The Jean Rouch International Festival

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Aminatou Echard (France) France, 2025, 119 min Speakers: Aminatou Echard, Rolly Bienvenue and Polygone Etoilé Documentary filmmaker Aminatou Échard, daughter of ethnologist Nicole Échard, who conducted research in Niger from 1964 to 1994, sets out on a journey in her mother’s footsteps. In addition to an African first name, her legacy includes the 16mm films she shot in Niger, and correspondence with her main field collaborator, Garba Maïgoye. Together with Garba Maïgoye and...
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Nelson Makengo (Congo) Congo, Belgium, 2024, 95 min, vostfr Speakers: Pierre Fournier After an election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country revives plans to build Africa’s largest power plant. In the meantime, Kinshasa remains plunged in darkness, and its inhabitants do what they can to have access to light, despite social violence and uncertainty about the future.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk (Poland) Belarus, Poland, 2024, 47 min, vostfr Speakers: Adélie Martinez On the shores of the Bering Sea, a father and son share an intimate relationship for a summer, marked by the harshness of the land and the innocence of childhood. The director’s discreet camerawork captures the balance between severity and tenderness that characterizes the father figure.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Anupama Srinivasan (India) Anirban Dutta (India) India, 2024, 83 min, vostfr Speaker: Yaël Bitton (editor, to be confirmed) Nocturnes transports us to the forests of the eastern Himalayas to explore the secret life of moths, following two researchers. This immersive, poetic tapestry invites us to question an anthropocentric vision of the world and pay closer attention to the interconnections in nature.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Pascal Cesaro (France) France, 2024, 80 min, vf Speakers: Pascal Césaro and members of AMFD This film, created as part of a research-creation collaboration with the Marseille-based association Aide aux mères et aux familles à domicile (AMFD), examines home help, a little-known aspect of social work, and gives workers the opportunity to define the exact nature of their activity.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Caterina Pasqualino (Italy, France) Italy, France, 2024, 70 min, Vostfr Film presented by students in the Aix-Marseille Université master’s program in cinema and audiovisual arts, with Pascal Cesaro, Laurent Pellé and Caterina Pasqualino. At the Santa Maria dei Rotoli cemetery in Palermo, Sicily, 1,500 corpses pile up awaiting burial due to administrative negligence, bad public policies and the hold of the Mafia. Caterina Pasqualino sets out to meet Palermo’s mourners...
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Jasna Krajinovic (Belgium) France, Belgium, 2024, 80 min, vostf Speakers: Jasna Krajinovic (to be confirmed) and Pauline Tucoulet After surviving the Islamic State’s prison in Iraq as a child, Rashid is reunited with his family in Sinjar, in the northwest of the country. Peace there is fragile, and hatred of the Yezidi minority to which he belongs has resurfaced. Between everyday problems and the temptation to emigrate, Rashid reinvents himself on the threshold of adulthood.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.

The Mucem invites the Jean Rouch International Film Festival to stop by for a selection of award-winning films, bearing witness to the original way in which researchers and filmmakers look at our societies.
A film by : Olha Zhurba (Ukraine) Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, France, 2024, 95 min, vostfr An audiovisual diary that follows Ukraine’s plunge into the abyss of the first two years of the Russian invasion, to show how war ended up becoming the norm. In the midst of this collective disaster, a new generation of Ukrainians would like to imagine a future.
Each film is followed by a discussion with the film’s author and leading experts on the subject.