Lesotho & France: Cultural Co-creation in the Mountain Kingdom

Arts and Creative Industries

To mark its 30th anniversary, the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) commissioned ts a film dedicated to its longstanding cooperation with Lesotho.

The film focuses on the perspectives of practitioners who have engaged in collaborative projects over the years. Through their accounts, it traces how joint productions, skills sharing and professional encounters have contributed to local creative sectors while strengthening links with partners in France.

Directed by Adam Heyns, the film documents the contexts in which this cooperation has developed, situating individual experiences within a broader framework of cultural relations between the two countries. This short film forms part of a series of short films celebrating IFAS’s 30th anniversary, marking a sustained commitment to artistic exchange across Southern Africa.

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