The Nice Fictions Festival, which launched a crowdfunding campaign earlier this month, will take place this weekend at the Saint-Jean d’Angély University Pole.
For this second edition of Nice Fictions, the organizing team has worked hard to craft a superb program and great encounters for you!
First, you will be able to meet many authors – Laurent Genefort, Laurianne Alaouchiche, Li-Cam, Hélène Cruciani, Ugo Bellagamba, Sybille Marchetto… –, publishers – Antarès, Galaxies SF, Éditions Melis, Les Moutons électriques, Studio Deadcrows, Les Vagabonds du Rêve –, and exhibitors in the various aisles of the festival.
Not to forget the Galaxie Vésubie association, whose Patrick Poggioli’s R2D2, accompanied by other characters from the Star Wars universe, will be wandering around the site (only on Saturday, April 23).
Below, you will find a glimpse of the weekend’s conferences and activities:
Friday, April 22:
- 10:30 AM – Reflection workshop, between reality and imagination: “Walls, borders, and migrations, when reality surpasses imagination”
- 1:30 PM – Conference “Relativity in science fiction films” (Amphi 2)
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3:00 PM – Conference “The Martian: Exploring the Red Planet” (Amphi 2): Why and how to explore the Red Planet?
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5:00 PM – Workshop “Cinema-Aperitif” (Amphi 3): Come and defend your favorite cinematic shore, your favorite film, as long as it deals with seas, oceans, lakes or imaginary or reimagined bodies of water.
Saturday, April 23:
- Introduction to lightsaber handling, organized by Dragons, the Nice-based lightsaber school
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10:30 AM – Conference “The invention of the Talking Mirror in the Snow White tale” (Amphi 2): Snow White offers an example of a successful and ultra-popular adaptation of a tale whose origins are lost in the oral traditions of the Middle Ages.
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1:30 PM – Round table “7th Plastic Continent and Post-Apocalyptic Universes: The Shores of Disaster” (Amphi 3)
Not to forget the tournaments (Magic: The Gathering, X-Wing, Krosmaster, Warhammer 40K, Yu-Gi-Oh), and the Saturday Gaming Night (A pirate never dies – Investigation Night, Pandemic Survival Tournament, Role-Playing Game Tournament on the theme “Shores” – starting at 8 PM).
Sunday, April 24:
- Treasure hunt in the festival aisles (5 starts at 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, and 6 PM)
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10:30 AM – Workshop “How to create a world?” (Amphi 2)
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3:00 PM – Conference “James Bond in the Maze” (Amphi 1): Mythology enthusiast, Ian Fleming inscribed his hero in the literary movement of the spy novel by relying on remarkable myths from Greco-Roman and Christian traditions.
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5:00 PM – Round table “The Nice Observatory, between Science and Fiction” (Amphi 1)
You can find the complete program on the festival’s website: Nice Fictions. Find the complete list of guests and all practical information to enjoy the Festival. Also, follow the Nice Fictions Facebook page. Remember admission is free!
