Revealing the poster for the 48th edition of Cinemed

Black and white has a magical power: it makes the moment timeless, ensuring it is not consigned to the past and allowing us to relive it once more in the present. It is not lost time we are seeking, but time rediscovered! A bold modernity creeps into the interplay of light and shadow.

On the poster for the 48th edition of Cinemed, the black and white, radiant with light, captures for eternity a moment of joy imbued with the purity and innocence that only childhood can offer: a flamenco dance shared between a grandmother and her granddaughter, close companions tenderly entwined.

In flamenco, the face is the mirror of the soul and the expression of emotions. The smile that lights up their faces and the intensity of their gaze perfectly convey all the beauty and love passed down through the generations.

The arm movements, like defiant gestures, seem to invite us to join them and take part in the dance.

In the film Blancanieves, from which this photograph is taken, the Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger has taken every liberty in reimagining the Brothers Grimm fairy tale: transposing it to 1920s Andalusia, without dialogue and in sumptuous black and white.

An unclassifiable director who surprises us with every film, and whom we shall have the pleasure of welcoming at the next edition of the festival, taking place from 16 to 24 October in Montpellier. 

Warm thanks to director Pablo Berger, to Yuko Harami, the photographer, and to Sandra Tapia from the production company Arcadia

Graphic design by Chirripo