38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Julien Blaine, l'éléphant et la chute

Marie Poitevin

Image Julien Blaine, l'éléphant et la chute
France
2006 Fiction 14 min
Personal portrait of Julien Blaine, 62. Since 1962, his art has been the act as a poem: he writes, shouts, acts, performs, gesticulates, dances, and willingly throws himself down stairs or interview elephants.
With : Julien Blaine
Screenplay : Marie Poitevin
Image : Kathy Sebbah, Javier Ruiz
Sound : Pierre Armand
Editing : Lise Rome
Production : Groupe de Recherches et d'Essais Cinématographiques (GREC), Alice Beckmann // 14 rue Alexandre Parodi, 75010 Paris, France // Tel : +33 1 44 89 99 99 // Email : abeckmann@grec-info.com
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Cergy Pontoise, in the Art and Video department, and La fémis, in the Image Department in 2001, she worked as a director of photography on several shorts and documentaries, created light shows, and made video films, before making her first short Julien Blaine, l'éléphant et la chute.