Unreleased Films, Preview Screenings, Re-Releases

A large international spectrum of premiering or never-released feature films as well as re-releases is presented throughout the Festival.

>>> Selection 2024 – French Page

Tributes and “cartes blanches” with special guests on hand

The Festival pays tribute to the talent of artists from different generations and horizons. In 2023 this included: Hiam Abbass, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Jean-François Zygel, Amazing Améziane, Luce Grosjean.

>>> See tributes 2024 – French page

And also:Pascal Bonitzer, Marion Sellenet, Laure Pradal, Ronan Tronchot, Jérémy Clapin, Zahia Ziouani, Florent Bernard, Adrien Ménielle, Julie Navarro, Dani Rosenberg, Claude Baechtold, Serge Le Peron, Leïla Shahid, Karim Bensalah, Hamza Meziani, Paloma Sermon-Daï , Luàna Bajrami, Nicolas Peduzzi, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, Quentin L’Helgoualc’h, Pierre Carle, Romain Dumas, Pascal Pich, Alexandra Lamy, Guillaume Lambert, Pier-Philippe Chevigny, Lina Soualem, Stéphanie di Giusto…

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      Itinérances Price

Initiated for the 40th Festival in 2022, the Itinérances Award is the symbol of popular and demanding cinema, free and committed to our world. It celebrates the filmmakers we love, the artists who matter, and affirms the cinema (in theaters) that we have been defending for 40 years, a place of life, sharing and exchange.

Itinérances Award 2024 : Hiam Abbass
Itinérances Award 2023 : Pierre Salvadori
Itinérances Awerd 2022 : Tony Gatlif

Thematic retrospective

The theme of “Itinérances” (wanderings) is present each year throughout the various thematic retrospectives in the form of fiction, documentary or heritage films, as well as through guest encounters, filmconcerts and allnighter events. These retrospectives provide the perfect opportunity to have cinema rub shoulders with other art forms, such as concerts and exhibitions, live entertainment and encounters…

>>> Selection 2024 – French Page

The french-language short film competition

The french-language short film contest is dedicated to emerging talents and has become one of the highlights of the Festival. Over 900 films are submitted every year, with about 10 of them short-listed to be screened to a large audience and jurys.

>>> Competition 2024 – French Page

Travel the mediterranean from your seat

For 25 years, the « La Méditerranée » collective has helped with Festival programming by selecting about fifteen films, music projects which depict various cultures from the Mediterranean rim. The social integration associations which are part of this collective encourage their beneficiaries to attend the Festival, to share and meet together around the various screenings, concerts and exhibitions.

>>> Selection 2024 – French Page

Young audiences

Cinema is more than just entertainment, it’s also a way to approach things from a different angle. The Festival has a unique young audiences program for young fans to provide a way to educate viewpoints, converting simple spectators into wellinformed experts. This includes: a targeted program of 30 films, the Écrits sur l’Image film review contest, special in-residence classes for students from all over France, guest encounters, Toute la Ville en Parle (a daily newsletter by high school students), severals workshops, filmconcerts, exhibitions and so much more.

>>> Selection 2024 – French Page

Special screening for people with sensorial handicaps

For 18 years, the Festival has organized specific screenings for attendees who are hearing-impaired, deaf, blind or partially-sighted.

Events

One of the aims of the Festival is to link cinema to other art forms. With this in mind, the Festival hosts a cornucopia of events, such as concerts, filmconcerts, encounters, virtual reality sessions, exhibitions, master classes and autograph sessions.
Films, audiences and talents are easily able to come together during the Festival, to accompany the films and encourage exchange with spectators. Cinema professionals are welcomed throughout the Festival and a number of special events are reserved for them.

The association enjoys the support of many partners and sponsors.

>>> Partners – French Page
>>> Sponsors – French Page

With nearly 80 members, this non-profit organization relies on the help of volunteers all year round. The association has been granted the status of “entity of general public interest”.