Public talks and other public activities

Presentation of the TECHNÈS encyclopedia at the Beauviatech seminar “Aaton: from techniques to images,” École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, March 6, 2020.

“TECHNÈS : une encyclopédie aux mille et une sources et ressources,” doctoral student conference Gestes singuliers, gestes collectifs : histoire et cinéma en pratiques, Université de Montréal, September 26, 2019.

“Présentation du partenariat international de recherche TECHNÈS,” international conference Matérialité, esthétique et histoire des techniques : la collection François Lemai comme laboratoire, Université Laval, Quebec City, May 17, 2019.

Report on the activities of the international research partnership TECHNÈS, presented during the general assembly to members of the International Federation of Film Archives as part of the annual FIAF Congress, Lausanne, April 11-12, 2019.

Presentation of the film Les mauvaises herbes (Louis Bélanger, 2016) at the 5th edition of the festival Paul va au cinéma, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, March 12, 2019.

Report on the activities of the international research partnership TECHNÈS, presented during the general assembly to members of the International Federation of Film Archives as part of the annual FIAF Congress, Prague, April 26, 2018.

Introduction to the conversation with the film producer Jocelyn Deschênes animated by Marc-Antoine Lévesque as part of the Mardis de l’OCQ series of events, March 20, 2018.

Introduction to the master class given by music journalist Christophe Huss as part of the Mardis de l’OCQ series of events, Université de Montréal, February 6, 2018.

Report on the activities of the international research partnership TECHNÈS, presented during the general assembly to members of the International Federation of Film Archives as part of the annual FIAF Congress, Los Angeles, May 1-2, 2017.

Introduction to the presentation of Alanna Thain entitled “Reanimators: The Soft Spaces of Post-Digital Cinema and Media,” GRAFICS Annual Graduate Student Conference, Cinéma et médias. Identités transitives, Université de Montréal, September 24, 2016.

Report on the activities of the international research partnership TECHNÈS, presented during the general assembly to members of the International Federation of Film Archives as part of the annual FIAF Congress,Bologna, June 23-24, 2016.

Interview with Mark Schubin, engineer-in-charge of the Metropolitan Opera, January 22, 2016.

Introduction to the presentation by Ada Ackerman entitled “Dans la bibliothèque matérielle et mentale de Sergueï Eisenstein,” Université de Montréal, November 30, 2015.

Introduction to the film class given by Daniel Séguin of Cinéplex Divertissement as part of the Mardis de l’OCQ series of events, Université de Montréal, November 17, 2015.

Joint presentation of the TECHNÈS partnership during a study day at Université Rennes 2, May 2014 (with Maria Tortajada and Laurent Le Forestier).

Cinémas presentation given at the 8th congress of the AFECCAV, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, July 10, 2012.

Presentation of the restored film Voyage dans la lune by Georges Méliès at the Excentris cinema, Montreal, March 2012.

Organiser of the talks “Le documentaire dans la cité : expérimentations sociales à l’ONF,” Observatoire du cinéma au Québec, Montreal, February 2011.

Programmer and presentation of the screening “Les origines du cinéma : des mythes et des légendes fondatrices,” ciné-club of the École normale supérieure, Paris, 2005.

“Québec vu à travers l’œil de la caméra,” Grandes conférences de la capitale nationale, Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec, Quebec City, 1999.

“Québec cinématographiée en début de siècle,” Les plaines d’Abraham racontées, mémoires et témoignages exhibition, interpretive centre, National Battlefields Park, Quebec City, 1997.

“Découvrir les actualités cinématographiques,” Semaine de la presse dans les écoles film series, Vidéothèque de Paris, 1996.

“Le cinéma de Denys Arcand,” presentation for the nomination of Denys Arcand for an honorary doctoral degree, Université de Montréal, 1996.

“Comment regarder le cinéma des premiers temps,” Storia permanente del cinema film series, Università degli Studi di Bologna and Assessorato ai Beni Culturali della Provincia di Ravenna, Ravenna, 1996.

“Le cinéma : une invention du diable,” Des ténèbres à la lumière film series, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Sainte-Foy, 1993.

Participation in organising the show Un siècle sur scène, the inaugural show of the re-opened theatre Le Capitole, Quebec City, 1992.

Talk at the Rencontres internationales organised by the Premier siècle du cinéma association, Paris, 1992.

“Autour d’Autour d’une cabine d’Émile Reynaud,” Le cinéma d’animation film series, organised by the Département d’histoire de l’art of the Université de Montréal and the Maison de la culture de Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal, 1991.

“Le cinéma des premiers temps,” presentation accompanied by silent films, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 1990.

Co-creator of the film screening Le retour de l’historiographe!, a program of silent films with musical accompaniment and a lecturer (Yves Jacques), Le Clap cinema, Quebec City, 1990.

Organisation of the film screening Passiun, a silent film accompanied on organ (Maxime DuBois), St-Roch church, Quebec City, 1990.

Organisation of the show Il était une fois… le Cinématographe, with Rémy Girard as lecturer, presented at the Le Clap cinema, Quebec City, and the Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal, 1989. Repeated with André Gaudreault as lecturer, Musée de la civilisation, Quebec City, 1989.

Presentation of the book Du littéraire au filmique and of an accompanying film program to launch the book, Université Paris 3, 1988.

“Comment regarder le cinéma des premiers temps,” Les mardis de l’Université, Faculté des lettres, Université Laval, Quebec City, 1988.

Presentation of the program Ce que je vois de mon ciné… and of the book of the same title at the premiere at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 1988.

Presentation of the program Ce que je vois de mon ciné… and of the book of the same title at an avant-premiere for participants at the 44th International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) congress, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 1988.

In charge of the production of a program of early films on the theme of the representation of looking and entitled Ce que je vois de mon ciné…, put together to accompany the exhibition Le Cinématographe : invention du siècle, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 1988. This program was then acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which added it to its collection of “Circulating Programs”.

In charge of a screening of silent films as part of the Semaine du cinéma à l’Université Laval, Quebec City, 1986.

Lecture on the Analyses filmographiques project during the Semaine du cinéma à l’Université Laval, Quebec City, 1986.

“L’animation d’une discussion entre cinéphiles dans un ciné-club,” Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec, Quebec City, 1984.

“La présence du narrateur dans The Lady from Shanghai,” ciné-club de la Poudrière, Quebec City, 1984.

Participation in the international conference Mise en série et répétitivité dans le cinéma et à la télévision, Centro internazionale di Scienze Semiotiche, Urbino, Italy, 1983.

Participation in the international conference Cinéma et réalités, Saint-Étienne, France, 1983.

“Le montage dans les films de Porter,” Casa de Cultura, Puebla, Mexico, 1982.

Joint responsibility for Madeleine Malthête-Méliès’ tour of Quebec to present some fifty films produced and directed by Georges Méliès at the turn of the century, Quebec City, 1982.

In charge of the activity “Cœur de marin, en hommage à Blanche Sweet,” screening and presentation with the actress in attendance of a film shot in Quebec City by American Biograph in September 1912, Théâtre de la Cité universitaire, Université Laval, Quebec City, 1981.

“Les débuts du cinéma italien : influence et rôle dans l’histoire du cinéma mondial,” Société Dante du Québec, Collège de Mérici, Quebec City, 1979.

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