TONO x MoMA Screening Program: Artist Focus on Valentin Noujaïm

Time: 7 pm

Admission: Free

Organized in collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York film curator Sophie Cavoulacos, this program features the recent films Pacific Club (2023) and To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion (2024) by artist and filmmaker Valentin Noujaïm. In 1979, the Pacific Club opened in a basement in La Défense—the business district of Paris. It was the first nightclub for young Arabs from the suburbs: a parallel world of dance, sweat, young lovers, and one-night romances. Azedine was one of them. He tells his generation’s forgotten story in Pacific Club. To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion follows the story of Claire, a businesswoman promoting a new skyscraper office in La Defense, who faces increasing scrutiny and isolation. The cold, grey offices amplify her loneliness, driving vivid dreams of setting the tower ablaze. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Photo: Valentin Noujaïm, Pacific Club, 2023