Escales Solidaires – SOS Méditerranée

At the end of 2024, SOS MEDITERRANEE is stopping off in Paris to renew its call for mobilization in response to the humanitarian emergency that continues in the Mediterranean.
Values of solidarity, of commitment, and the unconditional to rescue anyone in distress at sea will resonate from November 19 to January 7 throughout the capital and Seine St Denis through a series of events that will bring together many personalities and artists united around a objective: Saving lives at sea.

The NGO of search and rescue at sea invites you to participate in a dozen meetings under the title Escales solidaires. Through exhibitions, plays, a charity evening, cinema-meetings or an auction, the objective is to sensitize diverse audiences to the urgency of acting in the Mediterranean, and raise funds to support the rescue operations of Ocean Viking, SOS MEDITERRANEE’s ambulance ship.

PROGRAM

November 20 to January 7: S.O.S. SAVE OUR SOULS, a photo exhibition produced by SOS MEDITERRANEE, in partnership with the city of Paris, on the banks of the Seine.

Thursday 21 November: LAST VOYAGE AQUARIUS a play by Lucie Nicolas at the MC93 in Bobigny (93), in the presence of members of SOS MEDITERRANEE.

Monday 25 November: MOTHERSHIP, screening of the documentary film by Muriel Cravatte made on board the Ocean Viking at Cinéma Le Méliès in Montreuil (93), in the presence of the director and members of SOS MEDITERRANEE.

From 27 November to 8 June 2025: MIGRATION(S), AN HUMAN ODYSSEY, an exhibition at the Musée de l’Homme (Paris 16th) dedicated to human migrations through space and time. The exhibition aims to deconstruct the representations and preconceptions surrounding migratory phenomena. Objects from the rescue missions of SOS MEDITERRANEE illustrating the perilousness of the crossing are presented.

Thursday 28 November: SAVE OUR SOULS, screening of the documentary film by Jean-Baptiste Bonnet made on board the Ocean Viking at the BPI (Paris 4th) documentary cinema library in the presence of the director, the film team and members of SOS MEDITERRANEE.

From 2 to 22 December: LE MURMURE DE LA MER, exhibition of the plates of the comic strip reportage by Hippolyte at the bookstore La Fab. (Paris 13th). Opening on Thursday, December 5 in the presence of the artist and members of SOS MEDITERRANEE.

Tuesday 3 December: A TREASURE À LA CARTE, auction of nautical charts that belonged to great sailors, entrusted to artists at Fondation Lafayette Anticipation (Paris 4th) for the benefit of the actors of rescue at sea: SOS MEDITERRANEE, the SNSM and the Navire Avenir.

Monday 9 December: ESCALE SOLIDAIRE, welcome on board with SOS MEDITERRANEE, embark for a festive and solidarity evening with a crew of comedians and artists committed to the Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris 1st). With the complicity of Charline Vanhoenacker, Waly Dia, Zaho de Sagazan, Ballaké Sissoko, Sandra Nkaké, Raphaële Lannadère, Thomas de Pourquery and many others.

Wednesday 11 December: ESQUIF (à fleur d’eau), a play by Anaïs Allais Benbouali at the Théâtre de la Colline (Paris 20th), followed by a stage with the author and one. Member of SOS MEDITERRANEE.

Thursday, 12 December: MOI CAPITAINE, screening of the film by Matteo Garrone, Silver Lion for best director at the Venice Film Festival, at Pathé Alésia (Paris 14th), in the presence of members of SOS MEDITERRANEE, followed by a live intervention by the director.