DocsBarcelona, will pay tribute to French filmmaking couple Raymond Depardon and Claudine Nougaret during its 27th edition, running May 2 to 12. Depardon and Nougaret will receive the Honorary DocsBarcelona Award May 2 at the city’s Sala Phenomena.
“The award recognizes Depardon’s cinematographic and photographic career as well as the fruitful creative partnership with the producer, director and sound engineer Claudine Nougaret, which has created some of the most relevant documentary films in the history of European cinema,” the festival writes.
“Depardon and Nougaret’s extraordinary career will be acknowledged with an award that highlights their honest and authentic approach to people and landscapes from a seemingly shy and distant perspective that, at the same time, can turn into art the tension between photography and the temporal dimension of cinema.”
An associated retrospective of Depardon and Nougaret’s films that will include titles from their celebrated filmography, and will conclude with a talk session where both filmmakers will discuss their collaborative process, that has resulted in significant films such as 12 Jours (2017), Journal de France (2012) La Vie Moderne (2008), 10e Chambre, instants d’audience (2004), Paris (1998) and Délits Flagrants (1994), among others.
DOC AROUND EUROPE
The festival network DOC AROUND EUROPE is launching a new platform dedicated to up-and-coming European documentary film. The platform is initially offering a curated selection of 40 short and feature-length films priced at 5 euros for features and 2 euros for shorts. A further 40 titles will be added each year. For industry professionals, streaming the films is free of charge.
DOC AROUND EUROPE is a collaboration between DocsBarcelona, FIPADOC, Makedox, Verzio Film Festival and Dok.Fest.Munchen and aims to promote and support new European documentary film talent.
