Filmer les animaux, c’est chercher à saisir, sur le monde, un autre regard que le nôtre. C’est l’approcher, le capter, l’imiter : c’est lui rendre justice. Pas toujours facile, pourtant, de placer une caméra à hauteur de pieuvre, de jaguar, de cachalot ou de jument au galop… De Muybridge aux images de synthèse, des documentaires de Jean Painlevé à My Octopus Teacher, toute une histoire parallèle du cinéma s’esquisse, que nous vous proposons de retracer en deux heures accompagnées d’images et d’extraits.

Filming animals is all about trying to capture a different perspective on the world than our own. It's about approaching that extra-human gaze, capturing it, imitating it : it's about paying it justice.
Putting a camera next to an octopus, a jaguar, a sperm whale or a galloping mare can however represent some kind of challenge... an art, really.
From Muybridge to computer-generated images, from Jean Painlevé's documentaries to more recent documentaries such as My Octopus Teacher. A whole parallel history of cinema takes shape, which we'll try and tell in two hours, accompanied by images and extracts.

About the author : 

Camille Brunel was born in 1986 in Châlons-en-Champagne in France. Having taught literature for seven years near Paris, he now writes essays and novels expressing his literary commitment to the animal cause. His regular stays in Scotland inspired chapters of La Guérilla des animaux (2018), Éloge de la baleine (2022) and Je est un animal (2024). In September 2025, he will publish Un Phare sous l’océan, a new collaboration with Casterman following Après nous, les animaux and the children's books trilogy Nos Amis animaux. 

After the event, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of one of his books thanks to our partners La Belle Adventure. 

Refreshments, including drinks and snacks, will be provided.

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 Wednesday, 17th September
 6.00pm-8.00pm
 Alliance Française Glasgow
 The conference will be held in English
 Free for members and £3 for non-members

If you are eligible for discount (Ecole Buissonnière, Club Picoti, Franco-Scottish society)  please contact: biblio@afglasgow.org.uk.

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