OFF Encounters

David Snug – real name Guillaume Cardin – chose this pseudonym to sound American. With a baccalaureate in Applied Arts, but not wanting to spend the rest of his life designing toasters for minimalist interiors, he took a DEUG in Fine Arts, before branching off into a degree in cinema. Unconvinced, he interrupted his studies to enter the world of work, armed with his academic credentials, a temporary career opening up for him as a production line worker. In his spare time, he devoted himself to music and comic strips. Some time later, now employed at a small theater in the Paris suburbs, he took advantage of his RER commute to draw for an hour a day, and began to produce a whole range of comic strips. Now that he no longer works on the assembly line or in a theatre, he spends his time drawing comics and making music with his band Trotski Nautique.

The signing will take place from 3pm to 4:30pm at Librairie l’Usage du papier – rue des bains.

An exhibition of Snug’s creations will be on view in the Village Off all week long.

To honor the directors in our selection, Florence Hugonnet will be conducting short interviews with them over the first weekend of the festival. Filmed live from the Village OFF, this will be a great opportunity to find out more about our guests and their films! Watch for the schedule in the program grid.

To honor the directors in our selection, Florence Hugonnet will be conducting short interviews with them over the first weekend of the festival. Filmed live from the Village OFF, this will be a great opportunity to find out more about our guests and their films! Watch for the schedule in the program grid.

The directors in the selection invite you to the Cocktail des réals! As well as making great films, they’ll also be bartending a cocktail, because yes, they’ll be behind the bar to offer you a little glass of friendship and chat with the audience! A date not to be missed!

Because conviviality is part of Off-Courts’ DNA, and because we know that this shared moment is appreciated by many, we’re putting on a unifying BBQ at the end of the morning session, Anguille sous roche, on Sunday September 3.

The meal will be offered to all ticket-holders for the Anguille sous roche screening. Right after the screening at the Ciné-mobile at 10:30 am.

We look forward to sharing this delicious and convivial moment with you!

*The BBQ will be cancelled in case of rain.
*Information and tickets to be picked up at the festival reception desk – on the day of the screening.

To honor the directors in our selection, Florence Hugonnet will be conducting short interviews with them over the first weekend of the festival. Filmed live from the Village OFF, this will be a great opportunity to find out more about our guests and their films! Guest list to come.

To honor the directors in our selection, Florence Hugonnet will be conducting short interviews with them over the first weekend of the festival. Filmed live from the Village OFF, this will be a great opportunity to find out more about our guests and their films! Guest list to come.

Get to know each other – that’s what we’re proposing with our film lesson with Jean-Baptiste Durand. Initially organized for performing arts/cinema students at the Caen faculty, the meeting is nonetheless of interest to all. Understanding how a filmmaker has constructed his or her film is always enlightening.

A new meeting format for this morning! Creative youth come and talk to us about their experiences. Join us at the Cinémobile to discover several of director Jonathan Steuer’s projects, followed by a question-and-answer session!

A not-to-be-missed event this year, the encounter and lesson on cinema on Steve Carter’s career.

Brought up on the small island of Jersey, Steve had no idea that it might be possible to have a career in the Film Industry. Steve studied at art college before finding work in the Film industry by chance. After starting on the music video for “Take on me” by Ah Ha in the mid eighties, the first feature film he worked on was Julien Temple’s “Absolute Beginners” in 1985. Over 35 years later, Steve has worked in the Art Department on a wide range of films from student films to music videos, commercials, TV shows, and low budget British movies like Layer Cake (with Daniel Craig), to big budget Hollywood movies like
Wonder Woman, Mission Impossible, and Mary Poppins Returns.

In conjunction with the workshop on artificial intelligence that Thomas will be running all week at the festival. We’ll be taking advantage of the Normandy cocktail to offer a book-signing session for Créatures oubliées du Pays d’Auge, a documentary book illustrated with images created by AI, offering an insight into the fairytale folklore of Normandy.
In partnership with Editions Passeurs d’Arcs en Ciel.

Official cocktail party in the heart of the festival village! Spend some quality time with festival participants: kinoïtes, directors, producers, distributors… All gathered around a drink to celebrate Normandy Day. A last evening before the festival closes.

For locals and international guests alike, we’ll be welcoming Calvados Drouin, Calvados Expérience, fromagerie Graindorge and Fournée des délices to the cocktail party.

It was also an opportunity to attend a book signing for Thomas Lesourd’s Créatures oubliées du Pays d’Auge, just published by Passeurs d’Arcs en Ciels.

The official final evening kicks off with the Critics’ Prize debate, live at the Salon des Gouverneurs. Hosted by Claude Duty, this discussion between Catherine Habib, Florent Boutet and Nicolas Thys promises to be passionate and lively, and will reveal the first winner of the 24th edition of the festival’s awards ceremony.