An editor in her youth, Claire Simon became a director with a particular interest in anthropology and the 7th Art present in her first short films, which were made on a self-taught basis from the...

Following the adoption of the Copyright Directive by the European Union in March 2019, French sociologist Antonio Casilli, specialist in social networks and author of Waiting for robots, an enquiry...

On the occasion of the release of his work On the Danube Path (“Sur la route du Danube”), the writer and geographer Emmanuel Ruben describes his journey through Europe, the multifaceted nature of his...

How can we showcase the rural world today in France? How can an epidemic affecting cows allow us to highlight all the unique, contemporary aspects of this environment? Meet Hubert Charuel, whose Blood...

An engineer, specialising in cultural management and the management of audiovisual post-production, Colombian Mia Rodriguez Sarmiento campaigns for the international development of the immersive...

For twenty years, Yuan Xiaoyi has translated French works into her mother tongue, Chinese. Her work on Leïla Slimani’s novel, Lullaby (“Chanson dance”) (2016 Prix Goncourt), won the 2018 Fu Lei Award...

Joël Karekezi, a young Rwandan director, scriptwriter and producer, invites his viewer to reflect on the absurdity of war but also, and above all, on forgiveness and hope. The Mercy of the Jungle (“La...

Shifting, radical and free, Fanny Chiarello appears to reinvent herself in each of her books. In A Happy Woman, she describes her encounter with American artist Meredith Monk, avoiding the clichés of...

Holding a PhD in art theory and history and artistic director of the Art Encounters Foundation in Timisaora, Diana Marincu is the curator of the exhibition "Persona. Works by Romanian artists” at the...

How can design solve environmental issues? This is the question that Catherine Geel wanted to address in the French section of the XXII Milan Design Triennial, which opened its doors on 1st March...

From cinema to visual arts, Clément Cogitore develops a multifaceted oeuvre, marked by fluid boundaries between genres, images and worlds. A process of reflection which he continues with the video...

A novelist and film-maker, for over 15 years David Foenkinos has been building a body of work which blends absurdity and melancholy. He talks about his writing and the challenges of literary...

Once almost absent from the chambers of the European Parliament, the issue of culture is gaining ground. A conversation with Gitte Zschoch, director of the EUNIC (European Union National Institutes...

Each year since 2013, the LabCitoyen programme has invited around sixty young citizens from five continents who are involved in projects related to human rights to visit France. An opportunity to meet...

On the occasion of the release of her third novel, Les Enténébrés (“Shadow People”), author and psychoanalyst Sarah Chiche discusses some of the themes that have inspired her in her writing: mad love...