DEMAIN, Festival international du Film documentaire Outre-mer au Forum des images

France Télévisions' Pôle Outre-mer and the Forum des images join forces for the second year running to offer a unique event. It is an opportunity to offer Parisian audiences powerful stories, intimate perspectives and worldviews rooted in the realities of the overseas territories.

The festival

Through a selection of documentary films, panel discussions, professional workshops, a photography exhibition and concerts, the festival invites audiences to discover where cultures meet and genres blend, offering a broad overview of the rich mosaic of the many-sided world of France's overseas territories.

This second edition is sponsored by Jean Jouzel, climatologist, IPCC member and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate (as part of the IPCC).

★ Free admission, booking strongly recommended ★

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Opening evening

The Haka Party Incident

★ Wednesday 4 November at 8pm ★

by Katie Wolfe, in attendance

Documentary / New Zealand

On 1 May 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists confronted engineering students at the University of Auckland as they rehearsed a "fake" haka for their end-of-year parade. The confrontation that followed prompted the whole nation to question systemic racism, sparking a genuine process of change.

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On the programme

11 documentaries

From French Polynesia to French Guiana, from Mayotte to Futuna, via Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, this documentary selection explores the realities of the overseas territories through intimate and committed storytelling.

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Audience Prize

Throughout the festival, audiences will be invited to vote for their favourite documentary from the 11 selected. The film chosen will receive the Audience Prize, presented at the closing ceremony of the festival on Sunday 8 November.

Talks and workshop

Penser Demain with Pierre Rosanvallon, around his book La Tyrannie du présent: how the preference for the immediate paralyses our democracies, unable to act over the long term.

Focus: Nuclear Issues in French Polynesia, screenings and debate.

AJUCA Pitches workshop, from the Association des Jeunes Ultramarins pour le Cinéma et l'Audiovisuel.