Hors-Cadre Créations was born in the winter of 2025, driven by the conviction that storytelling can become an ethical lever for social change. We founded this space to exist outside of institutions, to give our work a distinctive character, and to showcase our collective research.

The choice of name was not accidental: it echoes our very first creation—a web series entitled Hors-Cadre—where sixteen students explored mental health through fiction and education through entertainment. This pioneering experience marked a turning point: it showed us that storytelling differently is possible, and that this approach needed to be structured beyond the prototype.

Throughout our careers – social work, adult education, cultural mediation, and doctoral studies – we have observed that popular narratives and pop culture can open doors to audiences who are disconnected from traditional support systems. During workshops conducted in prisons and with at-risk youth, we understood that it was necessary to meet these audiences where they were, through their tastes and experiences, in order to truly support them.

Hors-Cadre Créations is entering an experimental phase today (2026-2029): three years to offer training, workshops, and collaborations with artists, authors, and social actors. We want to work with storytellers, explore the effects on listeners and viewers, and provide skills—cultural mediation, project engineering, group facilitation—in a collaborative and hybrid spirit.

Our roots in French Polynesia are no accident. They symbolize a geographical openness, a Pacific culture rich in diverse representations. We let it percolate, we listen to it.

At Hors-Cadre Créations, we believe that entertaining and learning can go hand in hand – and that’s how we want to approach storytelling, together.