10 · 19 · 19 Filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché’s short film cycle began Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Gustavo R. Gallardo Director of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), Daniela Michel, along with the director of Communication and Patrimony of Gaumont, Ariane Toscan du Plantier, and the curator of the Guamont exhibition, Guillaume Duchemin, inaugurated the short film cycle of French filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché during the 2019 edition. Within the Gaumont Program, which is supported by the French Embassy, there will be a presentation of the films Madame de…, by Max Ophüls; French Cancan and Elena et les hommes, by Jean Renoir; Les yeux sans visage, by Georges Franju; #Jesuislà, by Éric Lartigau. “Alice Guy was not only the first female director and producer in the world, but her first film was really a success. She did not film everyday issues like the Lumiére brothers. Then she lost her whole empire, but she was a free woman, yet not like a feminist leader; she wanted to do whatever she felt like doing,” said Ariane Toscan. Daniela Michel, Ariane Toscane du Plantier, Guillaume Duchemin For her part, Duchemin said that Alice Guy invented many cinema trades: “She searched for stories, authors and prepared everything to write a script. She looked for locations, actors and all of that was very complicated because the most important character in these films during those years was the cameraman. The idea of copyright was nonexistent.” In addition, within the context of the festival, the exhibition Gaumont, since cinema exists was inaugurated at the Clavijero Cultural Center of Morelia.
