Cine-conference on the origins of the movement by Dick Tomasovic
> Professor of Film Theory and Practice, University of Liège
They are young, they are passionate, they are burning to make cinema — they are the French New Wave!
As part of our retrospective dedicated to La Nouvelle Vague this cine-conference by Dick Tomasovic revisits the emergence of this major movement in French cinema in the late 1950s.
Through the careers of filmmakers such as Claude Chabrol, François Truffaut, Jacques Rivette, and Jean-Luc Godard, the lecture explores how a generation of passionate young film enthusiasts profoundly transformed cinematic language, as well as the ways films are conceived, produced, and made.
Richly illustrated with excerpts and archival material, this presentation retraces the aesthetic ruptures, formal innovations, and historical stakes of a movement that has left a lasting mark on the history of cinema.
Practical information & full retrospective programme available here!
The lecture is in French, and English subtitles are available — simply select the language (FR or EN) in the video settings.
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Agnès Varda
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