FID Marseille 2011 - Festival international du documentaire de ...

Eric GarandeauPresident of the National Centre for Cinema and AnimationDocumentary films are a school for life, just as much as a school for cinema. Eversince it was first created, the International Festival of Documentary Film in Marseillehas sought to develop documentaries from the most original and unexpectedof angles. This very special venue for meetings and discoveries provides accessfor large numbers of people to the impressive range of talents to be found indocumentary film-making.The 3rd edition of FIDLab will, in addition, provide an opportunity for attracting evenmore professionals than before and will enable film-makers to have a show-case withwide-ranging possibilities, in which to present their projects to producers within thisenergizing context of dynamic new encounters.Keen to bring together an interested and loyal public through the offer of an actionpackedprogramme drawn from all possible spheres and continents, FIDMarseille willbe exploring all manner of styles, forms and means of expression. It will enableparticularly fruitful exchanges centred round a genre which has always demonstratedtremendous potential for renewal and innovation. Today it is further enriched by theopening up of new horizons thanks to web documentaries notably.So, the festival is pursuing one of the principal endeavours of the National Centre forCinema and Animation, since it is strongly committed to upholding and promotingcultural diversity, by encouraging the circulation of cinematographic works from allcontinents of the world.I sincerely hope that this new edition will achieve the success it deserves and I shouldlike to wish all those attending the Festival, united as they are by their passion fordocumentaries, plenty of unforgettable discoveries.018