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Beginnings

The Moulin d’Andé Cultural Association promotes arts, crafts and literature. It has been a haven for intellectuals and writers as diverse as Maurice Pons, Jean-Jacques Peyronnet, Richard Wright, René Depestre, Jacques Stephen Alexis, Hubert Juin and Eugène Ionesco. It has also served as a film location and a base for writing film scripts from 1957 to 1963; for example, it served as a location for Truffaut’s Jules and Jim. Having initially been run on an informal basis for several years, the Moulin Association proper saw the light of day in 1962.

The Association offers a sanctuary to writers, artists, students and young researchers. Through creating and developing artistic activities, organising exhibitions, symposia and receptions, the Association has become a regional cultural focus.

After concentrating on film in its early days, the Association fully embraced music in the 1980s. Since then, there have been about 100 concerts a year, including the Alexander Paley Festival which draws throngs of aficionados.

In 1998, the Moulin d’Andé Association’s activities turned full circle with the establishment of the Centre for Film Writing – CÉCI.