For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

Some strings, Some strings

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Some strings is a collection of previously unseen filmic gestures. It is rooted in what is a stain on the screens of history: in Palestine, where the poet and teacher Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli strike along with seven other members of his family. His last poem, If I must die, written between earth and sky, five weeks before his death, called for the creation of a kite from bits of string. The kite has become an object of resistance, and its strings are now being used by a hundred or so artists and film-makers around the world. These are just some of the many ways in which they look at one of the darkest moments of the 21st century.

In 2024, FID unveiled the very first films from this project. Since then, Some strings has been screened in over 50 countries. This year, FID is presenting the complete collection of works created by more than 100 artists and filmmakers from diverse geographic, artistic, and social backgrounds.

These films do not stop the disappearance of the other, do not ease hunger, do not heal the wounded, nor feed children, but they contribute to redefining understanding.

Some strings

Alain Gomis, Alain Kassanda, Alexia Roux & Saad Chakali, Ali Arkady, Ali Cherri, Alice Brygo, Amel Alzakout, Amie Barouh, Anhar Salem, Anne Penders, Annik Leroy & Julie Morel, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Aude Fourel, Axelle Poisson, Bahia Bencheikh El Fegoun, Basma Al-Sharif, Baya Medhaffar, Ben Rivers, Ben Russell, Bani Khoshnoudi, Bo Wang, Bruce Clarke, Charlie Shackleton, Christophe Clavert, Claire Fontaine, Collectif Hawaf, Corinne Castel, Dalila Mahdjoub, Dania Reymond, Daniela Ortiz, Declan Clarke, Djamel Kerkar, Diego Mondaca, Douglas Gordon, Dora García, Elena López Riera & Philippe Azoury, Eléonore Weber, Ellie Ga, Eric Baudelaire & Claire Atherton, Marius Atherton, Eva Giolo, Eyal Sivan, Fernanda Pessoa, Francis Alÿs, Franssou Prenant, Génesis Scarlet Valenzuela Valdez, Ghassan Salhab, Hassen Ferhani, Idit Nathan, Ignacio Agüero, Ismaïl Bahri, Jayce Salloum, Jeremiah Mosese, Jerónimo Atehortúa, Jilani Saadi, Julie Courel, Juruna Mallon, Kamal Aljafari, Khaled Abdulwahed, Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré, Khristine Gillard & Mohammad Hammash, Filip Momikj, Kyoshi Sugita, Lana Daher, Laura Huertas Millán, Lav Diaz, Léandre Bernard Brunel, Lene Berg, Leos Carax, Lucy  Kerr, M’hand Abadou Djezairi & Marcel Mrejen, Mali Arun, Maria Aparicio, Marielle Chabal, Marwa Arsanios

Artists

Maryam Tafakory, Mehdi Meklat avec Badroudine Saïd Abdallah, Michaël Andrianaly, Mira Adoumier, Misha Zavalniy, Mitra Farahani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Mohanad Yaqubi, Monica Maurer, Muriel Modr, Nadia Ghanem, Narimane Mari, Niles Atallah, Newton, Ifeanyi Aduaka, Onyeka Igwe, Pablo Sigg, Philip Rizk, Philippe Parreno, Pierre Creton, Primo Mauridi, Raman Djafari, Renée Nader Messora & João Salaviza, Saif Fradj & Mahshid Mahboubifar, Safia Benhaim, Samir Guesmi, Sarah Beddington, Sarah Wood, Sepideh Farsi, Serge Garcia, Sharon Lockhart, Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson, Simplice Herman Ganou, Soumeya Ait Ahmed & Nadir Bouhmouch, Suneil Sanzgiri, Tariq Teguia, Taysir Batniji, Ugo Rodinone, Valentin Noujaïm, Valérie Massadian, Valérie Osouf & Cromix Onana, Victor Missud, Vincent Guilbert, Virgil Vernier, Wendelien Van Oldenborgh & Cathleen Schuster, Marcel Dickhage, Wiame Haddad, Wilmarc Val, Yann Gonzales & Alain Garcia Vergara, Yannick Kergoat, Yohei Yamakado, Yosr Gasmi & Mauro Mazzocchi, Youssef Chebbi  (More Strings To Come)