The citizens’ collective behind the Printemps du film engagé (Season of politically committed film) is preparing its fifth edition. From Friday March 6th to Wednesday 13th the catch-phrase in Marseille will be: “Y’a urgence !” (This is an emergency!). For a week, screenings followed by discussions are scheduled in different venues in Marseille. The Le Gyptis …
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Christophe Baratier (Les Choristes, L’Outsider) pays tribute to Marcel Pagnol by producing a film adaptation of the final volume of the French writer’s childhood reminiscences, Le temps des secrets. Although the first two volumes, Le Château de ma mère and La Gloire de mon père, were filmed in 1990 by Yves Robert, Le temps des …
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On January 29th the Observatoire des Quartiers Sud de Marseille, in collaboration with the association Santé Littoral Sud, organised a screening of the documentary “Full metal Calanques”, at the Mer et Collines social centre, followed by a discussion about industrial pollution in the area south of Marseille. The documentary has been made by second-year students …
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For a week Marseille’s cinema-café on the Cours Julien, Videodrome 2, will show the films of René Vautier. The cinema, which is also a video club and bistro, offers a varied and regularly renewed programme. By scheduling seasons, the public discovers the relationships between different films, enhancing them and making them more accessible. Audiences have …
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The PriMed week began with the Audience Award on Sunday, November 25th. The auditorium of Marseille’s major museum, Mucem, was packed. Turning out in large numbers, the general public watched 6 short documentaries. But then choosing the best one was difficult – the quality of the films impressed the audience while the some of the …
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PriMed travels! A stopover in Egypt was the first stage of the 2019 Mediterranean Young People’s Award. PriMed went to Cairo, Alexandria and Port Said where 400 young people watched three selected films, discussed them, wrote their comments about them and finally voted for the one they thought best. An exercise designed to make them …
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On November 24th PRIMED returns – now in its 23rd year! PRIMED is the Mediterranean festival of documentary and news reporting, organized by the CMCA (Centre Méditerranéen de la Communication Audiovisuelle) in partnership with France Télévisions, RAI, ASBU and INA. It’s a week of more than 40 hours of free screenings, showing a selection of …
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