Organising the counter-offensive !
(French speaking only)
Liberal policies, accompanied today by a strictly ideological vision of culture peddled by the far right, to which a good part of the political spectrum now refers, are endangering documentary cinema. This is no surprise given the power of the form’s expression and its ability to present reality.
Following the results of the recent elections and their aftermath, which has left the field wide open to authoritarian and reactionary modes of governance, we are impelled to take action. How can we make a commitment to imagining stories to counter the relentless advance of the most reactionary ideas?
How can we continue to fight to preserve the very existence of our practices, when funding sources and support may soon be threatened?
The Public Forum will be an opportunity to bring together and multiply our practices, to initiate an uprising in the cultural community, the only response capable of promising us a desirable future!
The Forum will be moderated by Régis Sauder and Carine Chichkowsky, co-presidents of the Association des Amis du Cinéma du Réel, and Judith Bernard, journalist and director of the Hors-série website.
SPEAKERS
FIRST PART
• Marianne K. Roméo, producer (Petit à Petit Productions), member of the SPI
• Christophe Cognet, filmmaker, member of SRF
— members of Amis du Cinéma du Réel association
• Audrey Ferrarese, Le Repli by Joseph Paris’ producer (Drôle de Trame)
• Emmanuel Gibouleau, cinema exhibitor and programmer, Le Cinématographe, Nantes
• François-Xavier Drouet, filmmaker
DEUXIEME PARTIE
• Johann Chapoutot, historian, professor, Sorbonne Université
— Les Irresponsables (Gallimard, coll. “NRF Essai”, 2025), Le Monde Nazi (co-écrit avec Chritian Ingrao et Nicolas Patin, Taillandier, 2024), Libres d’obéir (Gallimard, coll. “NRF Essai”, 2020), etc.
• Nathalie Quintane, writer, poet
— Tout va bien se passer (P.O. L., 2023), Un Hamster à l’école (La Fabrique, 2021), Les Enfants vont bien (P.O.L., 2019), Les Années 10 (La Fabrique, 2014), Tomates (P.O.L., 2010), etc.
• Josep Rafanell i Orra, psychologist, author
— Petit traité de cosmoanarchisme (Divergences, 2023), Fragmenter le monde (Divergences, 2018), En finir avec le capitalisme thérapeutique (La Découverte, 2011), etc.
• Eugénie Mérieau, political scientist, constitutionalist
— Géopolitique de l’Etat d’exception (Le Cavalier Bleu, coll. “Géopolitique”, 2024), La dictature, une antithèse de la démocratie ? (Le Cavalier Bleu, 2019), etc.
TROISIEME PARTIE
• The Collectif La Buse and Réseau Salariat
— represented by Aurélien Catin (Notre Condition, Riot Editions, 2020)
• The initiative “Déborder Bolloré” supported by some fifty independent publishers
— represented by Théo Pall (Burn~Août editions)
• The Bondy Blog
• The Soulèvements de la Terre
• The Collectif des Jeunes du Parc de Belleville, currently occupying the Gaîté Lyrique
• The Cultures en Lutte collective who coordinates the ‘Culture Riposte’ movement