catalogue 2007 en .pdf - Festival international du documentaire de ...

EDMICHEL RICHARD TREGAN BOIDINDIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL BROADCASTING, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSEDITORIALSEvery year the Marseille International Documentary Film Festival offers a challengingpanorama of international documentary cinema production. An indisputable showcase,it contributes to raising the profile of the genre in cinemas and on television.We are delighted by the prospect of what the latest festival has in store for us: a hundredfilms presented in both French and international sections with new forms of creationexplored beyond the frontiers of genre and style.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is committed to the diffusion of diverse types ofdocumentary works and is therefore happy to renew its support for this event.For several years the Ministry has proposed documentaries from the festival selectionto its French cultural network abroad and backs the international actions of the festival,notably within the framework of “Documentary Month”.I hope that the 2007 Festival, prepared by Jean-Pierre Rehm and his team, will have allthe success that it deserves.Richard Boidin, Director of external broadcasting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.018