Following the call for applications published in autumn 2023, 45 winners of 34 different nationalities have been selected for residencies between April 2024 and April 2025:  

• AL ABDULLA Ammam - Qatar - Design (French Institute of Qatar)
• AL ZORKANY Ayman - Egypt - Comics (French Institute of Egypt)
• ATTIKI Fann - Democratic Republic of Congo - Books (French Institute of Congo)
• BALTACI Gökhun - Turkey - Visual arts (French Institute of Turkey in Ankara)
• BAROUD Racha - Lebanon - Dance (French Institute of Lebanon)
• BARTOLO Warren - Malta - Books (SCAC of Malta)
• BHEKA Sibusiso - South Africa - Photography (French Institute of South Africa)
• BOYADGIAN Benji - Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories - Visual arts (French Institute of Jerusalem)
• COSTA DIAS Viviane - Brazil - Theatre (Théâtre de l'Opprimé / Théâtre Estelar)
• CRUNȚEANU Larisa - Romania - Digital creation (French Institute of Romania)
• EL ABYAD Khadija - Morocco - Visual arts (Institut français du Maroc)
• ENIOLA Nourou Deen - Benin - Dance (French Institute of Benin)
• FRANCOVÁ Sylva - Czech Republic - Books (French Institute of Prague)
• GORLANOVA Kristina - Russia - Visual arts (French Institute of Russia)
• HABER Charbel - Lebanon - Music (French Institute of Lebanon)
• HANDOUS Belhassen - Tunisia - Photography (French Institute of Tunisia)
• JOSEPH Rony - Haiti - Music (LE KALE BE BEAT)
• KAMEL Karoline - Egypt - Books (French Institute of Egypt)
• KANCHEVA Ina - Bulgaria - Music (French Institute of Bulgaria)
• KANELLI Théodora - Greece - Visual arts (French Institute of Greece)
• KASSAI Didier - Central African Republic - Comics (SCAC de Bangui)
• KAZIM Hana - United Arab Emirates - Cinema (French Institute of the United Arab Emirates)
• KHATTAB Noha - Egypt - Street arts (French Institute of Egypt)
• KHATTAR Estephan - Lebanon - Film (French Institute of Lebanon)
• LAZAR Edith - Romania - Exhibition curator (French Institute of Romania - Cluj)
• LÁZARO MATOS Luís - Belgium - Visual arts (French Institute of Portugal)
• LAZO ROSALES Isabel - Costa Rica - Comics (Alliance Française du Costa Rica)
• LEE Euna - South Korea - Visual arts (SCAC République de Corée)
• LOMBA Fernanda - Brazil - Cinema (SCAC Brazil)
• MAYORGA Céleste - Guatemala - Visual arts (Central American Association)
• MBAYE Djibril - Senegal - Dance (Institut français du Sénégal à Saint-Louis)
• MIRAGLIA Sol - Argentina - Visual arts (Françoise pour l'œuvre contemporaine)
• MOSTAFA Mahmoud - Egypt - Visual arts (French Institute of Egypt)
• MUKHINA Ada - Germany - Theatre (French Institute of Russia)
• NASS Saleh - Bahrain - Cinema (Alliance Française de Bahreïn)
• ORGIL Zolbootuguldur - Mongolia - Visual Arts (Alliance Française d'Oulan-Bator)
• POUR HOSSEINI Atoosa - Ireland - Visual Arts (Temple Bar Gallery + Studios)
• ROCHA ITURBIDE Manuel - Mexico - Visual arts (French Institute of Latin America)
• SOK Éléonore - Cambodia - Books (French Institute of Cambodia)
• SOLANKI Shakil - South Africa - Visual arts (French Institute of South Africa)
• SOROUR Ahmer - Egypt - Fashion (French Institute of Egypt)
• TOFFA Prince - Benin - Visual Arts (French Institute of Benin)
• TOMŠIČ Neja - Slovenia - Visual Arts (French Institute of Slovenia)
• VAN LEIJSEN Robin - Netherlands - Visual arts (Françoise pour l'œuvre contemporaine)
• WITZGALL Norbert - Germany - Visual arts (French Institute of Germany). 

In addition, the programme will welcome around twenty additional winners selected through prizes and partnerships, including : 

• CABALLERO BIANCHI Florencia - Theatre - Uruguay (Molière Prize)
• GUAILLAS Freddy - Visual arts - Ecuador (Prix de Paris)
• IVANOV Philipp - Cinema - Russia (French Institute of Russia)
• LITINSKAITE Justé - Exhibition curator - Lithuania (Lithuanian Season in France)
• POCZTARUK Romy - Visual arts - Brazil (Alliance française de Rio de Janeiro, Alliance française de Porto Alegre, Fondation Iberê Camargo)
• RODRIGUEZ Fátima - Visual arts - Paraguay (Prix Matisse)
• TISLEVOLL Jonas - Visual arts - Norway (French Prize)
• TSVETKOVA Olga - Dance - Russia (French Institute of Russia)
• Prix de l'Alliance française de Florianópolis - Visual arts - Brazil (forthcoming)
• Braque Prize - Visual Arts - Argentina (coming soon)
• PAIR Award - Visual Arts - India (forthcoming)
• Photo Award - Photography - Brazil (coming soon)
• Partnership Palais de Tokyo / French Institute of China / Choi Foundation - Visual Arts - China (coming soon)
• AIR Artists in Residence in Paris programme (Chishima Foundation / Villa Kujoyama / Kyoto Art Center) - Japan. 

The commission met on Tuesday 19 December 2023. 

It was chaired by Chloé Fricout, Head of the Residencies Department at the Institut français and composed of : 

MINISTRY OF EUROPE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• Marine Demailly, Project Manager, Sub-Directorate for Culture and Media

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

• Nicolas Vergneau, in charge of the policy on residencies, creative third places, and transversal programmes to support creation.

CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS 

• Vincent Gonzalvez, Head of Residencies Department 
• Laura Gérard, Residents & Subscribers Coordinator 

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS 

• Nathalie Streiff, Cannes Project Manager (film expert)
• Lucie Brechette, Project Manager, Residencies Department
• Ivane Payen, Project Manager, Residencies Department

QUALIFIED PERSONALITIES :

• Emilie Renard, Director of Bétonsalon - art and research centre (expert in the visual arts and curating)
• Valentin Rodriguez, cultural attaché and deputy director of the French Institute in Cambodia (expert in the visual arts, books and comics)
• Youmna Saba, singer-songwriter, musician and musicologist (expert in current and jazz music, classical and contemporary music)
• Julie Vacher, visual artist (expert in visual arts and digital creation)
• Capucine Vever, visual artist (expert in visual arts and photography)
• Caterina Zevola, head of performing arts programming at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles (expert in theatre, dance and street arts).

The committee took the following assessment criteria into account: 

• Professional background of the applicant
• Quality of the project and proposed working protocol
• Link of the project to Paris and the French arts scene
• Involvement of one or more cultural organisations in the Paris region (for local support).
• It also paid close attention to the overall balance of the final selection (geographical areas and parity). 

Next call for applications: autumn 2024 (more information to follow)