IF Export aims to support international projects led by French artists or artists living in France (mainland or overseas communities) in the cultural and creative fields.
The Institut français supports live, hybrid or fully digital projects (for the French artistic teams facing difficulties...

The Institut Français, in partnership with France Médias Monde (RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya) and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), is organizing the Cinémas du monde Pavilion as part of the Cannes Film Festival and Marché du Film.

Sharing a common desire to...

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...

During a visit to Paris in November 2021, Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Gitanas Nausėda decided to organize a Season of Lithuania in France in the fall of 2024.

This Season will highlight the culture and history of this country from both a heritage and contemporary perspective. It will allow to...

PAIR is a new program designed to encourage French host structures located in the Metropolitan France Area and French Overseas Territories to welcome foreign artists in residency.

The Aide aux Cinémas du monde is a selective fund reserved for projects involving feature films, animated films and creative documentaries aiming to be screened for the first time in cinemas. It may be granted before filming (production aid). Projects not selected for pre-filming assistance may be...

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...

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.

Led by the Institut Français (Paris, France) in partnership with OCTA (Brussels, Belgium) and APCA (Madeira, Portugal) and co-financed by the European Union, the Archipel.eu pilot project, launched in June 2021, aims to preserve and promote culture in the outermost regions and overseas countries and...

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...

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...

After ten months of rich and varied programming throughout metropolitan France and the French overseas territories, hundreds of collaborations between French and African partner structures, thousands of events in the arts, sciences and entrepreneurship, the Africa2020 Season drew to a close on 30...

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...

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.