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Thierry Fournier: thinking about digital cultures with the Escape exhibition

Artist, curator and author Thierry Fournier has distinguished himself in a practice that addresses questions of otherness and sociality. He deploys his reflections across several mediums, between...

11 June 2025

Thierry Fournier

La Haine joins IFcinéma on the 30th anniversary of its release

A cult film in French cinema, La Haine went down like a shockwave when it was released in 1995; awarded the Prix de la mise en scène at the Cannes Film Festival, the recipient of three César awards...

10 June 2025

La Haine

Discover the work of Cemil Batur Gökçeer, Turkish photographer in residence at the Cité internationale des arts.

The Institut français, with the support and by delegation of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, each year enables nearly 70 artists from around the world to...

4 June 2025

#1 Cemil Batur Gökçeer

Escape exhibition: "Lifer Heritage" explores our virtual memories

With Lifer Heritage, the artist quartet made up of Jeanne Yuna Rocher, Clare Poolman, Etta Marthe Wunsch and Montaine Jean bring Second Life back to life through their installation. Through this...

4 June 2025

Lifer Heritage

"Déplacer nos mémoires", open workshops curated by the Institut français x Cité internationale des arts program

On June 11, as part of the Institut français x Cité internationale des arts residency program, thirteen artists from around the world will present their ongoing research for one evening. Guest...

4 June 2025

Cemil Batur Gökçeer, depuis la série “Heart Stone”, 2024

Thorniké Gordadzé, former Georgian minister, at the European Dialogues in Bucharest

Georgian political scientist and politician, Thorniké Gordadzé is both a researcher and former Minister of State for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia; He has worked in research...

3 June 2025

Thorniké Gordadzé

In Bucharest, European Dialogues focus on war in Europe and security issues

From June 3 to 5, the Dialogues européens make a stopover in Bucharest. The French Institute of Romania, in partnership with several major European, Romanian and French institutions, is organizing the...

2 June 2025

DT Dialogues européens - Sofia (Bulgarie)

Author Marion Brunet, winner of the Prix Astrid-Lindgren 2025, promoted internationally by the Institut français

A French author of crime novels, children's literature and children's literature, Marion Brunet is particularly interested in adolescence, a period of life that she tackles in all her works. From noir...

28 May 2025

Marion Brunet

Livres des deux rives: discovering the translation profession with Stéphanie Dujols

At the Arab - French Literary Translation Awareness Workshop, organized in Arles at the Collège international des traducteurs from April 8 to 12, 2025, by the ATLAS association as part of the Livres...

27 May 2025

Atelier traduction L2R

Villa Kujoyama's post-residencies: a wealth of news for prizewinners

Villa Kujoyama offers its prizewinners tailor-made support. This support begins before the residency and continues for five years after the residency in Japan. Drawing on a network of partners, this...

22 May 2025

Villa Kujoyama (Japon)

MC Waraba prepares a new EP in residence at Arty Farty

As one of the founders of the "balani show", MC Waraba draws inspiration from Malian culture to create traditional and modern sounds that embody the country's youth. As part of the French Institute's...

21 May 2025

MC Waraba

Filmmaker Amr Gamal in residence at the Cité internationale des arts: reviving Yemeni art

From closed theaters to international film festivals, Amr Gamal has charted an extraordinary course as a playwright and filmmaker in Yemen. Founder of the Khaleej Aden theater company and director of...

20 May 2025

Amr Gamal

A look back at the inauguration of the French Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

On Friday, May 9, the French Pavilion was inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Ms. Rachida Dati, the President of the Venice Biennale, Mr. Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, the President of...

14 May 2025

Inauguration du Pavillon français - Biennale de Venise 2025

The Institut français at the Cannes Film Festival

As a forum for dialogue between French and foreign cinema, the Pavillon Les Cinémas du monde, a showcase for the French Institute's La Fabrique Cinéma, once again welcomes French and international...

13 May 2025

Fabrique cinéma et pavillon Les cinémas du monde

The Institut français supports the "Trait(s)" show in China

In Trait(s), the Scom company addresses young audiences to tell the story of circus fundamentals: the body, the family and the circle. Through a subtle and sensitive performance, it deciphers the...

30 April 2025

Trait(s) de la compagnie Scom

Back from Villa Kujoyama, Emmanuel Ruben publishes "L'usage du Japon".

Winner of the Villa Kujoyama in 2024, French writer Emmanuel Ruben completed a four-month residency in Japan, where he wrote a logbook studded with drawings and watercolors in homage to Nicolas...

30 April 2025

Emmanuel Ruben publie « L’usage du Japon »