Editions 2016, 2021
SÉBASTIEN LIFSHITZ
Born 1968, Paris, France.
Lives and works in Paris.
Lives and works in Paris.
After studying art history at the École du Louvre, Sébastien Lifshitz became interested in cinema, directing his first feature film, Presque Rien, in 2000. Next came the documentary La Traversée (2001), selected for the Director’s Fortnight, then Wild Side (2004) and Bambi (2016), which won prizes at the Berlin Film Festival. Following Les Invisibles (2012), an official selection for the Cannes Film Festival and Les Vies de Thérèse (2017) selected for the Director’s Fortnight, he directed two documentaries: Adolescentes, which won a prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, the Louis-Delluc Prize for Best Film, and proud winner of three César Awards in 2021, then Petite Fille, shown at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. Lifshitz also served as curator for the exhibitions Sincerely Queer (2016) at the Rencontres d’Arles and L’Inventaire Infini (2019) at the Centre Pompidou.
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Events
8 July
Sébastien Lifshitz
Signings
6-7 pm signing of the book Mauvais Genre.
5:30-8:30pm: screening of documentary Les Vies de Thérèse.
5:30-8:30pm: screening of documentary Les Vies de Thérèse.
8 July
Sincerely Queer
Exhibition tour
By curator Sébastien Lifshitz.
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Les Forges
5 July
SÉBASTIEN LIFSHITZ
SENSITIVE BOYS
Exhibition tour
By Sébastien Lifshitz, director.
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La Mécanique générale
4 July
FAMILY PORTRAITS, GENDER PHOTOS (PÉPITES, LOUIE MEDIA)
Round table
Led by Sébastien Thème, host of Pépites, with director Sébastien Lifshitz, curators Isabelle Bonnet and Sophie Hackett (Casa Susanna) and Rebecca Amsellem, founder of Les Glorieuses media.
What traces do we leave of our intimacy and what do we show of ourselves and of our families to the external gaze? At the foot of the Catskills, in the American countryside of the 50s and 60s, Casa Susanna is a destination for new-yorkers on weekends. Just like any family on a holiday, they come to play cards and swim to relax. But in this refuge for transgender identity, they are dressed as typical housewives. While being outcasts out of sight, they still take pictures of themselves. In 2004, photographs reappear on a New-York flea market. “Ordinary women, just like those you can see in every family photo-album,” writes Isabelle Bonnet in her article Les Photographies retrouvées de la Casa Susanna. This round table will question the family photo genre through the story of Casa Susanna…
What traces do we leave of our intimacy and what do we show of ourselves and of our families to the external gaze? At the foot of the Catskills, in the American countryside of the 50s and 60s, Casa Susanna is a destination for new-yorkers on weekends. Just like any family on a holiday, they come to play cards and swim to relax. But in this refuge for transgender identity, they are dressed as typical housewives. While being outcasts out of sight, they still take pictures of themselves. In 2004, photographs reappear on a New-York flea market. “Ordinary women, just like those you can see in every family photo-album,” writes Isabelle Bonnet in her article Les Photographies retrouvées de la Casa Susanna. This round table will question the family photo genre through the story of Casa Susanna…
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