The Birth of the Oasis (School session)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, Cannes5 short animated films: A garden full of mysteries, raindrops that unite, there are many reasons to marvel and dream all around us. Finally, let's not forget that there is a little something in nature that is worth more than gold, oil and diamonds: the seed of life.
Piro Piro (School session)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesA set of 6 poetic and sensitive animated films where the talent of two young South Korean directors, Baek Miyoung and Min Sung-Ah, unveils a universe of warm pastel colors. Little birds weave the link between these films in which we share moments of tenderness and humor.
Captains (Youth Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesNoée, a 9 year old girl, comes to join her mother who has recently moved to an island in Brittany where she has found a job as a waitress in a restaurant. When she arrives, Noée discovers that all the children on the island have known each other all their lives, that they have a rather easy life and that they are all sailing. Chenghua is 9 years old and has to prepare a presentation on space with his best friend. She can't find the time to do it because her parents are always asking her to translate. The latter do not speak French.
Irreducibles (International Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesIrreducibles is a story of men and women who have won battles that seemed lost in advance. Blocking nuclear power plants, sabotage to stop pollution at sea, ZAD to protect the forest... sometimes in non-violence, sometimes in clandestinity, all have in common to be victorious in their struggle.
Low-Tech (Youth Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesLow-tech is an ecological and local approach, which consists in conceiving or spreading simple, sustainable and accessible techniques and know-how. A group of citizens is fighting to democratize this approach. To supply themselves with energy, to repair the machines of their daily life or to build their own means of production, in agriculture or industry. With tools within reach of each of us...
Opening ceremony
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesTo open this third festival, an opening ceremony will be held in the open air on the Place de la Castre at Le Suquet in Cannes. This historical place, high place of the cultural heritage of Cannes, offers an impregnable view on the bay, the city, the Croisette and the islands of Lérins. This ceremony will be the occasion to present to the public the festival, the members of the jury, the works nominated in the official selection by the presenter Sébastien Fouillade. At 6:30 pm The theater company B.A.L [...]
Bulle – Une Odyssée (Live performance (Theater) – Opening Ceremony)
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesThis is the story of a child, Bulle, who like many children, when he was thirsty always found water at hand. from the tap, from the orange and even from the fishbowl, goldfish that had left a note at the bottom: "It is no longer liveable for me here, I am going to search for the great Tank-Yana-Sava lake". Bubbles then went in search of water and his fish.
La Horde de l’autre-temps (Live show (Dance) – Opening Ceremony)
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesIntervention danced in the public, unwinding of a "body mantra" to introduce itself - this is an excerpt of the performance that will be found Friday night at the seaside. "The Horde of the Other Time is a collective body that is alive and vibrant, moving and connected to the elements. The Horde moves through space in an organic and undisciplined way. Her inner life force, enriched by what she finds in her path, bursts forth in sudden human bursts. The Horde is the "us" we met 20,000 leagues under the skin..."
Utopia-s ? Sarayaku (Out of Competition – Opening Ceremony)
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesSarayaku is a territory and a people located in the north of the Amazon, south of Ecuador. The members of the seven communities - and as many communes - that constitute it defend their Kichwa culture and "the living forest" against the repeated attempts to extract oil.Alongside Abigael, Ilda, Angun and Tupac we discovered a utopia as luxuriant as the immense forest that shelters it. Direct democracy, transparency, equality for all, legal struggles, physical struggles if necessary, defense of life and biodiversity, mastery of political communication tools, preservation of customs, but also questioning of certain traditions considered too "macho"... the vitality of the struggles of the Kichwas of Sarayaku is of an amazing intensity.
Dreaming of a new earth (Conference – Opening Ceremony)
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesWho would have said that this young student would not be satisfied with a straight line when she graduated from business school? Why this irresistible attraction towards the Amazonian Indians? Perhaps the need for the essential that motivates more and more young people? She takes us by the arm and invites us to share her journey, a fascinating, risky adventure, both ethnographic/journalistic and poetic/intimate, which allows us to question the essence of the human soul, to experience a totally different relationship with nature, to explore the primordial forces through the guidance of plants... She travels an initiatory path to penetrate the heart of the wisdom circles that invite her. She offers us a testimony both passionate and lucid, feeding an existential reflection on "right action". Drawing on the immense wisdom of Yawanawa and Yoga, she challenges us and invites us to a complete metamorphosis: it is nothing less than building a new planetary culture! The Time to Gather our Fragmented Wisdom has come! This dream is that of a planetary dance, a mythical pow wow: the unforgettable ceremony of a passage lived with dignity and passion towards more maturity!
Grosse Colère (School session)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesWhat would we do without our imagination, which gives us the power to escape from monsters, to calm our anger or to find a loved one? With Grosse colère & fantaisies, La Chouette du cinéma offers us five stories, between mischief and emotions, which show us that happiness simply comes from our fantasy and our imagination!
Contes de Printemps (School session)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesSpring is coming. In the middle of the jungle or the forest, nature takes over, encounters surprise more than one, love blossoms and troubadours sing for the queen. Stories of great originality brought by young talents of animation to celebrate this season full of promises...
