Ahmed Mazouz, singer-songwriter for the rap group La Caution and winner of a 2005 Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation talent grant
Festivals are the most lively, popular expressions of culture. They bring together women and men from many different walks of life and from all generations, and foster interaction and experimentation. By bringing cultural events to populations with little access to them and by daring to introduce new ideas, festival organizers are true pioneers in the dissemination of culture. Their passion, however, isn’t always enough: as both artists and entrepreneurs, they need help and support to create and expand upon their festival concepts. This is one of the missions of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation.
The "Espoirs de l'Animation"
The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation supports the Espoirs de l’Animation, a competition created by the channel Canal J in partnership with the Syndicat des Producteurs de Films d'Animation to nurture animation’s most promising talent, and has offered a €5,000 award to the 4 event’s winner....
Marathon des mots
With more than 250 readings by actors and writers, the third Marathon des Mots in Toulouse on 13-17 June aims to rekindle the general public’s interest in literature. This year, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation is launching two new programmes: Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) and Dialogue avec un Auteur (Dialogue with an Author).
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Viva Europa!
The festival was an all-new event with an important objective: to express the European identity through music, a noble, idealistic goal – and a realistic one, thanks to Europa Vox...Read more...
Paris fait sa comédie
The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation is joining forces with the “Paris fait sa Comédie” festival to discover France’s up-and-coming comedy talent...
Zoom Arrière, the cinematographic heritage
The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation supports initiatives that develop cross-disciplinary approaches and foster links between generations. It is for this reason that it chose to support the first Zoom Arrière event, which was designed to celebrate our cinematographic heritage...Read more...
Bulle en Herbe, a young cartoonist awarded
The Bulle en Herbe competition was created by Virgin Megastore both to support cartoon strips as a genre and to promote the creativity of young people working in this area...Read more...
