On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of FESPACO, the theme of which is "Memory and the Future of African Cinema", the Institut français and the CNC, in partnership with Orange Studio and Waka Films and the PSV Films and Argos Films competition, presented the first six films restored as part of...

The Institut français 2019 Fabrique Cinéma is pleased to announce the ten projects selected for the next Cannes Film Festival, from 14th to 25th May 2019.

The Institut français is joining forces with the 10th edition of the SPRING Festival in Normandy, the only contemporary circus festival in France taking place at the regional level, to put together a Circus Focus from 12th to 16th March.

With the support of France’s international cultural network...

A highlight around the theater of objects takes place from January 4 to July 30, 2019 in the United States, Canada and Quebec: 27 partners in 11 cities host 16 companies for 17 shows, collaborations, residencies and workshops.

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...

La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français is pleased to welcome Mira Nair, a prolific and socially conscious filmmaker, as the 2019 patron.

The Institut français and its partners: Goethe-Institute, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts and Izolyatsia launch “i-Portunus”, a pilot project to support the mobility of artists and cultural professionals in Europe. i for “Individual Mobilities” and “Portunus” in reference to the...

In collaboration with the Institut français and the Région Sud under their partnership agreement, and with the support of the City of Marseille and the CNC, Meditalents is organising the first edition of its Mediterranean co-production workshop in Marseille on 5th, 6th and 7th April 2019.

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.

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.