VIDEO. Pedaling to see a film, that’s the principle of the cine-bike

At the Angoulême festival, Valérie Donzelli had the opportunity to test a screening of her film “Notre Dame” in an ecological and participatory system called “ciné-vélo”. “We have to pedal so that the film is broadcast. This way we become aware of the consumption of a screening,” she describes. Valerie Donzelli, who has been doing all his commuting by bike for a long time, found the idea amusing. “I thought it was a funny idea,” she said as she pedaled to start the screening. The fact that her film also tackled the theme of cycling made the experience even more relevant for the director.

The Angoulême festival has decided to highlight the work of Valérie Donzelli this year. “Focusing on a director means showing much older films,” she explains. This also helps attract a young audience, who are very present at the festival, and encourages them to go to the cinema despite the new distribution methods. The director, who witnessed the birth of the festival 14 years ago, is delighted to see it grow and become an unmissable event. “I saw what Dominique Besnehard and Marie-France Brière have done with it, that is to say a festival where everyone wants to come now,” she said.

Finally, the actress and director insists on the importance of remaining unsinkable in the face of criticism, citing the example of the Cannes Film Festival where “Criticism is harsh and it’s either make or break.” “You have to keep going and draw what you have to draw. You have to finish your drawing,” she concludes wisely.