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"Marseilles
belongs to those who come from the sea" 2600 years ago, Massilia was founded by Greeks from Phocaea, an ancient city in Asia Minor. In 1999, Marseilles, France's second largest city and its most important commercial port; one of the world's biggest passenger ports; home to many artists, including Edmond Rostand, Antonin Artaud, Paul Valéry… will host the 10th edition of the Festival of Documentary Film, organized by Vue sur les Docs. Over the last several years, the documentary sector has grown more than any other in the audiovisual field worldwide. In France, successes such as Microcosmos by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennoux, and Les 4 saisons d'Espigoule by Christian Philibert (Audience Award - Vue sur les Docs 1998), have marked the return of documentary films to the big screen. The Official Selection…consisting of films with original or unusual views of the world. A selection of 20 films from five continents will present the state of affairs in documentary filmmaking. 2600 years in Marseilles…15 contemporary and archival films in pursuit of the memory of Marseilles will echo a particular Mediterranean history. Premiers…to encourage young filmmakers, fifteen first films are incorporated into the ensemble of the programme. |
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The
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The very international selection
for this 10th Festival brings together different documentary styles:
direct cinema, home-movie, personal or historical inquiry… Whether they
work in video or film, 16 or 35 mm, most of the filmmakers favor an
auteur approach. Directors of international renown, Wim Wenders prove
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Festivities With support from its partners, the festival will organize evening events and cocktail parties alongside special screenings. Events Les Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles in Marseilles Vue sur les Docs will be host to Les Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles for two exhibitions, "Portraits du Caire" and "Liban Intime" on display at the theater La Criée and at the Variétés Cinema. Debates-Conferences The Maison
Méditerranénne des Sciences de l'Homme: Following a special screening
of Sinasos, histoires d'un village déplacé, Thierry Fabre, program director
at the MMSH, will discuss the very contemporary problem of population
displacements.
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Starting this year, the festival will invite a film school to organize events specifically for students. The FEMIS, our inaugural guest, will offer, in addition to the screening of 5 films, two days of educational events around documentary filmmaking. A "Film Lesson" with Jacques Rancière: An eminent film theorist, Jacques Rancière will take on the question "La fiction de mémoire" The conference will be presented by Carole Desbarats, Directrice des études at the Femis. A FEMIS Master Class: Around the theme "Documentary and Urban Life," Denis Gheerbrant and Jean-Pierre Thorn will lead a day-long seminar open to the general public and in particular to the student filmmakers present at the festival.
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Even more so than in previous years, the Festival will take up residence in the city center. In order to facilitate access for the audience, the screenings and events will take place in three venues around the Vieux Port. La Criée
The Variétés
Cinema La Vieille
Charité - Le Miroir
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Bernard Favier : Festival artistic director and coordinator of the selection committee, administrator of Groupement des Cinémas de Recherche, president of Cinémas du Sud, director of Le Renoir cinema in Martigues. Jane Weiner : American producer and director (member of the Selection Committee in 1998). Thierry Jousse : editor at Cahiers du Cinéma, author of numerous works on cinema, music and film critic.
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President Artistic Director Admistrative Director
Coordination official and
parallel selections Coordination Mediterranean
Executive Secretary
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Accreditations and
Data Processing Communications Editor Advertising Technician Translations / Interpreting
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A special thanks to our partners : La Ville de Marseille, Le Conseil Général des Bouches du Rhône, Le Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, Le Centre National de la Cinématographie, Le Ministère de la Culture, Le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, La Commission Européenne (MEDIA II), La Procirep, TNM la Criée, Les Musées de Marseille Planète, FIP, La Provence, Libération Groupe Pernod-Ricard, SNCF, RTM, la FNAC Locatel
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