Spotlight on the new season of the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco
“The secret gardens” is the theme of the program for the 2022/2023 season which was unveiled at the end of September.
The new season of the Audiovisual Institute intends to seduce the public with a cast of high-flying filmmakers. There are the essentials like Hitchcock, Truffaut or Cronenberg – which had never been programmed before – but also lesser-known ones like Alain Cavalier. This filmmaker works around him, his secret garden and delivers “universal movies”explains Vincent Vatrican, Director of the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco on Monaco Info.
If the program does not contain a film by Jean-Luc Godard who left us when the program closed on September 13, a nod is nevertheless given to the Swiss master. “At JLG, totally “, can we read in the incipit.
We have selected films that give a very broad idea of what cinema is, with works from 1929 to the present day, from different countries and cinema movements and which deal with very diverse themes. Cinephiles have already found The crazy ingenue by Ernst Lubitsch at the end of September and Sacred Engines on October 4, a Carax feature film made almost ten years before his famous Anette.
Monaco never far away
Many other nuggets remain to be discovered, such as No spring for Marnie, from 1964, a production by Alfred Hichtcock linked to the history of Monaco and in particular to that of Grace Kelly. Indeed, it is a she that the role was first proposed to embody the main character. An offer received and then declined by the one who had already left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III.
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And this is not the only reference to the Principality… The lovers of 7e art will be delighted to (re)discover The enigmatic Mr D. by Sheldon Reynolds who, in 1956, shot this film with Robert Mitchum in Monaco.
It should be noted that the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco is continuing its labeled evenings for this 19th season and collaborates with various Monegasque organizations such as the Philharmonic Orchestra, the Prince Pierre Foundation and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo. For Vincent Vatrican, who designed the programming with Jacques Kermabon, this is “to show the richness of Monaco’s cultural palette”. The documentary on Chet Baker are we going to get lost signed by Bruce Weber in 1988 for example, will take place between two concerts at the Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival.
The meetings of the small room
In addition to the “All the Art of Cinema” film cycle presented above, the Petite salle, which is the broadcasting space specific to the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, also has its own programme. With a capacity of 35 seats, this intimate space will screen on Friday, October 14 a documentary by Michaël Royer entitled French animation, that other cinema. “In half a century, French animation has risen to third place in world production thanks to the perseverance and creativity of French artists and technicians”specifies the Institute in the description.
Another date to mark on your calendars: Thursday October 20 for the screening of the documentary by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot, The Super 8 Years. You will then discover the private images of a family from the 1970s shot with one of Kodak’s famous on-board camera models for amateur cinema.
The little ones are not left out: a program has been specially designed for them and the first workshops are planned during the autumn holidays, particularly around special effects in the cinema. The Audiovisual Institute also plans screenings on certain Wednesday afternoons.
Nothing beats the movie in theaters
At the time of the success of Netflix and other video on demand platforms, a reminder shot is always necessary: “Nothing beats the movie in the cinema”, insists Vincent Vatican. The Director of the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco persists and signs: “Between watching a film on a tablet on a bus and watching a film together in a cinema, I think the choice is quickly made”.
All cinematographic appointments from October to June can be found on: https://www.toutlartducinema.mc