L’Appel des chantiers | Maintenant je te vois + Vivre ailleurs + Chacun fait ce qu’il peut avec ça

Introduction

The L’Appel des chantiers festival returns for its 8th edition on October 23, 24, and 25, 2026!

Organized by the association “Les chantiers du réel,” made up of students from Marseille’s documentary master’s program, the festival aims to screen, champion, and foster discussion around creative documentary works.

This edition’s program includes: – 15 films screened in the presence of their directors; – an opening night at the Saint-Charles faculty with a special guest, a filmmaker and former student of the documentary master’s program, who will present his latest film; – and a weekend of screenings at Videodrome 2, on Cours Julien!

This year, we are showcasing films by emerging filmmakers, students or graduates of the documentary master’s program, students from other film schools, or filmmakers who have self-produced their films, as well as films by two Tunisian filmmakers from the ISAMM school in Tunis.

Maintenant je te vois

by Charlotte Bosson | 2022 | France | 9 min | English subtitles

Through the movements of a contemporary dancer, the filmmaker re-enacts her childhood memories of her mother’s illness. Now an adult, she reaches out to the woman she never really knew.

Vivre ailleurs

by Jiajing Xu | 2025 | France, Ukraine | 25 min | French subtitles

Jiajing, from a Chinese family and exiled between France and Ukraine, questions her relationship with her parents. Over the years, video calls have become their main means of communication. Through these virtual exchanges and a trip to Ukraine, she explores the complexity of their relationships and tries to understand what binds them despite the distance.

Chacun fait ce qu’il peut avec ça

by Emilie Beyssac Cywińska | 2026 | France | 30 min | French subtitles

After giving up drinking, the filmmaker confronts her father about the role alcohol has played in their lives.

Practical information

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