A true craftswoman, Manuela Paul-Cavallier uses gold leaf in exceptional creations, whether reinventing luxury objects or creating her own works.

With The Class (“Entre les murs”), Laurent Cantet joined the exclusive club of French filmmakers who have won a Palme d’Or at Cannes. A subtle filmmaker, he trains an x-ray on the links between the intimate and the communal.

An iconic figure in the world of contemporary Arabic comic books, the Egyptian Mohammed Shennawy is a trailblazer, willing to denounce the shortcomings of a country and a society in the midst of a major transition.

Gisèle Vienne’s work illuminates what lies in shadow, the hidden side buried in each of us. Constantly torn between perfection and horror, her creations explore violence, returning the full cathartic dimension to the performing arts.

Rather than using his writing talent for “theses that never get read”, Mohamed El Khatib prefers to create shows with the people he meets, especially those would never have thought of stepping foot in a theatre.

Wanuri Kahiu is an accomplished Kenyan director and author. An activist artist, her films and books portray a positive image of Africa and are marked by a strong commitment to ecological causes.

A renowned professor of geography specialising in the spatial, Michel Lussault questions, in his latest works, globalisation and the creation of new urban spaces which he describes as "hyper-locations".

The director of the Theatre des Amandiers in Nanterre, Philippe Quesne experiments, playing with conventions of the genre to create a world with uncertain outlines, combining dreams and materials, allegories and experiments, theatre and fine arts.

Violent, disturbing, joyful: Claire Denis' work celebrates love in all its forms. Her taste for bold formal experiences makes her one of the most recognised French filmmakers abroad.

A talented representative of the young generation of Congolese filmmakers, since 2010 Dieudo Hamadi has been examining his country's dysfunctions through portraits filmed with a hand-held camera. His direct cinema has been very successful at international festivals.

From her first works on gender to her recent history of violence, philosopher Elsa Dorlin advocates a practical feminism based on social struggles that combat both sexism and racism.

From print to digital, Chloé Jarry is one of those artists who invent new ways of producing cultural content.

The enigmatic voice of Israeli singer Noa echoes around the world, spreading a call for peace between peoples. Portrait of a great lady.

Timothée de Fombelle, with his children’s novels published around the whole world, finds a way to cultivate his freedom to write and satisfy his thirst for adventures.

Xavier Veilhan is one of the most well-known and internationally recognised French artists. A visual artist, he has gradually expanded his art to include performance by working with musicians to create unique sensory experiences.