After long months of waiting, the Cinémathèque of Nice is offering, as part of its reopening program, 12 screening cycles, including a tribute to Napoleon, sessions honoring Bertrand Tavernier and Sean Connery, great musicals, and a cycle dedicated to young audiences… These cycles will be available to the public until June 29.
Here is a summary below:
LUX Film Days
The European Parliament and the European Film Academy (EFA), in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas, are presenting a brand new award: the LUX Audience Award. On this occasion, the Cinémathèque of Nice offers to discover online, free and open access, the three feature films competing for the 2021 award: Drunk by Thomas Vinterberg (recently praised by the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), Collective by Alexander Nanau (an unreleased documentary in French theaters) and Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa, one of the films most acclaimed by the French press in 2020. The audience of the Cinémathèque also has the opportunity to vote until May 23 inclusive to elect their favorite film!
Event in collaboration with the European Parliament, the European Film Academy, the European Commission, and Europa Cinemas.
Anniversary of Napoleon I’s death
The Cinémathèque of Nice commemorates the death of Napoleon which occurred two centuries ago, on May 5, 1821, with screenings of key feature films featuring the Emperor, including War and Peace by King Vidor (1956) and Imperial Venus by Jean Delannoy (1963). The cycle will conclude with the exceptional presence of Charles Bonaparte, founder of the Federation of European Napoleonic Cities and descendant of Charles-Marie Bonaparte, father of Emperor Napoleon I, on May 26 and 27.
Tributes to Sean Connery and Bertrand Tavernier
On the occasion of the reopening of its theater, the Cinémathèque of Nice pays tribute to actor Sean Connery and director Bertrand Tavernier who both recently passed away. An opportunity to see or revisit The Man Who Would Be King by John Huston (1975), the rare The Offence by Sydney Lumet (1973), as well as The Princess of Montpensier (2010), L.627 (1992), or My Journey Through French Cinema (2016) by Bertrand Tavernier.
A significant tribute to the late Jean-Claude Carrière will take place at the start of the school year in September.
Federico Fellini cycle (continuation and end)
Screenings of films by the Maestro as well as a documentary by Gérald Morin, the director’s former assistant, who will give a lecture (subject to confirmation) revealing the secrets of the great master of Italian cinema. Nights of Cabiria (1957), Love in the City (1953), an anthology film co-signed by illustrious Italian filmmakers of the 50s, Fellini’s Casanova (1976) are among others sharing the poster.
Africa Season 2021
The Cinémathèque participates in the national event Africa Season 2021 and screens six films, welcoming on Friday, June 18 (date subject to confirmation), Tunisian director Raja Amari for a carte blanche and the screening of one of her works: Satin Rouge (2002), influenced by the Egyptian musicals of her childhood.
In collaboration with the Cinémathèque of Toulouse, the Institut Lumière, the Institut Jean Vigo, and the Lux Scène Nationale of Valence.
Cinema and Video Meetings
Screenings and presentations of films in Super 8 format, in collaboration with the Independent View association. Join us on Saturday, June 26, to celebrate cinema… in small format! (date subject to confirmation)
The Greatest Musicals!
Before moving to an open-air summer venue for musical sessions under the stars, the Cinémathèque of Nice will celebrate music by offering to rediscover some gems of the musical genre in the best possible conditions offered by the cinema hall. To see or see again: The Blues Brothers by John Landis (1980), Singin’ in the Rain by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly (1952), New York, New York by Martin Scorsese (1977), 8 Women by François Ozon (2002), etc.
Passport to Latin America
Screening of the film Yuli by Icíar Bollaín, the incredible journey of Carlos Acosta, star dancer, from the streets of Cuba to the Royal Ballet of London. Screening followed by a debate with Françoise Couëdel, a specialist in Latin American cinema (subject to confirmation).
Screenings of films never released in theaters in France!
Screenings of two recent science fiction films awarded the best film prizes at prestigious festivals: Freaks by Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein (Best Film and Audience Prize at the International Film Festival of Paris in 2018) and Possessor by Brandon Cronenberg (Best Film and Best Director at the Sitges Festival in 2020 and Grand Prize at the Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival in 2021).
Double Session “The Improbables!”
The Cinémathèque shines a light on all kinds of cinema. An opportunity to see or see again films that are… unlike any other! A double feature program “ants and nuclear tests” with screenings of Phase IV (1974), the only feature film by the brilliant graphic designer Saul Bass, and Matinee by Joe Dante, a tribute to the popular cinema of the 1960s by one of the masters of fantastic cinema.
Screenings for young audiences
On Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, the Cinémathèque of Nice offers a program tailored for younger cinephiles: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit by Steve Box and Nick Park (2005), The Birdhouse by Célia Rivière (2018), The Prince’s Voyage by Jean-François Laguionie (2019), and the two parts of Minuscule – Valley of the Lost Ants (2013) and Minuscule 2 – Mandibles from Far Away (2018) by Thomas Szabo and Hélène Guiraud.
Recent Films
The Cinémathèque of Nice offers to rediscover recent films that are either unreleased in Nice or left the screens too soon: Joker by Todd Phillips (2019), Tenet by Christopher Nolan (2020), or Voices Sing by Julie Deliquet, Sergei Loznitsa, Karim Massaoui, and Jafar Panahi (2020).
