catalogue 2007 en .pdf - Festival international du documentaire de ...
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EDMICHEL BÉNÉDICTE TREGANCHEVALLIERDELEGATE FOR MÉCÈNES DU SUDEDITORIALSMécènes <strong>du</strong> Sud (Southern B<strong>en</strong>efactors) inclu<strong>de</strong>s about tw<strong>en</strong>ty businessm<strong>en</strong> ai<strong>de</strong>d byan artistic committee. Its purpose is to support contemporary creation in the greaterMarseille region in several artistic fields including music, dance, theatre (and liveperformance in a wi<strong>de</strong>r s<strong>en</strong>se), <strong>de</strong>sign and visual and audiovisual arts. In <strong>2007</strong>, Mécènes<strong>du</strong> Sud is r<strong>en</strong>ewing its support for the Marseille International Docum<strong>en</strong>tary Film <strong>Festival</strong>that it consi<strong>de</strong>rs to be a project of exemplary ambition that raises the profile of its territoryand gives positive value to contemporary creation.The interest of those who <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong> on chall<strong>en</strong>ging artistic pro<strong>du</strong>ction projects which assumethe complexity of contemporary problems rests on a dim<strong>en</strong>sion that is common to artand <strong>en</strong>trepr<strong>en</strong>eurship, namely anticipation.Each festival requires flair and intuition on the part of its organisers to discover unconv<strong>en</strong>tionalfilms that constantly question subject and format. The quality of this selectionallows these films to be se<strong>en</strong> and programmed in festivals and cinemas around the world.This is how the Marseille International Docum<strong>en</strong>tary Film <strong>Festival</strong> works: it is a wellknownfestival that attracts new films, art world celebrities, Fr<strong>en</strong>ch and foreignprofessionals and the g<strong>en</strong>eral public. And it works because of its firm conviction in thevalue of testimony that is appar<strong>en</strong>t in its programming and in the places and occasionsfor exchange organised betwe<strong>en</strong> the directors/authors and spectators.Docum<strong>en</strong>tary and in a wi<strong>de</strong>r s<strong>en</strong>se film that is se<strong>en</strong> at the Marseille InternationalDocum<strong>en</strong>tary Film <strong>Festival</strong> is not a formatted object either in terms of cont<strong>en</strong>t or form.It is a signed testimony, offered up for <strong>de</strong>bate and reflection, with an op<strong>en</strong> cont<strong>en</strong>t anda poetic way of questioning the world and is therefore an artistic object. Mécènes <strong>du</strong> Sudis a group that is actively involved in its city and sponsors this festival with which it feelsa great affinity.This eighte<strong>en</strong>th festival gives us an insatiable appetite for more, and may there be manymore…022
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