Grants + Programs + Links

Books

American Book Fairs and Festivals

The Book Department underwrites the cost of a delegation of French writers to American Book fairs and festivals. [+]
French Authors on Tour

The Book Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy offers financial aid to American institutions wishing to invite and host [+]
Residencies

The Book Department of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the USA encourages research projects through residency [+]
Translation Grants

Financial assistance for American publishers is available through the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States. The Book [+]

Centre National du Livre

The National Center of the Book (NLC) is a public administrative institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture (in the direction [+]
FrenchBookNews.com

French Book News is a valuable resource for English-language publishers seeking new book titles from France for translation and distribution in [+]
Pen American Center

PEN American Center is the largest of the 141 centers of International PEN, the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest [+]
The French Publishers’ Agency

The French Publishers’ Agency, Inc. is a literary agency representing French publishers in the United States with the mission of making French [+]

Non-Commercial Distribution

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs holds a collection of approximately 300 fiction films (old and new, features and shorts) and [+]
Universciné | Non-Commercial Distribution Online

More than 60 feature-length films are available in the US, most of which figured among the most prominent French independent films in the last [+]
Cine2000

Ciné2000 is an initiative to foster interest in French cinema among future American film professionals, It is available to film departments at [+]
Tournées Program

The Tournées Festival Grant was conceived as a program to encourage universities to begin their own self-sustaining French film [+]

CNC

Created by the law of 25 October 1946, the Centre national de la cinématographie (CNC) is a public administrative organization, set up as a [+]
Les Cahiers du Cinéma online

The “e” stands for “electronic,” as well as for “English.”, the March 2007 issue was the first to be published simultaneously in French on paper and, [+]
Mediamerica.org

This site is powered by the Cultural Services of the French embassy in the United States and Canada who provide information to companies and [+]
Unifrance

Unifrance is an organization dedicated to promoting French cinema worldwide. It was founded in 1949 as an association under the French 1901 Act, [+]

French American Fund for Contemporary Music

The French American Fund for Contemporary Music supports contemporary music projects – commissions, residencies, performances, tours, and master [+]
French-American Jazz Exchange

The French-American Jazz Exchange was created by Chamber Music America (CMA), the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and FACE to foster [+]
Musique en scène

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has the US non-commercial distribution rights of a large number of [+]

SACEM

The role of SACEM is to provide protection, representation and service for original music composers, authors and publishers. SACEM collects [+]
The French Music Export Office

The French Music Export Office is a non-profit organization that was created in 1993 through the initiative of French record labels, and with the [+]

Etants-donnés: Performing Arts Grant

Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts is dedicated to encouraging French-American cooperation in theater in the United [+]
French-U.S. Exchange in Dance (FUSED)

In 2004, the New England Foundation for the Arts and the National Dance Project entered into a four-year partnership with the Cultural Services [+]
From Stage to Screen

The French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs has the US non-commercial distribution rights of a large number of [+]
Performing Arts Fund

The Visual and Performing Arts Department offers a variety of project, research travel, residency, and academic cooperation grants to American [+]

Hors Les Murs

The website of the national organization for the development of street arts and circus provides information about this discipline: companies, [+]
Association of Performing Arts Presenters

With over forty years as an active arts service organization, the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (Arts Presenters) is the nexus for [+]
Centre National de la Danse

The Centre National de la Danse presents the regional, national and international missions of the organization. It also provides many online [+]
Centre National du Mime

The Centre National du Mime aims at the promotion of all aspects of mime. You will be able to find updated news, upcoming shows and exhibitions, [+]
Centre National du Théâtre

The Centre National du Théâtre offers information on organizations, law and rights applying to theater companies, online publications, ressources, [+]
Institut International de la Marionnette

The goal of the « Institut International de la Marionnette » is to foster puppetry through education and trainings, meetings, publications, [+]
ladanse.com

This website is a true crossroad between dance in France and in the world. It broadcasts information on dance in particular through the news, [+]
Theatrecontemporain.net

Theatrecontemporain.net dedicates its website to contemporary productions and playwritings (extracts, photos, biographies, translations, job [+]

Curatorial Research Grants

Since 2005, the Etant donnés Fund, thanks to the support of BNP Paribas, offers Curatorial Research Grants for the professional development of [+]
Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art

The fund is dedicated to nurturing and supporting outstanding programming of contemporary artists from France and the United [+]
International Cooperation Program for Art Schools

The Visual Arts Office participates in forums and exhibitions at American universities and other academic institutions. [+]
Residencies

The Visual Arts Office of the French Embassy coordinates and supports residency programs in the US and in France, which offer workspace, housing, [+]
Visual Arts, Architecture and Design Support

The Visual and Performing Arts Department offers a variety of project, research travel, residency, and academic cooperation grants to American [+]

Culturesfrance Residencies Programs

Culturesfrance Residences programmes give significant support to French creation in every discipline, helping artistes to be more mobile by [+]
Ministry of Culture and Communication

The website of the French Government’s Ministry of Culture and Communication serves as a portal for web-surfers worldwide to learn about a variety [+]
Videomuseum

Videomuseum is a consortium of museums and other public structures managing modern and contemporary art collections (national museums, town, [+]