The Aubagne Festival is rising from the ashes. The 21st edition of the event dedicated to the seventh art, one of the many events canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic, will finally be held online, the organizers announced in a statement. This 100% “dematerialized and digital” edition will take place from March 30 to April 4, dates originally planned, they said.
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Measures will be implemented to offer the public a program of short and feature films in e-cinema for free. “The films for which the festival has obtained authorization to broadcast on the internet will be available free of charge, for 24 hours, on the initially scheduled date of the event, in SVOD. It will be enough for the e-festival-goer to create an account to access it ” , specifies the press release. Today's sessions and access link will be shared on the event's social networks.
In addition, some of the meetings with industry professionals offered to the public will be the subject of an experiment by videoconference.
Meeting place for professionals
This 21st edition will be an opportunity to catch up with Papicha, a feature film by Mounia Meddour crowned by the César with the best first film and the best female hope (Lyna Khoudri) last month. But also to discover the films Kuessipan by Myriam Verreault, Gold by Rogier Hesp and Take Me Somewhere Nice by Ena Sendijaveric.
Papicha, the trailer
"We are happy to be able to offer a digital alternative to this edition, but we are only in one hurry ... It is to find you in the flesh in 2021, because nothing beats this particular energy and these passionate and festive meetings that make the salt of festivals! ” , conclude the organizers.
A meeting place for image and sound professionals, the Aubagne International Film Festival brings together more than 700 directors, screenwriters, actors and composers each year and attracts an audience of more than 20,000 spectators.