"A moment is an area of limited time, but very special because it is based on facts that characterize it as singular. There is perhaps nothing better than trying to film a moment to realize the great difficulty of transmitting it on a screen. Overall tonight's movies were edited in the camera during filming to create visual moments from a succession of images appearing on the screen simultaneously.

Since 1995, the Périphérie association organizes the Rencontres du cinéma documentaire (Meetings of Documentary Cinema), and since 2005 presents each October a one-week long non-competitive festival at the cinema Le Méliès of Montreuil. Open to diverse audiences, the festival brings together heritage films and recent works around a cinematic theme.

Legendary collage animator Lawrence Jordan presents his most recent film, a tribute to Max Ernst and Luis Buñuel, alongside a selection from his entire career, followed by a live film performance with John Davis.

“I have always wanted to show the ‘impossible’ in my films, and to astonish the viewer. . . . I often operate on freely associated series of images, finding the trail as I go, not plotting it, though some of the films are meticulously scripted. When I astonish myself, I put it in the film. When I don’t, I leave it out.” - Lawrence Jordan

Talking to God curated by Lili White
Guest filmmaker Cinzia Sarto will join us for Q & A!!!

Programme:
- Talk To God (Lea Furnion; USA)
- Elfmädchen (Mirka Morales; USA)
- Anóme (Lena Ditte Nissen; Germany, China, Panama)
- Fall (Ella Mikkola; Canada)
- The Silver Trade (Rebekkah Palov; USA)
- Play And Repeat (Lana Z Caplan; USA)
- Lost In A Glass Of Water (Cinzia Sarto; Italy)