On October 16th at 19:30, we invite you to dive into the layers of temporality during documentary film curator Arnaud Hée’s talk and curated screening “Appearances of the Past.”
The event will focus on films from the Cinematheque collection that are set in the apparent present without aiming to reconstruct historical narratives. These works are not made up of archival footage – instead, they capture the present moment in the past. Without relying on metaphors, these films allow the past to appear as an impression, a fleeting feeling that emerges within the film itself.
Through a selection of canonical examples of documentary cinema in dialogue with the screened works, the event explores how such appearances of the past form cinematic configurations that move through time and space. It invites viewers to consider how cinema can capture the past not as history, but as something felt within the present moment.
The event is free of charge. Registration is mandatory.
Registration form: https://forms.gle/er5pE8xfZcqmxBqC6
Programme:
19:30-20:30 Talk by Arnaud Hée
20:30-21:30 Curated film screening
About the curator:
Arnaud Hée has been a programmer at La Cinémathèque du Documentaire at the Bibliothèque publique d’information (Centre Pompidou) since 2018, where he curates retrospectives, single screenings, and special events. He is currently preparing a retrospective on poetic perspectives in nonfiction Baltic cinema.
Before joining La Cinémathèque du Documentaire, he served on the selection committees of Festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris (2010–2015) and Festival Entrevues in Belfort (2015–2017). He has taught film analysis at La Fémis (National School of Image and Sound) and is actively involved in film education initiatives for young audiences across France and Europe.
In addition to programming, Hée writes about cinema and has contributed to several collective publications, including Il cinema secondo: Alessandro Comodin, Michelangelo Frammartino, Pietro Marcello, Alice Rohrwacher. He is currently working on a book devoted to the work of Frederick Wiseman.
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This event is part of the Meno Avilys’ Cinematheque event series, curated by Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė and Gerda Paliušytė.
Cinematheque event series is a continuous project of “Meno Avilys”, during which Lithuanian and foreign artists, curators, and researchers are invited to explore the physical and virtual archive of the restored films and video art of the Cinematheque. The curatorial research is presented to the audiences of “Meno Avilys” via guest-curated programmes of moving pictures, public talks, commissioned texts, and literature recommendations.
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