Visual Arts

Art & Design

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The 2022 call for applications for Etant donnés—the French-American Fund for Contemporary Art—is now open! 

2022  Etant donnés Call for Applications Now Open

Music

The Jazz & New Music 2022 call for applications  – a program designed to encourage the creative and professional development of French jazz and contemporary composers, musicians and ensembles in the U.S. – is now open!   

The Jazz & New Music 2022 call for application is now open!  

Social Sciences and Humanities

Literature

Books & Ideas

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The French Voices Committee and the Book Department at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy are pleased to announce the 2021 French Voices Awards (Spring Session)

French Voices Awards 2021-1 Announced

Audiovisual

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Villa Albertine, the CNC (the French National Center of Cinema), the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, SACD), and the Writers Guild Foundation launched in the Fall of 2021 Boulard des Series – The Factory, an incubator for French TV series in Los Angeles, the epicenter of film and TV in the United States. The goal of this new program is to support writers’ international careers as they develop TV projects with high potential for international adaptation and distribution.  

Boulevard des Séries - The Factory

Film & TV

Museums & Heritage

New Media

Performing Arts

Los Angeles

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The 5th edition of the Boulevard des Séries formations will take place online on December 7-8, 2021, and February 16, 2022.  In light of the time difference between California and France, the program will be conducted online from 10AM to 12PM PT (7PM to 9PM for France).

Boulevard des Séries Formations : 2021 Edition

Atlanta

Boston

Chicago

Houston

Miami

New Orleans

New York

San Francisco

Washington, DC

Architecture

Cinema

Comics

Craft & Design

Museums

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UPDATE: Due to a large influx of candidates on the platform, the deadline to submit an application is now set at January 21st, 3PM French time.


Call for Applications - Villa Albertine Season 2

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CinéSchool is a new film program for young audiences that aims to broaden the availability of French and francophone cinema for young audiences in schools and students across the US.

Launch of CinéSchool

“SOUNDS OF NEW YORK”, an expedition to the podcasting capital :
 

As part of a new cultural institution of France in the US – the Villa Albertine-, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States is developing new ambitious programs for new media. Sounds of New York will welcome 7 French podcasters to take part in a one-week learning expedition to New York to meet key industry players. This program - supported by Spotify, Radio France, SACD, INA, and Paradiso Media - aims to support the development of French podcasts with high international potential. The laureates will be able to immerse themselves at the heart of the American podcast factory, meeting with a vibrant community of media, studios and independent creators.

Sounds of New York

Villa Albertine collaborates with universities, publishing houses, libraries, bookstores, and other venues across the United States to organize events with guests authors at the time of publication of their book into English translation.

French Authors on Tour

Villa Albertine oversees a series of programs that help American publishers with the translation and publication of French works into English. 

Hemingway Grants

Dance, theater, new circus, puppets, and street arts have their own identity and heritage in the United States and, in this context, Villa Albertine has designed a map identifying the main organisations related to the performing arts in the U.S.  with International programmings,  to guide French professionals with their projects abroad. The map is non-exhaustive and subject to change. 



Map of the US Performing Arts Industry

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ALBERTINE CINÉMATHÈQUE is a GRANT program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, with the support of the CNC and Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain, which aims to present recently released high profile independent French films on US campuses. By introducing college students to French films through their varied forms, our program is nurturing an enduring love for a very diverse and evolving cinema. 

Albertine Cinémathèque

The Institut Français oversees a program aimed at publishers seeking financial assistance for the acquisition of rights of French works for publication into English.     

Acquisition of Rights: A Program of the Institut Français, Paris

After a US premiere in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara in 2017, French composer Pascale Criton returns for a new Sounding Limits tour with the duo Tarozzi/Walker for premiere performances on the East Coast, and in the Midwest. 

Portrait: Pascale Criton

We're excited to announce the inaugural group of residents for Boulevard des Séries - The Factory, a cross-cultural series writing residency for the US television and new media streaming markets. 

Introducing the First Boulevard des Séries - The Factory Residents 

Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States and INHA, and with support from the Ford Foundation, is proud to announce the first recipient of the new Beauford Delaney Research Grant. This new grant has been awarded to art historian and critic Vanina Géré for her research project "Hacking Apparatuses of Control: Contemporary African-American Political Digital Practices (and beyond)". Thanks to this unique initiative, she will receive $20,000 to cover expenses related to her research project in the US next year. 

Meet Inaugural Beauford Delaney Grantee Vanina Géré

"The Lab: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021" was a series of online collective problem-solving and panel discussions gathering key professionals from the XR and museum industries for game-changing conversations. 

The Lab: Making Sense of Immersion in 2021 

In 2021, Villa Albertine, with the support of the National Center for Cinema and Animated Image (CNC), launched Digital Playgrounds, a new program supporting the creation of French video games and immersive experiences.   

Digital Playgrounds 

Curious about what is coming out in translation in 2022? Then look no further! As of now, we have identified 313 titles translated from French to English slated for publication in the United States in 2022. The list will be updated throughout the year as we receive new information about future releases from publishers. 

Twice a year, the Book and Ideas Department of Villa Albertine publishes a list of current and upcoming translations based on data provided by American and French publishers. This year is no exception, and we are pleased to announce forthcoming publications by major names on the French literary and intellectual scene, such as Patrick Boucheron (a 2022 Villa Albertine resident), Annie Ernaux, Riad Sattouf, Timothée de Fombelle. But also several promising new authors. 

2022 in Translation: Sneak Peek 

The United States' rich artistic history stretches from the earliest indigenous cultures to the more recent globalization of contemporary art. In this context, Villa Albertine has designed a map identifying the main organisations related to visual arts in the U.S. to guide French professionals with their projects abroad. The map is non-exhaustive and subject to change.

Map of the US Visual Art Sector 

France is always ready to welcome your teams to produce film & TV content, animation, and VFX. 

#Choose France: Film & TV Production in France

Villa Albertine has designed a map identifying the main organisations related to the music industry in the U.S. to help French professionals with their projects abroad. 

For Professionals

Call for Applications - Villa Albertine Season 2

Sounds of New York

News

Boulevard des Séries Formations : 2021 Edition

Call for Applications - Villa Albertine Season 2

Launch of CinéSchool

Grants & Programs

2022 Etant donnés Call for Applications Now Open

The Jazz & New Music 2022 call for application is now open!

French Voices Awards 2021-1 Announced

Boulevard des Séries - The Factory

Resources

2022 in Translation: Sneak Peek

Map of the US Visual Art Sector

#Choose France: Film & TV Production in France

Map of the US Music Industry

2022  Etant donnés Call for Applications Now Open

The Jazz & New Music 2022 call for application is now open!  