Cycles

To mark the major annual event celebrating animation, the Institut français and the AFCA invite you to build your programme around the latest films, some of which have won awards at prestigious festivals. This year’s guest of honor is Pierre-Luc Granjon, who co-wrote the feature film "The Songbirds' Secret", which is included in this programme.

The 2026 edition brings together short films around rich and varied themes for all tastes and audiences! This program aimed at a more adult audience highlights in these new titles all the richness and variety of French animation awarded in many festivals.

Discover a program of short films for young audiences, including "The Night Boots", the latest film by Pierre-Luc Granjon who is the guest of honor of this 25th edition of the Fête du cinéma d'animation.

To mark the 40th anniversary of La Fémis in 2026, discover a series of short films made by graduates of this prestigious French film school, whose current careers are followed and supported by the IF.

Discover the four short films that have received an award at this year's Prix Unifrance du court métrage.

Through the eyes of French filmmakers, this series shines a light on the people who bring to life the trades, skills, and passions that shape our heritage. Artisans, chefs, teachers, farmers, artists, manual workers, healthcare professionals, and entrepreneurs—these are the women and men whose life paths, actions, and callings form the heart of deeply human stories.

Painting, sculpture, photography or performance… art has always fascinated cinema, which explores its mysteries, passions and contradictions. Through this cycle, French cinema mirrors artistic creation, revealing both the works and the artists, their impulses, their doubts and their struggles. A sensitive and cinematic journey to the heart of the act of creating.

Discover a selection of three short documentaries awarded in major festivals.

As part of Le Mois du film documentaire 2026discover a selection of French heritage and contemporary documentaries, echoing the theme proposed by Le Mois du film documentaire "Contre courant".

As temperatures rise, cinema heads out into the open. This film series invites you on a journey where summer sets the stage for breakneck chases, gripping investigations, and sun-drenched adventures. It is a scorching lineup—a blend of adrenaline, wide-open horizons, and the thrill of escape.