Les documentaires et films

SCREENING OF “CHRISTIE DASHIELL – Journey in Black”

Screening of “Christie DASHIELL – Journey in Black”, the film of the closing concert of the 20th Festival Éclats d’Émail Jazz Edition. A coproduction by OXYMORE / FESTIVAL ÉCLATS D’ÉMAIL JAZZ ÉDITION with the participation of FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS and with the support of the CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE. Producer: Jean-Romain SALES / Director: Stéphane VÉRITÉ.

On 17 November 2026, the Jean-Gagnant Cultural Centre will host the premiere screening of Christie Dashiell’s concert, as part of the 20th Festival Éclats d’Émail Jazz Edition.

This screening will shine a light on the powerful and refined world of one of the great voices of jazz, recently revealed on the international scene.

This concert will also be available on france.tv.

A unique event at the heart of the Festival Éclats d’Émail Jazz Edition, celebrating excellence in jazz in Limoges.

SARAVAH by Pierre Barouh

Saravah is not a documentary, but a document.
Indeed, Saravah is not a didactic film about the history of Brazilian music in the 20th century, but the historical film in which all the Brazilian stars of the future are approached with simplicity by Pierre Barouh. And it is because Pierre Barouh is not a filmmaker but the witnessing participant in this encounter—an encounter between the old and the new world—that his film becomes an apology for reality, an artistic and poetic reality…

Baden Powell singing “Saravah” with Pierre Barouh, a very young Maria Bethânia already a diva, Marcia, Paulinho da Viola, Pixinguinha in the street that bears his name—each of these moments is one of truth and reveals Pierre Barouh’s great gift: that of a bridge-builder between cultures and emotions, giving us the impression that we have shared these moments of music and spirit in the intimacy of these living legends. The film’s imperfections are just as many nuggets of authenticity, Rohmer-like stories in which the viewer is free to feel whatever they feel, lulled into the contemplative pleasure of a historical Brazil that makes everyone nostalgic for never having known it.” Patrick Frémeaux.

A cult film, re-released in cinemas in 2024 in a restored version with French subtitles.

THE NEW HENRI SELMER JAZZ GUITAR “BEHIND THE SCENES OF ITS DESIGN”

Exclusive access to the original tools carefully preserved by MuPop – the Museum of Popular Music in Montluçon – and to Django Reinhardt’s legendary SELMER guitar, kept at the Museum of Music at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, enabled luthiers Gérald Alonso and Fabian Le Dosseur – the project’s technical directors – to carry out meticulous reconstruction work based on an in-depth study of the historic models.

Their quest for precision made it possible to rediscover the wood assembly secrets that made these guitars so successful, while also modernising them. Remaining faithful to their sonic identity, these instruments now benefit from optimised ergonomics and greater playing versatility thanks to the integration of an amplification system.
With their unique expertise in working with noble materials—brass and ebony—the Henri SELMER Paris teams also rethought, refined, and manufactured several parts of the guitar within the historic Mantes-la-Ville workshop: machine heads, tailpiece, and more.

FILM “A Few Notes on Freedom” by Benjamin Delattre featuring Michel Portal, produced by Sophie Faudel – Mélisandes Films

In a minimalist setting, stripped of all artifice, the film immerses us in the musical world of Michel Portal, the acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist who defies categorisation. More than a portrait, A Few Notes on Freedom is a sensory journey into the artist’s inner creative workshop. The camera captures the moment of invention, follows the fragile thread of improvisation, and explores the ever-shifting territory where music is born. Rarely has a film come so close to the creative process: gestures, breaths, silences, flashes of inspiration… The viewer is drawn directly into the musician’s mind, into the unpredictable flow of his ideas, where joy, vulnerability and solitude intertwine.

“Rarely has a film about music come so close to the creative process of a composer and improviser; rarely has a musical documentary captured the musician’s body with such intimacy. There is no biographical narrative here, no concert archives or touring footage, nor any testimonies from collaborators or staged encounters. These A Few Notes on Freedom constitute a first-hand account of transcending constraints – of the way an artist can move beyond a framework and surpass his own limits. What might otherwise remain an abstraction, however lyrical, takes on a strikingly tangible form here. Michel Portal returns to it time and again between takes: ‘Music is…’. One leaves this film with the feeling of having lived through a unique experience, at the very heart of the creative laboratory. Up close with an exceptional musician, through his joys and sorrows, his flashes of brilliance and his vulnerabilities. Body and soul.”

Arnaud Merlin, musicologist and producer at France Musique

Benjamin Delattre directed his first films in 2010 while supporting himself through various jobs and studying literature and history. In 2022, he directed Tahiti, les jours du retour, released in September 2024. That same year, J’ai rendez-vous avec un arbre was broadcast on Arte as part of La Lucarne.

With the support of Henri SELMER PARIS