What's on

The exhibitors, the events

Article published on the 2009-08-18 Latest update 2009-09-07 15:37 TU

 

The slideshow provides images from some of the thirty exhibitions but is in no way complete.

Festival Director Jean-François Leroy says that Perpignan is still "an absolute must for everyone involved in photojournalism" despite the alleged death of the profession, with cuts in the number of magazine assignments, the rates paid and a boom in pictures with no royalties or rights.

The festival this year will cover the last 12 months of news, from September 2008 to August this year. Each evening there will be a chronological review of the news, two months at a time, with awards ceremonies also in the evening.

Screenings take place at the Campo Santo at 9.45pm from Monday 31 August to Saturday 5 September. They'll also happen on the Place de la République from Thursday to Saturday. The stories you can expect to see covered hail from the DRC, Gaza, Georgia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Madagascar.

Expect coverage of Obama and the financial crisis and look out for anniversaries of the Iranian revolution, the beginning of Jazz and the moon landing.

A one-day symposium entitled "Pictures - News - Knowledge: G8 versus G185" will be held on Thursday 3 September. The forum will attempt to answer the question "how are members of the G8 community seen by G195 citizens?"

This year, three Visa d'or prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Daily Press, Feature, and News.

Other accolades to be handed out include the City of Perpignan Young Reporter Award, the Canon Female Photojournalist Award, the Care International Award for Humanitarian Reportage and the RFI-F24 Webdocumentary Award.