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By partnering with FIPADOC, a major documentary film festival, Théâtre de la Concorde hopes to extend this conviction: to understand together, listen to stories that shake things up, and open spaces where images become material for civic debate. How can these films, born in different contexts, help us unfold our own ways of inhabiting society and question the forces that move through us?
From January to May 2026, six exceptional screenings will chart a path through reality. Each screening is built around one of Théâtre de la Concorde’s monthly themes: abuse of power, ignorance in democracy, the forgotten, our inheritances, our commons, and our identities. These are all entry points for seeing stories of silent resistance, collective struggles, collapses, and rebirths differently. Through the story of Marish in Hungary (A Woman Captured), the film questions control and the possibility of reclaiming one’s freedom. With La Cravate, we observe from the inside the making of politics and democratic blindness. Un village en résistance tells how an Italian village invented a shared future in the face of hostility from those in power. Yintah follows an Indigenous people’s fight for their lands and sovereignty, while La ferme à Gégé reminds us how much our commons depend on humble, tenacious acts. Finally, Coming Out brings together intimate video fragments in which we witness the emergence of an identity, sometimes gently, sometimes through rupture. This series is conceived as a journey: a step to the side to perceive what is happening at a human level, and an invitation to collectively discuss the images that enlighten us. Each screening is part of the monthly dialogue between art and society that gives Théâtre de la Concorde its distinctive character. Program January 20, “Abuse of Power”: A WOMAN CAPTURED In Hungary, Marish has been held captive by a family for 10 years and forced to work without pay. She is one of 45 million people worldwide who are victims of modern slavery. Drawing courage from the filmmaker’s presence, she decides to escape her oppression and regain her freedom. February 3, “Ignorance in Democracy”: LA CRAVATE Bastien is 20 and has been active for five years in the main far-right party. When the presidential campaign begins, his superior invites him to become more involved. Introduced to the art of wearing the politician’s suit, he finds himself dreaming of a career, but old demons resurface and threaten to shatter his ambition. March 17, “The Forgotten of Democracy”: UN VILLAGE EN RÉSISTANCE Riace in Calabria was a dying village. Welcoming migrants revived its economic and social life for twenty years. That harmony was broken by the populist wave eating away at Italy. Domenico Lucano, the mayor, becomes the target of a cabal and is forced into exile. After months of meticulous destruction, Riace faces a dilemma: resist or disappear. April 14, “Our Inheritances”: Yintah Yintah, which means “land” in the language of the wet’suwet’en First Nation, documents a people’s fight for sovereignty in Canada. Howilhkat Freda Huson and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham have been fighting for more than ten years so their community can reoccupy and protect its ancestral lands from the greed of major gas and oil companies. May 12, “Our Commons”: La ferme à Gégé “Gégé” has lived for three generations as a tenant farmer in the Norman bocage. In the 1990s, burdened by debt, he transformed his farm into a unique place for welcoming children. But with no successor and facing eviction, the farm may disappear, and with it a very particular way of looking at the world. June 10, “Our Identities”: Coming out Through a montage of videos posted on the web, the film brings us as close as possible to the intimate and social turning point that is coming out.
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