F.I.F.E.S.
Collapsed (Sélection Internationale)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesCivilization is collapsing. Tim (30) fled the city to find food and join his parents, in vain. Hungry and thirsty, he stumbles upon the house of Manon, a solitary woman who lives in autonomy in the nature. She agrees to feed him in exchange for his help in the vegetable garden, but in two weeks he will have to leave.
Eau Secours: From the Andes to the Amazon (International Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesWater is the source of all life. It has drawn the Earth and the history of humanity. But it can become dangerous if you try to control its flow. It can even become poisonous when men dump mercury, arsenic... The rivers of Bolivia, which are the veins of the heart of South America, are dyed red, gray and even disappear. The inhabitants of different peoples of Bolivia and specialists warn us that access to clean water is becoming more difficult every year. This documentary opens a window on a Bolivian reality and illustrates a global emergency.
Beach cinema
Plagé Macé Bd de la Croisette, CannesThis year, we offer you a colorful event! The Cinema Beach will be held on Friday, June 2 from 6:00 p.m. to midnight on the beach Macé, with a show of the dance company Les Somatonautes at 7:30 pm and the projection of the movie Under [Si:] at 9:30 pm.
La Horde de l’autre-temps (Live performance (Dance) – Cinéma Plage)
Place de la Castre Le Suquet, CannesPerformance, during 1h30, the horde will cross in the state of stone and in a heap of bodies the beach then to open with the call of the broad and to finish in the sea. The Horde of the Other Time will cross the Macé beach during the sunset to disappear in the abyss of the Mediterranean Sea. They are the baous, descended among the beachgoers, taken out of the sand, who come to dance their return to their origin and to ask for the attention of the spectators after these many years to look at us exploiting the territory which they dominate. "No one exists without leaving a trace. Baptiste MORIZOT
Under (Si:) (Out of competition – Cinéma Plage)
Plagé Macé Bd de la Croisette, CannesCo-produced by the Cannes City Council and the company Almo Film, which directed it, this 36-minute documentary looks back at the genesis of Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater ecomuseum - the first in the Mediterranean and in France by this internationally renowned artist - from the first casts of Cannois faces in 2018 to the immersion of the six colossal statues in January 2021. A film in the image and at the height of a major project.
Chocotopie (Youth Selection)
Olympia Cinema 5 rue d'Antibes, CannesDive into the heart of the cocoa fields of the Dominican Republic. Altair, a small Dominican farmer, and the Breton sailors who transport her cocoa by sail, share their struggles and visions of change. From the field to the Breton chocolate factory, through the eyes of these inspiring personalities, this journey of a bean reveals the stakes of an entire system, and the initiatives ready to revolutionize it. Agriculture, environmental disruption, sense of place, shipping.
Pebbles in the Shoe (Local Corner)
Olympia Cinema 5 rue d'Antibes, CannesAt the gates of the Vercors, the inhabitants of Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans discovered that a massive rock quarry wanted to set up on the small mountain overlooking their village, Mount Vanille. Stunned by the gigantic nature of the project and feeling betrayed by the elected officials, the village mobilized.
Girl Scouts (International Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesMarie and Juliette left the classical education system to open a school in the heart of Brussels where they welcome children with no schooling background, often from exile. They offer them a place and a time outside of formal school learning to be or become children again, before facing the school institution that will expect them to be students. Through their attempts and their pedagogical reflections, the film forces us to question the school as a place where oppressive relationships affect us all.
The Village of Initiatives
The Allées de la Liberté The alleys of freedom, CannesFor this third edition, we will take advantage of a place particularly favourable to the meeting on the new Allées de la Liberté, a few steps from the cinemas Les Arcades and L'Olympia. Associations, NGOs, companies, communities and foundations involved in ecological and social issues will be present to raise public awareness and present their actions. The Village of Initiatives will offer many activities, such as murals (climate, ecological renaissance, food, etc.), cooperative games for children and scientific and artistic activities for families. A space will be dedicated to [...]
Death Otherwise (Local Corner)
Olympia Cinema 5 rue d'Antibes, CannesWhat is Humusation? It is a controlled process of transformation of human bodies by humus organisms (micro-organisms present only in the first cm of the soil) in a compost composed of wood shavings, which transforms, in 12 months, the mortal remains into healthy and fertile Humus.
Green Lung and Red Carpet (International Selection)
Cinema Les Arcades 77 rue Félix Faure, CannesTo help Francis Hallé in his fight to save the last tropical forests, a documentary filmmaker with a passion for nature decided to make his first feature film: The Botanist, an ecological thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He traces his way with malice, obstinacy, and discovers, with candor, the arcana of the seventh art. Even if he never gives up, will his film ever exist?
When water runs out… how to adapt? (Round table – Village of Initiatives)
The Allées de la Liberté The alleys of freedom, CannesThe 6th IPCC report on the consequences of global warming announces an increase in extreme phenomena, particularly heat waves and water shortages. In France, last year was already particularly marked by several episodes of heat wave and drought. After a winter with little rain, this year also promises to be very dry. Some departments, including the Alpes Maritimes, have already been placed on drought alert. For his part, the President of the Republic has announced a Water Plan to adapt to these unprecedented situations of water shortage in France. So how can we prepare for a future in which water will be scarcer? How to manage future conflicts of use? And how can we succeed in reducing our water needs?
