Thursday 17 November

THE MARKET REVIEW
Professional meeting 14H30
THE MARKET REVIEW
In a few words
Market review of the literary adaptation on TV/SVoD – 2021-2022
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Produced
by Newen Creative
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Presented
by Laure Steinville and Lisa Limoges, Market Intelligence & Content Strategy Coordination - Newen

THE ANALYSIS OF LE FILM FRANÇAIS
Professional meeting 15H00
THE ANALYSIS OF LE FILM FRANÇAIS
In a few words
By François-Pier Pelinard-Lambert, Chief Editor of Le Film Français.
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Speaker
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François-Pier Pelinard-Lambert,
Chief Editor of Le Film Français

UNEARTHING, NEGOCIATING, DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING A WORK: FROM THE LITERARY SCOUTING TO THE TV SERIES PRODUCTION
Professional meeting 15H30
VenueCinéma Pathé La Joliette

UNEARTHING, NEGOCIATING, DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING A WORK: FROM THE LITERARY SCOUTING TO THE TV SERIES PRODUCTION
Professional meeting 15H30
UNEARTHING, NEGOCIATING, DEVELOPING AND PRODUCING A WORK: FROM THE LITERARY SCOUTING TO THE TV SERIES PRODUCTION
Round table moderated by Xavier Leherpeur
In a few words
Discussion on the different stages of development to adapt a book on TV in an ever-changing literary and television market.
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PARTICIPANTS
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NICOLE COLLET,
Director and producer, Image & Compagnie production (Mediawan)
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GABRIELA KAUFMAN,
Book scout, STORY WATCH Scouting
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LAURENCE LECLERCQ,
Rights & Licensing Director, Groupe Delcourt

THE LITERARY ADAPTATION: A “BRAND” FOR BROADCASTERS?
Professional meeting 17H00
VenueCinéma Pathé La Joliette

THE LITERARY ADAPTATION: A “BRAND” FOR BROADCASTERS?
Professional meeting 17H00
THE LITERARY ADAPTATION: A “BRAND” FOR BROADCASTERS?
Round table moderated by Xavier Leherpeur
In a few words
What is a good adaptation?
Does a book need to be read for its adaptation to be seen?
While the literary adaptation is taking a prominent place in the audiovisual market, overview with the major audiovisual actors.
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Participants
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PAULINE DAUVIN,
Original Programming Vice-President – The Walt Disney Company France
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KEVIN DEYSSON,
Original Programming Director – The Walt Disney Company France
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VERA PELTEKIAN,
Original Programming Director – HBO Max
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ALEXANDRE PIEL,
Deputy Director of Fiction Unit – ARTE France.
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HÉLÈNE SAILLON,
International Coproduction Manager – France Télévisions

@ Showtime_Paramount+
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
Screening 19H30
Based on "The Man Who Fell to Earth" by Walter Tevis.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x55’)
USA / UNITED KINGDOM (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
Inspired by the Walter Tevis novel of the same name and the iconic David Bowie film, The Man Who Fell to Earth will follow a new alien character who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future. Harris plays Justin Falls, a brilliant scientist and engineer who must conquer her own demons in the race to save two worlds.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
@ Showtime_Paramount+
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CREATION
Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet
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SCRIPT
Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, John Hlavin
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DIRECTING
Alex Kurtzman
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CAST
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Naomie Harris, Jimmi Simpson, Rob Delaney, Sonya Cassidy, Joana Ribeiro, Annelle Olaleye, Kate Mulgrew, Clarke Peters, Bill Nighy
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FRENCH BROADCAST
On Paramount+ the 1st of December.
Friday 18 November

© Keyart : Photographer: Joe Alblas / Design by TEA Entertain | © Slim 80 Days / Federation Entertainment / Peu Communications / ZDF / Be-FILMS / RTBF (Télévision belge) – 2021
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Masterclasses for the public
Masterclass by Joris Charpentier, festival programmer
Two sessions: 09h30-11h30 and 14h15-16h15
In a few words
The masterclass will be on the TV series literary adaptation of the novel Around the World in Eighty Days jours by Jules Verne. It will rely on the serie Around the World in 80 Days, by Ashley Pharoah and Caleb Ranson, broadcasted on France 2.
- Presentation of the novel and the serie
- Screening of the first episode
- Participatory debate with students
© Keyart : Photographer: Joe Alblas / Design by TEA Entertain | © Slim 80 Days / Federation Entertainment / Peu Communications / ZDF / Be-FILMS / RTBF (Télévision belge) – 2021

SCREENWRITERS’ STORIES
Professional meeting 09H30
SCREENWRITERS’ STORIES
Roundtable moderated by Ariane Allard, journalist and films/series critic.
In a few words
How to make a literary adaptation an original creation? How to find its own place after a first author? The screenwriters reveal their secret of making.
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Participants
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THOMAS MANSUY,
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FLORENT MEYER,
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MATHIEU MISSOFFE,
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ELIANE MONTANE,
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CHARLOTTE SANSON,

PUBLISHERS MARKET
Professional meeting 09H30 - 17H00
PUBLISHERS MARKET
In partnership with the SCELF, Société Civile des Éditeurs de Langue Française.
In a few words
Novels, comics, manga, children’s books… More than 50 publishing companies will present, during individual meetings, works available for adaptation into TV series.
This year, publishers from the South Region will also be represented through the support of ArL PACA (Agence régionale du livre).
A directory listing synopses of the works selected by the publishers will be sent in advance to all accredited professionals. Appointments can be made in advance through a dedicated interface that will open soon.
The publishing houses participating are :
ACTES SUD, ACTES SUD JEUNESSE, ALBIN MICHEL, ANNE CARRIÈRE, AU DIABLE VAUVERT, AUX FORGES DE VULCAIN, AUZOU ÉDITIONS, LE BRUIT DU MONDE, CASTERMAN, DARGAUD, DUPUIS, ÉDITIONS DE L’AUBE, ÉDITIONS DENOËL, LES ÉDITIONS DU RICOCHET, LES ÉDITIONS DU TYPHON, ÉDITIONS FAYARD, ÉDITIONS GALLIMARD, ÉDITIONS GALLIMARD JEUNESSE, ÉDITIONS GILLETTA, ÉDITIONS L’ART-DIT, ÉDITIONS LES NOUVEAUX AUTEURS, ÉDITIONS SARBACANE, ÉDITIONS THIERRY MAGNIER, ÉLAN SUD, LES ESCALES, FLAMMARION, FUTUROPOLIS, GLÉNAT ÉDITIONS, LA GOUTTIÈRE, GROUPE DELCOURT, HORS D’ATTEINTE, IMAGO, L’INITIALE, JC LATTÈS, JULLIARD, LE LOMBARD, LA MARTINIÈRE, LA MARTINIÈRE JEUNESSE / LE SEUIL, MIALET-BARRAULT ÉDITEURS, NOURITURFU, L’OLIVIER, PLON, POINTS, PRESSES DE LA CITÉ, ROBERT LAFFONT, LE ROUERGUE, ROUERGUE JEUNESSE, LA RUMEUR LIBRE ÉDITIONS, SEUIL, STEINKIS GROUPE, SYROS, UNIVERS POCHE, WEBTOON FACTORY

Magpie Murders
Screening 14H30
Based on Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x45’)
UNITED-KINGDOM (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel by Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders is about Alan Conway, the famous writer behind the hit “golden age” mysteries: the Atticus Pünd adventures. Much to everyone’s horror, Alan mysteriously dies before delivering the final chapter of his latest book.
His tough and tenacious editor, Susan Ryeland, unwittingly finds herself cast in the role of an “investigator” as she tries to track down the last chapter of Magpie Murders while trying to work out who killed her most successful author. The answer, she soon discovers, is buried somewhere in the novel he has written.
Fiction and reality collide in this sophisticated television series which covers what may seem like familiar territory in a completely new way, quite unlike anything that has been seen before.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
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CREATION AND SCRIPT
Anthony Horowitz
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DIRECTING
Peter Cattaneo
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CAST
Tim McMullan, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Conleth Hill, Michael Maloney, Alexandros Logothetis, Claire Rushbrook, Daniel Mays, Matthew Beard
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FRENCH BROADCAST
In 2023 on France 3 and in December 2022 on Paris Première.

© Javier de Agustin
THE GYPSY BRIDE
Screening 17H00
Based on "La novia gitana" by Carmen Mola.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x50’)
SPAIN (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
The Gypsy Bride tells of the investigation into a gruesome murder. Elena Blanco, an experienced detective with the Case Analysis Squad, is an intelligent woman, obsessed with resolving her own personal horror and who sees herself sadly reflected in the pain of the Macayas, the parents of two young girls murdered six years apart. She and her team are in charge of finding the perpetrator of a cruel ritual.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
© Javier de Agustin
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CREATION
José Rodríguez, Antonio Mercero
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SCRIPT
José Rodríguez, Antonio Mercero, Jorge Díaz, Susana Martín Gijón
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DIRECTING
Paco Cabezas
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CAST
Nerea Barros, Darío Grandinetti, Ignacio Montes, Mona Martínez

THE FANTASY: THE GENRE OF ALL RECORDS
Masterclasses for the public 18H00 - 19H00
VenueCinéma Pathé La Joliette

THE FANTASY: THE GENRE OF ALL RECORDS
Masterclasses for the public 18H00 - 19H00
Conversation with Lloyd Chéry and Justine Breton, moderated by Xavier Leherpeur.
In a few words
House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Witcher… The most anticipated series of the year are all in the fantasy genre.
Infinite universes, a global cultural impact, records in audiences and budgets: a journey to the land of excess.
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GUESTS:
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LLOYD CHÉRY
Le Point journalist and podcasts creator: C’est Plus que de la SF and C’est Plus que de la Fantasy.
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JUSTINE BRETON
Author of the Une histoire de feu et de sang : le Moyen Âge de Game of Thrones, co-author of Dictionnaire de la fantasy.
Senior Lecturer in French Literature – University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.

© 2022 Story Film, ITV, All3media International
THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND THE CANOE
Screening 19H30
Based on "The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: The True Story of Anne Darwin and 'Canoe Man' John"
by David Leigh and Tony Hutchinson.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x50’)
UNITED-KINGDOM (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
Mired in debt, prison warden John Darwin fakes his disappearance during a canoe trip so that his wife and accomplice Anne can collect the insurance. After hiding for some time in a flat next to the family home, John Darwin decides to leave the country under a false identity and try his luck elsewhere…
Inspired by a true story, this series is told from the point of view of Anne, who represented herself at the trial as a woman under the influence of her husband.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
© 2022 Story Film, ITV, All3media International
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DIRECTING
Richard Laxton
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CAST
Eddie Marsan, Monica Dolan
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FRENCH BROADCAST
POLAR+, 2023
Saturday 19 November

LOUP – P’TIT LOUP: SIGNING SESSION WITH ÉLÉONORE THUILLIER
Signing sessions 10H30
VenueBOOKSHOP AREA – passage Henri Verneuil

LOUP – P’TIT LOUP: SIGNING SESSION WITH ÉLÉONORE THUILLIER
Signing sessions 10H30
LOUP – P’TIT LOUP: SIGNING SESSION WITH ÉLÉONORE THUILLIER
Cocreator and illustrator
Free entry, without prior reservation.
Signing session with Éléonore Thuillier, cocreator and illustrator of Loup and P’tit Loup (Auzou Éditions) followed by distribution of gifts to children and a photocall with Loup!

50 SHADES OF GREEK, MEETING WITH JUL
Masterclasses for the public Screening 11H30 - 12H30
VenueCinéma Pathé La Joliette

50 SHADES OF GREEK, MEETING WITH JUL
Masterclasses for the public Screening 11H30 - 12H30
50 SHADES OF GREEK, MEETING WITH JUL
PREMIERE – season 3, unseen episodes (6x3’) – followed by a meeting with Jul, moderated by Ariane Allard.
FRANCE (VF)
In a few words
In this adaptation of the famous comic by Jul, the greatest myths of Greek antiquity are revisited in a modern setting.
After the screening, Jul will meet the audience for a masterclass on his adaptation.
A signing session with Jul will follow in the bookshop aera !
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CREATION AND SCRIPT
Jul
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DIRECTING
Mathieu Signolet
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CAST
Valérie Lemercier, Sophia Aram, Frédéric Pierrot, Lison Daniel, Audrey Azoulay, François Busnel, Laurent Delahousse, Augustin Trapenard, Anaïs Demoustier, Enrico Macias, Anna Mouglalis and Michael Gregorio
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FRENCH BROADCAST
In December on ARTE and arte.tv.

SIGNING SESSION WITH JUL
Signing sessions 13H00
SIGNING SESSION WITH JUL
Press cartoonist and comics author
Free entry, without prior reservation.
Signing session with Jul, creator of 50 Shades of Greek or Silex and the City, both adapted on TV !
Jul will be at Marseille Series Stories to introduce the premiere of the third season of 50 Shades of Greek, Saturday november 19th at 11.30 a.m. (booking on this website).

WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 9-11 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Workshop for children 14H00 - 16H00
VenueFESTIVAL TENT
Place Henri Verneuil

WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 9-11 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Workshop for children 14H00 - 16H00
WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 9-11 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Aged 9-11
A two-hour workshop introducing children to the creative process of adapting a story into pictures.
In small groups, the budding scriptwriters will be guided through the following process:
– Reading of a short text
– Determining the key elements of the adaptation (genre, period, place, characters, etc.)
– Discussion with the storyboarders who will be at the workshop and who will capture the children’s stories in the form of pictures!
Each child will leave with the storyboard for their adaptation.
From the text Des ailes de grenouille by Svetlana Kirilina, Short Edition.
Workshop held with the participation of animation students from the Marie Curie High School – Marseille.
Workshop for children aged 9-11.
Limited to 2 children per household per booking.
Children registering for the workshop must be able to read and write.
A snack will be provided during the workshop.

©Pantaya
PRAY FOR BLOOD
Screening 14H30
Based on Toda la sangre by Bernardo Esquinca.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1&2 (2x50’)
MEXICO (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
A red note reporter joins forces with a police lieutenant and an INAH anthropologist and travels through Mexico City in pursuit of a ritual murderer whose peculiarity is to recreate ancient Aztec sacrifices.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
©Pantaya
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CREATION
Zasha Robles
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SCRIPT
Bernardo Esquinca, Rodrigo Ordóñez, Santiago Rocagliolo, Natalia Mejia, Alejandro Gerber Bicecci
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DIRECTING
Luis Prieto, Hari Sama
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CAST
Ana Brenda Contreras, Aarón Díaz, Yoshira Escárrega

THE AGE OF ANGER
Screening 17H00
Based on "La edad de la ira" by Nando López.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x50’)
SPAIN (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
The Age of Anger begins with the brutal murder of a man, allegedly at the hands of his son Marcos, a teenager with no apparent problems. The incident falls like a bucket of cold water in the daily life of an institute where students and teachers wonder what went wrong for a popular boy, almost perfect, who ended up committing such a crime.
Throughout the episodes, we will learn more about this enigmatic young man and his environment, from his best friends, to his life in high school, going through the hard family events that he has had to face in the last months. Can all of this blow up Marcos and commit this horrible crime? And, most importantly… was it Marcos?
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
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CREATION
Juanma Ruiz de Córdoba
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SCRIPT
Juanma Ruiz de Córdoba, Lucía Carballal
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DIRECTING
Jesús Rodrigo
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CAST
Manu Ríos, Amaia Aberasturi, Carlos Alcaide, Daniel Ibanez

ROGUE HEROES
Screening 19H30
Based on "SAS: Rogue Heroes" by Ben Macintyre.
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x58’)
UNITED-KINGDOM / MOROCCO (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
Based on Ben Macintyre’s best-selling book of the same name, Rogue Heroes is a dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed under extraordinary circumstances in the darkest days of World War Two.
Cairo, 1941. David Stirling – an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong – is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines.
More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic.
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
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CREATION AND SCRIPT
Steven Knight
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DIRECTING
Tom Shankland
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CAST
Connor Swindells, Jack O’Connell, Alfie Allen, Sofia Boutella, Dominic West, Amir El-Masry, Dónal Finn, Jacob Ifan, Corin Silva
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FRENCH BROADCAST
Soon on CANAL+.
Sunday 20 November

© 2022 - Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel - Belvision - Ellipsanime Productions - RTBF
DAD
Screening 11H00 - 12H15
Based on the book by Nob – “Dad”
PREMIERE – season 1, new episodes (5x11’). With full of surprises !
FRANCE (VF)
Synopsis
Distribution of gifts to all children and contest.
Welcome to Dad’s house … or rather, to Dad’s daughters’ house. Panda, Ondine, Roxane and Bébérénice are four sisters aged 2, 8, 12 and 18, all as different as their respective mothers! What they do share is the same father, an actor who has landed the role of his life by caring for his four darling daughters.
© 2022 - Dupuis Edition & Audiovisuel - Belvision - Ellipsanime Productions - RTBF
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CREATION
Nob
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DIRECTING
Daniel Klein
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FRENCH BROADCAST
Every wednesday on M6 Kid.

WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 7-8 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Workshop for children 14H00 - 16H00
VenueFESTIVAL TENT
Place Henri Verneuil, 13002 Marseille

WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 7-8 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Workshop for children 14H00 - 16H00
WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
AGED 7-8 – IN THE SHOES OF A SERIES WRITER!
Aged 7-8
A two-hour workshop introducing children to the creative process of adapting a story into pictures.
In small groups, the budding scriptwriters will be guided through the following process:
– Reading of a short text
– Determining the key elements of the adaptation (genre, period, place, characters, etc.)
– Discussion with the storyboarders who will be at the workshop and who will capture the children’s stories in the form of pictures!
Each child will leave with the storyboard for their adaptation.
From the text Des ailes de grenouille by Svetlana Kirilina, Short Edition.
Workshop held with the participation of animation students from the Marie Curie High School – Marseille.
Workshop for children aged 7-8.
Limited to 2 children per household per booking.
Children registering for the workshop must be able to read and write.
A snack will be provided during the workshop.

THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON
Screening 14H30
Based on The Confessions of Frannie Langton : A Novel by Sara Collins
PREMIERE – season 1, episodes 1 & 2 (2x50’)
UNITED-KINGDOM (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
Set against the dazzling opulence of Georgian London, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, narrates Frannie’s journey from a Jamaican plantation to the grand Mayfair mansion of celebrated scientist George Benham and his exquisitely beautiful wife, Madame Marguerite Benham.
In a misguided and monstrous gesture Frannie is gifted to Benham by the man who owns her, John Langton, and she is employed as a maid in the household much to her chagrin.
As the plot twists and turns, events take a fateful turn as the Benhams are found murdered in their beds, with Frannie lying next to Marguerite. Frannie is accused of murder; a murder she has no recollection of, other than she couldn’t possibly have killed her mistress because she was devoted to her. Dragged away to prison, Frannie attempts to piece together the events of that night. She is deep into a laudanum addiction and unable to recall what happened.
Will Frannie recall the haunting events of that night? All she knows is she loved Marguerite passionately and cannot believe she would have hurt her. But if not Frannie, who did commit the double murder? Others have motive, but only Frannie is accused and she will hang if found guilty. What hope does she have of clearing her name?
Access restricted to people over 16 years old.
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CREATION AND SCRIPT
Written and adapted by Sara Collins
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DIRECTING
Andrea Harkin
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CAST
Karla-Simone Spence, Patrick Martins, Sophie Cookson

@ Netflix 2022
WEDNESDAY
Screening 19H00
Based on the characters by Charles Addams.
PREMIERE – season 1, episode 1 (57’)
USA (VOSTFR)
Synopsis
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
Closing Ceremony for people over 16 years old.
@ Netflix 2022
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CREATION
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
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SCRIPT
Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Kayla Alpert, April Blair, Matt Lambert
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DIRECTING
Tim Burton
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CAST
Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán
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FRENCH BROADCAST
On Netflix, November 23th.