Comic book author and illustrator, Yoon-Sun Park explores the world around us and her own memories through personal works that blend intimacy and madness. In L'Incroyable Mademoiselle Bang!, she pursues her interest in Korean traditions with a breathtaking adaptation of a 19th century novel. This...

Presenter, producer and actress, Zahraa Ghandour has become one of the icons of the Iraqi film industry in just a few years. Between political engagement, bold roles and ambitious projects, she works to reveal the voice of Iraqi women and highlight the facets of a complex society. She is currently...

Malaysian director, writer and scriptwriter, Amanda Nell Eu hits hard with her first feature film, Tiger Stripes, which won the Grand Prix during Critics' Week at the Cannes Festival in 2023. Close to horror and the supernatural, but also to popular traditions, she has drawn from the sphere of body...

The French composer of mixed music Pierre Jodlowski blends acoustic and electronic sounds in a work characterised by its density, as well as its theatrical and political roots. As a producer of active music as well as imagery and staging, he regularly performs solo and in collaboration with other...

Artist Inès Alpha has established herself as the world leader in 3D makeup thanks to her filters with shimmering colours and undulating shapes. The Institut français of Nigeria dedicated an exhibition to her in late 2022. 

His Hybrid-ID Instagram filter is now joining the Institut français’ Unloc...

Based in Paris since 2005, German artist Ulla von Brandenburg has invented her own language, combining theatre, installations and the imaginary, in a body of work that is recognised worldwide. A finalist for the Prix Marcel-Duchamp in 2016, she is currently presenting "La société des spectacles", in...

In January, Romanian writer Liliana Lazar, who has been based in the South of France since the 90s, published her third novel, Carpates, in immersed in a ruthless religious context. This publication follows the support of the Institut français' Stendhal programme, which has now been replaced by the...

Raymond Rajaonarivelo's work, still little known, is the work of a cinema enthusiast who is so proud of his culture and origins that he uses them as the source for his rare feature films. The only Malagasy director to have been selected for the Cannes Film Festival, his films are a poignant blend of...

A prolific actor, he has already worked with the greatest contemporary directors. Adama Diop cultivates the image of a versatile and unclassifiable actor. 

Journalist and writer Éric Faye has been writing novels, essays and short stories for almost 30 years. With finely-crafted and elegant writing, he pays particular attention to Asia by portraying, with a hint of fantasy, characters beset by everyday difficulties.

Aged just 32, Raphaël Quenard experienced a meteoric rise in French cinema and is now regarded as one its rising stars. His various collaborations reveal a cheeky, sensitive and determined disposition. He is best known for his role in Chien de la casse by Jean-Baptiste Durand, a film available for b...