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14th edition of the
International Classic Film Market

 

 

2026 PROGRAMME

In 2026, a new chapter begins for the Lumière Festival and the International Classic Film Market : the Village Cinéma is moving to the Cité de la Métropole de Lyon, right in the heart of the city. In this new setting, the Market is reaffirming, more than ever, its European focus and its commitment to working alongside professionals in the heritage film sector.

Round-table discussions on a variety of topics directly relevant to the sector’s current challenges, exceptional international guests, and the presence of some of the industry’s most active European companies… The Market’s 2026 programme fully reflects its mission: to keep heritage cinema alive, to support those involved in it and contribute to the vitality of the entire audiovisual sector.

 

MIFC venues: 
Conference Room > MIFC Venue, Level 3, Cité de la Métropole de Lyon, Grand Hôtel Dieu, 1 place de l’Hôpital, Lyon 2
Mezzanine  > MIFC Venue, Level 2, Cité de la Métropole de Lyon, Grand Hôtel Dieu, 1 place de l’Hôpital, Lyon 2
Lumière Bellecour, 12 Rue de la Barre, Lyon 2
Pathé Bellecour, 79 Rue de la République, Lyon 2
Péniche Plouf, 21 Quai Victor Augagneur, Lyon 3 
InterContinental Lyon-Hotel Dieu, 20 Quai Jules Courmont, Lyon 2

 

 

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

 10:00am - 11:15am  IS HERITAGE CINEMA TOO OLD?
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Sophie-Catherine Gallet (Film Critic, Journalist, Writer-filmmaker), Leo van Hee (Senior Programmer, Eye Filmmuseum), Saïd Ben Saïd (Producer, SBS Productions).
Moderation: Perrine Quennesson (Journalist).

 11:30am - 12:30pm  IN CONVERSATION WITH - CHARLOTTE BARKER
Special Guest | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Charlotte Barker (Senior Director, Film Restoration and Preservation, Paramount Pictures).
Moderation: Gérald Duchaussoy (Co-head of the MIFC).

 1:00pm - 2:00pm  LUNCH
LocationMezzanine

 2:00pm - 3:00pm  HYPERDISTRIBUTION: A CHANCE FOR CONSUMERS, A CHALLENGE FOR DISTRIBUTORS
Opinion Piece | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Jérôme Soulet (President Library, Gaumont).
The full list of speakers will be unveiled soon.

 3:15pm - 4:45pm  INNOVATION PITCHES - CLASSICS INNOVATION CORNER
LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
The companies selected for the Classics Innovation Corner 2026 present their innovative solutions and initiatives.
- DELUXE: Véronique Villamizar (Sales Manager), Elodie Schmidt (Operations Manager)
- MNEMONICA: Piero Constantini (CEO), Daniele Vilardi (Sales Director)
- NOIR LUMIÈRE: François Dupuy (Technical Director), Ludovic Bosquillon (Project Manager)
- REFRACTIO: Quentin Bitran (Founder)
- TIMELESS CINEMA: Leslie Vuchot (Founder)
- VERTIGO RESEARCH: Sylvain Bethenod (Founder and CEO)

 3:30pm - 5:00pm  CINEMA HERITAGE: WHAT ARE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES?
Workshop | LocationMezzanine
Animation: Charles Jaeger (Eco-production Coordinator, Écoprod).

 5:15pm - 6:15pm  BRINGING GREECE’S CINEMATOGRAPHIC HERITAGE TO LIFE: WHAT MODELS FOR THE FUTURE?
Country of Honor - Case Study | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Irini Andriopoulou (Director of Film Education and Heritage, Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, EKKOMED), Maria Komninos (Professor and Chair of the Board, Greek Film Archive).
Moderation : Aimé Besson (Audiovisual Attaché, Institut Français in Greece).
The full list of speakers will be unveiled soon.

 6:30pm - 8:00pm  EKKOMED logoCOUNTRY OF HONOR: GREECE COCKTAIL
LocationMezzanine
Presented by the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED).

 8:30pm - 10:00pm  MARKET SCREENING
LocationPathé Bellecour
Bitter Bread | Grigoris Grigoriou | 1966 | 1h29
Selected at the 2026 Lumière Festival

 10:00pm - 2:00am  FESTIVAL PARTY
LocationPéniche Plouf

 

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

 9:30am - 10:15am  SPOTLIGHT ON TWO EUROPEAN EXHIBITORS
LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
In collaboration with the CICAE and Europa Cinemas.
With: Madeleine Probst (Head of film, Watershed), Koen Van Daele (Head of Program and Assistant Director, Kinodvor).

 10:30am - 11:15am  RE-RELEASING KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS TODAY: STRATEGY, COMMUNICATION, AND AUDIENCES
Case Study | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Spencer Collantes (VP Marketing and Creation, Warner Bros. Clockwork).
Moderation : Gérald Duchaussoy (Co-head of the MIFC).

 11:30am - 1:00pm  CATALOGUE HOLDERS’ PREMIERE PRESENTATION
Line-up | LocationPathé Bellecour, Theatre 2
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
Introduction by the Syndicat des catalogues de films de patrimoine (SCFP).
With: Argos, Cinématographique Lyre, Films du Jeudi, Gaumont, Pathé, SND, Studiocanal, Studio TF1.

 1:00pm - 2:00pm  LUNCH
LocationMezzanine

 2:00pm - 3:00pm  IN CONVERSATION WITH - PAOLO MORETTI
Special Guest | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Paolo Moretti (Director of the Cinema Department, ECAL - École cantonale d’art de Lausanne; Director of the Grütli Cinemas; Programmer and Head of the Film Fund, Fundazione Prada).

 3:15pm - 5:15pm  EUROPEAN STUDENT WORKSHOP
LocationConference Room
A special opportunity for film students and alumni to engage with professionals in the heritage film sector and share experiences, best practice and career prospects.
With : Isabelle Barrière (Colorist, Cité de Mémoire), Élodie Mellado (Managing Editor, Filmin), Peggy Zejgman-Lecarme (Director of Culture, Citia).
In partnership with 13 European schools and universities from 8 countries: France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

 3:15pm - 4:30pm  DISTRIBUTORS’ LINE-UP FOR EXHIBITORS
Line-up | LocationPathé Bellecour, Theatre 2
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
Introduction by the Syndicat des distributeurs indépendants (SDI), the AFCAE and the ADRC.
Les Acacias, Carlotta Films, La Filmothèque, Lost Films, Malavida, Park Circus, Tamasa Distribution.

 4:30pm - 5:15pm  HERITAGE FILM AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT: TWO SELECTED INITIATIVES
LocationPathé Bellecour, Theatre 2
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
In collaboration with AFCAE and the ADRC.
Moderation : Sylvain Devarieux (Journalist, Le Film français).

 5:30pm - 6:30pm  HOW IS THE VALUE CHAIN BUILT? AN ANGLO-SAXON MODEL
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Charlotte Barker (Senior Director, Film Restoration and Preservation, Paramount Pictures), Douglas Davis (CEO, Park Circus), Heleen Gerritsen (Artistic Director at the Deutsche Kinemathek and Section Head of Berlinale Classics), Madeleine Probst (Head of film, Watershed).

 6:30pm - 8:00pm  Park CircusCOCKTAIL
LocationMezzanine
Presented by Park Circus.

 

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

 9:30am - 4:15pm  SPECIAL SCREENINGS FOR CINEMA EXHIBITORS
Location 5 32Lumière Bellecour
In collaboration with AFCAE et l’ADRC.

• 9:30am : 1984 | Michael Radford | 1984 | 1h53 | Malavida
• 11:30am : THE DRIFT | Paula Delsol | 1964 | 1h23 | Les Acacias
• 2:15pm : THE INSECT WOMAN | Shohei Imamura | 1963 | 2h03 | Carlotta Films

 10:00am - 11:00am  FRENCH ITALIAN COPRODUCTIONS: A SHARED HISTORY, COMPLEX RIGHTS
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Patricia Barsanti (President, Cinématographique Lyre), Lorenzo Ferrari Ardicini (President, CG Entertainment), Paola Palma (Cinema Historian and Assistant Professor at the University of Caen Normandie).
Moderation : Isabelle Meunier (Head of Audiovisual Production Contract Negotiation Department - Legal Affairs and Audiovisual Contract Department, SACD).

 11:30am - 12:30pm  IN CONVERSATION WITH - SHIVENDRA SINGH DUNGARPUR
Special Guest | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (Founder Director at the Film Heritage Foundation, Festival Director at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, Filmmaker, Archivist).
Moderation : Némésis Srour (Author and Associate Professor, University of Sorbonne Paris Nord).

 1:00pm - 2:00pm  LUNCH
LocationMezzanine

 2:00pm - 3:00pm  WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HERITAGE ON THE EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY?
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Bianca Giacalone (Sales Executive, Minerva Pictures), Koen Van Daele (Head of Program and Assistant Director, Kinodvor).
Introduction : Nicolas Edmery (Film Analyst, European Audiovisual Observatory).
Moderation : Chiara Zappalá (Head of Creative Europe MEDIA, Relais Culture Europe).
The full list of speakers will be unveiled soon.

 3:15pm - 6:15pm  RE>BIRTH PROGRAMME
Simultaneous translation FR/EN

3:15pm - 5:15pm Pitches | LocationConference Room
Presentation of 5 newly restored films, labelled Lumière Classics (Re>Birth “New”) and of 5 restoration projects (Re>Birth “Next”).

5:15pm - 6:15pm One-to-One Meetings | LocationMezzanine
Between project holders and professionals looking for opportunities.

 5:30pm - 6:30pm  TAIWANESE CINEMATIC HERITAGE: PRESERVING THE PAST, SHAPING THE FUTURE
Case Study | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Arthur Chu (Chairperson, Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, TFAI), Howard Hang (Film Programmer, Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, TFAI), Elena Lazic (Production Manager, Radiance Films), Vincent Paul-Boncour (Founder Director, Carlotta Films).
Moderation : Wafa Ghermani (Assistant Professor, National Central University in Taiwan).

 6:30pm - 8:00pm  TFAITAIWAN IN FOCUS COCKTAIL
LocationMezzanine
Presented by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI).

 8:30pm - 10:30pm  MARKET SCREENING
LocationPathé Bellecour
Osmanthus Alley | CHEN Kun-hou | 1987 | 1h53
Selected at the 2026 Lumière Festival.

 

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

 9:30am - 10:45am  KEEPING YOUR CATALOGUE UP TO DATE: WHAT ARE THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGES?
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
In collaboration with the Ficam.
With: Benjamin Alimi (Director of Restoration and Post-Production, TransPerfect Media), Xavier Brachet (Film Heritage Project Officer at CST and Founder of MediA Digital Nutty), Pauline Conroy (Head of Development, L’image retrouvée - Éclair Classics), György Ráduly (Director of the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive).
The full list of speakers and the moderator will be unveiled soon.

 11:00am - 11:15am  80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CNC
Speech by Gaëtan Bruel, President of the CNC.

 11:15am - 12:30pm  CONVERSATION WITH THE CNC
Roundtable | LocationConference Room
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Laurent Cormier (Director of Heritage, CNC), Mathias Hautefort (President, SEVAD - Syndicat des Éditeurs de Vidéo à la Demande), Sophie Jardillier (Deputy Director of Studies, Statistics and Forecasting, CNC), Sabrina Joutard (President, SCFP - Syndicat des Catalogues de Films de Patrimoine), A representative of REV (Réunion des Éditeurs Vidéos).
The full list of speakers will be unveiled soon.

 12:30pm - 2:15pm  Pathé logoCLOSING LUNCH
LocationInterContinental Lyon - Hotel Dieu
Presented by Pathé.

 2:30pm - 4:00pm  CONVERSATION WITH SOPHIE AND JÉRÔME SEYDOUX
Guests of Honor | LocationPathé Bellecour, Theatre 5
Simultaneous translation FR/EN
With: Sophie Seydoux (President of the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé), Jérôme Seydoux (Chairman of Pathé).
Moderation: Laurent Cotillon (Deputy Chief Executive Officer Media and Strategy, Cine group).

 4:00pm - 5:00pm  FINAL DRINK !
LocationMezzanine


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