Workshops and events
Atelier cinema and photography
with Yanqiu Fei
Bringing the story to life on screen:
The role of the director of photography
Thursday, May 28, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm (1 h) – Espace Miramar
Yanqiu Fei is a Chinese cinematographer, director and screenwriter currently based in France. Yanqiu Fei’s cinematography credits include the feature documentary Last Year of Darkness, winner of the NEXT:WAVE prize at CPH:DOX and the Cannes Doc Award at Visions du Réel.
In this workshop, participants will discover how a cinematographer constructs the vision of a film, from preparation to artistic collaboration, in both fiction and documentary. Drawing on film extracts, the workshop will reflect on the ethics of the gaze and cinematographic practice. Yanqiu will also share his professional experience, followed by a question-and-answer session.
- Objective: understand the role of the director of photography and the development of a film from script to screen.
- Language: English, translated into French
- Public: all audiences, including young filmmakers
- Price: €5 – free for children under 12
Atelier and the acting profession
with Théo Fernandez
Acting masterclass
Friday May 29th from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm (2 h) – Espace Miramar
Théo Fernandez began his acting career in 2009 in the horror film Village of Shadows (2011). He then made a name for himself with the comedy Les Tuches (2011) as the nerdy son, Donald. Since then, Théo Fernandez has taken on a series of TV roles. At the same time, he has set up an acting school and an artistic agency open to all.
His workshop will enable participants to understand what defines good acting, and to experiment with acting in front of the camera by mobilizing their own inner resources. Théo will present his career path, before giving a theoretical definition of the role of actor-ice. The workshop will then offer an opportunity for participants to try their hand at acting through simple exercises, followed by live coaching by the speaker.
- Objective Understand what makes a good actor and experiment with acting on camera.
- Language French
- Audience all audiences
- Price 5€ – free for children under 12
Atelier production and environment
with Asgeir Helgestad
Environmental cinema:
Touching hearts and minds
Saturday May 30th from 11:00 to 12:00 (1 h) – Espace Miramar
Asgeir Helgestad is an award-winning Norwegian director, cinematographer, writer and producer. He has over thirty years’ experience in documentary and photography. His work reflects a deep sensitivity and empathy for nature. His recent documentary Queen Without Land (2018) received over thirty international awards. Her photography has also won awards, including Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Participants in his workshop will explore how visual storytelling can mobilize both the emotions and the mind in the face of environmental and climate issues. Using film excerpts and time for analysis, the workshop aims to deepen understanding of how nature stories can inspire care, responsibility and action. Asgeir will share his professional experience in Norway and the Arctic, followed by time for questions and answers.
- Objective: deepen understanding of nature stories and recognize how environmental storytelling engages audiences
- Language: English, translated into French
- Public: people interested in environmental storytelling, but not necessarily professionals.
- Price: €5 – free for children under 12
Awriting and reading workshop
with Virginie Perrot
Writing with the living :
Biodiversity outside, biodiversity inside
Sunday May 31st from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm (1.5 h) – Espace Miramar
Virginie Perrot is a narrative therapist and sophrologist in Nice. She accompanies people through sensitive approaches that combine writing, listening and exploration of the living.
Her workshop takes us on a journey between the living world outside – as portrayed in the festival’s films – and the living world within us. Through readings and writing proposals, participants will explore their relationship with living things from a sensitive, intimate and poetic angle. Through collective writing and voluntary shared readings, this moment of exchange will enable the emergence of an “ecology of emotions” that complements the ecology of ecosystems. No writing skills are required: all that counts is listening, curiosity and the desire to explore. A gentle, lively space for dialogue between our stories and those of the world.
- Objective Open up an accessible, creative and non-therapeutic space for writing about living things, and bring together biodiversity stories.
- Language French
- Audience Ages 12 and up
- Price 5€ – free for children under 12
Yann Urbon’s contribution
Hypnosis session before the screening of “Au bout des mots” (At the end of words)
Friday, May 29, 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm (15 min.) – Espace Miramar
“Sublimating reality to drive and accompany individual and collective transformation” – if there were only one to choose from, this would be his main mission. Yann Urbon is a committed change agent with a passion for exploring the mind. Yann is at the origin of several initiatives, and divides his time between hypnosis as a dual practitioner and teacher, coaching high-impact organizations thanks to his skills as a facilitator of cooperative dynamics, and integrative health as a student of physiotherapy.
Between surprises, wonder and curiosity, get ready to embark on a hypnotic, rejuvenating journey before fully enjoying the screening of the film Au bout des mots (Lost for Words). Yann Urbon will guide you through this innovative immersive experience, a world first! Cameras open our minds to the world, giving us privileged access to reality beyond ourselves. The viewer experiences a conscious broadening of perceptions, as if the screen brought back to the brain what an extension of our sight had just captured elsewhere. What if we could direct the cameras towards our inner worlds? In this intervention, you’ll forget your seat and walk through the camera to feel yourself on the other side.
- Objective: get in touch with the depth of the film Au bout des mots and become all the more sensitive to its messages.
- Language: French
- Public: all audiences
