Selection of short films
Jean Rouch International Festival
Two short films to discover at this new screening.
Salut les Cubains By Agnès Varda (France, 1963, 30 min.)
“Salut les Cubains […] is a tribute to Cuba. I’d been invited there by ICAIC, the Cuban Film Institute. I took a Leica, some film and a foot with me, because I had a project in mind. I really found the Cubans extraordinary and the forms of their socialism surprising and joyful. They’re the only Latin socialists. […] I brought back 2,500 photos, it took me six months to edit 1,500, but I was rewarded: in Cuba, they say it’s a Cuban film, that it has the ‘savor’.” Agnès Varda
Bronze medal at the International Documentary Film Exhibition, Venice 1964, and Silver Dove at the Leipzig Festival (FRG).
La Charpaigne or the birth of basketry By Claudine de France (France, 1968, 31 min)
After cutting wicker stems, a basket-maker from Châtillonnais (Côte-d’Or) debarks them in his workshop to make a basket. Shaping a hoop, adjusting the stems firmly attached by straps, and braiding are the first steps in shaping the object. Two handles are then carved into the work before the finishing touches are applied. All under the watchful eye of the house cat.
Two short films to discover at this new screening.
Salut les Cubains By Agnès Varda (France, 1963, 30 min.)
“Salut les Cubains […] is a tribute to Cuba. I’d been invited there by ICAIC, the Cuban Film Institute. I took a Leica, some film and a foot with me, because I had a project in mind. I really found the Cubans extraordinary and the forms of their socialism surprising and joyful. They’re the only Latin socialists. […] I brought back 2,500 photos, it took me six months to edit 1,500, but I was rewarded: in Cuba, they say it’s a Cuban film, that it has the ‘savor’.” Agnès Varda
Bronze medal at the International Documentary Film Exhibition, Venice 1964, and Silver Dove at the Leipzig Festival (FRG).
La Charpaigne or the birth of basketry By Claudine de France (France, 1968, 31 min)
After cutting wicker stems, a basket-maker from Châtillonnais (Côte-d’Or) debarks them in his workshop to make a basket. Shaping a hoop, adjusting the stems firmly attached by straps, and braiding are the first steps in shaping the object. Two handles are then carved into the work before the finishing touches are applied. All under the watchful eye of the house cat.