Public forum

An initiative of the association, Les Amis du Cinéma du réel

The Public Forum event offers opportunities to discuss the issues and demands specific to documentary cinema. Institutions, professional organisations and the French documentary industry at large, as well as their international partners and counterparts come together to share their experiences and thoughts in order to find solutions and reflect on the future of documentary filmmaking.  

These exchanges revolve around a theme chosen by Les Amis du Cinéma du réel, which sees to the smooth running of the discussions thanks to a dedicated work group set up for this purpose. The Public Forum aims to highlight the concerns facing French industry professionals, as well as the challenges linked to documentary production.

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Tuesday 24 March from 1:30 to 6 p.m. | Théâtre de l’Alliance Française

All forms of censorship… How to get around it?

We are facing a sharp increase in censorship in all its forms worldwide, coming from States, ideological groups made up of civil societies, and economic powers, sometimes all three combined. Referred to as the “mother of battles” by the far-right, culture is directly targeted. The Public Film Forum will focus on considering the possible battles to be fought at institutional and social levels to guarantee the freedom of creation and the emancipatory function of art. Learning from the experiences of resistance in other countries: it will be a matter of building with them the conditions for the response.