Can’t you leave France this summer? This is Good news ! In August, excellent festivals will celebrate cinema at the four corners of the hexagon. What to go the adventure, make friends And he lives his passion for cinema intensely for a few days.
Douardanez Film Festival, August 20-27
Each year, the Douardanez film festival puts a country in the spotlight by asking this question: “How to live on the earth” ? Switzerland has been chosen for this new edition. In the presentation of this festival attentive to listening “Minority voices”we read :
“Switzerland, a country made up of minorities, has a rebellious and critical filmography on society that caught our attention. A multilingual country, contrary to the French centralizing model, it can only question us. “
Among the few 130 films program, to which many are dedicated feminist struggles of Swiss women. We can quote The conquerors (2017) by Petra Volpe or even Claudette (2008), a documentary about an intersex prostitute committed to the rights of prostitutes. The Douardanez festival also gives pride of place to other art forms, with concerts And exhibitions.
General States of Documentary Film in Lussas, from 21 to 27 August
Immersed for 33 years in the small Ardèche village of Lussas, the Estates General of Documentary Film is a must for those who love real cinema. In addition to its programming in particular open to the worldthe festival welcomes many documentary film professionals and organizes exchanges with spectators during seminars.
In the presentation of this new edition, the organizers of the festival evoke “a worrying political context which continues to deteriorate e to stimulate competition ” and insist “the importance of encounter this summer around documentary cinema for moments of exchange and joint work “.
The full lineup will be released on August 1st. He promises to introduce us to many short and feature films from Around the world it’s done 1930 to present.
The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, from 23 to 28 August
Lovers of French cinema : the Angoulême festival is made especially for us.
What is the connection between Untouchable, Guys and Guillaume, at the table!, Hippocrates or Black box ? All these good films were shown for the first time in Angoulême! From 23-28 Augustthe festival delivers a more than tempting program. Among the films in competition and in preview, we will have the opportunity to discover many feminist nuggets.
We will find in particular The blank pageadaptation of the magnificent comic of the same nameor Anger Anniea movie about sisterhood and the fight for the right to abortion with Laure Calamy and Zita Hanrot. In the end, Hourlythe new film by Algerian director Moudia Meddour (papcha) will be presented. Simone, the journey of the century will also be previewed, as well as the innocent by Louis Garrel.
Feature image credit: © Robbie Ryan.
Source: Madmoizelle
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