Kering and the Sœurs Jumelles festival

The Sœurs Jumelles festival and Women in Motion

Founded in 2021 by Julie Gayet, actress and producer, Delphine Paul, marketing director, and Eric Débègue, music publisher and producer, the Sœurs Jumelles festival fosters a dialogue between music and image through artistic exchanges, concerts and screenings. 
Artists and professionals from the worlds of film, animation, documentaries, advertising, series, music videos, virtual reality and video games share their thoughts about the challenges they share with their counterparts in music – whether they work in classical, electronica, urban, jazz, contemporary or other genres. 
Throughout the Festival, the city that served as the backdrop for The Young Girls of Rochefort also welcomes the general public into exceptional venues, such as the Corderie Royale rope-making museum and the Coupe d’Or Theater.

Driven by Kering’s commitment to moving the needle on gender inequality in the music and visual arts industries, Women In Motion has sponsored the festival since its inception to showcase the work of women directors and achieve greater representation of women in culture and the arts.
 

The first Emerging Talent Award for Music and Image

For the first time, the Festival, Women In Motion and Madame Figaro are teaming up to award a grant to an emerging songwriter-composer-singer. 
Building on the awards handed out to film professionals in Cannes and to photographers in Arles, Kering is doubling down on its desire to honor and support female talent, this time in the music professions. 
To encourage sisterhood and sharing, the 2024 winner will be a part of the jury that selects the winner of the 2025 Women In Motion for Emerging Talent Award for Music.
 

Emerging Talent Award for Music and Image handed out at the fourth Sœurs Jumelles festival

This year, the award will be given to the artist-songwriter-singer Solann on stage at the Coupe d'Or Theater on the evening of June 26.
The award ceremony will be followed by a performance by the winner and a talk in which she will be interviewed by artist Keren Ann.

An evening of concerts paying tribute to singer Dani, entitled Amour Toujours, will take place after the award ceremony and Solann's performance. 

2021 saw Women In Motion venture to Rochefort in support of Sœurs Jumelles, the then fledgling festival which is fronted by the actor and producer Julie Gayet with Delphine Paul in charge of marketing and Eric Débègue heading up music production. Catering to both public and professional audiences, Sœurs Jumelles aims to change perceptions and achieve gender equality in the industries of music and the moving image. In this spirit, the festival strives to champion the work of women artists as well as to encourage dialogue with decision-makers and work toward greater inclusivity.

With its shared determination to further improve parity and representation in these creative professions – and culture and the arts in general –, for the third consecutive year, Women In Motion decided to renew its commitment to the festival with Talks designed to aid in the fight against women's invisibility within music-related industries.

This year, Women In Motion sponsors the festival's special day event – "Toutes et tous à l’unisson" ("Uniting one and all") – taking place on June 27. A series of artistic talks, debates and shows will uncover the many challenges (artistic, financial, technological and societal) facing the music and moving image industries. 

What's more, on June 28, Women In Motion extends its support to artistic talks at the Théâtre de la Coupe d'Or, featuring:
-    The author, composer, and singer, Emily Loizeau, and the journalist and filmmaker, Manon Loizeau;
-    Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen and Laetitia Pansanel-Garric, who are both film composers;
-    The actress, singer and director, Jeanne Balibar.

Founded in 2021 by Julie Gayet, Delphine Paul and Eric Débègue, the Sœurs Jumelles festival celebrates music and the moving image. Universal and inseparable, these two languages are embodied by Delphine and Solange, the twin heroines of the 1967 Jacques Demy film The Young Girls of Rochefort. 

The Sœurs Jumelles festival will be open to the general public from June 22nd-25th, 2022. Its eclectic lineup offers nightly performances dedicated to different musical themes (by reservation only) and a series of concerts (free entry). Through panel discussions, debates, screenings and shows, the Sœurs Jumelles festival offers professionals in the industries of music and the moving image a forum for gathering and exploring the challenges of each sector, to foster collaboration — an essential aspect in a time of great change for two sectors that interact constantly.  
 

Parity and representation across creative professions are among the great challenges facing culture and the arts in general. For this reason, Women In Motion is committed to supporting the Sœurs Jumelles festival for the second consecutive year, with Talks designed to aid in the fight against women's invisibility within music-related industries. 

With its transversal approach, the “Sœurs Jumelles, Rencontre de la Musique et de l'Image” festival provides a shared space for artists of the moving image (cinema, animation, documentaries, advertising, series, videos, video games, VR, among other forms) and creators of music (classical, electronic, urban, jazz, contemporary, among other genres). To this end, Sœurs Jumelles offers a platform for discussion, information and collaboration on shared challenges.

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