Early Fantasies
Giants, fairies, magicians, ghosts, dragons, and monsters of all kinds… Here’s what your Cinémathèque has in store this summer! Since Méliès, filmmakers have embraced the fanstastic potential of cinema, creating infinite phantasmagorias and extraordinary spectacles where the unreal becomes real. Step into a world of fantasy and boundless imagination: whatever your generation, the monsters and wonders that once filled your childhood dreams are back this summer 2025!
Accompanied on the piano by Chantale Morin
These films are preserved in our collections
Un locataire diabolique
Georges Méliès
[Fr., 1909, 7 min, num., no dialogue]
Pour épater les poules (Egged On)
Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller, Ted Sears
[É.-U., 1926, 23 min, 35 mm, French intertitles]
Un drôle de locataire (A Wild Roomer)
Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller
[É.-U., 1926, 21 min, 35 mm, French intertitles]
La boîte à cigares
Segundo de Chomón
[Fr., 1907, 4 min, 35 mm, no dialogue]
Les hallucinations du baron de Münchhausen
Georges Méliès
[Fr., 1911, 13 min, 16 mm, English intertitles]
