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10 years of creativity, innovation and impact in Mauritius.
For its 10th edition, Digital November returns to Mauritius with a month of events dedicated to creativity, innovation and digital cultures.
Under the theme ‘Between the Lines’, this anniversary edition invites us to look beyond our screens: to understand algorithms, examine our relationship with artificial intelligence, experiment with new forms of creativity and imagine together the digital uses of tomorrow. Throughout November, the Institut français de Maurice and its partners are offering training courses, workshops, debates, virtual reality, video mapping, artificial intelligence, FabLab, video games and esports. This programme brings together the arts, science, education and innovation, with the aim of making Mauritius a true laboratory for digital cultures in the Indian Ocean.
Friday 6 November | 6pm–9pm | Plaza, Rose-Hill
To kick off this anniversary edition, Digital November is taking over the Plaza for a big family-friendly, interactive evening organised in partnership with the Beau-Bassin / Rose-Hill Town Hall, on the eve of Divali.
On the programme: virtual reality experiences, robotics, laser engraving, 3D printing, digital activities, street food, music and dance.
From 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, the Plaza will be transformed into a giant digital canvas with an interactive video-mapping show conceived by Maxime Touroute and Max Anish Gowriah: the audience will be able to take part in the visual transformation of this iconic building.
An Introduction to Video Mapping
3–6 November.
Join artist and creative engineer Maxime Touroute to discover the principles of video mapping and learn how to transform a façade, an object or a space into a canvas for digital creation.
Workshop open to all.
Showcasing artworks through augmented reality and projection mapping
9–11 November.
A training course aimed at artists and semi-professionals to explore augmented reality, projection mapping and new digital engagement tools applied to artworks and cultural spaces.
Creating virtual reality content
Tuesdays 10, 17 and 24 November.
With Camille Bérenger, founder of Skill Quest, participants will learn how to design immersive virtual reality experiences.
This three-session course is aimed particularly at students and takes them from a basic introduction to VR to the creation of immersive content.
Create your own short film using AI
With Ziggy Police, facilitator at the IFM FabLab.
Ages 12 and over — Rs 350
Design and prototype your AI app with Google AI Studio
With Matthieu Roland, FabLab coordinator at the IFM.
Ages 12 and over — Rs 350
Digital November is also a forum for understanding the changes currently taking place and discussing their implications together.
MAJ - Mise à jour : AI and the media
Monday 9 November | 6.30 pm | IFM
Free admission
This talk show, co-produced with the MBC, explores the uses and impact of artificial intelligence in the media. Through debate, demonstrations and discussions, we will take a practical look at the transformations already underway in the way we engage with information.
Café-Folies — Art, God and Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday 10 November | 6.30 pm | IFM
Free admission
This time, Micro-Folie’s public debate series explores a question that is as philosophical as it is contemporary: what role remains for humans when artificial intelligence enters the realms of creation, thought and spirituality?
CEDTI Symposium — Territories, AI and Data Sovereignty
Thursday 19 November | 6.30 pm | IFM
Free admission
The Centre for Indo-Oceanic Territorial Development Studies brings together speakers from Mauritius, Réunion, France and the United States to discuss new ways of living on islands in the face of climate emergencies.
The event will also feature a lecture on a major strategic issue: data autonomy and sovereignty in the age of artificial intelligence.
The programme continues throughout the month with a number of events dedicated to creativity and new digital practices:
Museomix 2026 at L’Aventure du Sucre, a creative laboratory designed to reinvent the museum experience;
The AI4GOOD Festival, dedicated to young people, creativity and new applications of artificial intelligence;
Virtual reality and video mapping experiences;
Activities centred on video games and esports with MAU Esport;
As well as a programme of films relating to digital cultures as part of the IFM’s Wednesday film club.
In the Agora, discover a VR lounge and a selection of immersive experiences.
At the Micro-Folie Moris, try out ‘Let’s Draw’, the interactive video-mapping installation devised by Maxime Touroute.
In the Quincaillerie space, check out the activities and events organised by the esports club centred around video games.
And every Wednesday, the IFM film club rounds off the programme with a selection of films that explore the big questions surrounding the digital world.
For the past ten years, Digital November has been building bridges between artists, students, researchers, professionals, creators and the general public.
Because digital technology should not merely be consumed but understood, questioned, reimagined and created, the IFM invites everyone to play an active role in the transformations currently taking place.
This November, come and read between the lines of the future with us.