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The art of the selfie | New collection on ARTS.FILM

17.10.2025

The art of the selfie | New collection on ARTS.FILM

Image from the film Kubrick by Kubrick by Gregory Monro

THE ART OF THE SELFIE

The selfie is often reduced to a contemporary practice, for better or worse. And yet, if we consider that it is above all a way of thinking about self-representation, it becomes a gesture with much broader contours. From Albrecht Dürer (Albrecht Dürer, le mystère des autoportraits, directed by Frédéric Ramade), to Vivian Maier (Finding Vivian Maier, directed by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel), to Lucian Freud (Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait, directed by David Bickerstaff), all these artists have at some point captured their image. In Kubrick by Kubrick, filmmaker Gregory Monro offers a fascinating documentary in which the work of the director of 2001: A Space Odyssey is set against… itself! Finally, on a more critical note, the short film White Shadow (awarded a special mention at the 41st FIFA) by Claude Piguet and Annelore Schneider, questions the sensory saturation engendered by the accumulation of our digital clichés. A film that questions our practices and forces us to look at ourselves… straight in the eyes!

Lart du selfie

Kubrick by Kubrick — Gregory Monro (NEW)

Selfie — Nayra Sanz Fuentes
Finding Vivian Maier — John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Albrecht Dürer, le mystère des autoportraits — Frédéric Ramade
Lucian Freud : A Self Portrait — David Bickerstaff
White Shadow — Claude Piguet and Annelore Schneider

NEW

After the success of Erik Satie: Between the Notes, presented in 2025 with the support of Salle Bourgie and the Consulate General of France in Québec, and selected in the feature film competition at FIFA 43, Gregory Monro returns to our platform with KUBRICK BY KUBRICK.

Synopsis

A rare and transcendent journey into the life and films of the legendary Stanley Kubrick like we’ve never seen before, featuring a treasure trove of unearthed interview recordings from the master himself.

Kubrick by Kubrick (bande-annonce / trailer) - Le FIFA

Far from the image of a tyrant often associated with his reputation on set, Gregory Monro reveals in Kubrick by Kubrick a thoughtful, sensitive, and at times vulnerable man.
Rather than offering a biographical portrait, the director seeks to humanize Stanley Kubrick. Through his soft and measured voice, captured in rare interviews, we discover a humble man, demanding, yes, but above all driven by deep intellectual curiosity.

Instead of multiplying external testimonies or analyses, Monro chose to build his film around the invaluable audio interviews conducted by French critic Michel Ciment, who spoke with Kubrick over a span of more than thirty years. These conversations offer a rare and intimate perspective on a filmmaker as discreet as he is enigmatic.

By relying on these recordings, Monro quite literally gives Kubrick his voice back. The film allows us to hear the director speak in his own words about his methods, his inspirations, and his vision of cinema without filter or interpretation.

Everyone has already written and talked about Kubrick. What I wanted was to give him the floor to make him our guide, the one we follow. To make a film based on his own words.”
— Gregory Monro, director.

Sources

Interview with Gregory Monro, The Film Stage, 2020.
Interview with Gregory Monro, PopMatters, 2020.
Interview at Tribeca Film Festival (Gregory Monro / Kubrick), 2020.

INTERVIEW

In this interview conducted by the KVIFF Festival and dedicated to Kubrick by Kubrick, Gregory Monro shares the winding journey that led him to capture the intimacy of Stanley Kubrick through rare archives and conversations, weaving a portrait of the artist as both humble and demanding. Monro describes his meticulous creative process, from negotiations with Kubrick’s family to the careful preservation of the original interviews, revealing how trust and patience shaped the film’s narrative.

Interview with Gregory Monro, director of Kubrick par Kubrick / rozhovor s režisérem filmu