Rendez-vous
round tables
Saturday 4 May > 2:30 pm – 14 pm
Garage Coop / Cric — 2 rue de la Coopérative
tram D : Starcoop
Live from Beyrouth
(via Port du Rhin) !
With : Karen Keyrouz and Nour Hifaoui
Moderated by : Laurent Bazart and Jérémie Claeys (Podcast Sens Créatif)
Emerging from the Lebanese alternative comics scene and members of the Lebanese-international collective Samandal, Karen Keyrouz and Nour Hifaoui talk about their careers as comic book illustrators and authors, on the occasion of their joint exhibition on the Quai des Bateliers. All at the microphone of the Sens Créatif podcast.
Sunday 5 May > 2 pm – 3:30 pm
Garage Coop / Cric — 2 rue de la Coopérative
tram D : Starcoop
Translating, transporting, bearing witness
With: Mathilde Chèvre (editions Le Port a jauni) & Simona Gabrieli (editions Alifbata)
Moderated by : Thomas Flagel
“Move” or “circulate”, Naqala is one of the ways of saying “translate” in Arabic. The publishers Le Port a jauni and Alifbata have made this their speciality, making stories, words and accounts of themselves accessible, between Arabic and French, without worrying about identity cards.
SCREENINGS – MEETINGS
10 May from 8 pm
Cinéma Le Cosmos — 3 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
tram a · d : Langstross
Raphaelle Macaron
Where is my friend house ?
8 pm: Screening of the film Where is My Friend’s House? by Abbas Kiarostami (1987 – running time: 1hr 19mins) An emblematic film by the Iranian master, in which a schoolboy is obliged to take his school notebook back to his classmate in a neighbouring village.
9.35 pm: Meeting with the author to discuss the book Where is the friend’s house? In 2022, Raphaelle Macaron adapts the film of the same name into a book combining illustration and comics for the American publisher Even/Odd, under the aegis of the Kiarostami Foundation. The book (in English) will be on sale at the event, along with the film poster reinterpreted by Raphaelle Macaron and displayed in the Cosmos window.
10.15 pm: Screening of two films by Jocelyne Saab.
Beyrouth jamais plus (1976, 35 minutes) and Beyrouth, ma ville (1982, 52 minutes)
Ticket sales > €8 / €5 (concessions)
Reduced admission on presentation of your Central Vapeur membership card
Friday 17 May from 6:30 pm
Cinéma Le Cosmos — 3 rue des Francs-Bourgeois
tram a · d : Langstross
Blutch
La Mer à boire
Meeting
6:30 pm > 7:30 pm
A discussion organised by Scam, Éditions 2024 and Cosmos. Free admission.
To coincide with the opening of the exhibition La Mer à boire, winner of the Prix du Récit Dessiné 2023, come and enjoy a friendly chat between Blutch and his guest Mathieu Amalric, moderated by journalist Cécile Becker.
Screening
8:45 pm > 10:38 pm
As part of Blutch’s carte blanche, Éditions 2024 and the Cosmos are offering a special screening of Mathieu Amalric’s documentary on John Zorn.
Charge for screening > €8 / €5 Reduced admission on presentation of your Central Vapeur membership card!
club pro
Saturday 4 May > 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Garage Coop / Cric — 2 rue de la Coopérative
tram D : Starcoop
Micro-publishing, mega-organisation
Open to all without registration
What is micro-publishing? Is it necessary to create a collective? How and in what form(s)? Ask all your questions and let’s answer them together!
BDÉBAT
sunday, 5th may > 3:30 pm – 5 pm
Garage Coop / Cric — 2 rue de la Coopérative
tram D : Starcoop
BDébat
Ouvert à toustes sans inscription
Des chroniqueureuses présentent leurs coups de cœur d’albums de bande-dessinée et le public réagit.