The Christianization of Brittany is the subject of this film-lecture: migrants out of Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, and the Celtic form of worship they inspired. The account passes magical fountains and majestic cathedrals, and the many churches and chapels of the region. The famous enclosures are what that history left standing in the Breton landscape. Connaissance du monde programmes it as one date of its season at this hall.
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Brendan ha sekred Kells, film en breton
Ti Douar Alré, a house of Breton language and culture, shows this film dubbed into Breton for children. The story is set in ninth-century Ireland, in the fortified abbey of Kells, where Brendan is a monk of twelve. Brother Aidan, a master illuminator and keeper of a fabulous unfinished book, takes him on as apprentice. To finish the manuscript Brendan leaves the abbey for the first time and meets Aisling, the wolf-child.
Le Temps des Fileuses: Breton tales and archive film
Compagnie Marmouzic brings a told, musical and filmed passage through rural Brittany as it was in the decades either side of the war. Catherine Le Flochmoan tells three humorous Breton stories on stage, set against four films drawn from regional archive and documentary reels. Jérôme accompanies her on accordion. The spinners the title names stand for a round of farm work that has gone, and the piece tours under the Culture en Partage banner.
Island music at the Pointe du Raz
ID-Îles brings an afternoon on music and island life to the Maison de site de la Pointe du Raz. Nina Montagné’s documentary « Ouessant, île sera une fanfare », on that island’s brass band, opens it, followed by the music video « Dec’h ». Louis Brigand, a geography professor who specialises in islands, then gives an illustrated lecture. Michel Colleu, a collector of traditional maritime cultures, joins the filmmakers afterwards.
Dinardais de cœur : Alain Colas, navigateur solitaire
A lecture, a film and a discussion make up the Histoire & Patrimoine session in Dinard devoted to the solo ocean racer Alain Colas, who disappeared at sea during the first Route du Rhum forty-eight years ago. The film is Rêves d’Océan, by Eric Le Seney, who is present for the screening. Jean-François Colas, the navigator’s younger brother and once a crewmate of his, sits in on it too. Admission is free.
Michel Denis on 130 ans de cinéma à Dinard
Dinard has been filmed, and has filmed itself, for the better part of a century and a third. Michel Denis takes that span as his subject in a lecture given for the town’s history and heritage association, with film clips shown alongside the account. The hall is the Palais des Arts et du Festival on Boulevard Wilson, haut lieu du Dinard Film Festival, a building the city lists as hosting conferences. Admission is free.
A Tours de Bulles: Comics, Creators and Screenings
Comics move beyond the printed page at A Tours de Bulles in Tours. Meetings and signing sessions bring readers face to face with authors, while exhibitions offer another way to encounter their visual worlds. Performances, screenings and participatory activities widen the festival’s programme, connecting the culture of the bande dessinée with other forms of storytelling.
Microfolie Vesoul: Art and Origines Symphonic
Digital collections in Vesoul trace the crafts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s art and landscapes. “Tales and Fantasy” pairs paintings, sculptures and books, while National Collection #1 draws on the Louvre, Versailles and Centre Pompidou. A screening of “Origines Symphonic” features accordionist Stéphane Farge, his quartet and the Limoges Opera Symphony Orchestra.
Terre-Neuve, Canada: Des histoires de fierté
Lynda Paquette and Martin Parent explore Newfoundland through encounters with fishermen, artists, writers and keepers of local traditions. Their documentary follows the island’s layered history, including Basque and Breton fishing connections. Music, cod fishing and marine wildlife sit alongside the experiences of the people they meet.
Le mobilier breton en fête in Baud
Le mobilier breton en fête brings Breton furniture into a programme of film, storytelling and reuse in Baud. A screening and a storytelling walk sit alongside a tour and a sale of furniture at modest prices. Upcycling is also on the programme, with food and refreshments available during the gathering.