San Diego French Film Festival

Young Cinephiles' Day

MARCH 21, 2025

Aligned with the Alliance Française's mission, the San Diego French Film Festival features a special session for French learners in San Diego schools. It showcased L'Océan Vu Du Coeur (2023, Canada), a compelling documentary that highlights the ocean's biodiversity, the importance of protecting it, human-induced threats, prevention strategies, and its remarkable regenerative potential.

Before the documentary, the short film L'Invulnerable (2024, France) was presented.

After the screening Director Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol answered the questions of almost 500 students.

This screening was hosted at Patrick Henry High School, for school students in collaboration with 9 schools of San Diego.

L'OCEAN VU DU COEUR (2023, Canada)  

directed by Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol & Marie-Dominique Michaud

96 min - Documentary

Selected: Focus on French Cinema, Knowlton Film Festival, Victoria Film Festival

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Synopsis

For a long time, the Ocean seemed unalterable and inexhaustible, but the impact of our actions on its biodiversity and its temperature is alarming. In The Ocean Seen from the Heart, sequel to The Earth Seen from the Heart, Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, invites us to rediscover what threatens the ocean, and above all to explore its capacity for phenomenal regeneration. A hymn to the Living, in what is richest, most precious and necessary to preserve if we want to survive, among other species, on our blue planet.​

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