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Pilleurs de Terre

Pilleurs de Terre

November 6 at 7pm

Le Gyptis Cinéma · La Belle de Mai • Free

Free screening and debate, part of the Festival Alimenterre, followed by a complimentary organic and local buffet at Le Gyptis Cinéma.

Nuit étoilée #47

Nuit étoilée #47

November 6 at 7pm +5

Polygone étoilé · La Joliette • Free

Three films chosen by their makers fill the screen for this open-screen monthly gathering at Polygone étoilé. Visitors attend the screenings before joining a shared potluck with the attending directors.

L'HEURE DE LA LIBÉRATION A SONNÉ

L'HEURE DE LA LIBÉRATION A SONNÉ

November 8 at 5:30pm (This weekend)

BALEINE Cinema Bistrot · Notre-Dame du Mont

Traversing 800 kilometers of desert and mountains on foot in 1971 under Royal Air Force bombardment, filmmaker Heiny Srour captured a secular, democratic, and feminist social experiment in Oman. Audiences attend a screening of the 1974 documentary at BALEINE Cinema Bistrot, followed by an in-person discussion with programmer and director Yorgo Scheib.

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN

November 9 at 8pm

BALEINE Cinema Bistrot · Notre-Dame du Mont

High on the remote plateaus of Montenegro, a mother and daughter defend their grazing grounds against transformation into an NATO military training range in Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić's documentary screening at BALEINE Cinema Bistrot.

Special Screening of 'JE VEUX BIEN' with Discussion

Special Screening of 'JE VEUX BIEN' with Discussion

November 16 at 7:45pm

Les Variétés Cinéma Art Essai · Belsunce

Sparked by a law conditioning RSA benefits on fifteen weekly hours of mandatory activity, filmmakers Boris Claret, Isabelle Dario, and Vincent Glenn follow the human consequences of forced precarity. Audiences attend a special screening of their film at Les Variétés Cinéma Art Essai, followed by a discussion with the directors, magistrate Prune Helter-Noah, labour psychologist Nabila Oumakhlouf, and photographer Djibril Maïga.

Mayotte, Maore: La rencontre des mondes

Mayotte, Maore: La rencontre des mondes

Every day at 10am from Nov. 18 to July 21

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations · Hôtel de Ville • 11 €

Journey through a millennium of Indian Ocean encounters where archaeology meets living culture. A Sufi film immerses you in Mahoran voices, while objects co-curated with the Marseille diaspora tell stories of migration and reinvention.

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