In parallel to the screening of Jean-Gabriel Périot's new film, Returning to Reims (Fragments) as part of the Directors' Fortnight, Visions du Réel invites the French director to discuss his long-standing work with archives. In particular he will evoke this very freshly completed film in which archives interlace with an existing and fragmented text, allowing fiction and reality to delicately weave into one another to build a powerful political and poetic statement. He will also talk about Facing Darkness, the new project he is developing, pitched at VdR–Industry 2021 edition, which is based upon archives of filmmakers involved in the Sarajevo Siege to talk about today's representation of the historical event. The producers of the two films will join to discuss the diverse complexities of dealing with archives in film.
Speakers: Jean-Gabriel Périot, Director ; Marie-Ange Luciani, Les Films de Pierre, Producer of Returning to Reims (Fragments) & Cécile Lestrade, Alter Ego, Producer of Facing Darkness Moderator: Rebecca de Pas, Member of the selection committee, Visions du Réel Date: Saturday 10th of July at 4pm Location: Marché du Film, Marina Stage (Riviera), Cannes > This talk will be live on Visions du Réel's Youtube page at 4pm < |