Festival international du livre d'art et du film
The International Art Book and Film Festival (in French, Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film) or FILAF, is an international festival about artbooks and films which take place annually in Perpignan (South of France) since 2011. Its goal is to promote the best books and films about art produced each year in the world.
The festival was created by Sebastien Planas.
History
The International Art Book and Film Festival (FILAF) aims to bring together, to celebrate and to award prizes to the best books and films covering art, which have appeared all over the world during previous year. FILAF takes place in the historic centre of Perpignan, south of France, on the Spanish border, right next to the Mediterranean Sea. FILAF takes place every year during the last week of June. For several days, the public has access to an international selection of books and films via screenings, lectures and meetings with authors, publishers, filmmakers, producers and artists. FILAF focuses on international creations from worldwide concerning contemporary art, photography, design, art collections, cinema, modern art, ancient art and primitive art. An artbook fair, an exhibition of the thousand most impressive books, are organized walk around the historic city center, art exhibitions, lectures given by authors, a day dedicated to the professionals and an evening awards ceremony : welcome to FILAF ! FILAF is an independent festival organized by COGITO. Sponsored by numerous publicly and privately funded partners, FILAF aims to be a real point of reference in its domain. FILAF has a panel of specialists from art world witch accompanies the festival throughout the year, and a jury made up of international and independent experts. FILAF is also cooperating with numerous medias and magazines, witch sponsor it such as : Books Magazine, Arte TV, ArtPress, Quotidien de l'art. FILAF is the only festival in the world to celebrate art through books and films. All spheres of art come together to produce these resources, which provide crucial access to the knowledge of the works of art. FILAF wants to provide a moment where professionals can meet and exchange with each other, as well as with the public,in an atmosphere of discovery and conviviality
Jurys
- 2012
- Catherine Millet, editor-in-chief of the art review art press and Honorary President of the jury
- Fabrice Hergott, director at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Guillaume Houzé, sponsorship director in Galeries Lafayette Group
- Xavier Cannone, director at Photography Museum in Charleroi
- Pierre Thoretton, filmmaker.
- 2013
- Robert Storr, art critic and Honorary President of the jury
- Jean-Paul Boucheny, filmmaker and producer
- Jennifer Flay, director at Fiac Paris
- Line Ouellet, director at Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
- Éric de Chassey, director at the French Academy in Rome
- Laurent Le Bon, director at the Picasso Museum in Paris
- Marta Gili, director at Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris.
- 2014
- Stéphane Corréard, director of the Contemporary art fair in Montrouge and Jury President
- Laure Flammarion, filmmaker
- Laurent Brancowitz, musician in the band Phoenix and collector
- Simon Baker, photography curator at the Tate Modern in London
- Luciano Rigolini, producer at Arte
- Patricia Falguières, art historian and president of the Centre national des arts plastiques.
- 2015
- Albert Serra, Catalan filmmaker and Jury President
- Aurélien Bellanger, author, Prix de Flore 2014
- Dominique Païni, art critic and curator
- Anne Tronche, art critic
- Nazanin Pouyandeh, Iranian artist.
- 2016
> Book jury
- Jean-Hubert Martin, curator and Jury President
- Chiara Parisi, director of the cultural action at Monnaie de Paris
- Olivier Gabet, director at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
- Marco Velardi, editor-in-chief of the art and design review Apartamento.
> Film jury
- Charles de Meaux, filmmaker, producer, co-founder at Ana Sanders Films and Jury President
- Catherine Derosier-Pouchous, producer for the film productions in Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Jean-Pierre Devillers, filmmaker
- Matthieu Copeland, curator and co-founder at Ana Sanders Films
Special guests
- 2012: Matali Crasset, Yves Michaud, Ferran Adrià, Werner Hoffman
- 2013: Nathalie Heinich, Miquel Barceló
- 2014: Joan Roca i Fontané
- 2015: Philippe Djian
- 2016: Michel Houellebecq, Matali Crasset, Julien Carreyn, Enrique Vila-Matas, Gérard Garouste
Prix d'Honneur
- 2011 : Jean-Paul Boucheny
- 2012 : Adrian Maben
- 2013 : Juergen Teller
- 2014 : Daniel Buren, André S. Labarthe, Roman Signer
- 2015 : Sophie Calle, Agnès Varda, Alain Fleischer
- 2016 : Bertrand Lavier, Kenneth Goldsmith
Awards
2011
> Books
- Best African artbook : African Lace, a history of trade, creativity and fashion in Nigeria by Nath Mayo Adediran and Barbara Plankensteiner, Snoeck, Austria, 2010
- Best architecture book : CCCP - Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed by Frédéric Chaubin, Taschen, Germany / France, 2011
- Best modern art book : Gérard Gasiorowski - Recommencer, commencer de nouveau la peinture by Thomas West, Frédéric Bonnet, Éric Mangion, Laurent Manœuvre and Erik Verhagen, Hajte Cantz, France / Germany, 2010
- Best contemporary art book : Monographie de Bernard Dufour by Fabrice Hergott, de la Différence, France, 2010
- Best fine art book : Jacob Van Loo, 1614-1670 by David Mandrella, Arthena, France, 2011
- Best book about an art collection : Art and Activism : Projects of John and Dominique de Menil by Laureen Schipsi and Josef Helfenstein, Laureen Schipsi & Josef Helfenstein / The Menil Collection, USA, 2010
- Best artbook about the 19th Century : Jean-Léon Gerôme by Laurence des Cars, Édouard Papet and Dominique de Font-Réaulx, Skira / Flammarion, USA / France, 2010
- Best photography book : Fénautrigues by Jean-Luc Moulène and Marc Touitou, La Table Ronde, France, 2010
- Best book about cinema : Opération Dragon de Robert Clouse by Bernard Benoliel, Yellow Now, Belgium, 2010
- Best design book : Campana Brothers, Complete Works (So Far) by Darrin Alfred, Deyan Sudjic, Li Edelkoort, Stephan Hamel and Cathy Lang Hö, Rizzoli / Albion, USA, 2010
- Best artbook for youth : Animaux à mimer by Alexandre Rodtchenko and Serguei Mikhaïlovitch Tretiakov, Memo, Russia / France, 2010
- "Grand Prix du jury" : African Lace, a history of trade, creativity and fashion in Nigeria by Nath Mayo Adediran and Barbara Plankensteiner, Snoeck, 2010, Austria
2012
> Books
- Golden FILAF : Scrapbook - Gilles Caron by Marianne Caron-Montely, Lienart, France, 2012
- Silver FILAF : Saul Bass : A Life in Film & Design by Pat Kirkham and Jennifer Bass, Laurence King Publishing, England, 2011
- Special Jury Prize : Fritz Lang au travail by Bernard Eisenschitz, Phaïdon, Austria, 2011
> Films
- Golden FILAF : Mendelsohn’s incessant visions by Duki Dror, 71 min, 2011 (Germany / Israel), prod. : Zigote Films24
- Silver FILAF : Marina Abramovic, the artist is present by Matthew Akers, 1h46, 2012 (USA), prod. : Show of Force / HBO / MoMA
- Special Jury Prize : Jean-Olivier Hucleux by Virgile Novarina, 60 min, 2011 (France), prod. : a.p.r.è.s. productions / Virgile Novarina25
- « Coup de Cœur » Prize : Somewhere to disappear by Laure Flammarion and Arnaud Uyttenhove, 57 min, 2011 (France), prod. : MAS Films
2013
> Books
- Golden FILAF ex-æquo : L'Art des années 60 by Anne Tronche, Hazan, France, 2012
- Golden FILAF ex-æquo : Gustav Klimt, Tout l’œuvre peint by Tobias G. Natter, Taschen
- Silver FILAF : Annales du cinéma français, les voies du silence, 1895-1929 by Pierre Lherminier, Nouveau Monde, France
- Special Jury Prize : Fully booked, ink on paper : Design & Concepts for New Publications by Andrew Losowsky, Gestalten
> Films
- Golden FILAF ex-æquo : Le siècle de Cartier- Bresson by Pierre Assouline, 55 min, 2012 (France), prod. : Arte France / INA / Cinétévé / Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson ;
- Golden FILAF ex-æquo : Sol LeWitt by Chris Teerink, 72 min, 2012 (Netherlands), coprod. : Doc.eye.film / AVRO télévision
- Silver FILAF : Dalí, génie tragi-comique by François et Stéphan Lévy-Kuentz, 52 min, 2012 (France), prod. : INA / Centre Georges Pompidou / AVRO / France 5 / RTBF / RAI educational / SBS
- Special Jury Prize : Hélio Oiticica by Cesar Oiticica Filho, 94 min, 2012 (Brasil), prod. Guerrilha Filmes
2014
> Books
- Golden FILAF : Guy de Cointet by Frédéric Paul, Flammarion, France
- Silver FILAF : Peter Zumthor Buildings & Projects, 1985-2013 by Thomas Durisch and Peter Zumthor, Scheidegger et Spiess editions
- Special Jury Prize : Lalibela : capitale de l'art monolithe d'Éthiopie by Claude Lepage and Jacques Mercier, Picard editions, France
> Films
- Golden FILAF : Tarr Béla, I used to be a filmmaker by Jean-Marc Lamoure, prod. MPM Film
- Silver FILAF : The Great Museum by Johannes Holzhausen, prod. Navigator Film
- Special Jury Prize : Haus Tugendhat by Dieter Reifarth, prod. Strandfilm et Pandora Film
2015
> Books
- Golden FILAF : African modernism, The Architecture of Independence. Ghana, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Zambia by Manuel Herz, Park Books, Swiss, 2015
- Silver FILAF : Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California & Graphic Design, 1936-1986 by Louise Sandhaus, Metropolis Books, USA, 2015
- Special Jury Prize : L'Industrie d'art romaine tardive by Alois Riegl, Christopher S. Wood and Emmanuel Alloa, Macula, France, 2014
> Films
- Golden FILAF : Paul Sharits by François Miron, 85’, 2015 (Canada), prod : Filmgrafix Production
- Silver FILAF : ART WAR by Marco Wilms, 90’, 2014 (Germany), prod : Heldenfilm / ZDF / Arte / MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg
- Special Jury Prize : Sobre la marxa by Jordi Morató 77’, 2014 (Spain), prod : La Termita Films / Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2016
> Books
- Golden FILAF : Avant l'Avant-Garde. Du jeu en photographie, 1890-1940 by Clément Cheroux, Textuel, France, 2015
- Silver FILAF : Impondérable. The Archives of Tony Oursler by Tony Oursler, JRP Ringier / Fondation Luma, Swiss / France, 2015
- Special Jury Prize : Images Take Flight : Feather Art in Mexico and Europe by A. Russo, G. Wolf, D. Fane, Hirmer Publishers, Germany, 2016
> Films
- Golden FILAF : Malpartida, Fluxus Village by Maria Perez, 2015 (Spain), prod : Smiz & Pixel, Agencia Audiovisual Freak
- Silver FILAF ex-aequo : Tony Conrad, completely in the present by Tyler Hubby, 2016 (USA), prod : Burning Bridges
- Silver FILAF ex-aequo : Action Space by Huw Wahl, 2016, (England), prod : Huw Wahl and Amanda Ravetz
filaf annual review
Filaf annual presents exclusive interviews, essays and portfolios by significant personalities from the art world (artists, specialists, authors, directors...) with a new eye and a strong personality. It focuses on their interest in books and film on art by exploring personal libraries, works of art and private collections. Turned to books and films that come out every year, is the reflect, within its 256 pages, of the energy of contemporary publishing on art.
FILAF Artbook Fair
During its 6th edition, FILAF created its first edition of the FILAF Artboo,k Fair was held from 24 to 26 June, 2016, in Perpignan.
Benefiting from the festival events, the FILAF Artbook Fair allow a selection of international publishers of artbooks, artist catalogs, magazines, multiples or fanzines to present their works. Conferences, professional meetings, children’s workshops, screenings, lectures and signatures animate the FILAF Artbook Fair and it is the opportunity to participate in the moments of reflection and animation around the subjects which the festival approaches.
Next edition : from June 23 to 25, 2017.
FILAF Gallery and artbook shop
FILAF Gallery invites artists to produce works combining literature, cinema and drawing or photography. Through three to five exhibitions during the year, artist residencies and the production of associated micro editions, the gallery aims to highlight the links that artists have with literature and cinema. During the various exhibitions builds the exploration of a universe.
Continuing its effort in favor of writing, FILAF Gallery also developing an art bookstore offering magazines like ArtPress, Design Anthology, 032C, The Drawer, Toilet Paper, Mousse, IDEAT, Purple Fashion, The British Journal of Photography, ArtReview or Etudes Photographiques.
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