Anne-Sophie Girault

Without Cinemas is a documentary project about the demise of cinemas. Taking Madrid as a case study, this research questions the metamorphoses of our cities. Why are so many cinemas closing down? What are these cultural buildings being turned into? What use are they? What does the public want? And what does a world without cinemas mean?

The artist constructs the documentary in a process-based way, collecting sounds on the one hand (interviews and situations) and recording images on the other (shots of cinemas that have closed, that are closing, that are going to close, archives...). It also includes stop-motion animation, such as the animated writing of letters in the city.

The film was shot in analogue to better capture the evocation of history and the vulnerability of cinema in the images. The creator will also work on the film medium itself, altering the images by scraping or using natural or chemical processes, seeking to provoke resonances with the alteration of memory or with its resistance.

This project is itself an act of resistance, in which Anne Sophie wants to express the need to defend the magic of immersion in spaces dedicated to feeling, experiencing, learning: the desire to keep on dreaming.

BIO
Anne-Sophie Girault

is an author and a multidisciplinary director in the field of film and radio creation. Working either independently or in collaboration with others, she conceives, designs and produces sound and audiovisual productions ranging from animated short films (Chloé Van Herzeele, 2019) to podcasts (Journal d'une cervelle radioactive, 2022).

She studied at the École des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation in Angoulême (France), and completed her studies by taking the Creadoc master's degree, training in documentary writing and directing and specialising in radio creation.

She likes to spend long periods of time researching a subject, drawing inspiration from reality to write and draw stories. Moving between fiction and documentary, she also explores hybrid genres, playing with the real and the imaginary, exploring the boundary between the factual and the fictional.

Anne-Sophie Girault is a recipient of the ANIMARIO Mobility Residency with NEF Animation.

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