Territoires cinématographiques is a dialogue between live performance and cinema, devised in collaboration with Utopia cinemas in Avignon. It’s a daily programme of film screenings, after which the public meet and talk with theatre artists, choreographers, filmmakers, activists, critics and journalists invited to the Festival d’Avignon. This space explores the intimate relationships that these guests maintain between disciplines and with the world. It’s a place to take a broader look at the themes brought to the stage, the territories of the guest language and by the Café des idées.
Their Algeria
Lina Soualem // Algeria, France // documentary // 2020 // 1h22 // Original version with French subtitles
After 62 years of marriage, Lina’s grandparents, Aïcha and Mabrouk, have decided to separate. Together, they came from Algeria to Auvergne, settling in Thiers over 60 years ago, and side by side, they navigated the chaotic life of immigrants. For Lina, their separation is an opportunity to question their long journey of exile and their silence.