The Smeds and the Smoos – Samantha CUTLER – Daniel SNADDON – 09:40 (United Kingdom)
For the kids
Auditorium Mairie Mourmelon
PREMIERE
This 37-minute programme includes the shot films: Sous les nuages, Somni, La Fiesta, and The Smeds and The Smoos.
On a faraway planet, Janet and Bill meet in the Wurpular Wood and fall in love. But their families, The Smeds and The Smoos, cannot accept the match due to generations of division.
BlacKkKlansman – Spike LEE – 11:55 (United States)
From Lincoln to the Present Day: a history of the United States in film
Lycée Bayen
The early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth becomes the first African-American detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with open hostility by the department’s rank and file. Undaunted, Stallworth resolves to make a name for himself and a difference in his community. He bravely sets out a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan.
With the director David Oelhoffen in person and Louis Descols, uniform expert on the set.
PREMIERE
9 March 1945. The Japanese army launches a sudden and violent attack against the French garrisons in Indochina. Hunted by the Japanese enemy, a column of legionnaires already weakened by alcohol and tropical disease, set off into the heart of the jungle in an attempt to reach the allied bases over 300 km away…
The Smeds and the Smoos – Samantha CUTLER – Daniel SNADDON – 10:50 (United Kingdom)
For the kids
Auditorium Mairie Mourmelon
PREMIERE
This 37-minute programme includes the shot films: Sous les nuages, Somni, La Fiesta, and The Smeds and The Smoos.
On a faraway planet, Janet and Bill meet in the Wurpular Wood and fall in love. But their families, The Smeds and The Smoos, cannot accept the match due to generations of division.
From Where They Stood – Christophe COGNET – 15:40 (France)
Points of view 2023Shared recollections #11
Lycée Bayen
With director Christophe Cognet in person.
A handful of prisoners in WWII camps risked their lives to take clandestine photographs and document the hell the Nazis were hiding from the world. In the vestiges of the camps, director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs, composing as such an archeology of images as acts of defiance.
Lincoln – Steven SPIELBERG – 16:45 (United States)
From Lincoln to the Present Day: a history of the United States in film
Médiathèque Pompidou
The final turbulent months of the mandate of the 16th President of the United States. In a nation torn apart by civil war and shaken by the winds of change, Abraham Lincoln endeavors to resolve the conflict, unite the country and abolish slavery. This man of exceptional determination and moral courage will have to make choices that will change the destiny of generations to come.
Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.
Circle of Deceit – Volker SCHLÖNDORFF – 19:30 (Germany)
War as seen by...
Cinéma La Comète
In Beirut torn apart by civil war, a German reporter sent to cover the events meets up with a former mistress, living in Lebanon with her husband. In this tormented city, he discovers the many faces of a conflict that will have consequences for him far beyond his work as a journalist.
With director David Oelhoffen, the uniform expert on the set Louis Descols, and with the General Gravêthe in person.
PREMIERE
9 March 1945. The Japanese army launches a sudden and violent attack against the French garrisons in Indochina. Hunted by the Japanese enemy, a column of legionnaires already weakened by alcohol and tropical disease, set off into the heart of the jungle in an attempt to reach the allied bases over 300 km away…
Isra’a lives with her husband Ahmed and their three children in Aden, in Southern Yemen. Their day to day lives are regulated by the civil war. Ahmed, who worked for the television, had to leave his job and become a driver. When Isra’a discovers she is pregnant again, the couple faces another crisis. They both know they can’t afford a fourth child. Together they decide to have an abortion.
This unique cinematic experience dives deep into an artist’s work and reveals his life path, inspiration, and creative process. It explores his fascination with myth and history. Past and present are interwoven to diffuse the line between film and painting, allowing the audience to be completely immersed in the remarkable world of one of the greatest contemporary artists, Anselm Kiefer. Wim Wenders shot this unique portrait over the course of two years in stunning 3D.
