MCM’S FAVORITES
The MCM's favorites highlight films selected for their artistic quality and their particular resonance with the themes of the Festival. These sessions give the audience the opportunity to discover remarkable cinematic works, often accompanied by meetings with the directors and composers.
This documentary retraces the flamboyant and committed life of Claude McKay, a Jamaican poet of the Harlem Renaissance and a precursor of Negritude, who traveled the world between the two world wars as a visionary vagabond. His work, long overlooked, now appears as an essential key to understanding the history and struggles of Black modernity.
After the accidental death of his best friend, actor Jérémie Renier begins a journey of contemplation thanks to the encounter with a French explorer, Loury Lag, who travels through uninhabited territories in extreme conditions.
Nothing goes well in Élise’s life. tuck in a toxic relationship, she finds herself promoted to stage director following the sudden death of the famous Groutchov, of which she was the assistant. A strange symptom overwhelms her. Jeanne tries to put on a brave face, but her relationship with the world is completely changed. Wouldn’t this be an opportunity for her to look at life differently?
At a sports boarding school, Camille, a young virtuoso boxer, is saved at the last minute from a fatal accident by his best friend Matteo. While the doctors believe him to be cured, an unexplained pain gradually overwhelms him, until he begins to question his dreams of greatness.
In the hope of reuniting with their scattered family, four-year-old Shafi and his nine-year-old sister Somira leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh on a perilous journey to reach Malaysia.
Love Me Tender
At the end of the summer, Clémence, a married lawyer, decides to leave everything behind to write and embrace her lesbian identity freely. Her life is turned upside down when her ex-husband takes custody of their son. Clémence must fight to remain a mother, a woman, and a free individual.
Music, five countries, half of humanity. But where are the female composers? Nathalie Negro, concert performer and artistic director of a company, has been fighting for a long time for them to be recognized. Following in her footsteps, for two years—the duration of a European project in Armenia, Cyprus, Greece, Portugal, and France—students are researching, discovering, and performing their works. They also worked on “We,” a piece written for them by composer Eve Risser. Because awareness alone is not enough, they also developed educational tools to ensure that female composers are no longer the exception in the world of music.
Aged between 14 and 19, five teenagers crossed deserts and seas on their own. Arriving in Marseille, these girls and boys carry within them the burning hope of a new life. They learn a trade, a country, new habits—and for some, a new language. “All Good” they insistently repeat to their families. But the real journey is only just beginning…