Every Tuesday, 2 documentaries to discover at the Forum des images, in the presence of the film teams.
Program for the month of January:
In January at the Forum des images, find six documentary films on 3 100% doc evenings : the month opens with a return to the family diptych by Émilie Brisavoinefollowed by a evening dedicated to Guillaume Brac and to his bittersweet plunge into the end of schooling and first friendships. The month will end with two screenings returning to the recent transformations of the school system and their effects on students from the first learning stages.
Also find from this month the sessions of the Cinémathèque du documentary at the Forum des images on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays!
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• Tuesday January 7: Documentary on the Big Screen
It begins like a fairy tale: there is a queen, a king and their beautiful children, Pauline, Anaïs and Guillaume. But it's more complicated, more punk, the king wears stiletto heels, the queen wants to make up for lost time, their heirs rebel. Nothing is going well anymore, Pauline is tearing herself away.
Émilie makes a film to try to understand the greatest mystery in the universe: her mother Meaud. Brilliant grandmother, broken child, punk mother, spontaneous feminist, she fascinates as much as she anguishes. The film invites you to dive into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey into the psyche.
National release on February 26, 2025.
Screening in the presence of the director and followed by a debate.
• Tuesday January 14: Guillaume Brac evening
After five years of studying in Paris, Arash has not adjusted to French life and decides to return to Iran. To change his mind, two friends take him on a final trip through France. A first solar film on the edge of documentary, between road movie and holiday film.
Carte blanche to Guillaume Brac in his presence.
A pang in the heart : In a boarding school in Drôme, a group of students prepare to leave high school and express their concerns about the future, politics or the end of friendships. An intimate and sensitive choral portrait of the transition to adulthood.
It's just goodbye : It's the end of the school year. Linda and Irina, best friends, talk about their families and their future. But one is getting ready to move and her heart is sinking at the start of summer.
In the presence of the director.
• Tuesday January 21: On the school benches
For three years, Ruth Beckermann follows students in a primary school class where German is not their mother tongue.
A poignant odyssey about learning and the obstacles of this micro-society.
In a college in Goutte d'Or, in Paris, the daily life of adolescents between friendships, preparation for exams and orientation questions. As their future takes shape, the adults try to guide them into the heart of a fragile system.
National release January 22, 2025 by Dean Media.
Preview in the presence of the director. Screening followed by a debate.
The documentary meetings of the Forum des images:
Weekly meeting : every Tuesday.
Documentary cinema, a cinematic genre with multiple forms and writings, occupies a special place in the programming. Every Tuesday, two sessions are devoted to it. These 100% doc evenings bring together heritage works, previews, new films in theaters and meetings with filmmakers.
2. Documentary on the big screen
Monthly appointment : the first Tuesday of the month
The first Tuesday of the month, carte blanche is given to the Documentary on the big screen association. Thirty years ago, this chosen name sounded like a slogan for the very young association. Today, if the vitality and creativity of this young cinema no longer needs to be proven, its diffusion on the big screen remains an ardent challenge.
3. Simone de Beauvoir Audiovisual Center
Punctual appointment.
On several evenings during the season, the Simone de Beauvoir Audiovisual Center presents films from its collection of international documentaries on the history, rights and creation of women and LGBTQ+. Screenings in the presence of the directors and followed by a debate.
