Île Courts International Short Film Festival

Île Courts International Short Film Festival (Île Courts, French: Festival international du court métrage de Maurice Île courts) was an annual autumn festival of world cinema on the island of Mauritius, with a focus on short films from the Indian Ocean area. It was organised from 2007 up to 2018 by the local non-profit Association Porteurs d'Images with David Constantin and others, featuring screenings at various locations on Mauritius, including villages and beaches. Film entries should run no longer than 30 minutes, be spoken or subtitled in French or creole, and fall in one of the genres fiction, documentary, animation, or experimental film.[1][2][3]

Île Courts - Festival International du Court Métrage de Maurice
LocationMauritius
Founded2007
Founded byDavid Constantin and others, Association Porteurs d'Images
Most recent2018
Festival date10–15 October 2017, 9–13 October 2018 (latest edition)
LanguageFrench
Websitehttps://www.porteursdimages.org/ilecourts/en/

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The festival was supported by the Institut français de Maurice (French Institute of Mauritius, fr)[4] and the Festival international du film d'Afrique et des îles de La Réunion (fr). From 2014 to 2016, Porteurs d'Images was funded by the ACPCultures+ programme of the European Union led by the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) Group of States, in the project "The Archipelago of Cinemas - Île Courts-International Short Film Festival of Mauritius".[5]

Invited leading film director

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Since 2012, each festival invited a special established film director to serve as the event's godfather or godmother: Moussa Touré (Senegal, 2012), Anurag Kashyap (India, 2013), Newton I. Aduaka (Nigeria, 2014), Ruchika Oberoi (India, 2015),[6] Licinio Azevedo (Mozambique, 2017), and Chantal Richard (France, 2018).

Contents

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Each edition of the festival featured various training workshops for filmmakers and script writers, debates, roundtables and professional meetings, such as Forum Film Bazar where film professionals of the Indian Ocean met. The programme Film Fabrik helped young Mauritian filmmakers from scriptwriting to film production and distribution. From 2009 up to 2018, 30 short movies (fiction, animation and documentaries), published in 6 collections, were produced through this programme. In "Fim Zekler" contests short films of no more than ten seconds competed.[1]

Festival year Film Filmmaker Year Genre Duration (min)
2009[7] Waramutseho! (Bonjour!) Bernard Auguste Kouemo Yanghu (Cameroon) 2008 Drama 21 m
Guyane Imanou Petit (French Guiana) 2009 Fiction 13 m
2010[8] Madagascar, carnet de voyage Bastien Dubois (France) 2009 Short animation 12 m
Dounouia, la vie Anthony Quéré, Olivier Broudeur (France) 2009 Comedy short 12 m
Atlantiques Mati Diop (Senegal) 2009 Drama 16 m
Drogba est mort Eric Rivot, Moussa W. Diarra (Mali) 2009 Drama 9 m
Temps mort Mohammed Bourouissa (France) 2009 Experimental 18 m
2017[3] Pran nesans (prendre naissance) Daniella Bastien (Mauritius) 2014 Documentary 14 m
Lot kote lagar (De l'autre côté de la gare) O'Bryan Vinglassalon (Mauritius) 2017 Fiction 15 m
Oeil des marins (L') Leslie Wallace Athanas (Mauritius) 2017 Documentary 14 m
2018[4] Entrée du personnel Manuela Frésil[9] 2013 Documentary 59 m
La sociologue et l’ourson Étienne Chaillou[10] / Mathias Théry[11] 2016 Documentary 78 m
Chronique d’un été (Paris 1960)[12] (Retrospective) Jean Rouch / Edgar Morin 1960 Documentary 85 m
Pour la suite du monde[13] (Retrospective) Pierre Perrault / Michel Brault 1962 Documentary 105 m

References

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  1. ^ a b "Île Courts Short Film Festival". porteursdimages.org. 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Île Courts International Short Film Festival". filmfreeway.com. FilmFreeway. 2024. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b Barlet, Olivier (25 October 2017). "Ile Courts 2017 : du multiculturalisme à l'interculturalité". africultures.com (in French). Africultures. Retrieved 11 July 2024.. On JSTOR in English: Barlet, Olivier (Spring 2018). "Ile Courts 2017: From Multiculturalism to Interculturality". Black Camera. 9 (2). Translated by Hochard, Pierrick. Indiana University Press: 453–459.
  4. ^ a b "Festival Ile Courts 2018 : Entre Émotions et Passions". institutfrancais.mu. Institut français à Maurice, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "ACP-EU Culture". acp-ue-culture. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  6. ^ Ruchika Oberoi at IMDb
  7. ^ "Île courts, Festival international du court métrage de l'Île Maurice 2009". africine.org (in French). 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Île courts, Festival international du court métrage de l'Île Maurice 2010". africine.org (in French). 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  9. ^ Manuela Frésil at IMDb
  10. ^ Étienne Chaillou at IMDb
  11. ^ Mathias Théry at IMDb
  12. ^ Chronique d’un été (Paris 1960) at IMDb  
  13. ^ Pour la suite du monde at IMDb  
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