Proceedings of the Montpellier film festival :

Proceedings of the 6th Rencontres de Montpellier (4-11 November 1984)
Interviews of Sergio Leone, Pupi Avati, Vittorio Cottafavi, Mrs Maria De Sica-Mercader, Mario Verdone, Aldo Tassone (Italy), Slobodan Sijan (Yugoslavia), Mohamed Malass, Yasmine Khlat (Syria/Lebanon).

Proceedings of the 7th Rencontres de Montpellier (8-17 November 1985)
Interviews of Age (Agenore Incrocci), Mario Monicelli, Ugo Tognazzi, Bernard Blier, Jean Gili, Christian Depuyper (the Italian comedy), Himoud Brahimi, Brahim Tsaki, Merzak Allouache (Algeria), Nacer Khémir (Tunisia), Rachid Bouchareb, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Charlotte Silvera (France), Srdjan Karanovic (Yugoslavia), Miquel Porter, Antoni Ribas (Catalan cinema), Raymond Borde, Jean-Paul Gorce, Michel Marie (tribute to Fernandel), Minnie Ferrara, Carla Chiareli, Bruno Bigoni (Italy), Leila Vekkili (Turkey).

Proceedings of the 8e Rencontres de Montpellier (31 Oct.-9 Nov. 1986)
Interviews of Ettore Scola, Michel Ciment (tribute to F. Rosi), Damiano Damiani, Giuseppe Ferrara (the Mafia at the cinema), Jean Chamoun, Maï Masri (Lebanon), Michel Khleifi (Palestine), Amos Gitaï (Israel), Salah Abou Seif, Youssef Chahine (Egypt), Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina, Mahmoud Zemmouri (Algeria), Lordan Zafranovic, Boro Draskovic (Yugoslavia).

Proceedings of the 9e Rencontres de Montpellier (31 Oct.-8 Nov. 1987)
Interviews of Fancesco Rosi, Paolo Taviani, Roberto Ellero (Italy), Mario Camus, Francisco Rabal, Benito Rabal, José-Maria Sarmiento (Spain), Jean Pélégri, Jacques Baratier (France), Rajko Grlic (Yugoslavia), Nico Papatakis (Greece), Eyal Sivan (Israel), Omar Amiralay, Samir Zikra, Mohamed Malass (Syria), Roger Assaf (Lebanon), Okacha Touita (Algeria) ; Round table discussion "La Méditerranée se met en scène" (The Mediterranean on the stage); short films section.

Proceedings of the 10e Rencontres de Montpellier (28 Oct.-6 Nov. 1988)
Interviews of Jean-Claude Carrière (tribute to L. Buñuel), Giulietta Masina, Bernardino Zapponi, Mario Brenta, Paolo Benvenuti, Egidio Eronico, Stefano Roncoroni (Italy), Goran Markovic (Yugoslavia), Kujtim Çashku, Vladimir Prifti (Albania), Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), Omer Kavur (Turkey), Jean Chamoun, Maï Masri (Lebanon), Oussama Mohamad (Syria), Rafi Bukaee (Israel), Kalthoum Bornaz-Adda, Ferid Boughedir (Tunisia), Mohamed Chouikh, Ahmed Rachedi, Mohamed Slim Riad (Algeria), Robert Castel, Henri Colpi, Paula Delsol, Bernard Bouthier, Claude-Timon Gaignaire (France).


Proceedings of the 11e Rencontres de Montpellier (27 Oct.-5 Nov. 1989)
Interviews of Lorenzo Cuccu, Carlo Di Carlo, Luciano Tovoli (tribute to M. Antonioni), Fernando Fernan Gomez (Spain), Srdjan Karanovic, Rajko Grlic, Goran Markovic, Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia), Otar Iosséliani (Georgia), Riccardo Freda, Dario Argento (le fantastique de midi – discussion of the Mediterranean and fantasy), Giuseppe Bertolucci, Giacomo Campiotti (Italy), Ghaouti Bendeddouche, Rachid Benhadj (Algeria), Nouri Bouzid (Tunisia), Abdellatif Abdelhamid (Syria), Borhane Allaouie (Lebanon), Mihal Bat-Adam, Michael Beigel (Israel), Stratos Stassinos (Greek animated films).


Proceedings of the 12e Festival International de Montpellier (26 Oct.-4 Nov. 1990)
Interviews of Jean-Paul Gorce, Eric de Kuyper, Juan-Gabriel Tharrats Mediterranean 'primitives'), Claude Beylie (tribute to M. Pagnol), Dino Risi, Bernardino Zapponi, Gianfranco Bettetini, Marco Colli, Roberto Giannarelli (Italy), Zivojin Pavlovic, Zoran Masirevic, Srdjan Dikosavljevic (Yugoslavia), Eldar Chengelaïa (Georgia), Basar Sabuncu (Turkey), Souhel Ben Barka (Morocco), Bernard Giraudeau, Robert Guédiguian (France), Panos Kokkinopoulos (Greece), Pedro Costa, Jose Fonseca e Costa, Joao Cesar Monteiro, Joaquim Pinto (Portugal), Bernard Aubouy, Michel Such, Dris Tahri (short films section).


Proceedings of the 13e Festival International de Montpellier (25 Oct.-3 Nov. 1991)
Interviews of Raymond Dugrand, Robert Ferras, Jean-Paul Volle (la Méditerranée s'en va-t-en ville - the Mediterranean goes to town), Orio Caldiron (the spiritualists of neorealism), Alessandro D'Alatri, Ottavio Fabbri, Giuseppe Piccioni (Italy), Srdjan Karanovic (Yugoslavia), Fatmir Koçi (Albania), Lefteris Xanthopoulos (Greece), Tunc Basaran, Omer Kavour (Turkey), Tenguiz Abouladzé, Dato Djanélidzé, Nana Djanélidzé, Alexandre Rekhviachvili (Georgia), Raymond Boutros (Syria), Eran Riklis (Israel), Mohamed Khan (Egypt), Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia), Abdelkrim Bahloul, Manuel Pradal (France), Sherif Aggoune, Srdjan Dikosavljevic, André Hampartzoumian, Paco Pimentel, Martine Robert, Nikos Sekeris, Philippe Tabarly, Serge Zeitoun (short films section).


Proceedings of the 14e Festival International de Montpellier (22 Oct.-1 Nov. 1992)
Interviews of Vicente Aranda, Mario Camus, Rafael Alcazar (Spain), Giuseppe De Santis, Ettore Scola, Emidio Greco, Mario Martone (Italy), Goran Markovic, Goran Paskaljevic (Ex-Yugoslavia), Michael Cacoyannis (Greece), Dan Pita (Romania), Zaza Khalvachi (Georgia), Amos Gitaï (Israel), Malik Lakhdar-Hamina (Algeria), Ana Rodríguez (Cuba), Nadia El Fani, Mila Guerra, Rachida Krim (short films).


Proceedings of the 15e Festival International de Montpellier (22 Oct.-1 Nov. 1993)
Interviews of Rachid Benhadj (Algeria), Faten Hamama, Henri Barakat (Egypt), Mario Camus, Carmen Maura (Spain), Claude-Timon Gaignaire (France), Lana Gogoberidzé, Renzo Tchreidze (Georgia), Aner Preminger (Israel), Luciano Emmer, Carlo Lizzani, Gabriele Salvatores (Italy), Maroun Bagdadi (Lebanon), Mohamed Abderrahmane Tazi (Morocco), Antonio de Macedo (Portugal), Nicolae Caranfil (Romania), Freddy Buache (Cinémathèque suisse).


Proceedings of the 16e et 17e Festival International de Montpellier (21 Oct.-31 Oct. 1994 ; 21 Oct.-30 Oct. 1995)
Interviews of Belkacem Hadjadj, Boudjemaâ Karèche (Algeria), Ivan Nitchev (Bulgaria), Nour El-Cherif, Ibrahim Al-Harris, Lebleda (Egypt), Saturnino Garcia, José Maria Lara, Pilar Miro, Elias Querejeta, Ventura Pons, José Maria Prado (Spain), Yves Bomba, Max Douy, Philippe Ercoli, François Garçon, Jean-Dominique Laloux, Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu (France), Eldar Chenguelaïa, Nodar Managadze (Georgia), Antonis Kokkinos (Greece), Laura Betti, Mario Brenta, Stefano Incerti, Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Alberto Sordi (Italy), Orna Ben-Dor, Leonid Gorovets, Renen Schorr (Israel), Mircea Danieluc (Romania), Nabil Maleh (Syria), Fayçal Melliti Fazai (Tunisia), Umit Elçi (Turkey).


Proceedings of the 18e Festival International de Montpellier (25 Oct.-3 Nov. 1996)
Interviews of Artavazd Pelechian (Armenia), Abdelkrim Balhoul, Jean-Michel Frodon, Robert Guédiguian, Michel Such (France), Vassiliki Iliopoulou (Greece), Savi Gabizon (Israel), João Cesar Monteiro (Portugal), Stere Gulea (Romania), Abdellatif Abdelhamid (Syria), Nadia Fares (Tunisia). Round tables: Luchino Visconti twenty years on, The sea of images, Uri Zohar.


Proceedings of the 19e Festival International de Montpellier (24 Oct.-2 Nov. 1997)
Interviews of Omar Abdel-Aziz (Egypt), Josep Joan Bigas Luna, Francesc Rovira Beleta (Spain), Mardik Martin (United States), Gila Almagor, Michael Behagen (Israel), Anna Galiena, Paolo Virzí (Italy), Stole Popov (Macedonia), Dan Pita (Romania), Andrej Kosak (Slovenia), Ahmed Attia (Tunisia), Dervis Zaim (Turkey), Mirjana Vukomanovic (Yugoslavia). Round tables: Scorsese, between America and Italy, Atlas of Moroccan cinema, Bringing Yugoslav cinema into the light, Occitan cinema, The sea of diasporas.


Proceedings of the 20e Festival International de Montpellier (23 Oct.-1st Nov. 1998)
Interviews of Besnik Bisha (Albania), Michka Saal (Canada), Josep Maria Forn (Spain), Robert Guédiguian, Alain Guesnier, Christian Philibert (France), Alessandro D’Alatri, Nino Manfredi, Armando Manni (Italy), Daoud Aoulad-Syad (Morocco), Lucian Pintilié, Dan Pita (Romania), Igor Sterk (Slovenia), Mohamed Ben Smaïl (Tunisia), Goran Markovic, Slobodan Sijan (Yugoslavia). 32-page dossier "Sergio Leone : a retrospective" with Leo Benvenuti, Tonino Delli Colli, Sergio Donati, Franco Giraldi, Alberto Grimaldi, Ennio Morricone, Tonino Valerii, Luciano Vincenzoni (Italy). Meeting with directors of short films. Round table: What festivals will there be in 20 years time?


Proceedings of the 21e Festival International de Montpellier (29 Oct.-7 Nov. 1999)
Interviews of Atef Hetata (Egypt), Silvia Casanova, Angel Comas, Pablo Llorca (Spain), Ariane Ascaride, Costa-Gavras, Vincent Elbaz, Jean-Louis Milési (France), Zaza Ourouchadzé (Georgia), Abbas Kiarostami (Iran), Daniele Luchetti, Umberto Rossi (Italy), Mohamed Malass, Nabil Maleh (Syria), Yasmine Bahri, Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, Hassen Daldoul (Tunisia), Yilmaz Arslan (Turkey), Srdjan Dragojevic (Yugoslavia). Round tables: Yves Montand, the Italian from Marseilles, Nanni Moretti and the renaissance of Italian cinema, Spain in the 90s—a new generation, Abbas Kiarostami or the basics of art, Syria: metaphors and historical realities, Two thousand years of adventures around the Mediterranean.


Proceedings of the 22e et 23e Festival International de Montpellier (27 Oct.-5 Nov. 2000 et 26 Oct.-3 Nov. 2001)
Interviews of Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso), Jess Franco, Lina Romay, Gonzálo Suárez (Spain), Boualem Azibi, Emilio Maillé, Nadir Moknèche (France), Moshe Ivgi (Israel), Tinto Brass, Ettore Scola, Giuseppe Tornatore (Italy), Khalil Joreige (Lebanon), Abdelkader Lagtaâ (Morocco), Arturo Ripstein, Paz Alicia Garciadiego, Silvia Pinal (Mexico), Freddy Buache (Switzerland), Ferid Boughedir, Naceur Ktari, Moufida Tlatli (Tunisia), Goran Markovic (Yugoslavia). Tables rondes : Luis Buñuel—the Mexican period, Opera, Verdi and the cinema, Sex, censorship and cinema, Twenty years of Tunisian cinema.

Books :

Carlo Simi : L'Amérique de Sergio Leone (Carlo Simi: Sergio Leone’s America)
A catalogue of the exhibition held on the 20th anniversary of the Montpellier festival (23 Oct.-1st Nov. 1998). 44 pages, color, 28 x 21. Texts, photos and plans by Carlo Simi.

Les livres :

Sur Bertolucci, by Pierre Pitiot and Jean-Claude Mirabella. Ed. Climats-Festival de Montpellier, 1991.
[…] a study performed with exemplary methodology […] The analyses and interviews that it is made up of display density and concision to delight filmloving readers. (Bulletin critique du livre français, avril 1992.). An original, strongly-written essay able to open up pathways: towards the analysis of forms in a cultural tradition devoid of particularism. (Positif, sept. 1992.)



Le Mystère Saura, by Henri Talvat. Ed. Climats-Festival de Montpellier, 1992.
Circumventing Franco's censorship, Carlos Saura developed a metaphorical and allegorical cinema mingling the real and the imaginary. A follower of Buñuel, he has become the reference among Spanish filmmakers. What is the situation after Franco's death and the change of regime? Exclusive interviews and critical pieces and film and bibliographical information go some way towards a reply on the subject of the 'Saura mystery'.



Les Voyageurs de l'immobile, Méditerranée, baroque et cinéma, by Pierre Pitiot. Foreword by Michel Ciment. Ed. Climats-Festival de Montpellier, 1994.
The baroque, its Mediterreanean roots and prolongation in films.

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