EDITION 2019 I PROGRAM TH TH TH TH TH TH 2 TH Program planning of the week MONDAY THE 7 MONDAY THE 8 TUESDAY THE 9 WEDNESDAY THE 10 THURSDAY THE 11 FRIDAY THE 12 SATURDAY THE 13 SUNDAY EXHIBITIONS 4 Afghanistan, the world’s battlefield until 20 / 10 5 THE ALEPPO MACHINE until 3 / 11 6 Gaza: A people on the edge until 3 / 11 7 Mirror to the world, Alfred Yaghobzadeh until 3 / 11 8 Venezuela, Collapse without end until 3 / 11 9 As Strong As The War, As Soft As The Peace, Nicole Tung until 3 / 11 10 Tiananmen Square: Massacring freedom until 3 / 11 Srebrenica or autopsy of a massacre: 11 from reality to comic strip until 2 / 11 12 A virtual reality experience, CONGO VR - BBC until 12 / 10 12 2019 contestants’ reports until 13 / 10 EVENINGS 13 Cinema: Sympathie pour le diable 13 Cinema: Camille 14 Rohingyas: The mechanics of the crime 15 For Sama 16 Venezuela between civil war and Cold War 17 Award Ceremony SCREENINGS 23 On The President's Orders 24 Gaza 25 Congo lucha EVENTS 18 People’s choice award \ 18 Amnesty International’s Round Table \ 19 Reporter’s Memorial \ 20 Book Fair, Media Forum \ 22 Live in Bayeux \\ UN HOMMAGE À LA LIBER BAYEUX CALVADOS-NORMANDY AWARD FOR WAR CORRESPONDENTS 2019 Editorial From 7 to 13 October Bayeux will be hosting the 26th Bayeux Calvados-Normandy award for war correspondents. The town, the Department of Calvados, the Normandy Region and their partners are organising a unique event devoted to a singular profession – that of the war correspondent. Through this profession, the event will be seeking to decipher past, current and alas future conflicts via three debate evenings, an evening award ceremony, eight original exhibitions, screenings of films and documentaries, activities for school children, a book fair and the unveiling of a commemorative stone at the Reporters’ Memorial. Witnesses to both major and little known conflicts, men and women ranging from the most eminent senior correspondents to reporters beginning their careers will all be pressing the pause button in the capital of the Bessin region. They will be there to shed light and provide insight into the darkest regions of the planet and award prizes to the best photographic, television, radio and print reports; to raise questions about and explain what their work is for, and to pay tribute to colleagues who have been imprisoned, killed or have disappeared. Last year’s anniversary edition will be remembered by 40,000 people and provided a clear demonstration of the need to create a resource centre. The content of this years event, whose president is the British photojournalist Gary Knight, will be further strengthened with a virtual reality experience provided by the BBC and an additional exhibition. The programme includes: 40 years of war in Afghanistan, an exhibition of testimonies from Aleppo, the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, a focus on Venezuela, a country which is also the subject of a debate evening, and a tribute to the work of Alfred Yaghobzadeh on walls around the town, designed to make passers-by stop and think. In the face of news and information being disseminated more and more rapidly, we believe more than ever that young people are a crucial audience. We are organising residencies, the “15-Year Olds’ Perspective”, HCR-Ouest- France encounters, an AFP day, the Normandy Region Prize awarded by students and apprentices, Prix Bayeux classes, and encounters with the Dysturb collective, all of which are opportunities to provide education about news and information, raise awareness and awaken curiosity in young people who are discovering the world and, like ourselves, trying to gain a better understanding of it. We wish everyone a week of information, discovery and exchange. Patrick GOMONT Jean-Léonce DUPONT Hervé MORIN Mayor of Bayeux President of the President of the Vice-president of the Calvados Department Normandy Region Normandy Region EXHIBITION 4 FROM OCTOBER 7TH TO 20TH NEW PLACE Exhibition ❱ Ancienne école primaire Alain Chartier Afghanistan, the world’s battlefield Accès rue des Billettes Curator : Jean-Pierre Perrin • Designer : Laurent Hochberg • Iconography : Maral Deghati Open everyday 10 am to 12.30 pm and Afghanistan has been at war since 1978. The conflict originally began as a peasant 2 pm to 6 pm ❱ rebellion against a communist coup, a sort of regional counter-revolutionary war that Exceptionally open turned into a crucial episode of the Cold War with the Soviet invasion of December 1979. Friday October 11th The invaders were punished: the Soviet Union collapsed. But Afghanistan never recovered either. until 7 pm It took on a veil of shadows when the Taliban burst in and then became the promised land for and Saturday October 12th international jihad, culminating in the attacks on 11 September 2001. from 10 am to 6 pm Today it is falling apart, with the power of Islamic radicalism on the increase, security forces Free admission exhausted, unbridled corruption, criminal networks infiltrating the whole of society and the emergence of movements demanding autonomy. It has also become a battlefield where both regional and great powers come to settle scores. In association with the WARM Ever since the beginning of the catastrophe a succession of reporters – whether photographers, Foundation print, radio or video journalists– have been in the country to tell the story of each explosion, to bear witness to the suffering, the cruelties and the upheavals endured by a population which often finds itself trapped in the midst of overwhelming forces. It can be seen in this exhibition which also showcases the work of Afghan photographers, allowing us to see the conflict from other viewpoints. Afghan women have paid an extortionate price in this endless conflict: they are a major presence in this exhibition which © Yannis Behrakis / Reuters Behrakis © Yannis is dedicated to them. A TRIBUTE TO FREE DOM AND DEMOCRACY EXHIBITION 5 FROM OCTOBER 8TH TO NOVEMBER 3TH Exhibition ❱ Espace d’art actuel THE ALEPPO MACHINE Le Radar Based on the book "The thread of our shattered lives" by Cécile Hennion, published by Editions 24, rue des Cuisiniers Anne Carrière • Exhibition curators: Cécile Hennion and Marie Sumalla (Tipping Expected) Open Wednesday through Sunday ❱ The war which began in Syria in March 2011 has been the most heavily documented in the 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm and entire history of conflict. Young revolutionaries recast as “citizen journalists” took incredible Saturday 2 pm to 7 pm risks to bear witness to the brutal repressive measures inflicted on the Syrian population. This constant stream of images in real time failed to trigger the wave of international solidarity the Exceptionally open th young people had been expecting. The torrent of ultra-violent audiovisual material, supplied by Tuesday October 8 videos from armed groups of all persuasions, stifled civilians’ 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm th speech, aspirations, suffering and resistance, totally obliterating Friday October 11 the human dimensions of the war. The story being told of the 2.30 pm to 7 pm th conflict was reduced to military and geopolitical explanations and Saturday October 12 while the existence of the millions of people thrown into exile 10 am to 7 pm was almost invisible. Free Admission Men, women and children have been pounded by the machinery of the war. The eastern part of the city of Aleppo was destroyed and its inhabitants evacuated in the winter of 2016, but its fate is not very different from that of other Syrian cities. The destruction of this city, large, rich and cosmopolitan, took on a universal nature. It was one of the most ancient cities in the world still to be inhabited, a cradle of world heritage which has now vanished. The aim of this exhibition, taking Aleppo © Reem Yassouf Yassouf © Reem as an example, is to restore the place of individuals – whether willing or compelled to participate in the tragedy – and to highlight their specific experiences in this infernal machine. To place them at the heart of reflection on the war through spoken witness accounts, painting, sculpture, young children’s drawings, sound and images. To get an idea of the Cécile Hennion will be day-to-day existence of men and women during the war, showing the role of families, the fates of present at the book fair on children and even love stories across the front lines. Rather than using raw documentation,the Saturday, October 12 to exhibition draws on the many different vehicles of expression the memory can use, complete of present her book Le fil de nos vies brisées course with gaps, fantasies and dreams. A TRIBUTE TO FREE DOM AND DEMOCRACY EXHIBITION 6 FROM OCTOBER 7TH TO NOVEMBER 3TH Exhibition ❱ Tapisserie de Bayeux Chapelle Gaza: A people on the edge Rue de Nesmond A collective exhibition by Doctors without Borders. Open every day This exhibition shows different perspectives on the “Great March of Return”, the 10 am to 12.30 pm ❱ protest movement which has been punctuating life in Gaza for over a year. The Israeli and 2 pm to 6 pm Army’s bloody repression has resulted in thousands of wounded, thousands of shattered Exceptionally open lives. It is an unprecedented crisis further weakening a territory battered by years of war Friday October 11th and blockades. until 7 pm Every year the “March of th and Saturday October 12 Return” commemorates the from 10 am to 6 pm Nakba, the Palestinian exodus Free Admission of 1948. 2018 was the 70th anniversary of the event, and the demonstrations along the Photographs: length of the security barrier Heidi Levine / SIPA Press separating Gaza from Israel Jack Guez / AFP / AP © Khalil Hamra were supposed to go on for a Khalil Hamra / AP month and a half.