Your Visit Starts Here — short documentary, 2015
Filmed at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Alina Manolache’s first short documentary invites us to reflect on contemporary art and its institutions through the eyes of museum guards. Conventionally perceived as discreet presences fading into the grandeur of the masterpieces they protect, what if the guards themselves allow us to reframe what is truly valuable and “artistic”?
Cast & Crew
Cast: Éric Lombard, Stéphanie Loison, Jean-Marc Savall
Director: Alina Manolache
Producers: Alina Manolache, Anita Drăghici
Director of photography: Diana Vidrașcu
Editor: Gabi Basalici
Grading: Mircea Crivoi
Sound design: Dan-Ștefan Rucăreanu, Delia Oniga, Ciprian Cimpoi
Commissioned by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris
With the support of Centre Pompidou