On Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 6:30 PM, the Société des Amis de la Fondation Maeght presents the award for the best film for television, judged by the jury of the 29th FIFA.
In the presence of directors Louise Faure and Anne Julien
The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and worldwide distribution of films on art and media arts. Its main activity is the annual event held in Montreal, renowned as the most important in the world in its field, where the best productions from all around the globe are showcased over ten days. The Festival features a lineup established by an international jury and is the ultimate rendezvous for artists and artisans from the art and cinematographic sectors, as well as art and cinema enthusiasts.
Sculptors Niki de Saint-Phalle (1930-2002) and Jean Tinguely (1925-1991) met in Paris in 1955, amid the post-war artistic effervescence. Both were married at the time and became friends. It took them five years to fall in love with each other and decide to live and create together, embarking on an adventure. For 40 years, throughout their travels, this nomadic couple did not have children but instead created mostly monumental sculptures all over the world. Totems “to make people happy,” as Niki de Saint-Phalle would say. From Europe to Japan, their works touched a vast audience, with Tinguely’s crazy machines and Niki de Saint-Phalle’s multicolored creatures. The film traces their life and fascinating artistic journey, which always remained closely intertwined, through completely unpublished personal archives and testimonies from other artists and close friends.
