Safir

Safir is an ambitious programme for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the economic inclusion of young people in nine countries in North Africa and the Middle East (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Libya and Syria) that runs from 2020 to 2024...

Updated on 16/06/2022

  • Foreign professionals
  • Programmes
  • Multidisciplinary

I-Portunus

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...

Updated on 02/06/2022

  • French professionals
  • Foreign professionals
  • Programmes
  • Architecture
  • Book
  • Music

The Institut français cultural programme for the FPEU

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...

Updated on 13/01/2022

  • Members of French diplomatic network
  • French professionals
  • Multidisciplinary

Teatroskop

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...

Updated on 02/06/2022

  • French professionals
  • Foreign professionals
  • Programmes
  • Theatre
  • Dance
  • Circus

European Film Factory : european platform for film education

In 2022, the Institut français and its two partners ARTE Education and European Schoolnet received the support of the European Commission within the framework of the “Film education and Audience development” call through the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe to develop new actions within the...

Updated on 14/02/2023

  • Members of French diplomatic network
  • Cinema

Archipel.eu

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...

Updated on 03/04/2023

  • French professionals
  • Foreign professionals
  • Programmes
  • Multidisciplinary
  • Architecture
  • Visual arts
  • Photography
  • Cinema
  • Public debate
  • Sciences
  • Design
    • Craft
    • French language
    • Book
    • Graphic novel
    • Fashion
    • Gastronomy
    • Music
    • Digital creation
    • Theatre
    • Dance
    • Circus

European cooperation at the Institut français

One of the new missions entrusted to the Institut français on its creation was to affirm the European dimension of France's cultural action abroad.

Our objectives are as follows: 

  • To make the Institut français a visible, recognised and influential player on the European scene by increasing...

Updated on 20/04/2023

The Franco-German Cultural Fund

The Franco-German Cultural Fund encourages and supports cultural cooperation initiatives carried out in third countries by French and German diplomatic and cultural networks.

Updated on 13/09/2023

  • Members of French diplomatic network
  • Programmes
  • Architecture
  • Visual arts
  • Photography
  • Public debate
  • Design
  • Book
  • Fashion
  • Music
    • Digital creation
    • Theatre
    • Dance
    • Circus