In the run-up to the Night of Ideas on 8 February, a film programme will be exploring different themes of the Night, providing further food for thought!
To launch Art Matters/Moving Images, a new series of films in association with the CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques/French Ministry of Culture) and the FID (Marseille International Film Festival), the Institut français du Royaume-Uni has given carte blanche to Pascale Cassagnau, Head of Audiovisual and New Media Collections at the CNAP, and Cyril Neyrat, Artistic Director of the FID Marseille, to create a programme of art films that echoes the Night of Ideas, taking place on 8 February.
Screening followed by a Q&A with Pascale Cassagnau and Cyril Neyrat, chaired by writer, lecturer and curator Filipa Ramos
Programme:
Que quelque chose vienne / The Night Drags | dir. Mathilde Girard | 2023 | 70 mins
L’Enfance qui nous revient a l’éclat d’une étoile / Recurring Childhood Twinkles Like a Star | dir. Marylène Negro | 2021 | 19 mins
Tensions, porousness and Fault Lines are at work in the films of the international artist and director Clément Cogitore. Presented together in London for the first time, three of his films echo the Night of Ideas. From Les Indes Galantes, combining 1723 dance and rebellious Krump from the 1990s, to Bielutine, a temporal rift that projects us into a singular space of time, to Braguino, in which two Siberian family communities face each other in a perpetual struggle from which the children escape, Clément Cogitore’s films disrupt certitudes and propose an overcoming of physical, social and spiritual boundaries.
Screenings followed by a Q&A with artist Clément Cogitore and Valentine Umansky, curator at Tate Modern
As part of Art Matters/Moving Images, a new series of films in association with the CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques/French Ministry of Culture) and the FID (Marseille International Film Festival)
Programme:
Les Indes Galantes
Bielutine
Braguino
Image: COGITORE Clément, Les Indes Galantes, 2017, Video, Colour, 6 min. Production : Opéra national de Paris – 3° scène / Les Films Pélléas. Choreography: Brahim Rachiki, Igor Carouge, Bintou Dembele. Courtesy of the artist, Chantal Crousel Consulting, Paris (FR) and Reinhard Hauff Gallery, Stuttgart (DE)
A ground-breaking study of the intimate experiences of women published in 1976, The Hite Report challenged restrictive conceptions of sex and opened a dialogue in popular culture around women’s pleasure. Its charismatic author, Shere Hite, a feminist sex researcher and former model, became the spokesperson of women’s secret confessions. But few remember her today. What led to her erasure?
Digging into a trove of archives Nicole Newnham transports viewers back to a time of great societal transformation around sexuality and the role of women in society. Her revelatory portrait is a rediscovery of a pioneer who has had an unmistakable influence on current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy, as well as a timely, cautionary tale of what too often happens to women who dare speak out.
A spectacle of magnificent proportions and remarkable intimacy, Kon Ichikawa’s documentary Tokyo Olympiad remains one of the greatest films ever made about sports. Drawn equally to the psychology of losers and winners—including the legendary Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila, who receives the film’s most exalted tribute—Ichikawa captures the triumph, passion, and suffering of competition with a singular humanistic vision, and in doing so, effected a transformative influence on the art of documentary filmmaking.
Le Temps des Secrets
Marcel Pagnol embarks on his last summer vacation before high school and returns to his beloved hills in Provence where nature is at its best: the smells, the views, the animals… His summer of boyhood adventures becomes one of first loves and secrets.
Screening on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Marcel Pagnol’s passing.
Like a delightful puzzle with David Lynch undertones, the eagerly awaited new film by Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) transports us through different times and spaces, between North and South America, through dreams, realities and pastiches of cinema to question our very relationship to the world that surrounds us.
In South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation, Alaina is tired of being a police officer and stops answering to her radio set. Her niece Sadie spends a long night waiting for her, to no avail. She then decides to begin her journey with the help of her grandfather: she will fly to South America through other dimensions and will stop watching old black and white westerns that do not represent her in any way. Everything feels different as she starts to hear the dreams of the natives, those who live in the forest. But there will be no definitive conclusions… Birds don’t talk to humans, yet if only we could understand them, they would surely have a few truths to tell us…
A ground-breaking study of the intimate experiences of women published in 1976, The Hite Report challenged restrictive conceptions of sex and opened a dialogue in popular culture around women’s pleasure. Its charismatic author, Shere Hite, a feminist sex researcher and former model, became the spokesperson of women’s secret confessions. But few remember her today. What led to her erasure?
Digging into a trove of archives Nicole Newnham transports viewers back to a time of great societal transformation around sexuality and the role of women in society. Her revelatory portrait is a rediscovery of a pioneer who has had an unmistakable influence on current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy, as well as a timely, cautionary tale of what too often happens to women who dare speak out.
This programme of 8 short animation films will stimulate the senses of young children and adults alike. Let’s take a trip through the elements, from the mountains to the rivers, by way of the garden with Après la pluie, Kiki la plume, L’Homme aux oiseaux, Hannibal l’éléphant, Le Jardin, Le Silence sous l’écorce, Parapluies and La chasse.
Another Body delves into the harrowing reality of a college girl whose life takes an unimaginable twist when her identity (and image) is stolen and used for deep fake pornography. This haunting true story unveils the devastating consequences of technology’s dark side and artificial image making, exposing the chilling ways in which one’s social media presence can be manipulated and even weaponised against oneself.
As society grapples with the implications of advancing AI and the potential for identity theft, this film serves as a cautionary tale, prompting essential conversation about online privacy. A must-watch cinematic experience that leaves an indelible mark.
Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic flow powerful rivers called ‘Gaves’. Human activity is disrupting the water cycle and the biodiversity of these rivers. Corn fields draw their waters, dams block the migration of salmons…
In Dominique Marchais’s documentary – which won the Jean Vigo Prize in 2023 – men and women, scientist, fishermen, lovers of nature, extend their curious and often poetic gaze towards this fascinating world of beauty and disaster.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Dominique Marchais and hosted by Sophie Fiennes
Another Body delves into the harrowing reality of a college girl whose life takes an unimaginable twist when her identity (and image) is stolen and used for deep fake pornography. This haunting true story unveils the devastating consequences of technology’s dark side and artificial image making, exposing the chilling ways in which one’s social media presence can be manipulated and even weaponised against oneself.
As society grapples with the implications of advancing AI and the potential for identity theft, this film serves as a cautionary tale, prompting essential conversation about online privacy. A must-watch cinematic experience that leaves an indelible mark.
Between the Pyrenees and the Atlantic flow powerful rivers called ‘Gaves’. Human activity is disrupting the water cycle and the biodiversity of these rivers. Corn fields draw their waters, dams block the migration of salmons…
In Dominique Marchais’s documentary – which won the Jean Vigo Prize in 2023 – men and women, scientist, fishermen, lovers of nature, extend their curious and often poetic gaze towards this fascinating world of beauty and disaster.