Do you know what the Russian expression « to play in the box » means? Do you know how the English and Spanish translate our the famous french idiom « when hens will have teeth »? And what if a Belgian tells you he is « blue of you »?

To all fans of graphic expressions, in French and foreign...

On 21st March 2019, Haitian writer Yanick Lahens launched the new "Francophone Worlds" professorship at the Collège de France with an inaugural lesson featuring the evocative title: “Urgence(s) d'écrire, rêve(s) d'habiter” (“The need to write, the dream of living”). A look back at this powerful...

On the occasion of the 2019 European Day of Languages, the Institut Français has created a multilingual Escape Game. Play on!

French teachers take pride of place. On 28 November 2019, French Teachers’ Day will bring together the different players in teaching French as a foreign language in a programme of meetings and workshops to take place all around the world. Conceived by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron...

A bookstore bestseller translated into 15 languages, Aya of Yop City has lost none of its freshness in its big-screen adaptation. The glowing film by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie has also won the hearts of young Francophone cinephiles.