The 2024 Forum Events

JUNE 26-27-28th | BLUM BRASSERIE | 4PM-5:30PM
JUNE 29th | ARTPLEXE (3rd floor) | 11AM-12:30PM

Free entrance.

In association with Radio Grenouille.

In addition to in-theater Q&As, every afternoon from Wednesday to Saturday, FIDMarseille organizes an hour and a half of discussions to reflect on the contemporary situation of independent cinema, take a step back from the preconceptions of the 35th edition of the festival and explore the questions it raises.

Radio Grenouille – Euphonia, the FID

The forums will be broadcast on Radio Grenouille during the week of the festival, as well as a series of ‘Cinémoi’, brief interviews with filmmakers.

Find all our past programs and parallel interviews on the webmag, FID+.

Wednesday 26th, June from 4pm to 5pm at the BLUM Brewery

Meeting with Agathe Bonitzer

A free talk about her work as an actress, her career and the films of Sophie Fillières, whom se worked for as an actress and whose latest film she completed with her brother (Ma vie ma gueule).

Moderator: Marilou Duponchel (journalist, critic at Inrockuptibles, Trois Couleurs, programmer at Cannes Film Festival’s Semaine de la Critique).

Thursday 27th, June from 4pm to 5:30pm at the BLUM Brewery

Artificial intelligence, youtube, streaming, desktop movies: what writings for all these images?

Faced with the flood of images that are recorded, poured out, manipulated and programmed, cinema has to invent strategies and scripts to reinvent its critical distance and its power of thought. Case studies.

With Christian Von Borries (Do you want to see part 2?, FID 2024), Chloé Galibert-Lainé (La Grande Vacance, FIDLab project 2024) and Razan Alasalh (A Stone’s Throw, FID 2024).
Moderator: Claire Lasolle (member of the FIDMarseille selection committee)

Friday 28th, June from 4pm to 5:30pm at the BLUM Brewery

Marseille and its margins: new territories for cinema

The vitality of Marseille’s film scene is changing the way cinema looks at the city. How are films looking at Marseille today? What territories, what realities? Overview, case studies.

With Téano Horn and Léo Bayle (Le Chant des pylônes, FID 2024), Katharina Bellan (Arfuyen au loin, FID 2024, Université Aix-Marseille), Aurora Vernazzani (Lieux fictifs), Alexandre Cornu (producer, Les Films du Tambour de Soie).
Moderator: Mario Bompart (Radio Grenouille).

Saturday 29th, June from 11am to 12:30pm, at the Artplexe Cinema (3rd floor)

Festivals and their partners: critical role and editorial policy

Against a backdrop of multiple crises in the film industry (distribution, criticism, etc.), festivals have new roles to play. Some are becoming key venues for critical thinking and developing editorial policies. An overview and an outlook.

With Camilo Restrepo (La Chambre d’ombres, film and book, FID 2024), Claire Allouche (Cahiers du cinéma), Stoffel Debuysere (Festival Courtisane).
Moderator: Cyril Neyrat (artistic director of FIDMarseille).