Jeune Cinéma is a footage film documentary about the famous yet forgotten Hyères 　　Film Festival which took place from 1965 to 1983. It was at that time the most important 　　in France just after the glamorous Cannes Film Festival and a friendly place to discover 　　young directors such as Gilles Garrel, Akerman, Helma Sanders, Schroeter or Carax 　　before they became a legend for the art-house film amateurs. Hyères was a vivid 　　space for passionate debates, incredible polemics and above all surprising encounters. 　　In a word, it was THE place to be for all the cinephiles. If it suddenly disappeared 　　in 1983, it is not only because of internal and political conflicts but also for an unfair 　　competition with Cannes. The « Perspectives » section at Cannes, widely inspired 　　by Hyères, was attracting those same young talents discovered there. My personal 　　history as a filmmaker is deeply tied to the “Collectif Jeune Cinéma”, which was 　　in charge of the “Cinéma Différent” section. Therefore, it’s with a real emotion that 　　I have dived into the festival’s unreleased archives - finding astounding debates 　　or hilarious reactions of the audience - in order to reweave the thread of that forgotten 　　and yet so meaningful story about Cinema.