Festival Data:

• Established: 2000
• Genre: Children (click to see)
• Attendance: 5000
• Media Attendance: 50
• Accredited Industry Attendance: 50
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 500
• Total Number of Films Screened: 96
• Total Screenings: 30
• Total National and International Premieres: 51
• # of Shorts Screened: 86
• # of Features Screened: 10
• Accreditations: CIFEJ

• Competitive
• Retrospective
• Has Panels
• Has Seminars

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Du Grain à Démoudre cinema festival is the only one of its kind in Europe produced with young people. Aged between 10 and 25, these youngsters come from the Le Havre region, and nurture ties with other young people from France and elsewhere in Europe.

The aim of these young people is to transmit their passion for cinema to a wide public – both young people and adults, from every social background, cinema-lovers or not. They also wish to forge ties with other young people in this field.

The Du Grain à Démoudre festival is also a way to maintain exchanges with other young people.

Prepared throughout the year by a very motivated group of youngsters, the event is an important opportunity to discover previously unseen short and feature-length films in France and to rediscover European film heritage works. It also provides a basis for exchanges between film professionals and young Europeans in the Le Havre region, in Normandy and in Europe.

Many cinema professionals take part in the event every year – directors, scriptwriters, actors, critics, technicians, cinema programmers, festival organisers and representatives from various organisations.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Call for Entry: http:/ / www.dugrainademoudre.net/ incrire_film.php