Since 2019, Les Rencontres d'Arles and Tënk have been offering a documentary break in the Arles nights. The Cour Fanton is transformed into an open-air cinema for a programme of new and rare films.

JULY 2 → 5
COUR FANTON
10 PM → Midnight – free admission
Limited space, subject to availability.

 
TUESDAY JULY 2
UN PASTEUR
BY LOUIS HANQUET
In the presence of the director.
Félix, a melancholy and secretive young shepherd, leads a timeless life in a mineral and inaccessible world where an invisible threat prowls: the wolf. His days in the mountains are filled with solitude, caring for his lambs, fencing and poetry.
2024, 70 min.
Language: french; subtitles: english.

WEDNESDAY JULY 3
NO SEX LAST NIGHT
BY SOPHIE CALLE AND GREG SHEPHARD
In the presence of Sophie Calle.
No Sex Last Night is the autobiographical account of a road trip across America by French and American artists Sophie Calle and Greg Shephard. Equipped with a camera each, to which they confide, the artists recorded every moment of their journey from New York to California in Shephard's dilapidated Cadillac. Alternating video and still image sequences, voice-overs, and dialogue, in French and English, the film skilfully weaves together the desires, fears and resentments of the artists' complex relationship.
1995, 76 min.
Languages: french, english; subtitles: french, english.

THURSDAY JULY 4
AMA-SAN
BY CLÁUDIA VAREJÃO
Every day, in a remote part of Japan, the Ama-San dive into the sea in search of seaweed, crustaceans and shellfish, which they use for food or trade. They are between 50 and 85 years old and are ‘hunters of the seas’. This extraordinary custom and technique dates back over 2,000 years.
This film echoes the Ama exhibition by Uraguchi Kusukazu, who has spent over thirty years documenting the lives of the ama divers of his region.
2016, 112 min.
Languages: portuguese, japanese; subtitles: french.

FRIDAY JULY 5
BLUEBERRY DREAMS
BY ELENA MIKABERIDZE
In Mingrelia, a Georgian region close to the disputed border with Abkhazia, Soso, a retired engineer, his wife Nino and their sons Giorgi and Lazare mortgage their house to invest in a blueberry field under the ‘Planting the Future’ programme.  While Nino dreams of her children exploring the world, memories of the war haunt her. As for Soso, he wants his boys to stay connected to their land. But Giorgi and Lazare aspire to a different future elsewhere, beyond their blueberry field.
2024, 75 min.
Languages: georgian, mengrelian, russian; subtitles: french.