FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL du JEUNE CINEMA de HYERES: CINEMA DIFFERENT 1973-83

Towards a listing of films programmed by Marcel Maze, founder and leader of the Collectif Jeune Cinema, an important organization in the development of experimental cinema in France.

Marcel Maze and Jonas Mekas at Hyeres, 1974 (via Senses of Cinema)

Collectif Jeune Cinema, 40 Years of Different Cinema (retrieved from Thessaloniki IFF website)

Directly inspired by the events of May ‘68, it is fair to say that the early 70s were a fertile ground for experimental film in France. The CJC and the Festival International du Jeune Cinéma de Hyères were in the forefront of this burgeoning film culture. What had started...