Alain Bergala
Alain Bergala (1943) is a French film critic, essayist, screenwriter, and director. A former editor and director of collections at Cahiers du cinéma, he is renowned for his expertise in the works of Jean-Luc Godard, Roberto Rossellini, Abbas Kiarostami, Luis Buñuel, and Ingmar Bergman. Bergala has authored numerous books and articles on cinema, including L’hypothèse cinéma (2002), which outlines his vision for film education. In 2000, he served as the cinema advisor to Minister of Education Jack Lang, focusing on integrating arts into education. He has taught at various institutions, including the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle and La Fémis. Bergala has also directed several films and documentaries, such as Faux fuyants (1983), Où que tu sois (1987), and L’Eden de La Ciotat (2022).