More than a century after its creation in 1895, the Venice International Art Biennial, a historic event and the oldest “biennial” in the world, enjoys an incredible dynamism. In fact, the previous edition, led by the French curator Christine Macel, curator at the Centre Pompidou National Modern Art...

The Institut francais and the French cultural network are fully committed to celebrate the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. On May 14th, the festival opens with a live broadcast of the opening ceremony on 8 screens of the Institut français worldwide, in Barcelona, London, Milano, Tunis, Marrakech, and in...

In order to carry on with their action of fostering the development of digital creation and cultural innovation, the Institut français and the French cultural network abroad have invited approximately fifteen foreign professionals, from June 24th to June 28th 2019 in Paris and La Rochelle, to meet...

The Institut français promotes cross-cultural programming between the City of Paris and the City of Amsterdam as part of the “Paris-Amsterdam Rendez-vous 2019”, thus helping to deepen the dialogue between the two capital

The 2018 4th committee for the Aide aux cinémas du monde (CNC – Institut français) gathered on 3rd and 6th May 2019.

Four films supported by the Aide aux cinémas du monde fund (CNC / Institut français) have been awarded at the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes.

Presented by the European Commission since 2006, European Development Days are the big European event for sharing ideas and experiences and bringing the development community together on an annual basis. The aim is to inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions to the most urgent challenges on...

Why a FranceDanse Germany edition?

The FranceDanse editions showcase French choreography. Through solos, duos and group pieces put together for major national theatres and experimental workshops and meetings with the public, FranceDanse lets you discover well-known and emerging artists who have...

After a successful first edition in 2018, Shoot the Book Anim': Meet the Publishers returns to Mifa for the second year running, in partnership with SCELF (the Civil Society for French Language Publishers), the Institut français and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinema.

The final selection committee for the Villa Kujoyama has chosen,15 projects with close links to Japan to be undertaken by 18 artists and creators who will spend between 2-6 months in residence in Kyoto over the course of 2020.

Eleven agents from the French cultural networkabroad (SCAC, Institut françaises, Alliances Françaises) took part in a training course in Project Managementdeveloped in partnership with the ENA and the AFD, as part of the ENA 2019 Spring University around the theme Building the governance of a shared...

The next Bamako Encounters will take place from 1st December 2019 to 31st January 2020. Igo Diarra and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will be Managing Director and Artistic Director, respectively.

At the request of its supervisory bodies, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, the Institut français is publishing a study to assess the system of Performing and Visual Arts Bureaux around the world. 

The Institut français has joined forces with the ANR for the 6thth edition of the "Traversées des Mondes" Research and Creation Meetings organised on 9th, 10th and 11th July 2019 as part of the Avignon Festival.

La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut français is a partner of Realness since its beginning to allow the selection of a French-speaking African screenwriter among the participants.