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Bulletin Culturel October 2009 focus MARSEILLE-TORONTO MANDICO, CHAMBERT, AGNONE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS SAIED SHANBEHZADEH NUIT BLANCHE ON OCTOBER 3RD “The wind has risen and blew the sails. Shore out of sight. Left alone at dawn my mother plagued with pain poured her moans and groan for you to hear. You did not care. Using my ambition to turn me away and stop striving after it, you carried me off”. * By the Frédéric Boyer latest invigorated translation of his Confessions burning prose, the next-to-be sainthooded Augustin depicts with contemporary shameless all momentum, all of our momentum, those of a being facing itself, and those facing its god. Far from this acme or burning point, for your pleasure or meditation, “Nuit Blanche” offers a lot for wandering around : faster but with a shorter trip than Carthage to Rome 1700 years ago, you find artists from Marseille. you listen to writers from all over the World at the Harboufront Internation Festival of Authors. “Planet in Focus” film festival sounds the Earth convulsions. Joël Savary, Attaché Culturel *p 148 Contents PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE 3 - Festivals 7 - Exhibitions 9 - Music 11 - Cinema 12 - Television 13 - Talks 14 - Advertisement October 2009 Monday Tuesda y Wednes day Thursd ay News editor: Joël Savary Creative writer : Martin Colomer-Diez Audiovisual: Marie Herault-Delanoë Music: Simon Grignon Sub-editor: Virginie Angelliaume Graphist: Coralie Fondeville www.paro-creation.com/ 1 Frid ay 2 Saturd ay 3 S u nd a y 4 ANTHONY NUIT BLANCHE AGNONE GLINOER CHAMBERT MANDICO SAIED SHANBEHZADEH 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 25 MIKA 19 JACQUES ISRAELIEVITCH 20 21 IFOA PLANET IN FOCUS 22 23 IFOA IFOA IFOA TORONTO TORONTO TORONTO ART FAIR ART FAIR ART FAIR PLANET PLANET . PLANET IN FOCUS IN FOCUS IN FOCUS “AUTOMATISME” IFOA TORONTO ART FAIR PLANET IN FOCUS UNTIL FEBRUARY 2010 26 27 28 IFOA TORONTO ART FAIR IFOA IFOA 29 30 IFOA IFOA JACQUES FRANCK ISRAELIEVITCH SYLVESTRE SILVIA MARZAGALLI 31 IFOA 2 fe st i v al s INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS SCHMITT, LAURRENT, SANSAL The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) was inaugurated in 1980 with a mandate to bring together the best writers of contemporary world literature. Gathering more than 80 authors from around 15 countries, the IFOA includes readings, interviews, lectures and round table discussions as well as public book signings and a festival bookstore. This year, the festival has invited three French authors : Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Eric Laurrent and Boualem Sansal. ERIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, playwright, novelist, and author of short stories, was awarded the French Academy’s Grand Prix du Théâtre in 2001. He is one of Europe’s most popular and best-selling authors. His books include Oscar and the Lady in Pink (1999), The Gospel According to Pi- OCTOBER 21ST - OCTOBER 31ST late (2000), and My Life with Mozart (2005). The film Odette Toulemonde, Schmitt’s debut as screenwriter and director, was released in 2007. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt captivates the reader with his spirited, buoyant style and enchanting stories that move effortlessly from the everyday to the fantastical. The eight stories in this collection, his first to be published in English, represent some of his best writing and most imaginative storylines: from the love story between Balthazar, wealthy and successful author, and Odette, cashier at a supermarket, to the tale of a barefooted princess; from the moving story of a group of female prisoners in a Soviet gulag to the entertaining portrait of a perennially disgruntled perfectionist. Here are eight contemporary fables, populated by a cast of extravagant and affecting characters, about people in search of happiness. Behind each story lies a simple, if elusive, truth: happiness is often right in front of our eyes, though we may frequently be blind to it. Barland, Lire Magazine (France) Lecture Sunday, October 25th 2pm Lakeside Terrace 235 Queens Quay West Round table Topic: Happy Sad: Writing Through the Good and the Ugly Saturday, October 24th 4pm Lakeside Terrace 235 Queens Quay West “The Most Beautiful Book in the World is as affecting as it is intelligent. […] Eight stories, parables on the idea of a future, filled with redeeming optimism. Truth and beauty are here brought together. The Most Beautiful Book in the World […] has all the visual beauty and power of a major literary work.”—Jean-Rémi 3 ÉRIC LAURRENT Eric Laurrent was born in 1966 in Clermont-Ferrand, where he lived while finishing his literature studies before moving to Paris. So far Laurrent has published nine novels such as Clara Stern, it is the novel that in 2005 Lire called “the most seducing of the year.” Rennaissance Italienne released in 2008 is his latest book. cides to settle down and get out of the business. Fulfilling his role as second-hand man, Clovis is entrusted with the job of guarding Oscar’s new bride when Oscar is taken into police custody for embezzlement and racketeering on the day after his wedding. Alone on his boss’s honeymoon in Los Angeles with Oscar’s incredibly attractive new wife, Clovis tries his hardest to adhere to the one rule he has given himself, the rule which gets harder to heed as each moment passes: do not touch. Thursday, October 29th 8pm Studio Theatre 235 Queens Quay West with his wife and two daughters in Algeria. Based on a true story and inspired by the work of Primo Levi, The German Mujahid is a heartfelt reflection on guilt and the harsh imperatives of history. Banned in the author’s native Algeria for the frankness with which it confronts several explosive themes, The German Mujahid is a truly groundbreaking novel. For the first time, an Arab author directly addresses the moral implications of the Holocaust. But this richly plotted novel also leaves its author room enough to address other equally controversial issues ; Islamic fundamentalism and A geria’s “dirty war” of the BOUALEM SANSAL early 1990s, or the emergence of grim Muslim ghettos in France’s low-income housing projects, for example. When French mafioso Oscar Lux saved Clovis Baccara from killing himself, he became the boss and something of a mentor to Clovis. Twenty years later, it is no surprise that Clovis is named best man when Oscar de- Boualem Sansal was born in 1949 in Algeria. Since his debut novel, Le serment des barbares, winner of the Best First Novel Prize in France in 1999, he has been widely considered one of his country’s most important contemporary authors. Sansal lives Lecture Friday, October 23rd, 8pm Lakeside Terrace 235 Queens Quay West 4 PLANET IN FOCUS - INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL FROM OCTOBER 21ST UNTIL OCTOBER 25TH Planet in Focus promotes the use of film and video to frame and explore social and ecological focal points, and as a catalyst for awareness, discussion and action. The festival has the mission to promote the use of film and video as a catalysts for public awareness, discussion, and appropriate action on the ecological and social health of the planet. And it includes diverse perspectives (e.g., multi-cultural, international, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, racial, spiritual, and economic status). This year, the festival presents several french movies. THE BAGYELI PYGMIES AT THE FRINGES OF THE WORLD BY FRANÇOISPHILIPPE GALLOIS Modernization has reached the tropical forests of South Cameroon, where the Bagyeli pygmies struggle to maintain their traditions while adapting to new ways of life. With remarkable access, the filmmakers watch the Bagyeli people as they hunt, learn, sing, start businesses, manage conflicts with neighbouring tribes, and deal with the changes in their environment. This is an urgent and compelling documentary on a unique culture in crisis. France. 2009. 85 mins. French with english subtitles. Friday, October 23rd 9pm Innis Town Hall With the director attending SCHOOL ON THE MOVE BY MICHEL DEBATS The Evenk are the nomadic aboriginal guardians of the Taiga, located in eastern Siberia. School on the Move documents the attempt of this unique people to preserve their cultural traditions with the support of anthropologist Alexandra Lavriller. Shot on the move, the film wistfully portrays the Evenk as they retain their language and age old habits amidst encroaching contemporary demands. France-Russia. 2008. 50 mins. Evenk and russian, with english subtitles Saturday, October 24th, 5pm Innis Town Hall 5 AIGOUAL, REBIRTH OF A FOREST BY MARC KHANNE France. 2008. 52 mins. French, with english subtitles. Saturday, October 24th, 3pm Innis 222 In the mid-19th century, Mount Aiguoal in southern France was bare rock. This is the story of two men who made it green again – George Fabre, a Guard with the French military, and Charles Flahault, a botanist. The pair worked for 30 years, testing new species, lobbying local farmers, and battling war, harsh weather and resistance from superiors to achieve their dream of reforestation. Their story is a reminder that the modern environmental movement’s dreams are not exclusive to today, but rather part of a long and wideranging history of conscious stewardship on behalf of nature. R A D I O A C T I V E WA R E : THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE BY ERIC GUERET Éric Guéret is recognized in France for his investigative television documentaries As even ecologists reconsider nu- clear as an alternative to burning carbon, Radioactive ware : The Nuclear nightmare examines the impact of nuclear waste for the near future and next hundreds of thousands of years. The “energy of the future” is astutely dissected– clearly outlining how nuclear power is generated, how waste is created and systematically uncovering what happens to waste produced in nuclear plants in France. This movie is allowed incredible access to French nuclear plants, recycling facilities, and the archives of Greenpeace Europe and testing facilities of CRIIRAD. And while some hope is presented for the future, you’ll want answers from our own government about what is happening to nuclear waste in Canada. France/Germany. 2009. 98 mins. French with english subtitles. Saturday, October 24th, 7pm Innis 222 6 Ex hi bi ti o n s “MARSEILLE-TORONTO” BRINGS ARTISTS IN TORONTO FOR THE NUIT BLANCHE « Marseille –Toronto Mix » will bring artists, directors, as well as authors in Canada, all over the year 2009. Toronto and Marseille are among those cities clearly open to the world. Toronto was the « Cultural Capital of Canada » in 2005, and had lead to the organization of an extraordinary annual cultural program. Marseille has just been nominated as the “2013 European Capital for Culture”: wel- coming international culture can’t be more obvious for now on. Those two cities share this unique ambiance of ports: a mix between traditions and melting-pot. Artists, Art dealers, Museums, Film Festivals bring to the city the diversity of events all year long. Those developments build on their economic growth. art installations curated by VideoSPread and Fotokino with many atists including Bertand Mandico at Ryerson University. The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto shows artist Thierry Agnone’s tiny and shining fairy artefacts, on a suggestion by Thierry Ollat, director of the Marseille Museum of Contemporary Arts. “Marseille –Toronto Mix” joins « Nuit Blanche », and offers video- BERTRAND MANDICO PRESENTS PHOTOGRAPHIES AND SHORT FILMS Since the early 1990’s, filmmaker Bertrand Mandico has made n u m e r o u s f iction and animated films, working with shorter and longer forms. His prolific writing has produced a broad variety of fascinating and original works in the world of moving images: experimental essays, highly personal commissioned films, oddball fictions, pilots for fantasy television programs, for which Mandico received numerous awards at European festivals. documenting his shoots and film locations. Over time, these have become a significant body of poetic images and “frozen films”, as he is fond of calling them. Alliance Française 24 Spadina Road Toronto From october 3rd until october 31st Mondy to Thursday: 8am - 9:30pm Friday and Saturday : 8am - 3:30pm At present, Bertrand Mandico is working on two feature films. As an extension of his various projects related to moving pictures, he works as an illustrator, a photographer and a critic. He is often invited to take part in exhibits and conferences in France and abroad. In addition, he has produced several series of polaroids 7 MUSICAL AND VISUAL PERFORMANCES BY LAURENT CHAMBERT Conceived and produced in 1999, T256 is originally a visual labyrinth composed of animated sequences connected to each other by hypertext links. The first digital version was released in June 2000 and presented at the Contemporary Art Centre in Castres, France. The concept of this new version is based on the creation of dedicated electronic music partitions for every sequence of the original visual project (12 sequences in total). The installation will present a screening of T256 - a virtual visit and a performed musical combina- tion/arrangement, following the course of the visual elements pro- jected. The installation/performance is designed as a game, made up of 5 different moments during which the audience will be able to view/listen to the artist’s live performance. During the artist’s time off (not performing), T256 continues to show different sequences of its labyrinth. The audience is invited to choose the access to the different visual sequences. SAVE THE DATE ! THIERRY AGNONE EXHIBITS UNTIL DECEMBER 23RD AT THE BATA SHOE MUSEUM Saturday, October 3rd 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 1am Gallery 345 345 Sorauren Avenue Toronto www.gallery345.com BUY-SELLF AT THE TORONTO CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR Buy-Sellf collective from Marseille takes over AGYU's booth at Art Toronto. Known for the Buy-Sellf mail order catalogues of contemporary art, the collective is taking a sampling of artists represented in their catalogues and constructing their work on site in Toronto. With no customs brokers and no international shipping the collective assumes the role of manufacturer, creating a series of sculptures to the specifications of the artists. From october 22nd until october 26th Art Gallery of York University, AGYU Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Ontario 8 THE AUTOMATISTE REVOLUTION: MONTREAL 1941-1960 This is one of the most extensive exhibitions of the Automatiste group of artists which included Jean-Paul Riopelle and Paul-Émile Borduas. The exhibition will present 60 works of art, as well as photographs, books, and other documentation, borrowed from across Canada. The Automatiste artists gathered under the leadership of Canadian painter Paul-Émile Borduas in the early 1940s. Borduas was an artist and an activist for the separation of church and state in Quebec. The artists who gathered together were inspired by the stream of consciousness writings of the time and ap- proached their paintings through an exploration of the subconscious – avoiding representation at all costs. Automatism is recognized today as the most interdisciplinary and possibly the most important modernist movement in Canada. In 1948, a group of 16 artists signed a manifesto called the Refus global (Total Refusal) which became one of the pillars of the Quiet Revolution, a period of intense change in Quebec. The Refus global was an anti-religious and anti-establishment manifesto that would become one of the most controversial artistic and social documents in modern Quebec. The Automatistes were not solely painters but also included dancers, playwrights, poets, critics and choreographers. After 20 years of challenging the politically and religiously repressive Quebec society, the Automatistes as a group disbanded in 1960 with the death of Borduas. The Automatiste artists exhibited in New York and Paris during the 1940s and 1950s. October 23, 2009 - February 28, 2010 Varley Gallery 216 Main Street Unionv ille Mus i c MIKA IN CONCERT AT THE SOUND ACADEMY Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the third of five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was one year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. His first single was a limited 7"/download release called Relax, Take It Easy (2006). It was play listed by BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom, and was also made Record of the Week by DJ Scott Mills. Mika's début album Life in Cartoon Motion was released on February 5th 2007, and has brought comparison with artists such as Freddie Mercury, Scissor Sisters, Elton John, Prince, Robbie Williams and David Bowie. He was the musical act for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 26th 2007 and February 14th 2008 and for Jimmy Kimmel Live on March 27th 2007. He also performed live on So You Think You Can Dance on July 26th 2007. On February 20th 2008, Mika opened the 2008 BRIT Awards with a live performance of Love Today, Grace Kelly, and a duet, Standing in the Way of Control, with Beth Ditto. He was later awarded the BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Artist. In 2007’s World Music Awards, he was nominated and awarded for : Best-Selling New Artist ; Best-Selling Male Pop/Rock Artist ; Best-Selling British Artist. Mika's second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, was released on September 21st 2009. Sound Academy October 12th, 7pm 11 Polson St (416) 649-PIER (7437) http://www.soundacademy.com/events/show/361 9 SAIED SHANBEHZADEH AT THE SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL Paris-based, internationally acclaimed Iranian musician and dancer, Saied Shanbehzadeh returns to Toronto after his resounding success at the 2008 Tirgan Festival. Crossing both international and cultural borders, Saeid has shared Iran’s dance artistry with the world. Presenting the rarely seen music and dance of the province of Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf, the group perform an intensely physical and spiritual tradition. RICHMOND HILL PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE 10268 YONGE STREET Saturday, October 3rd, 8pm Tickets : 905-787-8811 More information at: smallworldmusic.com JACQUES ISRAELIEVITCH Internationally renowned violinist Jacques Israelievitch is one of the most distinguished performing artists in North America and abroad, giving concerts, teaching, and conducting regularly throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. In 1995, Jacques Israelievitch received a knighthood by the French government into the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2004, he was promoted to the honorable status of Officer, one of France’s highest cultural honors. Mr. Is- Orchestre du Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris, and other ensembles. Thursday, October 29th 7:30pm Glick Memorial Concert Miles Nadal JCC, Toronto, ON raelievitch has led the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony O r c h e s t r a , Friday, October 16th (with Erica Goodman) AFT Spadina 24 Spadina Rd. Toronto ON M5R 2S7 7:30pm 10 Cine m a CINEMATHEQUE'S SPECIAL EVENT ON NUIT BLANCHE Join the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche on a “trip to the moon,” TIFF Cinematheque’s all-night programme celebrating the origins of cinema, with films by les frères Lumière (Louis & Auguste) and Georges Méliès. Since its birth in 1895 (the date on which an audience first assembled and paid to watch a screening – a very short one! – in the Salon Indien at the Grand Café in Paris), the cinema has split into two principal strands: the documentary mode commonly associated with the Lumière brothers, and fiction, which evolved from the fantastical storytelling and wildly creative set design of Georges Méliès, a magician who was among the paying spectators in that historic first screening. As the never-ending saga of “Louis vs. Georges” resurfaces throughout the evolution of cinema , with works in both camps routinely defying their own categories, this programme, while providing endless enjoyment and awe, also demonstrates how, right from the start, cinema was born of a desire to marry art and life in ways both ecstatic and eloquent. Among the films included here are such famous works as the Lumière’s Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory in Lyon (1895) and The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895), which, according to legend, caused a mass exodus when first screened, so convincingly real did that locomotive seem, and Méliès’ beloved and oftquoted A Trip to the Moon (1902). The films will be projected repeatedly throughout the course of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche and will feature live, improvised scores by pianists William O’Meara, Andrei Stre- liaev, and Robert Hall. Andrea Picard Saturday, October 3rd 7pm. until sunrise Jackman Hall Art Gallery of Ontario 317 Dundas Street West 11 Telev isio n RESSOURCES HUMAINES BY LAURENT CANTET The 35-hour work week has all of France in its thrall. This film turns it into a feature about economic and familial politics. Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his provincial hometown to take a management position in the factory where his father has been working for 30 years. First Frank HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT Henri-Georges Clouzot is a famous french director, screenwriter and producer. TFO presents to of his its: Le Corbeau et Quai des Orfèvres. LE CORBEAU BY HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT makes the mistake of actually asking the workers on the assembly line for their opinions. Then upper management manipulates his findings to lay off employees. This creates a huge rift, not only between labor and management, but between father and son. A human morality tale that evokes paternal and filial love, and illustrates the personal risk behind political ideas. France. 1999. 100 mins. Avec Jalil Lespert, Chantal Barre et Jean-Claude Vallod. den secrets are unveiled - but the one secret that no-one can uncover is the identity of the letters' author... October, Friday 9th, 12:30pm October, Tuesday 6th, 9pm October, Wednesday 7th 12:30pm October, Monday 12th 12:30pm France. 1942. 93 mins. With Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey and Micheline Francey. October, Thursday 1st, 9pm October, Friday 2nd, 1pm October, Friday 2nd, 12:30pm QUAI DES ORFÈVRES BY HENRIGEORGES CLOUZOT Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. When he realizes Jenny is making eyes at Brignon, an old businessman, in order to get some engagements, he looses his temper and threatens Brignon with death. But Jenny goes anyway to a rendez-vous with the old man, who is murdered the same evening. The criminal investigations are lead by Inspector Antoine... A vicious series of poison-pen letters spreads rumours, suspicion and fear among the inhabitants of a small French town, and one after another, they turn on each other as their hid- Cultural office of the French Consulate in Toronto is proud to present a selection of TFO french cinema program This Henri-Georges Clouzot retrospective is the occasion to remind the film by Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medra recently presented in the TIFF: L’Enfer de Henri-Georges Clouzot. France. 1947. 107 mins. With Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair and Simone Renant. October, Thursday 8th, 9pm October, Friday 9th, 1pm 12 Ta l k s TWO TALKS ABOUT FRENCH HISTORY The history departments of Toronto’s universities are pleased to invite you to a seminar on French history dedicated to: October, Friday 2nd 3:30pm-5:30pm Free In french October, Friday 30th 3:30pm-5:30pm Free In french Togetherness among writers. The social nature of 19th century men of letters. Bordeaux and the black slave trade: its place in the city’s economy in the 18th century and implications for today’s society Both talks takes place in : By Anthony Glinoer, University of Tor AFT Spadina Galerie Pierre-Léon 24 Spadina Road By Silvia Marzagalli, Université de Nice CREOLE TALES WITH FRANCK SYLVESTRE In celebration of Creole Month, the Alliance Française, in co-operation with The International Organisation of Creole People, gets in tune with the beat of the West Indies withevening of creole tales by Franck Sylvestre. He was born in France to Martinique parents. After beginning his artistic career as a drummer, he then went on to study drama at the Aizimioara School, an experience that would lead to his joining the Guillaume Cale theatre. While with this troupe, he embarked on a number of tours in rapid succession, including the Festival d’Avignon, as well as tours in Ukraine and Romania. In 1989 he created Théâtre Bla Bla Bla with six shows for young audiences. Since 1994 he has been living in Montreal and performs in such venues as the Sergent Recruteur, the Pierre Angulaire, and the Théâtre de l’Esquisse. He has been giving performances in schools for a number of years, where he organizes story-telling workshops focusing on the Creole identity. In 2004 he created Les Productions Soucougnan. Since 2007, Franck Sylvestre has been working as an actor in La Croisée des mots, the most recent production of the Les Deux Mondes theatre. Friday, October 30th AFT Spadina Galerie Pierre-Léon 24 Spadina Road 6:30pm free, in french 13 STUDY IN FRANCE STARTING OCTOBER 5TH SAVE THE DATES EH U! FESTIVAL FROM NOVEMBER 19TH UNTIL DECEMBER 3RD FRENCH BAND PHOENIX PLAYS DECEMBER 5TH 14