Events

Award Ceremony

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Place Gauquelin- Despallières
Doors open at 5.30 pm

Booking required. Contact Bayeux’s Town Hall at: 0 825 014 400 starting September 12^th.
Limited seats available.
Tél. : 0 825 014 400

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• Print
  Awarded by the department of Calvados
• Television
  Awarded by Amnesty International
• Photo
  Awarded by Nikon
• Radio
  Awarded by the D-Day Landing Committee
• Television Grand Format
  Awarded by the Scam
• Web Journalism
  Awarded by Nikon
• Young Reporter
  Sponsored by CAPA
• Video Image
  Sponsored by Galaxie – Arte – France 24

Honorary Awards

• Ouest-France – Jean Marin
  Print
• People's Choice
  Photo – Sponsored by Agence Française de Développement
• Regional prize for students and trainees of Normandy
  Television

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The African Great Lakes

In the wake of the Rwandan genocide, the turmoil which shakes the Great Lakes region of Africa involves 9 countries.

This war that has been going on for over 18 years is the result of various factors: the weakness of the Congo State, the Army of Rwanda, old colonial frontiers, poverty lead by ethnic tensions, natural resources, overpopulation of the Great Lake region, the militarization of the informal economy, the world’s demand for natural resources, the instability in Burundi and the helplessness of the United Nation.

The toll is heavy: in twenty year, 6 million people are dead, some 4 millions have fled their countries, refugee camps are saturated and hundreds of thousands are now impoverished. The populations do not succumb to the bombs. They die of diseases and hunger. Rapes and destruction of social fabrics have become the new weapons of war.

Violence is now monetized.

How do we explain the mutism of the international community? How come a toll of 6 million dead does not cause a collective outrage? How come current affairs deliberately omit this tragedy that is happening right under our noses when international correspondent relentlessly work to shed the light on this catastrophe?

Followed by a reception prepared and animated by Eric Valmir (France Inter), Jean-Philippe Rémy (Le Monde) and Justine Brabant..

Crédit photo : Phil Moore

Pavillon Prix-Bayeux-Calvados
Place Gauquelin-Despallières
Doors open at 8 pm
Free Admission

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Jim: The James Foley Story

On Thanksgiving Day 2012, American photojournalist James "Jim" Foley was kidnapped in Syria, two years before the infamous video of his public execution introduced much of the world to ISIS.

JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY, directed by close childhood friend Brian Oakes, tells the story of Jim’s life through intimate interviews with his family, friends and fellow journalists - while former hostages reveal never-before-heard details of his captivity with a chilling intimacy that reveals their courageous untold story of perseverance.

Made with unparalleled access (including footage Foley shot himself), and using carefully rendered recreations, Oakes takes viewers deep into the darkness and valor of Jim's captivity. What emerges is a powerful chronicle of bravery, compassion and pain at the dawn of America's war with ISIS.

The documentary will be followed by an exchange animated by Claude Guibal
Doors open at 8 pm - Free Admission
Pavillon Prix Bayeux-Calvados - Place Gauquelin-Despallières

Duration : 113 min
Credits : Kunhardt Films, Marigold Pictures en association avec HBO Documentary Films.

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Le Siège

2016 Fipa d’Or award winning documentary takes you deep into the daily life of sarajevan populations. A tale of horrors mixed with the urgency to live.

Sarajevo lived through the longest siege in modern history. “The Siege” is a film about those who lived through it, about the human experience of the besieged. Through Sarajevo to beyond, it is the story of a surrounded city, of a battle and resistance. It is also the universal story of civilization facing the worst ordeal of its existence, and the struggle for its survival. Sarajevo resisted and survived. “The Siege” describes a vertiginous descent into war.

Documentary written by Rémy Ourdan.
Directed by Rémy Ourdan and Patrick Chauvel.

The film will be followed by a discussion with directors Rémy Ourdan and Patrick Chauvel, Jean-Claude Guillebaud and Stanko Vasic who testified in the documentary.

Crédit photo : © Ron Haviv- VII

Halle aux Grains
66, rue Saint-Jean
Free Admission – limited seats available

Duration : 90 min
Production : Blanche Guichou / AGAT Films & Cie
Coproduction with ARTE, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, Pro Ba (Bosnie)

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À peine j’ouvre les yeux

A tribute to liberty and youth in Tunisia.

Tunis, summer 2010, a couple of months before the Revolution, 18 years old Farah takes her SATs. Her family can already see her as a doctor, but they don’t see eye to eye. She’s a singer in a rock band. She quivers, intoxicated by life, falls in love and discovers her city by night against the will of her mother, Hayet, who knows Tunisia all too well.

Directed by Leyla Bouzid

Duration : 102 min

Cinéma le Méliès 6.50€

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Le Ciel Attendra

Le Ciel Attendra

17 years old Sonia, has almost done the unthinkable in order to “grant” her family a spot in Heaven.
16 years old Melanie lives with her mother. She likes school and her friends; she plays the cello and wants to change the world. She falls in love with “a prince” that she met on the internet. They could be named Anaïs, Manon, Leïla or Clara, and just like them, discover the path towards indoctrination. Could they come back from it?

With Sandrine Bonnaire, Noémie Merlant, Clotilde Courau, Naomi Amarger.

Directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.

Duration : 105 min

Cinéma le Méliès 6.50€

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Can the jihadist Daesh organisation become a true state?

In 2015 not a week has gone by without the words “Daesh”, “Jihad”, “Islamic State” or “Terrorism” dominating the headlines. These words, which in themselves represent the world of a single network, are now applied well beyond the borders of Syria and Iraq.
Today we are confronting attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait, Egyptian Sinai; splinter groups in Afghanistan and Libya; logistics bases in tourist idylls such as the Maldives; and fighters joining from around the world, including the West. A war of religion and territory? The establishment of terror? A war of communication? Control of energy resources? A geopolitical show of strength? This evening goes beyond the propaganda and the ready-made myths reflected by the media to try to gain a better grasp of Daesh, its origins and its development.

Does the organisation have the means necessary to achieve its ambitions, and could it really become an Islamic State? What would be the effects on the local populations?

What local branches and offshoots does Daesh have around the world?

Barack Obama has declared a war aiming to destroy the jihadist organisation, but does the international community have the means to destroy Daesh without sparking off other terrorist groups?

Prepared and presented by Eric Valmir (France Inter). Participants will include Patrick Cockburn, Pierre-Jean Luizard, Jean-Pierre Perrin (Libération) and Héléne Sallon (Le Monde).

Copyright : Ayman Oghanna

Bayeux-Calvados Award Pavilion – Place Gauquelin-Despallières – 9 p.m. – Free entrance

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“Disparus” (“The Disappeared”)

A film by Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale and Etienne Huver

Preview screening
“Disparus” (“The Disappeared”) is an investigation into the hidden side of a war still going on. Far from the bombs and the devastated cities, the film documents a phenomenon which has been wreaking havoc among the Syrian population since 2011. More than a hundred thousand people have disappeared, possibly even more - as many as those who have died in the armed conflict, according to some witnesses. These disappearances show that the Syrian regime has set up a ruthless killing machine whose inner workings are torture, arbitrariness and cruelty. For the first time, families of those who have disappeared, survivors, and also torturers and executioners speak out about this journey into hell. Through different protagonists, political leaders, religious figures and scenes filmed on the ground, this documentary throws light on the challenges and upheavals taking place in a country which seems condemned to perpetual instability.

A debate will follow the documentary, it will be animated by Michel BEURET, with Garance Le Caisne and the film makers, Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale et Etienne Huver.

The screening will be followed by a round-table discussion including Sophie Nivelle-Cardinale and Étienne Huver.
Production: What’s Up films /Song Pham
A co-production with ARTE G.E.I.E with the participation of RTS Radio Télévision Suisse and the support of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée.

Bayeux-Calvados Award Pavilion – Place Gauquelin-Despallières – 9 p.m. – Free entrance

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Photographers in words

The Changing Images of War

Times change and the nature of war too.
Between the Vietnam war, covered by photographers who were incorporated into the American army with officer status, and the war in Syria, where photographers are considered to be prime targets, the status of war photographers has diminished dramatically. In the wake of the collapse of the print market, newspapers and magazines no longer commission photo reports from conflict zones, and we have to rely on the faith and audacity of a very small number of war photographers to provide us with precious accounts of events which have become almost invisible.
To better understand these changes in the profession and the nature of war photography, you are invited to meet three photographers from different generations in a debate organised by Alain Frilet of the Paroles de Photographes (Photographers in Words) organisation. We are delighted to welcome Patrick Chauvel, who has been covering international affairs for more than 40 years and whose reputation and talent shine out in every one of his stories; Alvaro Canovas, a photographer for Paris Match who has been covering international conflicts for more than 25 years, and Laurence Geai, a young photographer who has decided to pick up the baton from the older generation and has just spent several weeks in the occupied

Halle aux Grains – 66 rue St Jean – 8.30 p.m. – Free entrance

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Dancing Arabs

"Dancing Arabs"

Iyad grew up in an Arab city in Israel. In 16 years, he went to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. He is the first and only Arabic boy to be accepted. It is gradually accepted by his mates, but only has one true friend, Yonatan, a boy suffering from a hereditary disease. Iyad is close to Yonatan's family, bringing courage and strength to his mother Edna.

By Eran Riklis.

Trailer:

Mon fils Bande-annonce par toutlecine

Cinéma le Méliès

Tarif unique : 6€

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“Eyes That Burn” (“Les Yeux brûlés”)

A young woman goes to Roissy Airport to collect a military chest which is being returned to her. It contains the personal effects and photographs of Jean Péraud, a photojournalist who was killed at Diên Biên Phu on 8 May 1954. Before long, a discussion begins between the young woman and the former journalist colleagues of Péraud who are there too. Out of the memories and stories prompted by the young woman’s presence, the ever-pertinent questions emerge: What constitutes an image of war? Is the photojournalist a witness or a participant? Is he protecting himself from the effects of war by filming it, or on the contrary, does he take even more risks in order to bear witness? Can we use the word ‘art’ about such images taken in the face of death?

With Mireille Perrier and the participation of Raoul Coutard, Marc Flament, Pierre Schoendoerffer and Raymond Depardon.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Laurent Roth, the director.

Directed by Laurent Roth.
First released in 1986, the film has recently been digitally restored.

Le Méliés Cinema
Flat rate admission: 6€
Duration: 58 minutes

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