MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 | 7.45 p.m.

COMPETITION "ART"

PICASSO, THE MAKING OF THE ICON

Direction: Hopi Lebel

Photography: Denis Gaubert

Editing: Marine Benveniste

Production: Ina

France, 2015, 54', French, English subtitles

Picasso is a major figure in contemporary art and in contemporary mindsets, not only because of his unlimited creativity, but because of his innate talent for communication. His need to nurture his own public image became evident and essential to him very early on. Intercut with previously unreleased archival material and interviews with specialists and those who knew him, this film sheds new light on how the most famous painter in the world was able to mould his own legend and become the universal embodiment of the creative genius.

Photo credits: Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com