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SUMMARY:Le Chantier - Film screening and discussion with director Jean-St
 éphane Bron
DTSTART:20261015T181500
DTEND:20261015T201500
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CATEGORIES:Cultural events
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Stéphane Bron\, réalisateur \nFrance / Switzerland\, A
 ugust 2025\nFilm\, documentary\, 94 min. / VOSTEN\n\nBehind the closed doo
 rs of an extraordinary construction site\, filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Bron s
 pent four years documenting the construction in Paris of the Pathé Palace
  cinema\, a luxury theater designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano for t
 he group led by producer Jérôme Seydoux\, one of the most influential fi
 gures in French cinema.\n\nHis documentary Le Chantier chronicles an extr
 aordinary architectural adventure by offering a real-time portrait of a so
 ciety in miniature\, driven by a common goal: the construction of movie th
 eaters for the coming century. From the architect to the master carpenters
 \, from the construction foreman to the head of the Pathé Group\, from th
 e sound system designer to the future projectionists\, the documentary pai
 nts a vivid\, human-scale portrait of this community.\n\nLe Chantier premi
 ered in 2025 at the Locarno Film Festival and was released in theaters in 
 the spring of 2026. This film\, screened at EPFL\, echoes the Double Deck 
 construction project currently underway in plain view of everyone. It rais
 es questions about how to tell the story of complex realities. Ultimately\
 , it also symbolizes a world yet to be built. Following the screening\, th
 ere will be a discussion with director Jean-Stéphane Bron.\n---\n\nJean-S
 téphane Bron \nJean-Stéphane Bron (born 1969 in Lausanne) is a graduate
  of the École Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne (ECAL). His documentaries add
 ress contemporary issues such as the crisis of democracy\, the economic cr
 isis\, and the rise of populism\, using dramatic techniques similar to tho
 se found in fiction. Among them\, *Connu de nos services* (1997) addresses
  the scandal surrounding the political dossiers compiled by the Federal Po
 lice in the 1970s and 1980s. *Mais im Bundeshuus / Le Génie helvétique* 
 (2003)\, one of Swiss cinema’s major box-office hits\, follows the work 
 of a parliamentary commission tasked with drafting a law on genetic engine
 ering. *The Blocher Experiment* (2013) sparked intense controversy. *Cleve
 land vs. Wall Street* (2010)\, about the subprime mortgage crisis\, was pr
 esented at the Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight) and nominated
  for a César Award in France. His film *The Paris Opera* (2017) was subse
 quently widely distributed around the world. With this film\, which drew m
 ore than 200\,000 viewers to theaters\, Jean-Stéphane Bron won the Swiss 
 Film Award in the Best Documentary category for the third time in 2018. In
  2021\, Jean-Stéphane Bron released *Cinq nouvelles du cerveau*\, a featu
 re-length film that explores various mind-boggling questions related to ad
 vances in the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Between 
 December 2021 and May 2022\, he filmed the series *Ma rue de l’Ale* for 
 RTS on his own street in Lausanne\; the series was a huge hit with audienc
 es.\n\nExploring reality through the eyes of those who shape it. Jean-Sté
 phane Bron’s unique art lies not merely in presenting the facts\, but in
  understanding both the people involved and the systems within which they 
 operate—systems that shape their actions.\n\nPartner: Visions du réel\n
  \n\n\n© 2026 EPFL\, Laura Persat\n\n
LOCATION:Forum Rolex https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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