The Translator Factory creates a network of young professional translators into the world's major languages.
In the form of workshops each focused on French and one another language, the Translator Factory brings together 6 young translators for 10 weeks under the leadership of experienced...

Charged with preserving and disseminating African film heritage, the Institut français holds one of the largest collections of African films from the 1960s to the present day.

Created in 1961 by the Ministry of Cooperation, the Cinémathèque Afrique contributes to the preservation, restoration...

As part of its support for developing French cultural and creative industries internationally, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and its cultural network internationally are taking action through a “CCI prioritaire mission” given to 37 embassies of strategic territories for exporting CCI.

The Institut français and its European partners, the Goethe-Institut (in Belgium) and Izolyatsia (in Ukraine), are launching the 2nd edition of the i-Portunus pilot project to support mobility of artists’ and professionals in the cultural and creative sectors in Europe. i-Portunus is a project co...

The General Assembly on French-Language Books Around the World will be held in Tunis on 23 and 24 September 2021. The event is a measure of the French presidential plan for the French language and multilingualism unveiled in March 2018, and intends to boost, decompartmentalise and develop the French...

During the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (FPEU) from 1 January to 30 June 2022, the Institut français will be working alongside French and European institutions on the one hand and the French cultural network abroad on the other towards the objectives defined by the...

Initiated in 2011 by the French institute in Paris, the French Ministry of Culture and the French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs,  Teatroskop is a program designed to boost the cooperation between France and South-East Europe in the field of performing arts in its most contemporary and...

Visas for Creation aims to accompany the artistic emergence in Africa and in the Caribbean thanks to residences of 2 months on the French territory.

Since 1985, the "Seasons" implemented by the Institut français have brought France into dialogue with more than 100 countries. The aim of this programme is to introduce a wide audience to the cultural diversity of a guest country and to promote a renewed and creative image of France abroad. In the...

The Digital Factory of Multilingualism is an incubator for digital entrepreneurs offering innovative applications for language learning. The Factory is made up of a steering committee in France bringing together players in education, the French-speaking world and innovation, and is based on...

The Institut français supports the structuring of the dance sector in Africa with two programmes in particular, the Africa Dance Biennale and the Résidanses programme.

Shoot the book! is a program of professional meetings designed to support the presence of French publishers on the major international audiovisual markets and to promote the audiovisual adaptation of French literary works of fiction.

La Fabrique Cinéma is a programme developed by the Institut Français with France Médias Monde - RFI, France 24, Monte Carlo Doualiya - the International Organisation of la Francophonie and Sacem to promote the emergence of young creation from southern countries on the international market. Designed...

"Des mots à la scène" (“From Words to the Stage”) is a production fund for contemporary French-language playwriting launched by the Institut français. 
Its aim is to promote little-known or little-performed playwrights by encouraging the production of new plays.
It is aimed at directors and...

The Institut français, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture - General Directorate for Artistic Creation and the Archives de la Critique d'Art, are joining forces to promote French criticism and theory on artistic creation from the 1960s to the present day and its dissemination internationally...