The Institut français and its official partners France Médias Monde (RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya), as well as the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) are pleased to...

A 2009 graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Grenoble, Johan Després set up his business in renovation and masonry of old buildings in 2013, within the SCOP du bâtiment Cabestan...

After three months of rich and varied programming in France, the Season of Lithuania in France came to a close on December 12, 2024 at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. This major diplomatic and cultural...

The circus, the funfair, religious processions and the carnival have been at the center of my work and my life for years

From Paris to Pointe-à-Pitre, Cayenne to Lyon via Fort-de-France and Lille, over 300 events are scheduled in more than 50 cities in France from April to September... before crossing the Atlantic to...

In Un Océan d'amour, compagnie La Salamandre creates a silent theater where paper flies, tears and organizes itself to tell a love story and adapt the comic strip by Grégory Panaccione and Wilfrid...

Director and co-creator of the Quasar/Quasar street theater company, Malou Lévêque has just directed her first short film, La Vérité, a multi-award winner at the Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers...

Reviews on Bangladesh (April 7-12, 2025), offers a window onto a country that recent events, linked to the Monsoon Revolution and the resulting political instability, place at the heart of many...

The Institut français unveils its 2024 activity report, an opportunity to look back on a year rich in achievements in France and abroad.

As part of a reinforced strategy to promote the French language and French-language schooling abroad, the Institut français has commissioned Ipsos to conduct an in-depth survey on the perception of...

On the occasion of International Francophonie Day this March 20, Federico Vacas, Director of IPSOS' Politics and Opinion department, presents us with the results and lessons to be drawn from a survey...

The Counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Action in New Zealand looks back on the creation of Villa Antipode, established in 2024 with the support of the Fabrique des Résidences. We discuss with him...

Discover the Institut français 2025 press kit.

With Lacrima, Caroline Guiela Nguyen shines the spotlight on shadow workers through a choral narrative that travels from Paris to Alençon via Mumbai. Acclaimed at the recent Avignon Festival, the play...

The "Vivre avec / Living with" project, imagined by architects Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane, in association with Martin Duplantier and Éric Daniel-Lacombe, representsFrance at the 19th...

Illustrator and author Aurore Petit took part in the Picture Me Children's Illustration Festival, held in September 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand, with the support of the Franco-German Cultural Fund...