Festival La Rochelle Cinéma 2025 took place from 27.6. till 5.7.2025 in La Rochelle, France.
Following shared activities have been presented to french and International audience:
AFFN Presents
Cinematic journey back to 1975 showing cinema 50 years ago including following films:
Wives
by Anja Breien
With introduction by Anne-Laure Brénéol and Lionel Ithurralde (Malavida distribution)
Chronicle of the Years of Fire
by Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina
With introduction by Tewfik Farès (scenarist), Nadège Lauzzana (ADRC) and Jean-Fabrice Janaudy (Les Acacias distribution)
Profession reporter
by Michelangelo Antonioni
With introduction by Raphaël Perrin (Fémis)
In cine-concert with Christian Roux (keyboards)
Dog Day afternoon
by Sidney Lumet
Une vraie jeune fille
by Catherine Breillat
with introduction by Catherine Breillat
https://festival-larochelle.org/edition/2025/programmation/affn-1975
https://festival-larochelle.org/film/une-vraie-jeune-fille
AFFN Film
One film, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, was programmed during the festival and accompanied on tour (6 cinemas, 6 towns), with two specialists of Jacques Demy, Ghislaine Lassiaz et Sébastien Ronceray.
Educational material was published, in french and in english.
https://festival-larochelle.org/film/parapluies-de-cherbourg-les/
Educational material:
https://festival-larochelle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AFFN_2025_EN_THE_UMBRELLAS_OF_CHERBOURG.pdf
AFFN Education
Workshop for Little Foley Artists
Immerse yourself in the world of sound composition for cinema with musician Lucie Mousset! Children create soundtracks for silent short films together. The workshop was followed by a presentation which parents are invited to attend. For children from 6 to 10.
https://festival-larochelle.org/le-fema/le-fema-des-enfants
AFFN Industry
What is a “damaged” repertory film? How can we define and qualify it differently? How to program films affected by issues of gender-based and sexual violence (SGBV) and how to support them? How to show today films with scenes of sexist and sexual violence?
With Natacha Laurent (University of Toulouse-Le-Mirail, director of the Toulouse cinema library from 2005 to 2015), Juliette Duret (head of Cinema at BOZAR – Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles), Alexis Juncosa (artistic director of the Luxembourg City Film Festival) and Camille Chanod (in charge of editorial and programming at LaCinetek). Moderated by Florence Tissot (exhibition curator at La Cinémathèque française and administrator of the Collectif 50/50).
https://festival-larochelle.org/edition/2025/professionnels/les-evenements-professionnels-au-fema
Podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QUqpI5nQUGmpVaMSQ0Tcj?si=G2-fFD9YQ2KRG4BPmF6V1g
