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festival international du film animalier
international wildlife film festival

Albert  , 80300  ,          Somme  ,  France

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                                                    ALBERT    80300     FRANCE

Historical Background :

                                                                                                               

Albert's  International Wildlife Film Festival was created in 1991 by a team of twelve voluntary people.
One of them had had the idea to achieve a cultural challenge which would underline their passion .
The first year, Albert's Festival was a venture full of surprises and discoveries and, as years went by, it quickly
became an event which couldn't be ignored in the world of animal films. It is now greatly considered by directors
and producers on the five continents. Every year, thanks to its international personalities who compose a supreme panel of judges, this Festival rewards the most recent animal films shot by amateur or professional
film directors worldwide.

Date and place

                                     

                                      ALBERT    80300  FRANCE
                              17 th International Wildlife Film Festival
                                                             MARCH   2007 , 17-25th

                                                             

Albert's Festival takes place every year in March. It lasts eight days, in front of an audience and in a modern
theatre equiped with all the appliances and technique necessary to such a huge event. This theatre called
" Théâtre du Jeu de Paume " stands in the city centre, next to a big car park and has six hundred seats
available.

                                                            

ALBERT :
Albert is the third biggest city in the Somme Département. It is in the north of France, between Paris and Lille.
It can easily be reached from Paris or its airports thanks to the motorway (A 1 ) and the TGV Haute Picardie
station.

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                                                              Paris - Albert 130 Km
  
  The Festival :
  
  
  
                                                     

• There is a pre-inaugural evening devoted to a country and which shows its wildlife, its folore and
  also a preview of extracts from the films selected.

• There are evenings with precise themes : 
  On these occasions specific films are shown and special guests are invited.

• An official competition takes place in which each film selected is shown to an international jury composed
  of people who are famous in the world of cinema, television, the press or in organisations specialized in
  wildlife.

• During the gala evening, the panel of judges, the producers and the directors who take part in the competition are introduced to the audience and so are prestigious guests of honour.

• Every day, there are special viewings for school children and the Wednesday afternoon is devoted
  to children with films, workshops, games, and animal quizzes.

• For a whole week, there are exhibitions linked to animals with sculptors, painters, photographers,
  taxidermists, aquariums and multimedia columns.

• The festival ends up with the panel of judges giving their awards list in front of personalities and the
  audience. Finally, the best film of the year is shown to the audience.
  
  
  During the Festival :
  
  The festival is also a means to discover Albert and the Haute Somme area
  
                        
  
  
  A tour of the eel-breeding area :
  These are splendid areas in which ponds and rivers play an exceptional duet.The tourist who enjoys
  aquatic landscapes or fishing will discover the natural and protected environment of the" larris picard"
  while walking around the places where the tasty eel of the ponds of the Haute Somme is traditionally captured.
  
  
                                       
  
  The Souvenir Tour :
  
  Albert is the starting point of the tour to remember the 1916 Battle of the Somme. The Tourism Office
  organizes guided tours in places such as Beaumont-Hamel, La Boisselle, Longueval, Mametz,
  Pozières and Thiepval.
  
                                         
  
  
  The Shelters Museum :
  
  This museum takes us into the trenches of the first World War, into a strange place, ten metres under the ground. In a two hundred and six metres long gallery, the daily life of the "poilus " and "tommies " has
  been reconstituted in a realistic way.
  Visits : rue de Boulan (next to the church), every day during the opening hours , not closed at lunch time in July and August.
  For further information : tel  : 03 22 75 16 17,        International          00 33 3  22 75 16 17
  
      
  
  The Public Garden :
  
                                   
  
  This listed arboretum is well worth seeing as it is a place where you can both relax and make
  ecological discoveries.
  Not to be missed : What is left of the walls once surrounding the town, the bandstand and the falls.

• " Chapelle Madame " :                 in Mailly Maillet ,     12    Kms from Albert

" Chapelle Madame" , built in  1754  ,  baroque style ,
octagonal ground plan with an oval dome  , and a slendid mausoleum
by the architect Jean Baptiste Dupuis.

                             1904                                                                                                 Now                                                           An association for its restoration was founded in  november 1996 :
                                    A.S.C.R.M , 30 rue des Cordeliers , 80560 MAILLY MAILLET
                It's possible to visit ,  appointment by phone :  03 22 76 21 25     , no entrance fees
Donation will be accepted for the restoration.


                                   


Food and Accommodation :


Restaurants:
Le Stromboli                                             Albert                                   tel: 03 22 75 60 84
Auberge de la Vallée d'Ancre             Authuille                         tel: 03 22 75 15 18            
La Taverne du Cochon Salé                  Authuille                               tel: 03 22 75 46 17         
Le Relia                                        Corbie                                   tel: 03 22 95 05 41
La Table d'Agathe                                  Corbie                                   tel: 03 22 96 96 27
L'Anguillère                                              Eclusier-Vaux                       tel: 03 22 76 02 55
Auberge de la Petite Folie                         Eclusier-Vaux                       tel: 03 22 76 02 50
Le Poppy                                                    La Boisselle                     tel: 03 22 75 45 45
Auberge la Quenouille                        Peronne                          tel: 03 22 84 00 62
Auberge des Trois Vallées                        Sailly Laurette                      tel: 03 22 76 65 55

Hôtels-Restaurants :
Hôtel de la Basilique         Hôtel** Restaurant**       Albert            tel:03 22 75 04 71
La Cloche d'Or                                                                 Albert            tel:03 22 75 09 68
Hôtel de la Paix                   Hôtel*    Restaurant          Albert            tel: 03 22 75 01 64
Le Relais Fleuri                     Hôtel** Restaurant          Albert            tel: 03 22 75 08 11
Le Royal Picardie                Hôtel***Restaurant***    Albert           tel: 03 22 75 37 00
Formule 1                             Hôtel TSE                           Assevillers   tel: 03 22 85 25 22
Mercure Hôtel                     Hôtel***                             Assevillers tel: 03 22 85 78 30
Le Boeuf Jardinier                                                    ""                       ""
La Paix                                Hôtel**   Restaurant         Bapaume       tel:03 21 07 11 03
Les Etangs du Levant         Hôtel*     Restaurant         Bray/somme tel: 03 22 76 70 00
Au Coin du Feu                                                                 Corbie            tel: 03 22 40 61 04
l'Abbatiale                                                                       Corbie            tel: 03 22 48 40 48
La Marine                                                                       Corbie            tel: 03 22 48 01 51
Hôtellerie des Remparts      Hôtel**  Restaurant**      Peronne        tel :03 22 84 01 22
Le Campanile                       Hôtel**   Restaurant         Peronne          tel:03 22 84 22 22
Le Saint Claude                    Hôtel                                   Peronne          tel:03 22 84 46 00
Restaurant de la Paix            Restaurant**                       ""                         ""
Le Prieuré                             Hôtel**    Restaurant**  Rancourt       tel:03 22 85 04 43

"Les Toques Picardes"

Hôtel du Nord              Restaurant Lutz***   80700 Roye                                    tel : 03 22 87 10 87
Aubergedu Val de Noye**                             80250 Ailly sur Noye                      tel : 03 22 41 12 75
Le Banneton                                                    80720   Marcelcave                         tel : 03 22 42 30 78
Restaurant de la Forêt***                              60560   Orry la Ville                        tel : 03 44 60 61 26
Le Globe                                                         60 120  Breteuil sur Noye              tel : 03 44 07 01 78
La Maye**  Hôtel Restaurant                        80150    Crecy en Ponthieu              tel : 03b 22 23 54 35
La Mouette                                                      80790     Fort-Mahon Plage            tel : 03 22 27 70 53
L'Os à Moëlle                                                  80000     Amiens                              tel : 03 22 92 75 46
Le Prieuré**   Hôtel Restaurant                    80000      Amiens                              tel : 03 22 92 27 67
La petite Auberge                                           80160     La Neuville les Loeuilly   tel : 03 22 42 70 76  


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