Festival 3 Continents
Compétition internationale
47th edition
NOV. 21>29, 2025, Nantes France

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Festival 1979

1st Edition

The very first edition of the Festival des 3 Continents was held in Nantes from 4 to 11 December 1979 with Melvin Van Peebles, Anna Karina…

Programme

Awards

Grand Prix

Baara (Le Travail)Souleymane CISSÉ – Mali

Mention

ChuquiagoAntonio EGUINO – Bolivia

Jury

Anna KARINA

Actress – France

Melvin VAN PEEBLES

Director – USA

Claude PICASSO

Photographer – France

Richard ROUD

Director New York Festival – USA

Stephane TCHEGALJIEF

Producer – France

Photos

1979 - Cinéma afro-américain
1979 - Cinéma afro-américain
1979_Presse Ocean_Van Peebles
1979 Presse Océan
1979 - Repas
1979 - Repas
1979 - Anna Karina
1979 - Anna Karina
1979 - Karina et Van Peebles
Melvin van Peebles et Anna Karina

Films

Beyrouth, jamais plus
by Jocelyne SAAB
France — 1976
Bobeta, illusion y despertas
by Jorge PANTANO
Argentina — 1976
Bush mama
by Hailé GERIMA
United States — 1975
Chers camarades…
(Queridos companeros...)
by Pablo DE LA BARRA
Brazil — 1979
Chuquiago
(Chuquiago)
by Antonio EGUINO
Bolivia — 1977
Chuvas de verão
by Carlos DIEGUES
Brazil — 1977
Cicatrice de honte
(Scar of shame)
by Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia
USA — 1927
Cordes brisées
(Broken strings)
by Clarence MUSE
1940
Corps et âme
(Body and soul)
by Oscar MICHEAUX
USA — 1924
De l’autre côté du fleuve
(Rewo daande mayo)
by Cheikh NGAIDO BAH
Senegal
Déesse noire
(A denza negra)
by Ola BALOGUN
1978
Dooratwa
by Buddhadeb DASGUPTA
India — 1978
Dung-aw
by Lino BROCKA
Philippines — 1975
Entre ciel et terre
(Baïna as-samâ wa al-ardh)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1959
Killer of Sheep
(Killer of Sheep)
by Charles BURNETT
United States — 1978
the naive air
by Arnold ANTONIN
Haiti — 1975
The history of the land of good god
by Nacer KHEMIR
Afrique, Tunisie — 1977
L’olivier de boul’hilet
by Mohamed NADIR AZIZI
Algeria — 1978
La jeunesse d’une femme ou La sangsue
(Shabâb imra'a)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1956
The Wedding
(Al'urs)
by Collectif NOUVEAU THÉÂTRE
Tunisie — 1978
La seconde épouse
(Az-Zawja ath-thâniya)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1967
La source
by Arby OVANESSIAN
Asie, Iran — 1970
La terre scellée
by Marva NABILI
Iran — 1977
Laissez l’Eglise dire amen !
(Let the Church say amen !)
by Saint Clair BOURNE
USA — 1976
Le Caire’ 30
('Al Qahira thalathîn)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1966
Le corbeau
(Kalagh)
by Bahram BEYZAIE
Iran — 1977
The strong one
(Al Fûttuwa)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1957
Le moineau
(Al-Usfûr)
by Youssef CHAHINE
Egypt — 1973
Le Porteur d’eau est mort
(El sakka mat)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1977
Le travail
(Baara)
by Souleymane CISSÉ
Mali — 1978
the mongols
by Parviz KIMIAVI
Asie, Iran — 1973
THE WALLS
by Muhammad SHOUKRY JAMIL
Irak — 1979
Les poules
by Omar AMIRALAY
Syrie — 1978
Marilia et Marina
by Luis Fernando GOULART
Brazil — 1976
Moisson de 3000 ans
by Hailé GERIMA
Afrique, Ethiopia — 1976
Mort parmi les vivants ou Le commencement et la fin
(Bidâya wa nihâya)
by Salah ABOU SEIF
Egypt — 1960
N’diangane
by Mahama JOHNSON TRAORÉ
Senegal — 1975
Nah’la
(Nah'la)
by Farouk BELOUFA
Algeria — 1979
Novembre 1828
by Teguh KARYA
Indonesia — 1979
Ondanondu kaladalli
by Girish KARNAD
India — 1978
Panama
by Jesus Enrique GUEDES
1979
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
by Melvin VAN PEEBLES
United States — 1971
The Circus Tent
(Thampu)
by Govindan ARAVINDAN
India — 1978
The Scar of Shame
(The Scar of Shame)
by Frank PERUGINI
United States — 1927
Tudo Bem
by Arnaldo JABORD
Latin America, Brazil — 1978
Un rêve est ce dont vous vous réveillez
(A dream is what you wake up from)
by Larry BULLARD
USA — 1979
Vera
(Vera)
by Sergio TOLEDO
Brazil, Latin America — 1986
Yusuf et Kenan
by Ömer KAVUR
Turkey — 1979