Since 2017, 35, quai de Nice, in Gien, with its approximately 600 square meters, has been full of original shows and artistic creations, each more moving than the last. This place, hosted by François Zabaleta, filmmaker and director from Gien, will however die out during this year 2025.
Rest assured, it will not be destroyed. However, it will cease to host shows, following a final creation entitled The Melancholy of the Hitman Before Taking Action and Other Storiesscheduled for late spring or next September.
The ephemeral laboratory: “a celebration of almost ten years”
“From the start, I knew that there would be a moment when we would stop. I’m going to be 65 years old and I’m reaching a period where I can no longer do everything. I can’t devote myself to cinema , festivals, writing and more […] There is also a lack of interest in culture on the part of public authorities and even people who prefer animation, contesting the values of culture which are excellence, rigor and ambition. This is what hurts me the most,” explains François Zabaleta, as to the reasons for the closure of the ephemeral laboratory.
A place born when Marine Le Pen arrived in the second round of the presidential election, in 2017.
