The French Institute's work is centred around developing South African creative ecosystems, talent, start-ups, and the creators of innovative content in partnership with French expertise and French key creative industry players. Our priorities are audiovisual content (animation), digital creation (video games, virtual reality, new formats), music, heritage, archives, museums and fashion.

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True Fashion, Try on Green

Emerging South African Designers Trailblaze Their Way to a Sustainable Future. The French Institute of South Africa and the Goethe-Institut South Africa have joined forces to champion five emerging designers […]

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IFAS x FNB Art Joburg presents CONSTRUCT

The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and FNB Art Joburg are delighted to present CONSTRUCT: five women artists working in Joburg across non-traditional mediums, a video series in five parts.  […]

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Kgomotso Modise reflects on the ENS Louis-Lumière residency in France

From 10 July to 25 August 2023, South African broadcast journalist...

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True Fashion Lab kicks off with research, exchange and continental community building

True Fashion is a mentoring programme that was designed to imagine...

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IFAS and South African partners launch IQOQO: A new interface to enhance Cultural Industries collaboration

During an official visit to South Africa by the French Minister...

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Call for Bids: External Evaluation of digital project IQOQO

The Embassy of France in South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi is...

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Are you in film? Have you signed up for the Q&A session on the France-South African cinematographic and audiovisual co-production agreement? Open to all players in film, those who attend can look hearing from the National Film and Video Foundation , Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image, and the Department of Trade and International Competition. Click the link in below to register or learn more. bit.ly/4553XYS ... See MoreSee Less
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⚠️ New Exhibition at the Alliance Française !The “Kubuni Traveling Comics Exhibition in Southern Africa” presents a traveling collection of comics in southern Africa. It will be presented at the Alliance Française of Johannesburg from TODAY to 30 September 2023.🗺️ Where? At the Alliance Française of Johannesburg, 17 Lower Park Drive, Parkview, 2122In partnership with Embassy of France in South Africa and Institut Français. ... See MoreSee Less
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