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Romania in France, France in Romania

The France-Romania 2019 Season ended in France on 16 April, and continues in Romania until 14 July 2019. French culture will be showcased there through its visual and stage arts, gastronomy and music...a look back at the highlights from France and a look foward to the opening of the season in...

Updated on 27/04/2022

Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba

Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba breathe new life into the world of contemporary art: based in Berlin, they design exhibitions and founded the magazine Contemporary And, a demanding print and digital publication whose aim is to “connect cultures”.

Updated on 04/05/2022

Yvonne Mburu

Connecting African doctors with each other and highlighting female scientists: Yvonne Mburu's mission is intersectional and resolutely "Afro-optimistic".

Updated on 05/06/2020

N’Goné Fall

N'Goné Fall, the General Commissioner of the Africa2020 Season, wished to place this ambitious project under the banner of pan-Africanism and collective intelligence.

Updated on 04/05/2022

Mohamed Zoghlami

Mohamed Zoghlami is a consultant in business engineering and strategic analysis, passionate about new technologies, animation and comics. Since the Tunisian revolution of 2011, he has worked for the international development of African start-ups. His aim is to celebrate African cultures throughout...

Updated on 05/06/2020

Mathias Chelebourg

French author and director captivated by innovation and the exploration of immersive technologies, Mathias Chelebourg’s works are already a reference for virtual reality professionals.

Published on 26/08/2019

The opening of a new artists’ residence in Senegal: Villa Saint-Louis Ndar

Its inauguration scheduled for 8 June 2019 will be the starting point for a new artistic and cultural impetus in Senegal and throughout sub-Saharan Africa. A first call for applications was launched in the spring.

Updated on 27/04/2022

Mia Rodriguez Sarmiento

An engineer, specialising in cultural management and the management of audiovisual post-production, Colombian Mia Rodriguez Sarmiento campaigns for the international development of the immersive realities sector. In March she was in France for Laval Virtual, an international trade show dedicated to...

Updated on 10/05/2019

Dive into the heart of French VR

In recent years, virtual reality has established itself as one of the most interesting technologies in digital, cultural and artistic creation. This is evidenced, particularly in France, by the great diversity of content produced: fiction, documentaries, hybrid experiences combining VR and live...

Updated on 09/04/2019

Claude Monet, the water lily obsession, by Nicolas Thépot

What if you could dive into Monet’s water lily pond? Thanks to Nicolas Thépot's virtual reality work, Claude Monet, the water lily obsession, you can head to Giverny and visit the garden that inspired the famous Impressionist painter.

Updated on 09/07/2019

Me, Myself(ie) and I, by Stéphane Carrel

What if “selfie” didn’t just mean navel-gazing? With his web documentary Me, Myself(ie) and I, Stéphane Carrel examines these self-portraits which are so pervasive on social media.

Published on 13/07/2019

Laurence Devillers

Laurence Devillers specialises in the application of robotics to the social sciences and encourages our societies to examine the risks of emotional artificial intelligence.

Published on 17/07/2019

© Trucs de meufs, Bridges & France Télévisions, 2019

Futurimage, a showcase of France’s digital creations

For more than 10 years, French creators, producers and distributors have invented and deployed unprecedented skills and knowledge. Their innovation, creativity and uniqueness are recognised throughout the world. The Institut français' new dedidacted website futurimage.fr highlights this young...

Updated on 04/05/2022

The book of sand, Michel Van der Aa (2016-2019)

The Musica Mobile Exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan

From April 13th to July 14th at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, curator James Giroudon offers an unprecedented tour of some twenty installations which come to life as they resonate with one another. Their movement weaves connections between the visual and the audible, through breaths and whispers of...

Published on 05/08/2019

Panama Al Brown by Camille Duvelleroy, Jacques Goldstein and Alex W. Inker

Arte launches an interactive graphic novel which blends fiction and documentary in an unprecedented format, available exclusively on smartphones. It tells the little-known story of Panama Al Brown, a gay, black Latin American man who was a boxing world champion in the 1930s.

Published on 01/10/2019