Jorge Ulla, & Néstor Almendros Pierre Sauvage The second festival edition was held 7–13 October 1991.
As an illustrative example, one of the official selections, Le pays des sourds (In the Land of the Deaf) focused primarily on Deaf communities in France; but the documentary also featured a brief segment identifying commonalities in French Sign Language and Japanese Sign Language.
Along with the competition screenings, the festival hosted a retrospective of films from the early days of cinema in honor of the Lumière brothers' cinematograph centennial.
Anne Claire Poirier Yu Lik-wai The sixth festival edition was held 19–25 October 1999.
Apart from the usual international and regional competition programs, a retrospective of films by Joris Ivens was shown.
Apart from the usual international and regional competition programs, retrospectives of films by Robert Kramer and Fumio Kamei were shown.
Jon Jost Neeraj Bhasin The eighth festival edition was held 10–16 October 2003.
Mervi Junkkonen [fi] The tenth festival edition was held 4–11 October 2007.