Documentary film month: “Another way of traveling” in Aurillac

Every Thursday, from November 7 to 28, documentary films will be screened free of charge at the Le Cristal cinema, as part of Documentary Film Month. The theme of this edition revolves around housing and its environment.

As a transition between autumn and winter, Documentary Film Month is back in the Geraldian city, from November 7 to 28.

Slums in India, Morocco, the United States, in a cabin in a Vosges forest or even on Sable Island, off the coast of Canada. This year, the public will be immersed in the theme “Habitat(s), living”, chosen by the Aurillac basin media library, with the help of the Peuple et Culture Cantal association. “Each year, the Images en Bibliothèques association, at the origin of the event, gives a theme. But the structures broadcasting the films can also choose their own subject,” explains Julien Segura, deputy director of the media library.
Meet every Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Le Cristal cinema for the four screenings, all free.

“The documentary film captures reality and invites us to reflect on our commonalities and our differences. It arouses emotion and empathy. It’s another way of traveling, while remaining still”

Magali maurel, vice-president of the Agglo d’Aurillac (empty)

Screenings followed by an exchange with the public

Each screening will be enriched by an exchange with different speakers: sociologist-urban planner for the first session tomorrow, director on Thursdays, November 14 and 21, and the Cantal People and Culture association for the last evening, Thursday, November 28. “It’s a great opportunity to be able to gain insight into the subjects covered in the films,” she continues. Born in 2000, Documentary Film Month has enabled “3,000 screenings since its creation”, estimates Julien Segura.

“These documentaries are rarely broadcast in traditional circuits, but it is much better to watch them in a cinema. This year, we have four films, the oldest of which dates from 2010 and the most recent from 2022,” he adds. Last year, attendance varied: from 30 to 180 people per screening.

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The program:

Tomorrow, at 8:30 p.m.: Shanty town, architecture of the future city. The documentary offers roaming across different continents: in Mumbai in India, in the largest slum in Asia; in Rabat in Morocco on former agricultural land; in Lakewood, New Jersey in a “tent city”; in Marseille, in a caravan neighborhood and in Kitcisakik in Quebec, in a Native American community. Presence of Amélie Flamand, sociologist and urban planner, member of the Housing Research Center.
Thursday, November 14, at 8:30 p.m.: Use of forests. A man lives for more than a year in a cabin in the Vosges forest, until his disappearance. Director Robin Hunzinger will speak with the public at the end of the screening.
Thursday, November 21, at 8:30 p.m.: Detroit, wild city. The film gives a voice to the inhabitants of the city, formerly the flagship of the automobile industry. Amidst the rubble and wasteland, new residents come to settle: what are their dreams? Their plans? In the presence of director Florent Tillon.
Thursday, November 28, at 8:30 p.m.: Geographies of Solitude. Immersion in Sable Island, isolated in the northwest of the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Canada, where Zoé Lucas, naturalist and environmentalist, has lived for more than 40 years, carrying out research on biodiversity. The session will be followed by an exchange with the Peuple et Culture Cantal association.