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The 11th edition of the Marché International du Film Classique will take place from October 17 to 20, during the Lumière Festival!
Get informed and discuss the challenges of the classic film industry. The opportunity to meet new partners and develop your business.
11:00 / 12:30 DOCUMENTARY ROUND TABLE #1 - Where are the documentary classics?
with: Alice Lesort (International Sales Manager, Les Films du Losange), Pauline Girardot Chevaucheur (Managing Director, Documentaire sur grand écran), Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier (Producer, Ciao Films), Markus Ruff (Head of Archive Projects, Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst e.V.), Anne Moutot (Acting Director, La cinémathèque du documentaire).
moderator: Pierre-Alexis Chevit (Head of Cannes Docs - Marché du film, Festival de Cannes).
Simultaneous Translation English / French
MIFC Village
13:00 / 14:00 LUNCH - with the support of INA madelen.
MIFC Village
14:15 / 15:30 LEGAL CASE STUDY - Extracts, quotations, fair use: an exception to copyright?
with: Ariane Fusco-Vigné (lawyer, Cabinet Fusco-Vigné), Valérie Combard (Librarian Archivist), Loïc Adrien (Editor, Versus), Jérôme Soulet (Catalog Director, Gaumont).
moderator: Isabelle Meunier (Head of Audiovisual Production Contract Negotiation, Legal Affairs and Audiovisual Contracts Department, SACD). Simultaneous Translation English / French
MIFC Village
15:00 / 16:00 SHOWCASE
postponed Friday October 20
African Pavilion and Direction of Cinematography of Senegal
Recovering and preserving the Senegalese Cinema History.
The project to save and restore the Senegalese News archives of the Direction of Cinematography.
with: Cira Ciss Aïdara (Head of Archives at the DAJ [Administrative, Legal and Financial Division]), Tiziana Manfredi (Coordination of the preservation project for the archives of Senegal's DCI [Direction de la Cinématographie])
Le Karbone
16:00 / 17:00 SHOWCASE
CANCELED
ESC ÉDITIONS - 10 years of classic cinema
with: Eric Saquet (President) & Victor Lamoussière (Head of marketing).
MIFC Village
17:00 / 18:30 KEYNOTE BY SPECIAL GUESTS
Hella Wenders and Claire Brunel (co-directors, Wim Wenders Foundation).
moderator: Gérald Duchaussoy. Simultaneous Translation English / French
Le Karbone
18:30 / 19:30 Cocktail - with the support of the African Pavilion organised by the African Cultural Agency and UNDP Africa
MIFC Village
22:00 MIFC PARTY - with the support of TransPerfect Media. Bistroclub F&K - 13, place Jules Ferry, Lyon 6th
9:30 / 10:30 SHOWCASE
L’Immagine Ritrovata group
Presentation of Haghefilm's virtual tour website.
The importance of the work on film in film heritage preservation.
with: Davide Pozzi (directeur)
MIFC Village
10:30 / 11:30 ![]() ![]() HIVENTY TRANSPERFECT MEDIA, PATHÉ ET DOLBY HDR with Dolby: feedback on the restoration of Asterix & Obelix Mission Cleopatra with: Benjamin Alimi (Business Unit Director, Hiventy TransPerfect Media), Jérôme Bigueur (Senior Colorist, Hiventy TransPerfect Media), Tessa Pontaud (Deputy Director Heritage restoration, Pathé Films), Jean-Antoine Lacolle (HDR consultant commissioned by Dolby). ![]() |
11:00 / 12:30 DOCUMENTARY ROUND TABLE #2 - The distribution of classic documentaries with: Annaëve Saïag (Communication - Marketing Manager, Tënk), Emmanuel Gibouleau (Director, Le Cinématographe), Catherine Bizern (General Delegate, Cinéma du réel), Mathieu Berthon (Distributor, Météore Films), Mehelli Modi (Managing Director, Second Run DVD). moderator: Pierre-Alexis Chevit (Head of Cannes Docs - Marché du film, Festival de Cannes). ![]() ![]() |
11:30 / 12:30 SHOWCASE
CST - VDM
Moving towards implementing the Cinema Preservation Package
The Cinema Preservation Package (CPP) is a European standard that enables film elements to be archived for long-term digital preservation, with a view to their future re-use. Here's a progress report on its implementation.
with: Jean-Pierre Boiget (Studiocanal, Stéphane Koenig, VDM, Hans-Nikolas Locher, CST)
Le Karbone
13:00 / 14:00 Lunch
MIFC Village
14:00 / 16:30 SCREENING Special Program for Exhibitors Preview #1 News from heritage film distributors Tribute to Jacques Rozier Maine-Océan, Jacques Rozier (2h15, VFSTA, Potemkine, Re-release in French cinemas in 2024) ![]() |
14:15 / 15:30 CASE STUDY SWEDEN - Bergman and beyond? Current heritage issues in Sweden with: Danial Brännström (Head of Access, Rights and Distribution), Rickard Gramfors (Director, Cultpix), Agneta Perman (Head of Acquisitions, SVT International, Sveriges Television AB). moderator: Camille Blot-Wellens (film historian, archivist and independent restorer. Associate professor at Université Paris 8). ![]() ![]() |
15:45 / 16:45 SHOWCASE
RELAIS CULTURE EUROPE – EUROPE CRÉATIVE FRANCE OFFICE
Activating European cooperation between classic film players with Erasmus+ and Europe Creative
with: Vincent Soccodato (European Territorial Development Manager at Relais Culture Europe).
Simultaneous Translation English / French
MIFC Village
16:45 / 18:45 SCREENING Special Program for Exhibitors Preview #2 News from heritage film distributors Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind, Tsui Hark (Di yi lei xing wei xian) (1980, 1h35, forbidden to -12s, Splendor Films, Re-release in cinemas soon) ![]() |
17:00 / 18:00 INTERVIEW WITH OLIVIER PÈRE - What place for the multi-screen cinephile? with: Olivier Père (Cinema Unit, ARTE France, Managing Director, ARTE France Cinéma). moderator: Florian Krieg (Journalist, Le Film français). ![]() ![]() |
18:30 / 19:30 Cocktail - with the support of Swedish Embassy in France
MIFC Village
20:00 / 21:30 MARKET SCREENING
The girl with hyacints by Hasse Ekman. Sweden, 1950, 90min
Swedish dialogue, English subtitles
Le Karbone
9:30 / 10:30 ![]() ![]() STUDIOCANAL Let’s get physical ! – Physical video by Studiocanal with: Jean-Baptiste Thoret – spécial guest Juliette Hochart, Céline Defremery, Raphaël Joachim, Maxime Vauthier, Jean-Pierre Boiget, François Leclerc (Studiocanal) ![]() |
9:45 / 11:50 SCREENING Special Program for Exhibitors Preview #3 News from heritage film distributors Song of the Little Road, Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali) (1955, 2h05, Les Acacias, re-release in cinémas soon). ![]() |
11:00 / 12:30 A.I. ROUND TABLE - Artificial Intelligence: a tool for heritage? with: Rodolphe Chabrier (Co-founder of Mac Guff production studio), Julien Dupuy (Journalist, I.A.Quoi columnist, Trois Couleurs), Barbara Mutz (Head of Legal Department, INA) moderator: Perrine Quennesson (Journalist). ![]() ![]() |
12:00 / 13:00 ![]() ![]() ADRC AND AFCAE Theatrical exhibition of classic films in rural areas with: Marianna Giani (Cinéma-Théâtre in Tonnerre), Jean-Pierre Surle (Le Pestel in Die), Rodolphe Lerambert (ADRC), Pierre Nicolas (AFCAE) ![]() |
13:00 / 14:00 LUNCH - with the support of Polish Cinema Classics.
MIFC Village
14:15 / 15:30 CASE STUDIES - The Cuban documentary school: a dynamic international visibility with: Luis Tejera (producer, Altahabana Films), Luciano Castillo (Director of the Cinematheque de Cuba, film critic and historian, ICAIC), Benjamin Lerena (Head of restoration projects, INA), Ernesto Daranas (Director), Ernesto Daranas (Director). moderator: Magali Kabous (Associate Professor - Visual Arts Latin America, Université Lumière-Lyon 2 - Faculté des Langues, External consultant to the French Embassy in Cuba - FSPI Cinéma). ![]() ![]() |
14:30 / 16:00 RE>BIRTH PROGRAMME #1 Presentation of 6 recently restored films with the Lumière Classics label. See selection ![]() ![]() 16:30 / 18:00 ONE TO ONE #1 Meetings with the project holders. ![]() |
16:00 / 18:00 ![]() ![]() SCFP - UNION OF CLASSIC FILM CATALOGS Meeting with SCFP with: speakers from Argos, Cinématographique Lyre, Les Films du Jeudi, Les Films du Losange, Gaumont, Pathé, Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld, SND, Studiocanal, TF1 Studio ![]() ![]() |
17:00 / 18:00 INTERVIEW WITH ARIKE OKE - The challenges of an institution on the move with: Arike Oke (Executive Director, Knowledge and Collections, BFI). moderator: Perrine Quennesson (Journalist). ![]() ![]() |
18:30 / 19:30 COCKTAIL - with the support of the FSPI Cinéma of the French Embassy in Cuba.
MIFC Village
20:00 / 22:00 SHOWCASE - SCREENING
CUBA CLASSICS
Feature film Landrián by Ernesto Daranas (Cuba/Espagne, 2022, 80 min) + 3 restored shorts by Nicolás Guillén Landrián - En un barrio viejo (1963, 9'), Ociel del Toa (1965, 16') et Los del Baile (1965, 6'), unseen in France.
Le Karbone
9:30 / 10:30 SHOWCASE
African Pavilion and Direction of Cinematography of Senegal
Recovering and preserving the Senegalese Cinema History.
The project to save and restore the Senegalese News archives of the Direction of Cinematography.
with: Tiziana Manfredi (Coordination of the preservation project for the archives of Senegal's DCI [Direction de la Cinématographie])
MIFC Village
9:30 / 11:00 RE>BIRTH PROGRAMME #2
Presentation of 6 films to be restored, looking for partners.
See selection
Simultaneous Translation English / French
Le Karbone
11:30 / 13:00 ONE TO ONE #2
Meetings with the project holders.
MIFC Village
11:00 / 12:45 CONVERSATION WITH THE CNC
with: Cécile Lacoue (Director of Studies, Statistics and Forecasting, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC]), Laurent Cormier (Director of the Film Heritage Department, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC]), Pauline Augrain (Digital Director, Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC]), Sabrina Joutard (President, Syndicat des Catalogues de Films de Patrimoine [SCFP]), Hugues Peysson (Treasurer, Association L’Appel des 85), Mathias Hautefort (Chairman, Syndicat des éditeurs de vidéo à la demande [SEVAD]).
moderator: Florian Krieg (Journalist, Le Film français). Simultaneous Translation English / French
MIFC Village
13:00 / 14:00 CLOSING LUNCH - with the support of Universciné.
Restaurant Marguerite
14:00 / 15:00 SHOWCASE
LTC PATRIMOINE - CITÉ DE MÉMOIRE
«From our vaults to light », LTC Patrimoine and Cité de Mémoire achievements illustrated through ongoing 2023 projects Showcase, post 3 restaured filmwork from Jeanne Moreau in 2022.
with: Denis Garcia (directeur) + guests.
Le Karbone
15:00 / 16:00 INTERVIEW WITH BRUNO DELOYE - Documentary, cinema, heritage: a committed alchemy
with: Bruno Deloye (Director, Ciné+ et Club).
moderator: Perrine Quennesson (Journalist). Simultaneous Translation English / French
MIFC Village
16:00 / 17:00 FINAL DRINK
MIFC Village
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