November 11th, 2009 | 
Author: The Dordogne region is set to be a film-buffs favourite destination this month, as the line-up for its Documentary Film Month is announced.
For those who want to experience contemporary culture whilst on their French holiday, the film festival is a golden opportunity to learn both more about the national film industry and the country itself. Of course, speaking French will be a benefit.
Organisers Cinè Passion have made their line-up of films public to Southouest.com, the news website for the south west of France. Not only will two of the films be new to both the Dordogne department and the wider Aquitane region, they will be of direct relevance to Dordogne.
The first movie will be a movie tracing the history of the artist who created the iconic character Bibendum – known in the UK as the ‘Michelin Man’. The movie, ‘O Galop’, explores the life of Marius Rossillon, and was directed by his great-grandson, Marc Faye. Rossilon was also a pioneer of French animation, and hailed from the former province of Perigord – now known as Dordogne.
The second movie will be “6TKC, the Son Of Caudeau”. This movie aims to show how city policy has transformed the district of La Catte in Bergerac in the north west of Dordogne. The film will feature testimonials from local people directly affected by the renovations made to the area.
Dordogne’s Documentary Month will finish out with a series of screenings of French documentaries already in theatres, as well as a showing of two British movies at the National Museum of Prehistory in Les Eyzies to celebrate the bicentennial year of Darwin’s origin of the species.
The French documentaries will be themed around the subject of wind, and will also feature the fictional movie Si Le vent Souvele (“If the wind lifts the sands”) by Marion Hansel as well as short animated pieces. At the Museum of Prehistory, viewers will able to see the English language movie Darwin and the Science of Evolution and Species of the Species, accompanied by French subtitles.
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