[Texto disponível apenas em inglês] Since 1998, Rencontres Audiovisuelles have promoted independent cinema and digital images, and developed film literacy actions. Public awareness: To allow everyone to discover new artistic forms, particularly audiences who do not follow cultural events, and young audiences. Initiation and film literacy: To help decipher images, to understand how audiovisual language is constructed and how it can be used. Supporting creativity: To provide opportunities for innovative audiovisual creators to show their work and extend their network. Registering actions in their social and geographic environment: Cultural actions at regional level, integration to the fabric of the local community thanks to in-depth networking actions.
A few key gures about Rencontres Audiovisuelles Each year: • More than 100 actions (screenings and/or workshops), including 2 festivals • More than 700 hours of film literacy sessions delivered • More than 150 projects with regional, national or international organisations • More than 60 000 spectators and participants at the various screenings, workshops and activities • More than 300 image professionals involved in various activities (workshops, screenings, etc.) • 250 volunteers