IF Incontournable 2025

IF Incontournable is designed to support the French cultural network abroad, as well as international events and venues, set up their artistic and cultural programmation.

Institut français supports live, hybrid or fully digital projects (for the French artistic teams facing difficulties regarding international mobility), as well as projects embedding digital tools in the creative or production process.

When the projects are not led by the French cultural network abroad, they have to be developed in close collaboration with them.

IF Incontournable is open to the following applicants:

• French cultural network abroad (cultural departments of the French embassies, Instituts français, Alliances françaises, …);

• International institutions or cultural organisations inviting French artists (presenters, record labels, promoters, music publishers, platforms, museums, art centers, festivals, biennales…).

IF Incontournable applies to the following disciplines:

Architecture, visual arts, digital creation, photography, design, artistic crafts, music, performing arts.

IF Incontournable provides support for three categories of projects:

• French highlights (significant invitation of several French artists / French artistic teams, or artists living in France (mainland or overseas communities), to major venues and events for contemporary creation around the world);

• Cooperation (collaboration between French and international artistic teams or institutions (including art schools or conservatories), with a transmission or a shared creation goal);

• Circulation ((international tours, solo shows, appearance in a professional market).

Deadline: October 30th 2024 (23h59 CET)

Selection committee: mid-January 2025

All applicants are required to get in touch with the Institut Français in Paris, after downloading the documents below.

Règlement relatif aux subventions allouées par l’Institut français
Terms and conditions of the programme

contacts

Architecture, urbanism, landscaping
Monica LEBRAO-SENDRA monica.lebraosendra@institutfrancais.com

Circus arts, street theatre, puppetry
Vanessa SILVY vanessa.silvy@institutfrancais.com

Classical and contemporary music
Mathilde BÉZARD mathilde.bezard@institutfrancais.com

Contemporary music, jazz and innovation
Oscar FINJEAN oscar.finjean@institutfrancais.com

Danse
Catherine FAUDRY catherine.faudry@institutfrancais.com

Design, artistic crafts
Laure CHOQUER laure.choquer@institutfrancais.com

Digital creation
Hannah LOUE hannah.loue@institutfrancais.com

Photography/Image
Sophie ROBNARD sophie.robnard@institutfrancais.com

Theatre
Léa MAROT lea.marot@institutfrancais.com 

Visual arts
Adeline BLANCHARD adeline.blanchard@institutfrancais.com