Festival America severs ties with US embassy after funding cut
The Franco-American literature festival, held every two years in Vincennes, said this week it will no longer partner with the US embassy in France after the embassy slashed its usual contribution by 80 percent.
Festival America announced on Monday that it is ending its partnership with the United States embassy in Paris, according to Télérama. The break follows the embassy's decision to cut by 80 percent the budget it normally allocates to the festival, which brings American writers to France every two years.
Francis Geffard, the festival's president, called the funding reduction a "préoccupant" signal, Télérama reported, without elaborating further on what prompted the embassy's decision.
Festival America, held in Vincennes, has long served as a meeting point between French readers and writers from the United States and, more broadly, the Americas. The embassy's support had been a recurring part of its financing. No detail on how the festival intends to make up the shortfall, or on the size of its 2026 edition, was included in the report.
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