Actor, director and scenographer Simon Gauchet creates dramatic performances tied to the notions of imagination and transmission. He is presenting his play L’Expérience de l’Arbre (The Tree Experience...

Nicolas Philibert is a French documentary filmmaker who brings together a wide range of encounters, themes and observations of the world in films that are both sensitive and accurate. Winner of the...

Sahra Mani is an Afghan filmmaker. Her latest documentary, Bread and Roses, looks at how women in Afghanistan are fighting back against the Taliban. She is also working on Kabul Melody, a documentary...

After completing a Stendhal mission in Sweden in 2020 in the footsteps of Stig Dagerman, Christophe Fourvel talks about his influences, his time in the middle of a pandemic and his journey as a writer...

Founder of Bigger than fiction, Julien Aubert co-directs the 'short series' division of PXN, the association of independent new media producers. While the Institut français is embracing this format...

Director of the Institut français in India and Counsellor for Cooperation and Cultural Action at the French Embassy in India Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens presents a new network of residencies in India: the...

Simon Rouby and Native Maqari’s practice and research revolves around migration and the black experience. They spent three months at the Villa Kujoyama, in Kyoto, to understand the journey of Yasuke...

Eric Minh Cuong Castaing and his company Shonen have created Waka👁, in collaboration with the Ugandan collective Waka Starz. It is a show that, through video conferencing, opens a window between two...

The exhibition Memoria: Tales of Another History was presented in Bordeaux (Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MECA) in 2021 as part of the Africa2020 season, curated by N'Goné Fall and produced by the Institut...

Debashish Paul is an Indian artist known for his unique performance style, which involves elaborately designed attire. His work revolves around gender and identity and incorporates multiple mediums...

Attached to the defence of local values, Mamou Daffé is the head of several organisations and events in Mali. In particular, he directs the Centre Culturel Kôrè in Ségou, a partner of the Institut...

Jean-Luc Sonhaye Gbati is head of the PAPRICAI incubator, a unique project that supports cultural initiatives in Togo and West Africa. The ACP-EU Culture AWA programme, notably supported by the...

Laurent Duret worked as a producer for Les Films d’Ici, before setting up his own company, Bachibouzouk, in 2015. The same year, he took part in founding PXN, the association of Producteurs d...

ICC Immersion South Korea prizewinners Sun Toucoula (Beyond Stories), Justine Llorca (InCahoots Production) and Méliné Kéloglanian (Philharmonie des enfants) talk about their participation and its...

Nina Chalot and Cyril Teste are co-curators of the Student Exhibition that will represent France at the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (8 to 18 June 2023). Following a residency...