A Cypriot town, Varosha, victim of a Turkish invasion in 1974; a country, Ukraine, battered by a Russian invasion since 2022; a sea, the Mediterranean, the cemetery of thousands of migrants for too long; and a Middle East that has become a powder keg again since October 7, 2023: this is the backdrop to the sixth edition of the Festival of European Cinema and Cultures of the Maison de l’Europe Strasbourg-Alsace (Mesa).
The first session will be opened on Friday June 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the FEC, 17 place Saint-Étienne, by the president of the University of Strasbourg, Frédérique Berrod. The French documentary Varosha, the hostage city by Sylvie Deleule, who depicts the vagaries of a city abandoned for more than half a century, will give rise to a debate on the theme “Cyprus – Ukraine: two countries, the same wound?†.
The next day, Saturday June 13 at 7 p.m., at Saint-Thomas Church, 11 rue Martin-Luther, we will be able to attend the screening of a very beautiful film The Sea by Israeli director Shai Carmeli-Pollak. On Monday June 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the FEC, 17 place Saint-Étienne, the film will be screened Styx by Austrian director Wolfgang Fischer, who tells the story of a female emergency doctor, sailing enthusiast, who, during a solo trip, finds a boat crowded with African migrants which is sinking. The film will give rise to a debate.
Free entry to the different sequences within the limit of available places, upon registration, indicating the desired session(s), by email to secretariat.mesa@gmail.com
