Prizes 2006 : + info

This year a number of changes will allow the Festival of the 3 Continents to reassert the basic principles it set out in 1979, with an aim to discover, present, promote and defend unusual films.

Our programme will refocus on the concept of discovery and the assertion of strong, even radical, aesthetic choices
The 2006 programme will be centred around individual films rather than themes, in a move aimed at inviting our audience to discover new films (which is at the core of the festival's reputation).

Strengthening major actions supporting films from the so-called South, through:
- Produire au Sud;
- setting up Doc au Sud
- more visible actions aimed at the audience in Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique département and the Pays de la Loire region, during the festival week, as well as all year round.

Program of the 28th Festival of the 3 Continents
21 > 28 November 2006 / Nantes

 

Official Selection + info
Fiction and documentary competition
25 films, never shown in France before and marked by a high degree of audacity. The jury will award a new prize called Nouveaux Regards (New Looks), to highlight a particularly innovative film from an aesthetic point of view.
"Our year in films"
This section will include premiere screenings of about 10 remarkable films of the year, to be released soon.

Satyajit Ray - a complete retrospective + info
" With all due allowance, Ray achieved by himself what the French Nouvelle Vague was to generate as a group some time later. " Charles Tesson, Satyajit Ray (Éditions Cahiers du Cinéma)

Produire au Sud: Fathers and Sons + info
The 8 participants to the Produire au Sud seminar will each choose and present to our audience a film which was instrumental in their vocation as a producer. This will be an eclectic kind of carte blanche, both geographically and historically, and it will include many nice surprises.

Focus + info
A brief yet effective way to shed light on countries where film news is being made (Thailand, Korea, Chile...).
And a selection of films made in the framework of the Produire au Sud seminar.

Special screenings

Continent B: All You Need Is Love
This festival section is dedicated to genre films and unclassifiable film objects. Romance and carnal knowledge will be explored through 6 films.

A film concert: "The devil, he never leaves me alone"
The Festival continues to experiment with image and sound. This year, the local Grand Groove Orchestra jazz band will perform during the screening of a landmark in film history in general and black cinema in particular - King Vidor's Hallelujah (1929). This is an F3C, MCLA and Olympic coproduction.

 

Supporting films from the South

The Festival of the 3 Continents not only shows films from so-called Southern countries, but also supports actions promoting the development of films which meet its principles and presenting national cinemas from Southern countries. These actions are aimed at both film professionals and the general audience.

Produire au Sud
This will be our 7th young producers' training seminar. It is now an internationally recognised instrument which enables the most talented producers to benefit from expertise, support and networking, giving them the opportunity to complete original projects. The seminar is held in Nantes, but other seminars are also held in other countries several times a year : in Recife and Buenos Aires last April, in Beirut in September, in Bangkok in October. Producers will get the support of the Produire au Sud network in Cannes for the third year in 2006.

Doc au Sud
Fostered by film professionals, this new forum is Produire au Sud's documentary sistership. Doc au Sud will focus on the distribution, rather than production, of creative documentaries in European cinemas. Organised in partnership with RED (Réseau d'échange et d'expérimentation pour la diffusion du cinéma documentaire - Exchange and experiment network for the distribution of documentary films), this programme will focus on 3 directions:
+ documentary film-makers taking part in the 2006 festival will benefit from a master class on funding and aid aimed at Southern documentaries (through meetings with European professionals).
+ a selection of documentaries will be shown to film professionals specially invited to Nantes in order to foster their theatrical distribution in France.
+ distribution issues will be discussed during a round table with documentary film professionals.

Educational and cultural actions
From its inception, the F3C has held special screenings for high-school students. It also takes an active part in the Collèges au cinéma and Lycéens au cinéma schemes (film education programmes in French high schools). Every year students make up about 5,000 festival admissions. In 2006, such actions will be increased both for the school students and for the general audience:
+ Teacher training all year round (half-days or full days at the Cinématographe in February, April and October);
+ Expanding our collaboration with cinemas: - in the region in October-November; - within the département all year round;
+ Supporting films shown in the F3C upon their nationwide theatrical release;
+ Specific actions in urban areas with local general and cultural associations.

 

General Information:

National press > cedriclandemaine@wanadoo.fr - 33 (0)1 44 05 97 60
Local press >laurent.mareschal@club-internet.fr - 33 (0)6 75 01 81 67
Contact F3C : festival@3continents.com - 02 40 69 74 14 + detail

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