Since june 2020, Litteraturhuset in Oslo have started the podcast «How to proceed», a English-conversation hosted by Linn Ullmann. Every episode welcomes an author to discuss their latest releases, as well as their life and work in general. 

Fra 3. til 7. august er det klart for Kunst og Musikk (K&M) festivalen i Stavanger! Denne festivalen samler artister fra hele verden innenfor sjangeren kammermusikk i Stavanger i ei uke. Tett knyttet opp mot Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival (NYCMF) fremmer K&Mfest musikere og artister gjennom konserter på ulike steder i Stavanger, som i konserthaller, i […]

Den franske regissøren Quentin Dupieux er i morsom, uvanlig søt form i sin nye komedie, Mandibler.

Oslo’s Cinematheque has a great program this summer, which includes a couple of French classics! Here is a detailed list with all the screenings dates:   Le Mepris by Jean-Luc Godard: from July 7th to 30th  Et sommereventyr by Eric Rohmer: from June 29th to July 29th   More information and booking on their website: […]

During Oslo Pride, the drag artist Frida Marida will make a show about international solidarity, with songs in more than 10 different languages !

I forbindelse med en samtale som ganske nylig fant sted ved Institut Français i Oslo med Théo-Mario Coppola, presenterte han sitt prosjekt for biennalen i Moss for oss. Han har både bidratt og han kuraterer HOUSE OF COMMONS, som er den ellevte utgaven av biennalen «MOMENTUM». Den finner sted fra 12. juni til 10. oktober […]

Heddadagene is happening all around Norway this year ! On this occasion, the Institut français de Norvège is happy to collaborate with Nationaltheater, Dramatikkens Hus and Norwegian Embassy in France to organise readings of French-written plays. 

The festival Oslo Pix is a cinema festival in Oslo, founded in 2017. Aimed at the general public but with activism and debates as a central point, Oslo Pix has been working with the IFN since its beginning. For this 5th edition, we are interviewing Johanne Svendsen Rognlien, head of programming in 2021.

Sigurd Jovik Bræin is a young musician and composer from Norway. Very interested in France, he often works with artists from different backgrounds. This year, he is producing a single called “Parlons de l’essence”, bringing together Norwegian musicians, French-Algerian female rapper and French artwork. Before its release, we asked him a couple of questions.

The film festival Oslo Pix is back from the 31st of May to the 10th of June. The program is fully digital, but some screenings will happen in the cinemas, thanks to the recent reopening! The program is full with debates and societal subjects, with 3 French films. 

Johanna Zanon is an independent researcher and curator based in Oslo, with a strong interest in fashion. In addition to her scholarly activity, she curated two film cycles on French fashion on screen in 2019 and 2020. She also curated the exhibition “As Handsome as the Chance Encounter” in Oslo in 2020. With the Institut […]

Les Piñatas is an association founded in Lille by 2 artists: Madeline Wood and Léa Machado. Both are visual and plastic artists, who graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Valenciennes (Valenciennes School for Art and Design). They started this project in 2016. They are now working with the Norwegian collective Pamflett, […]

Are you an artist? Do you speak French? If so, you might be interested in this 2-year program by Le Fresnoy !

På programmet står bla. 6 co-produksjoner som får frem mangfoldet i fransk film. Du har 7 dager på å oppleve hva festivalen har å by på og til å delta i debattene rundt filmer fra og om den arabiske verden

Jazz musicians, discover and apply for this new project by le Périscope in Lyon !