Marseille 2012, le temps des solutions
Le 6ème Forum Mondial de l’Eau à Marseille du 12 au 17 mars 2012 Le Forum Mondial de l’Eau est le plus grand rendez‐vous mondial sur le sujet de l’eau. Après 5 forums de diagnostic et d’échanges sur les grands problèmes liés à la cause de l’eau (Istanbul 2009, Mexico 2006, Kyoto 2003, la Haye 2000 et Marrakech 1997) le thème de la 6ème édition qui se tiendra dans la cité phocéenne est orienté Solutions.
My French Festival… « en ligne »!
Du 12 janvier au 1er février 2012, les internautes du monde entier auront accès à une sélection de longs et courts métrages en téléchargement payant (1,99 euros pour un long métrage, 11,99 euros pour tous les longs métrages) via la plateforme myfrenchfilmfestival.com
VIFF 2011: Co-producing with Europe
Canada is one of the most prolific co-production partners in the world, with the majority of Canadian co-pros being made with European partners. With dwindling production dollars in the international marketplace, it has never been more important for producers to explore new production partners and alternative forms of financing. On the occasion of the VIFF 2011 Film & TV Forum, …
Méliès, the Cinemagician
Take a trip to the moon with Georges Méliès, the first grand illusionist of the cinema. A disciple of Robert Houdin, Méliès was a magician who built his own cinématrographe machine when the Lumière brothers refused to sell him their invention in 1895. He went on to write, direct, design, photograph and perform in more than 500 short films between …
François Cusset : « Queering the French Republic…? »
François Cusset, a writer and professor of American Civilization at the university of Paris-Nanterre specialising in the Intellectual History of North America, was in Vancouver to promote his latest book The Inverted Gaze: Queering French Literary Classics in America. In this interview, he explains what Queer Studies are about, how Queer Theory was born in America and how French literary …
The study of the brain, plain and simplex
Alain Berthoz is a leading neurophysiologist and an honorary professor at the prestigious Collège de France where he holds the Chair of Perception and Action Physiology. Pr Berthoz studies the neuronal bases of the four main cognitive and motor functions commanding eye movement, locomotion, space-memory strategies and the perception of the emotional expressions and actions of others. After a first …
A VIFF with a -French- Twist
French participation in the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival will remain true to its tradition of offering a cinematic « degustation menu » to BC films hounds, through the “Spotlight on France”series. Indeed, the selection of French films this year is happily diverse, including movies such as The Artist, a silent, black and white comedy, starring the well-regarded Jean Dujardin, France’s most sought-after …
Sarah’s Key unlocks painful memories
Sarah’s Key is currently at the top of the per-site numbers of any film in release (including Captain America and Harry Potter) at the US box office. Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel, the movie has earned Kristin Scott Thomas the Best Actress Award at Lumières de la Presse étrangère. She is also nominated as Best Actress at the …
