Jeune cinéma

Jeune Cinéma is a footage film documentary about the famous yet forgotten Hyères Film Festival which took place from 1965 to 1983 It was at that time the most important in France just after the glamorous Cannes Film Festival and a friendly place to discover young directors such as Gilles Garrel Akerman Helma Sanders Schroeter or Carax before they became a legend for the arthouse film amateurs Hyères was a vivid space for passionate debates incredible polemics and above all surprising encounters In a word it was THE place to be for all the cinephiles If it suddenly disappeared in 1983 it is not only because of internal and political conflicts but also for an unfair competition with Cannes The Perspectives section at Cannes widely inspired by Hyères was attracting those same young talents discovered there My personal history as a filmmaker is deeply tied to the Collectif Jeune Cinéma which was in charge of the Cinéma Différent section