Cinema
In 2025, the Centre Pompidou is beginning a major transformation !
In anticipation of the renovation of its iconic building, the performance and conference halls were the first spaces to close. However, the cine/video program continues throughout the renovation period, thanks to the Centre Pompidou’s Constellation network of partner institutions, through which its spirit radiates across France and around the world, from 2025 until its reopening in 2030.
In Paris, starting in autumn 2025, come and discover the mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou in the 13th arrondissement (BNF entrance).
Judit Elek, l'art des yeux ouverts
17 septembre – 23 novembre 2025
La Cinémathèque du documentaire
Née en 1937 à Budapest, Judit Elek fonde un espace d’expérimentation cinématographique, le studio Béla Balázs, avec quelques passionné·es rencontré·es à l’École nationale de théâtre et de cinéma de Budapest. Au début des années 1960, elle se tourne vers le cinéma direct – qui n'en est encore qu'à ses balbutiements – en mettant en scène la grâce et le tragique de l’ordinaire dans un village hongrois filmé pendant cinq ans. Prenant conscience de la responsabilité à endosser quand on entre dans la vie des gens avec le cinéma, elle se détourne pendant un temps de la pratique documentaire. Elle y revient pour se faire passeuse de la mémoire juive de son pays par le biais des archives et du témoignage.
À bientôt 88 ans, Judit Elek demeure une cinéaste libre, refusant les étiquettes et appelant à interroger une histoire qui ne cesse de se répéter.
Radu Jude
Cinéaste intranquille (Restless filmmaker)
23 September – 11 October 2025
Retrospective | Preview Screening | Masterclass | Conversations | Book
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris 13th arrondissement
As two new films by Romanian director Radu Jude—Kontinental 25 (Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale) and Dracula—are about to be released, a complete retrospective is being held at mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou. It features 25 films made since the early 2000s, spanning all formats—fiction, documentary, and experimental—presented in the presence of the filmmaker and numerous guests. This retrospective is also accompanied by a book published by Les éditions de l’Œil, compiling excerpts from the filmmaker’s journal, a lengthy interview, and various texts.
Quickly established as one of the most provocative voices in European cinema, Radu Jude casts a searing gaze—free from allegiance or decorum—on post-communist and post-capitalist Europe as seen from Romania. True to Marx’s famous dictum that history always repeats itself, "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce", his work is marked by unflinching historical precision and political fury, while also being irreverently humorous and wildly satirical.
Screenings and bookings in the agenda
Harutyun Khachatryan, déplier le présent
9 octobre – 30 novembre 2025
La Cinémathèque du documentaire
En présence du cinéaste et ses invité·es
Forum des images, Paris 1er
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris 13e
Cinéaste arménien né en 1955 dans la Géorgie soviétique, Harutyun Khachatryan a commencé à réaliser des films durant la perestroïka, puis dans les premiers temps de la république indépendante d’Arménie. Les siècles d’assujettissements successifs, le génocide de 1915, le conflit dans le Haut-Karabagh : autant de blessures qui paradoxalement cimentent un peuple. Les œuvres de Khachatryan, pour la plupart inédites en France, ne cessent d’interroger ce destin contrarié.
The Deleuze Inventory
8 – 9 November 2025
Talks | Screenings | Performances | Workshops | Listening Sessions
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris 13th arrondissement
Marking the centenary of the French philosopher’s birth, The Deleuze Inventory revisits key themes from his work that resonate strongly with today’s world—from the role of machines to the rhythms of desire, from emancipatory becomings-woman to the orchestration of fear by neofascist movements.
Over two days, a rich programme of talks, screenings, readings, performances, workshops, and listening sessions brings together Deleuze readers and major creative voices from across disciplines, both French and international.
In parallel, a scholarly symposium dedicated to his book L’Image-temps (Cinema 2: The Time-Image), marking its 40th anniversary, will be held at Université Paris 8 starting 5 November 2025.
Derek Jarman
November – December 2025
Retrospective | Restored Films | Performances | Conversations
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris 13th arrondissement
A complete retrospective of British filmmaker Derek Jarman’s (1942–1994) short and feature films—an iconic figure of the avant-garde and underground scene in 1980s England.
Interweaving aesthetic concerns with social issues during the Thatcher era, his erudite and visionary films retain a striking political force in these times of renewed conservatism. Painter, filmmaker, writer, gay rights activist, queer culture pioneer, and gardener—like the man himself, Jarman’s body of work takes many forms: experimental films, music videos and shorts, theatrical and literary adaptations... His interests span music, painting, theatre, poetry, history, religion, and philosophy.
As Jarman always worked collectively, surrounded by longtime friends and collaborators, this retrospective adopts a polyphonic approach—enriched by the voices of close companions, including Tilda Swinton, witnesses, and creative heirs who will accompany many of the screenings.
La Cinémathèque idéale des banlieues du monde
(The Ideal Cinematheque of the World’s Suburbs)
Screenings and Discussions
One session per month
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris 13th arrondissement
and other cinemas in the Paris region
The Ideal Cinematheque of the World’s Suburbs seeks to revisit the dominant imagination conveyed by images of the suburbs and the mechanisms of invisibilization to which they are subjected. Initiated by filmmaker Alice Diop and organized in collaboration with Les Ateliers Médicis, this program serves as both an observatory and a space for reflection. Each session, structured around a specific theme, presents a selection of films from diverse backgrounds (fiction and documentary, heritage or contemporary, poetic and political, short and feature-length), followed by a discussion.
- 14-17 Nnovember 2025
Temps fort autour de la question mémorielle
mk2 Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou, Paris and Cinéma Alice Guy, Bobigny
Cycle: Vidéo et après
Screenings and Discussions
One meeting per month, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Free entrance
Institut national d'histoire de l'art (Inha), Paris 2nd arrodissement
Vidéo et après (Video and After) explores the history of video-related artistic practices from the early 1960s to the present, through the lens of the Musée National d’Art Moderne’s collection and programming.
