With Elsewhere, the Miroirs Étendus company presents its latest operatic creation with the true story of the first Soviet outside the USSR. With a modern aesthetic inspired by contemporary theatre, the opera adapts Michael Gallen's striking libretto, co-written with poet Annemarie Ní Churreáin and...

With Agra, Kanu Behl delivers an angry and intense second film, which testifies to the tortures of an Indian society that is suffocating. Through his hero, an entire patriarchal world is presented in a breathtaking setting. Selected for the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 2023, it is now released...

Inshallah a Boy is the first feature film directed by Amjad Al Rasheed, a portrait of contemporary Jordan, where a woman tries to preserve her daughter's legacy. The first Jordanian film to be selected at the Cannes Festival, it received the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution and is supported by...

Tu es là, the Ktha theatre company's new open-air performance, aims to offer a digression and bring us together for the duration of a story told by two voices. The Institut français supported the Chilean tour of the company’s new performance at the start of 2024 through its IF Export programme. 

With the “Les Elles des Jeux” exhibition, the National Sports Museum reveals the imposing battle faced by women for a place in the Olympic sun. It traces 130 years of women's sporting struggles and achievements on an immersive journey that highlights the lives of exceptional athletes.

As the...

In Fajar ou l'odyssée de l'homme qui rêvait d'être poète, the actor Adama Diop turns to directing with a thrilling tale at the crossroads of artistic disciplines. Between film, theatre and music and inspired by his own story, he follows the tortuous journey of a young Senegalese man in search of his...

In La Mère de tous les mensonges, winner of the best director in Un certain regard at the last Cannes Festival, Asmae El Moudir questions her family origins through theprism of the Casablanca bread riots. From fiction to reality, she creates an impactful film, where her personal story meets national...

Directed by Anne Monfort and written by Laure Bachelier-Mazon, How far is a play about sharing memories, between the north-east of Paris and Nigeria marked by the memory of the conflict at Biafra. The Institut français IF Création international cooperation programme supports new theatrical...

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, Flow stands out as both a powerful poetic reflection on the forces of wind and an innovative immersive experience. In 2024, this work joins the VR Selection of the Institut français, which allows the French cultural network abroad to...

In Youth (Spring), director Wang Bing continues his observation of his country and exploration of Chinese capitalism with dynamism and precision, developed with support from Aide aux cinémas du monde. Selected at the 2023 Cannes Festival, he unleashes his talent as a documentary filmmaker in the...

The result of a collaboration between musician Apollo Noir and animation director Thomas Pons, (Un)related to god is a multifaceted work, halfway between exhibition, installation and performance, and joins the Institut français’ Unlock Selection in 2024. Designed to enhance and support the mobile...

In Aux Éclats ..., Nathalie Béasse captures human failings, caught between laughter, downfall and the desire to create. She has created a show that is far-fetched and bizarre yet poetic, one that loses itself in the notions of dreams, games and costume, along with a touch of melancholy and nostalgia...

With the support of the Institut français of Algeria and the Institut français of Paris (Livres des deux rives – un dialogue méditerranéen par le livre), Barzakh editions is publishing a richly illustrated set of six children's tales by the iconic Algerian author Mohammed Dib. 

La Chute infinie des soleils is about to make its debut at the Théâtre des Célestins in Lyon. An opportunity to rediscover the tragic and extraordinary history of the shipwrecks on the island of Tromelin. Its author, the Togolese Elemawusi Agbedjidji, is a beneficiary of the Des mots à la scène prog...

Both a dance show and a virtual reality experience, No Reality Now is an ambitious artistic proposition, exploring the notions of ritual and the transition from life to death. The work has benefited from the Ministry of Culture's Chimères programme and is presented on IFdigital, the French digital...