMI)

• Emmanuelle Deprats, Cinéma et Séries project manager at the Cinéma et Séries division (Institut français - DCAIC)

• Vincent Gonzalvez, director of residencies, programming and communication (Cité internationale des arts)

• Laura Gérard, in charge of historical partnerships (Cité internationale des arts)

• Sophie Gauthier Aydogdu, head of the Operators and Multilateral Cooperation Unit at the Culture and Media Sub-Directorate (Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs)

• Léa Poirier, rédactrice suivi résidences d'artistes à la sous-direction de la Culture et des Médias (Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères)

• Fabienne Brütt, chargé de mission Mobilité des artistes et des professionnels de la culture (Ministère de la Culture)

• Sarah Becher, responsable Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse (Institut français d'Allemagne)

• Sergi Álvarez Riosalido, curator and program manager (Galerie Dilalica)

• Abdessamad El Montassir, visual artist

• Cédric Fauq, chief curator (CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux)

• Ninon Leclère, co-director (Théâtre Sylvia Monfort)

• Stéphanie Pécourt, director (Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles)

• Samuel Suffren, director and producer

The commission took into account the following evaluation criteria:

• Candidate's professional background

• Quality of the project and working protocol envisaged

• The project's link with Paris and the French art scene

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