Marin Karmitz, MK2, a journey through cinema
Meetings and international symposium organized by Collège de France, École normale supérieure, PSL and MK2, October 15-18, 2024.
- October 15 at ENS : Opening evening
- October 16 at Collège de France :" Will cinema disappear ? Can cinema continue ?
- October 17 and 18 at ENS
On May1 1974, the " 14 Juillet Bastille " opened its doors, the first cinema launched by MK2, the company founded by Marin Karmitz in 1967. To mark the 50 anniversary of this event, which marked the development of one of the major adventures in French cinema, Marin Karmitz decided to make his personal archives and those of his companies available for research.
This made it possible to initiate meetings and an international symposium in partnership with two academic institutions, the École Normale Supérieure and the Collège de France, under the umbrella of PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres), with which MK2 and the Institut MK2 joined forces for the occasion.
This collective approach brought together some twenty researchers, who were able to work over two years on many aspects of Marin Karmitz's work : his origins, his training, his commitments, his films, his cinemas, but also the works produced, distributed and exploited by MK2.
In addition, some thirty witnesses, critics, artists, filmmakers, intellectuals and academics wanted to take up and confront some of the questions posed in the films studied, in particular the most pressing : Will cinema disappear ? And how can it continue ?
The debate part of the meetings will take place at the Collège de France, onOctober 16 2024, while the research part of the symposium will be held at the École normale supérieure, on October 17 and 18 2024. In the evening, on October 15 and 17, 2024, in the Salle Dussane at the ENS, film screenings will provide the indispensable cinephile supplement.