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.
Tag: Cinema
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.
Ciné Sand Conference in Sainte-Sévère: George Sand’s Legacy
Ciné Sand examines George Sand’s relationship with cinema at Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre. Claire Le Guillou, author of George Sand Superstar, contributes to the discussion. The conference accompanies CinéSand, an exhibition considering adaptations of Sand’s novels, films about her life and the actresses who have portrayed her on screen.
Marie-Antoinette Screening
A2c and RegArts include Sofia Coppola’s Marie-Antoinette in a festival programme focused on women and cinema. Kirsten Dunst plays the Austrian archduchess sent to France to marry the future Louis XVI, with Jason Schwartzman appearing as the dauphin who becomes king. The film treats its subject freely, following the young royal’s passage from Vienna to Versailles and the pressures surrounding marriage, court life and succession. Coppola’s production competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and received an award from the French Ministry of Education. Presented at the Megarama cinema in Chalon-sur-Saône, the screening places a modern interpretation of a prominent European woman within a regional cultural programme, connecting historical biography, performance and film authorship for local audiences.
La Grande Vadrouille Bike Heritage Tour
Two guides lead a cycle route from Beaune to Meursault through locations associated with La Grande Vadrouille. The ride passes plots belonging to the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune and stops at the film’s Kommandantur before returning along the greenway. Visits to the Hôtel-Dieu connect the filming locations with the hospital’s buildings, and bicycles and helmets are provided.
Breton Summer Culture at Camping d’Aleth
Camping d’Aleth presents a varied cultural programme beside the chateau pond at Saint-Malo-de-Beignon. Breton music and dance share the setting with harp-led storytelling walks, spoken tales, live concerts, outdoor cinema and activities inspired by nature and prehistory. The mix gives campers and local visitors several ways to meet regional culture, from collective movement and oral tradition to performances shaped by the wooded waterside surroundings.
Cinéma en plein air : Biskarsoro in Ainhoa: Performance
Place du Fronton in Ainhoa frames Cinéma en plein air : Biskarsoro as a film screening devoted to Basque culture. Film in Basque, with French subtitles. At dusk, on the Place du Fronton. Its appeal comes from named activities rather than a loose promise of entertainment. The visit takes shape through Basque culture, presented as a film screening in Ainhoa.
Mystification in Arc-et-Senans: Architecture & Cinema
Mystification – Architecture et cinéma, la quête de l’illusion turns the Saline Royale into a dialogue between built space and screen image. Trompe-l’oeil, architectural models, film sets and immersive projections show how perspective can disturb reality. The exhibition includes Claude Gazier’s paintings and a recreation of the sets from Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast by Juan Pablo Molyneux.