Every year, the Institut français gives nearly 70 prize-winners from all over the world the opportunity to develop a research and creative project in all artistic disciplines at the Cité internationale des arts.
The scheme is aimed at artists and cultural professionals living abroad, and awards residencies of three, six or nine months.
Artists are nominated by one or more cultural partners (French cultural network abroad, French or foreign cultural organisations) who support them by submitting their application and then paying for their international travel and residency allowance.
The Institut français offers the winners free studio accommodation at the Cité internationale des arts. Both institutions are involved in supporting the artists.
The selection process is open to artists and cultural professionals, without age limit, from all countries, in the following disciplines:
- Architecture, landscape, urban planning
- Street art, circus, puppetry
- Plastic art
- Comics
- Cinema (animation, fiction, creative documentary, video art)
- Digital creation (digital art, video games, VR)
- Art criticism and curating
- Dance, performance
- Design, graphic design
- Gastronomy
- Literature (fiction, essays, children’s literature, comics)
- Art professions
- Fashion
- Music (classical and contemporary music, contemporary music and jazz)
- Photography
- Theatre
Support
- Individual studio apartments at the Cité internationale des arts
- Round-trip travel expenses
- Ensure that the artist has insurance
- Ensure that the artist has a visa
- A living allowance of at least 1,000 EUR per month
