We Are French Touch, the event bringing together the best players in the French cultural and creative industries, was back for a third edition. This edition was held for the first time at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, entirely dedicated to the event for this day.
Fashion • Music • Cinema • Video games • Publishing • Art and Heritage
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
9 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Maison de la Mutualité, 24 Rue Saint-Victor, 75005 Paris
Conferences and masterclasses
More than 150 French and international entrepreneurs and artists present on the different stages of the event
Immersive and virtual reality experiences
Discover the history of Notre-Dame de Paris through the ages (Emissive), and a visit to Antoni Gaudí's workshop (Gedeon Programs)
Demonstrations of innovations and handmade know-how
An entire space dedicated to AI and its impact in ICCs, exhibitions of works of art
Happenings around emblematic French universes
Series, films, comics and stories
Preview film screenings
2 professional feature films and 5 student short films
With in particular the exceptional participation of:
Jean-Victor CLERICO, General Director of the Moulin Rouge
Guillaume DE SEYNES, Managing Director of Hermès
Bénédicte EPINAY, General Delegate of the Colbert Committee
Julie GAYET, Film actress, producer and director
J.R., Artist
Fleur PELLERIN , CEO of Korelya Capital
Raphaël QUENARD, Actor
The movement of La French Touch unites and unites today 20 Ambassadors et 150 members. We Are French Touch is an event designed by La French Touch and its ambassadors with the contribution of we are_.
The 20 Ambassadors of La French Touch:
Aurore ABECASSIS (Acme Paris), Sébastien BORGET (The Sandbox), Solenne WHITE (Fine Arts & Co), Pascal BRETON (Federation Studios), Stephan BOURDOISEAU (Wagram Music), Marion CARRE (Ask Mona), Marina CHICHE, Maxime DEMEURE (Madbox), Marianne GOSSET (The Socialite Family), Elisha KARMITZ (MK2), Vera KEMPF (Singulart), Guillaume LACROIX (Raw), India MAHDAVI, Emilie METGE (Christofle), Julien PAELIER (Media Participation), Deborah PAPIERNIK (Ubisoft), Mathieu ROBINET (Tandem Film, Marie SABOT (We Love Green), Ardavan SAFAEE (Pathé Film), Nicolas SANTI-WEIL (AMI Paris), Albin SERVANT (I/0Media).
The detailed program of the event can be discovered on the event website.
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