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President : Gérard PILET General Delegate : Claude-Eric POIROUX

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THE PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVAL

THE AIMS OF THE FESTIVAL

To convey new European directors through a selection of a hundred first films presented in six competitive sections To discover film history and heritage thanks to retrospectives on national cinematographies, tributes to major and unrecognized authors and actors, programs on specific themes. To support scriptwriters and directors in their writing work by inviting professional actors to read scripts of first feature films in public before shooting the film. To educate a new public on European cinema By favoring the young public to participate to the Festival and organizing lessons animated by specialists and artists.

Highlighting the diversity of European cinema By gathering professionals on questions relative to the production and circulation of European films.

THE FESTIVAL IS SPONSORED BY

Claude CHABROL (President), Fanny ARDANT, Dominique BESNEHARD, Pierre BOUTEILLER, Patrice CHÉREAU, Jérôme CLÉMENT, Gérard DEPARDIEU, Christophe GIRARD, Alain ROCCA and Hélène VINCENT.

THE PRESIDENTS OF THE JURY SINCE 1989

Claire DENIS, Sandrine BONNAIRE, Abderrahmane SISSAKO, Radu MIHAILEANU, Jacqueline BISSET, Claude MILLER, Benoît JACQUOT, Jeanne MOREAU, Nathalie BAYE, Pavel LOUNGUINE, Agnès VARDA, Lucian PINTILIE, Claude CHABROL, Agnieszka HOLLAND, Freddy BUACHE, Bertrand TAVERNIER, Andrzej ZULAWSKI, Jane BIRKIN, André TECHINÉ, Vojtech JASNY, Henri ALEKAN, Théo ANGELOPOULOS.

Abderrahmane Sissako

Claire Denis

Jeanne Moreau

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THE PREMIERS PLANS FESTIVAL

AMONG THOSE DISCOVERED AT ANGERS

GERMANY Fatih Akin Iain Dilthey Benjamin Heisenberg Christoph Hochhäusler Ulrich Köhler Christian Petzold

AUSTRIA Barbara Albert Jessica Hausner Hubert Sauper Virgil Widrich BELGIUM Alain Berliner Florence Henrard Joachim Lafosse Patrice Toye BELARUS Lidiya Bobrova DENMARK Christopher Boe Annette K. Olesen Thomas Vinterberg SPAIN Fernando Leon de Aranoa Marc Recha Benito Zambrano

HUNGARY Ibolya Fekete Benedek Fliegauf Kornél Mundruczό György Palfi IRELAND Jim Sheridan Perry Ogden ICELAND Dagur Kari ITALY Matteo Garrone Vincenzo Marra Mario Martone Paolo Sorrentino KAZAKHSTAN Guka Omarova Nariman Turebayev KYRGYZSTAN Aktan Abdykalykov PORTUGAL Inês Oliveira Joaquim Pinto Teresa Villaverde

CZECH REPUBLIC Saša Gedeon Bohdan Slama Jan Sverak Petr Václav ROMANIA Catalin Mitulescu Cristian Nemescu Cristi Puiu Corneliu Porumboiu UNITED KINGDOM Danny Boyle Shane Meadows Peter Mullan Nick Park RUSSIA Nicolaï Khomeriki Vassili Pitchoul SLOVAKIA Martin Šulik SWEDEN Suzanne Bier TADJIKISTAN Djamshed Usmonov TURKEY Nuri Bilge Ceylan Zeki Demirkubuz Semih Kaplanoglu

FRANCE Mathieu Amalric Danièle Arbid Xavier Beauvois Emmanuelle Bercot Laurent Cantet Emmanuel Carrère Yves Caumon Chad Chenouga Sylvain Chomet Jean-Paul Civeyrac Renaud Cohen Marina de Van Arnaud des Pallières Arnaud Desplechin Olivier Ducastel Karim Dridi Eléonore Faucher Delphine Gleize Lucile Hadzihalilovic Abdellatif Kechiche Noémie Lvovsky Gilles Marchand Jacques Martineau Patricia Mazuy Orso Miret Gaël Morel Emmanuel Mouret Jacques Nolot François Ozon

AMONG THE FEATURE FILMS SELECTED IN 2009, HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN FRANCE :

Pranzo di ferragosto by Gianni Di Gregorio (Italy) March 11

th 2009

Helen by Christin Molloy and Joe Lawlor (United Kingdom, Ireland) January 2010

Espion(s) by Nicolas Saada (France) January 28th

2009

Pescuit Sportiv by Adrian Sitaru (Romania) February 4th

2009

Tulpan by Sergey Dvortsevoy (Kazakhstan, Germany) March 4th

2009

Pescuit Sportiv

Pranzo di ferragosto

Espion(s)

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OFFICIAL SELECTION Young European filmmakers are invited to Angers to present their first films to the audience, industry professionals, and press. 82 films in 6 official categories are screened. 200,000 euros in awards are given out by juries and the public at the end of the festival. Films are screened out of competition in two other selection categories: « Free Form» and « Next Shots. » Q & A with the directors: every day, the Festival gives the directors of the films in competition a chance to meet the public, respond to questions and share their experience.

THE PRESIDENT OF JURY : LUCAS BELVAUX

Lucas Belvaux was born in Belgium and became known to French audiences in Yves Boisset’s film Allons z’enfants in 1980. As an actor he made films as varied as La Truite by Joseph Losey, Désordre (Disorder) by Olivier Assayas, which was produced by Claude-Eric Poiroux, Hurlevent (Wuthering Heights) by Jacques Rivette and Poulet au vinaigre by Claude Chabrol for which he was nominated for the César for most promising actor. In 1991, he went behind the camera to direct his first feature Parfois trop d’amour, then Pour rire ! (Just for Laughs!) in 1996, but it was with his trilogy Cavale (One: On the Run), Un couple épatant (Two: An Amazing Couple), and Après la vie (After Life) that he became noticed. He was nominated for the César for Best Director and won the Prix Louis-Delluc in 2003. His following film La Raison du plus faible was selected in the official competition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Lucas Belvaux was a member of the jury of the 1

st edition of the Festival Premiers

Plans in 1989. His new film, Rapt, with Yvan Attal, was released in the autumn of 2009.

FILMS IN COMPETITION

EUROPEAN FIRST FEATURE FILMS Adas Roland Vranik Hungary 90’ Ander Roberto Caston Spain 128’ Applaus Martin Pieter Zandvliet Denmark 86’ Eastern Plays Kamen Kalev Bulgaria / Sweden 89’ Gagma Napiri George Ovashvili Georgia 93’ Nord Rune Denstad Langlo Norway 78’ La Pivellina Tizza Covi / Rainer Frimmel Italy / Austria 100’ La Régate Bernard Bellefroid Belgium 91’ Tehroun Nader Takmil Homayoun France / Iran 95’ This year, new competitive section dedicated to the french first feature films.

FRENCH FIRST FEATURE FILMS

Domaine Patric Chiha 110’ Huit fois debout Xabi Molia 104’ La Ligne blanche Olivier Torres 80’ La Reine des pommes Valérie Donzelli 84’ Sweet Valentine Emma Luchini 86’

© David Koskas

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

EUROPEAN FIRST SHORT FILMS Arena João Salaviza Portugal 15’ La Balançoire Christophe Hermans Belgium 19’ GirlLikeMe Rowland Jobson United Kingdom 14’ Macchie di sole Stella Di Tocco Italy 16’ Photograph Of Jesus Laurie Hill United Kingdom 7’ Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society R. Noorda / B. de Forest Netherlands 15’ Rita Antonio Piazza / Fabio Grassadonia Italy 19’ Whore Fyzal Boulifa United Kingdom 11’

FRENCH FIRST SHORT FILMS 8 et des poussières Laurent Teyssier 21’ Adieu Molitor Christophe Régin 24’ C'est gratuit pour les filles Marie Amachoukeli / Claire Burger 23’ Ecuador Estelle Journoud 15’ La Librairie de Schrödinger Claire Vassé / Christophe Beauvais 10’ Madagascar, carnet de voyage Bastien Dubois 11’ Mission Socrate Bertrand Lenclos / Jackie Berroyer 26’ Le Naufragé Guillaume Brac 24’ Lost Paradise Mihal Brezis / Oded Binnun 10’ La Parade de Taos Nazim Djemaï 19’

EUROPEAN STUDENT FILMS Albert's winter Andreas Koefoed Denmark 29’ Anna Runar Runarsson Denmark 35’ Benigni E. Vuorinen / P. Partanen / J. Ottelin Finland 8’ Bingo Timur Ismailov Netherlands 28’ Birds Get Vertigo Too Sarah Cunningham France 20' Blijf bij me, weg P. Aguilera Valdebenito Netherlands 24’ Les Bons Garçons Antoine Russbach Belgium / Switzerland 22’ Darek Jonas M Gulbrandsen Poland 14’ Der Neue Tag David Nawrath Germany 30’ Elefantenhaut U. Putzer / S. Fiala Autria 34’ Grise mine Remi Vandenitte Belgium 7’ Homeland J. De Dios Marlil Atienza Czech Republic 6’ Kid Tom Green United Kingdom 25’ Make down Maurice Hübner Germany 3’ Skrapsår Gabriela Pichler Sweden 22’ Suzanne J. Monfajon / B. Janon Belgium 11’ Syn Jan Wagner Poland 28’ Tekila Vladimir Dashevsky Russia 15’ Variáciόk Krisztina Esztergalyos Hungary 29’ Volgens de Vogels Linde Faas Netherlands 5’ Wes Peter Hoogendoorn Netherlands 23’ What light Sarah Wickens United Kingdom 4’ Yellow Belly End Philip Bacon United Kingdom 9’

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FILMS This competitive section will present a diverse selection of today’s European animated short films.

13 Gitte Hellwig Germany 2’ A Family Portrait Joseph Pierce United Kingdom 5’ Algo importante Joao Fazenda Portugal 7’ Bruce Tom Judd United Kingdom 3’ Cityscape Jun Lee Seong United Kingdom 2’ Flowerpot Rafael Sommerhalder United Kingdom 5’ Gemeinschaft Özlem Akin Turkey 4’ Je te pardonne Jérôme Cauwe / Pierre Mousquet Belgium 5’ Katrine Malik Thomas Spang Bruun Denmark 5’ Laitue Nicholas Brooks United Kingdom 9’ Logorama F. Alaux /H. De Crécy / L. Houplain France 16’ Mémoire fossile A-L. Totaro / A. Demuynck France / Belgium 10’ Noteboek Evelien Lohbeck Netherlands 4’ L'Oiseau Samuela Yal France 10’ O'moro Christophe Calissoni / Eva Offerdo France 12’ L'Ondée David Coquard-Dassault France / Canada 8’ Orsolya Bella Szederkényi Hungary 8’ Passaros Filipe Abranches Portugal 6’ Ru Florentine Grelier France 9’ Ruis Marike Verbiest Belgium 3’ Sauvage Paul Cabon France 5’ Tollo Muerte Sanni Lahtinen Finland 3’ The Whale MiYoung Baek France 8’ Trois, Quatre Jean-Patrice Blanc France 3’ Wolves Rafael Sommerhalder United Kingdom 6’ Zakon Zhizni Rishat Gilmetdinov Russia 8’ The animated short films from the categories Student Films, European Short Films and French Short Films are also competing for the Animated Films Award : Benigni E. Vuorinen / P. Partanen / J. Ottelin Finland 8’ Ecuador Estelle Journoud France 15’ Homeland Juan De Dios Marlil Atienza Czech Republic 6’ Grise mine Remi Vandenitte Belgium 7’ Madagascar, carnet de voyage Bastien Dubois France 11’ Make down Maurice Hübner Germany 3' Photograph Of Jesus Laurie Hill United Kingdom 7’ Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society Robin Noorda / Bethany de Forest Netherlands 15’ Volgens de Vogels Linde Faas Netherlands 5’ What Light Sarah Wickens United Kingdom 4’ Yellow Belly End Philip Bacon United Kingdom 9'

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

OUT OF COMPETITION FILMS

FREE FORM A selection of first films free from constraints and formatting. - 2 feature films:

Man tänker sitt Fredrik Wenzel / Henrik Hellström Sweden 76’ Las Piotr Dumala Poland 75’ - 9 short films :

A meio da noite Fernando Jose Saraiva Portugal 16’ Canção de amor e saude João Nicolau Portugal / France 34’ Et carreteras Fabrice Marquat France 13’ In een vergeten moment Menno Otten Netherlands 20’ Passing Jun Lee Seong United Kingdom 9’ Phone tapping Hee Won Lee France 10’ Plastic and glass Tessa Joosse France 9’ Synchronisation Rimas Sakalauskas Lithuania 8’ Zeitriss Quimu Casalprim i Suárez Germany 11’

PLANS SUIVANTS Films by young directors since being discovered at Premiers Plans Festival.

SCREENPLAYS READINGS

Free admission.

FEATURE FILMS : At the Grand Théâtre in Angers. 4 first feature film screenplays (before production) are read by professional actors in front of an audience. The reading of the winning screenplay will be broadcasted by France Culture in May 2010.

Louise Wimmer Cyril Mennegun Zadig productions Des Bonnes Nathalie Boutefeu Christmas in July La Terre outragée Michale Boganim Les Films du Poisson La Frontière Hugues Hariche / Erick Malabry Les Films de l’après-midi

SHORT FILMS : At the Centre de Congrès.

3 short film screenplays are read by 4 ADAMI actors. The readings will be recorded and broadcast by France Culture.

Saturday, January 23th – 14h15

RESCREENING OF AWARDED FILMS

Sunday, January 31st Angers, Centre de Congrès Tuesday, February 9th Paris, Forum des images Tuesday, March 2nd Angers, Théâtre le Quai Tuesday, March 2nd Angers, Cinéma les 400 Coups Wednesday, March 3rd Saint-Macaire en Mauges, Cinéma le Familia Wednesday, March 17th Bouchemaine, Médiathèque Les Boîtes à culture Thursday, March 18th Saumur, Cinéma le Palace Friday, March 19th Saint-Nazaire, Le fanal, scène nationale Tuesday, 6

th and Wednesday, 7th April Segré, Cinéma Le Maingué

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TRIBUTES - RETROSPECTIVES

JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE AND HIS LEGACY

Premiers Plans pays tribute to French director Jean-Pierre Melville. Fond of the American Dream, he created his own universe and style and became himself an inspiring model for many current filmmakers. Thereby, his 14 films will be shown as well as the ones of his « heirs » : from Martin Scorsese to Aki Kaurismäki, Johnny To, Quentin Tarantino, or Jim Jarmusch. FULL WORK OF JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE

Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un clown 18' 1945 Le Silence de la mer 88' 1949 The Strange Ones (Les Enfants terribles) 105' 1950 When You Read This Letter (Les Quand tu liras cette lettre) 104' 1953 Bob the Gambler (Bob le flambeur) 98' 1955 Two Men in Manhattan (Deux hommes dans Manhattan) 84' 1959 Leon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre) 114' 1961 Doulos: The Finger Man (Le Doulos) 108' 1962 Magnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux) 102' 1963 Second Breath (Le Deuxième souffle) 144' 1966 The Samourai (Le Samouraï) 105' 1967 Army in the Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) 136' 1969 The Red Circle (Le Cercle rouge) 140' 1970 Dirty Money (Un flic) 98' 1972 JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE : HIS LEGACY

Breathless (A bout de souffle) Jean-Luc Godard 90' 1959 I Hired A Contract Killer Aki Kaurismäki 79' 1990 King Of New-York Abel Ferrara 100’ 1990 Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino 99' 1992 Sonatine Takeshi Kitano 94’ 1993 Ghost Dog : The Way Of Samourai Jim Jarmusch 116' 1999 The Mission (Cheung fo) Johnny To 81' 1999 The Departed Martin Scorsese 151' 2006

Encounters : - Cinema lesson, with Eric Demarsan, music composer of Army in the Shadows, The Red Circle and The Samouraï. - Round-table conference with Pierre Lhomme, Bertrand Tavernier, Rémy Grumbach, Philippe Rouyer and Rui Nogueira.

Le Deuxième souffle

The Mission

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TRIBUTES - RETROSPECTIVES

FEAR IN CINEMA

From fear to terror, shiver and anxiety, 34 films to explore how fear has been represented and felt in cinema. FEATURE FILMS Nosferatu (Eine Symphonie des Grauens) Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau 72’ 1922 Les Diaboliques Henri-George Clouzot 115’ 1955 Dracula Terence Fisher 87’ 1959 Peeping Tom Michael Powell 101’ 1960 Psycho Alfred Hitchcock 109’ 1960 Village of the Damned Wolf Rilla 98’ 1960 Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux sans visage) George Franju 88’ 1960 Revenge of the Vampire (La Maschera del demonio) Mario Bava 85’ 1961 Straw Dogs Sam Peckinpah 113’ 1971 The Spirit of the Beehive (El Espiritu de la colmena) Victor Erice 98’ 1974 Deep Red (Profondo Rosso) Dario Argento 101’ 1975 Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton 105’ 1991 Thesis (Tesis) Alejandro Amenabar 130’ 1996 The Kingdom (Riget) Lars Von Trier 571’ 1997 Harry, He's Here to Help Dominik Moll 117’ 2000

(Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien) Common Wealth (La Comunidad) Alex de la Iglésia 105’ 2000 The Devil Blackbone (El Espinazo del diablo) Guillermo del Toro 107’ 2001 I’m not scared (Io non ho paura) Gabriele Salvatores 102’ 2005 Shaun of the dead Edgar Wright 99’ 2005 [Rec] P. Plaza / J. Balagueró 80’ 2007 Nocturna V. Maldonado / A. Garcia 80’ 2007 Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du noir) Blutch / C. Burns / M. Caillou 85’ 2008 P. di Sciullo / R. McGuire / L. Mattoti Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Tomas Alfredson 114’ 2009

Cinema lesson : Fear in cinema, lead by Louis Mathieu. Wednesday, January 27th - Centre de Congrès

FIRST THRILLS : a program of short films for the children (from age 6)

Not scared ! Frankenstein circus Jacques Remy-Girerd 9’ 1986 A noite Régina Pessoa 6’ 1999 La Saint Festin Anne-Laure Daffis / Léo Marchand 15’ 2007 What’s Next Adrian Flückiger / Claudia Röthlin 4’ 2007 Gare à l’ours ! Janis Cimermanis 16’ 2008

The shorts by Pierre-Luc Granjon : Petite escapade 6’ 2002 Le Château des autres 6’ 2004 L’enfant sans bouche 4’ 2004 Le Loup blanc 8’ 2006 L’hiver de Léon 26’ 2007 Le printemps de Mélie 28’ 2008

Les Diaboliques

[Rec]

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TRIBUTES - RETROSPECTIVES

TRIBUTE TO GUILLAUME DEPARDIEU

Back to a selection of memorable films part of the actor’s career, gone in October 2008. Each day, Jeanne Moreau and the Festival receive a guest to present the 9 films of this tribute. All the Mornings of the World (Tous les matins du monde) Alain Corneau 114’ 1991

Wild Target (Cible émouvante) Pierre Salvadori 87’ 1993

Les Apprentis Pierre Salvadori 95’ 1995

Pola X Leos Carax 135’ 1999

A Loving Father (Aime ton père) Jacob Berger 100’ 2000

Don't Touch the Axe (Ne touchez pas la hache) Jacques Rivette 137’ 2007

Versailles Pierre Schoeller 113’ 2008

On War (De la Guerre) Bertrand Bonello 130’ 2008

Château en Suède Josée Dayan 105’ 2008

Sneak-preview : L’Enfance d’Icare Alexandre Lordachescu 90’ 2009

KAREL ZEMAN

A selection of short and feature films by the great Czech animated film director.

FEATURE FILMS Journey to Prehistory (Cesta do praveku) 93’ 1955 A Deadly Invention (Vynález zkázy) 87’ 1958 Sindbad the Sailor (Dobrodruzstvi namornika Sindibada) 65’ 1974 SHORT FILMS The Christmas Dream (Vanocni sen) 11’ 1945 A Horseshoe For Luck (Podkova pro stestí) 10’ 1946 Krecek 9’ 1946 Mr. Prokouk Filmmaker (Pan Prokouk filmuje) 8’ 1948 Inspiration (Inspirace) 12’ 1948

YOUNG TURKISH CINEMA

Two feature films and two programs of films made in cinema schools in Turkey. Orada Hakki Kurtulus et Melik Saraçoglu 93’ 2009 Köprüdekiler Asli Özge 87’ 2009

Event organized as part of the Turkey Season in France (July 2009 - March 2010) www.saisondelaturquie.fr

Sindbad

Versailles

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PARTENAIRES

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THE FESTIVAL WOULD LIKE TO THANK

Abbaye de Fontevraud - Centre Culturel de l’Ouest Festival d’Anjou

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Acor Aleph Ambassade de France à Berlin Ambassade de France en Hongrie Ambassade de France en République Tchèque Ambassade de France en Roumanie Ambassade de France en Russie Ambassade du Royaume des Pays-Bas à Paris Ambassade du Portugal à Paris Angers Stationnement Anjou Taxi Association des Producteurs Audiovisuel des Pays de la Loire Apparthotel Atmosphères 53 Bibliothèque Anglophone Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt Bibliothèque Municipale Toussaint Bibliothèque pour Tous Bimier Marquage Bon Bétend British Council Bureau d’Accueil des tournages de la Sem des Pays de la Loire Capricci CDDP Maine-et-Loire Centre Culturel de l’Ouest Centre Culturel tchèque à Paris Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Centre National de Danse Contemporaine Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Cinéma Le Maingué Cinéma Le Palace – Saumur Cinéma Le Liberté Cinéma Le Familia Cinéma Parlant Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg Cinémathèque Royale de Bruxelles Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance Commission Supérieure Technique Communauté française de Belgique Cré-Imaj Dune MK ESRA Bretagne Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts d’Angers Ecole Supérieure des Pays de la Loire

Fé2A Films d’Ici Ford Rent Angers Forum Culturel Autrichien Forum des Images Imprimerie La Manu Imprimerie Setig Institut de Perfectionnement des Langues Vivantes Institut des Sciences de la Communication et de l’Education d’Angers Institut français d’Istanbul Institut français de Londres Institut français de Tbilisi Institut polonais de Paris Institut Universitaire des Formations des Maîtres Inspection Académique de Maine-et-Loire InterCEDacc JCDecaux La Fabrique Association La fémis Le fanal, scène nationale Les films de la Riposte Lycée du Sacrée Cœur Lycée professionnel Chevrollier Lycée Renoir Lycéens au cinéma Musée des Beaux Arts d’Angers Médiathèque Les Boîtes à culture Nouveau Théâtre Office du Tourisme d’Angers Office de Coopération Internationale d’Angers Passeurs d’Images Plein Ecran Pôle emploi spectacle Radio Campus Radio G ! Sacher Films SCEREN SERAL Swiss Films Terre des Sciences Université Catholique de l’Ouest Université d’Angers