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Day: 19 October 2021

'Confinement, deconfinement' by MonacoVisions

by: Cassandra Tanti
19/10/2021

On Wednesday, a unique short film will be showcased at the Théâtre des Variétés, documenting local photographer’s interpretation of Monaco’s intense period during the Covid pandemic.
“Poetic, moving, and disconcerting clips” make up this fascinating film created by MonacoVisions’, a Monegasque association that brings together photographers and filmmakers aged from 10 to 92 years, all united in their passion for pictures.
Titled ‘Confinement, deconfinement’, the short film screening will take place on Wednesday 20th October at 6.30pm.
From March 2020 to the present, the film explores the visions of lockdown, the Principality’s re-opening, and the subsequent return to lockdown.
It features footage of an empty, silent Monaco, artistic clips that show this most unusual time in a new light. It also has interviews with young people talking about the health crisis that directly impacted their lives, as well as original music.
 

New rules to enter Fun Fair

by: Stephanie Horsman
19/10/2021

The much-loved Monaco Fun Fair returns this week with a total of 61 attractions and two new rides. However, there are health restrictions, so here is everything you need to know before heading down to Port Hercule.

The Monaco Fun Fair will be open to the public from 22nd October to 19th November after a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. All the usual favourites will be there, along with some new rides and a new set up.

This year, the attractions, entertainment booths and food stands will be located over the whole of the upper part of Quai Albert Ier, whilst the lower part, the Darse Sud, will be the scene for a variety of activities, but no food concessions.

In all, 61 vendors, game booths and rides will be on site including two new attractions: Aladdin, for children aged two and up, and Techno Power, for thrill-seeking older kids.

The Mairie has put all the most current health and safety measures in place for this year’s event. In addition to the usual security checks, there will be additional health checks in line with government protocol including presentation of a valid health pass for all those over 16 years of age. Mask wearing is also compulsory for all visitors over five. This year, all customers are asked to sit and eat any food or drink purchased as walking with food and drink is prohibited.

There will be seven access points, with five on the Quai Albert Ier and two on the Darse Sud, marked by carpets. The health requirements allow only for a certain number of visitors at once, so once capacity has been reached, entry will be temporarily suspended until visitor numbers lessen. The fair can be viewed in real time at the Mairie’s website and those wishing to come are strongly advised to go online to see what the latest crowd situation is before making the journey to the Port.

The fun fair will be open every day from 11am to 11pm and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as on the eve of any public holidays. Exceptionally, on 18th November, the eve of National Day, attractions will stay open until 1am.

To access the real time webcams, visit the City Hall website at www.mairie.mc

 

 
Photo by Monaco Life
 
 
 

E-Rally returns to Monte-Carlo

by: Stephanie Horsman
19/10/2021

After last year’s cancellations due to the after-effects of Storm Alex, the E-Rally Monte-Carlo is back for its fifth edition with its most challenging course yet.

The Principality’s 100% hydrogen and electric car rally, the E-Rally Monte Carlo, returns from 20th to 24thOctober with a 350-kilometre course divided into 15 “regularity specials” (SR) or steps, 55 teams and 110 participants.

In all, racers from 12 nations will be competing and 21 models of vehicles will be on display.

Though this is officially the fifth edition of the E-Rally, this race has been going on since 1995 when it was called the Monte-Carlo Rally of Electric Vehicles until 1999, then the Monte-Carlo Fuel Cell and Hybrids Rally from 2005 to 2006, the Monte-Carlo Rally of Alternative Energy Vehicles from 2007 to 2011, and the Rallye Monte-Carlo des Energies Nouvelles / Rallye Monte-Carlo ZENN from 2012 to 2015.

The latest incarnation is a result of regularising the event and making it parts of the E-Rallye de Regularité Cup of the FIA 2020.

The departure point will be in Châteauneuf, in the Loire department, on Wednesday 20th October. The city is credited with being the first municipal domain in France to be autonomous in green energy. This stage will consist of three SRs with an arrival in Valence.

There will then be four SRs within the city of Valence on the 21st. 

The next stage on Friday 22nd has racers doing four monster stages from Valence to Monaco.

The final push takes place on Saturday 23rd October where the last four stages make a loop from Monaco, taking racers to four stopping points in the Var. The last step is a race back to the Principality to cross the finish line.

“By definition, the E-Rallies aim to promote new automotive technologies, designed to emit the lowest possible quantities of pollutants, fine particles and CO2,” says the Automobile Club of Monaco. “They also aim to encourage drivers to adopt eco-responsible driving, with priority being given to environmental protection and the transition of the transport sector, through the use of electricity as a source of energy to propel vehicles.”

Racers will benefit from 1,200 electric charging stations positioned along the route. Charging stations will also be provided in parks by EVBox, a partner of the race.
 
 
 

Casiraghi partners with luxury fashion brand Dior

by: Stephanie Horsman
19/10/2021

Pierre Casiraghi is continuing the Grimaldi family’s love affair with Dior that began with Princess Grace, becoming the French fashion house’s latest brand ambassador.

In a recent Dior press release, Pierre Casiraghi was called “an icon of elegance”. It added that the “The Monegasque businessman embodies the new facet of tailoring constantly reinvented by Kim Jones [creative of Dior’s men’s line], a timeless modernity.”
Dior has had links to the Princely family for decades. In 1956, his grandmother, Grace Kelly, wore a Dior dress on her first outing with Prince Rainier III. Christian Dior died the following year, but Princess Grace remained loyal to the brand, forming a 20-year bond with the house’s artistic director, Marc Bohan. A 2019 exhibition titled ‘Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior’ revealed that a third of her personal collection at the Palace was created by Dior.
“Princess Grace was the most famous client of the house of Dior. She affirmed in the eyes of the whole world the image of a modern woman and committed to her time,” said Bernard Arnault, president of the fashion house, recalling this collaboration in a book named after the exhibition and published in 2019.
Pierre’s mother Princess Caroline wore Dior in her marriage to her first husband Phillippe Junot, while Princess Stephanie, Pierre’s aunt, worked as an intern to Marc Bohan in the 1980’s, further cementing the bond between the houses of Grimaldi and Dior.
Pierre Casiraghi is known for his ability to elegantly don a tuxedo for myriad charity events, though he is equally at home in t-shirts and shorts whilst manning sailing yachts. This versatility makes him an ideal brand ambassador, seen as  both accessible and regal all at once.
34-year-old Casiraghi is eighth in line to the throne of the Principality and is also a philanthropist, businessman and an accomplished sailor, acting as skipper of the Monaco Yacht Club’s Team Malizia. He is the son of Princess Caroline and Stefano Casiraghi, who was tragically killed in a speedboat accident when he was just three years of age. He is majority shareholder in the construction company founded by his father, Engeco.
This is not the first time Casiraghi has been selected as a brand ambassador. In 2013, he was photographed in a series of pictures by Jean-Baptiste Mondino for luxury shoemaker Berluti.
Now, he joins his wife Beatrice Borromeo as ambassador for French fashion house Dior, a title she was given in February of this year.
 
 
By Stephanie Horsman and Cassandra Tanti, photo Brett Lloyd, courtesy of Dior
 
 
 

Dominant Roca team bounce back against Dijon

by: Luke Entwistle
19/10/2021

AS Monaco Basketball managed to arrest their slide in form to register an impressive victory against Dijon in the Euroleague. Having lost in their previous two fixtures, both against Spanish opposition, a 93-73 victory for Zvezdan Mitrovic’s men got their season back on track.
The Roca team started the Euroleague season strongly, winning their opening two matches. However, Barcelona subjected them to their second consecutive defeat on Friday, after Real Madrid had humbled them just days before.
The Roca team’s loss on Friday came in dramatic circumstances, with Barcelona ultimately securing victory in overtime, when Monaco had been leading with only seconds on the clock.
Barcelona dominated in overtime and took the win 81- 85, largely thanks to an imperious display from Brandon Davies, who led his side with 27 points.
The Roca team returned to the Salle Gaston Médecin on Sunday with a determination to return to winning ways. Despite the importance of the fixture, Mike James, Monaco’s leading points scorer in the defeat to Barcelona, was rested.
In his absence, the rest of the squad stepped-up as the Roca team made a blistering start, taking the first quarter 23-18. Monaco weren’t content in simply consolidating their first-quarter domination, but sought to build upon it in the second. Taking the second-quarter 29-13, Monaco went in with an almost unassailable 52-31 lead at half-time.
For all of their dominance in the first-half, Monaco were in danger of throwing it away after a complacent first five minutes of the third quarter in which they failed to register a point. A comeback of sorts limited the damage, but Dijon still took the quarter 16-23.
If Monaco looked complacent in the third-quarter, they were anything but in the final. The Roca team reasserted their dominance, and with the help of Donatas Motiejunas, took the final quarter 25-19.
Motiejunas finished the game as Monaco’s leading point scorer with 16 points, and the 93-73 victory gives the Roca team elevates them to 10th position in the Euroleague table.
Mitrovic was impressed with his team’s performance, especially the way in which they started the match, saying: “The key was to start well and to conserve our lead… It is a good conclusion to an incredible week after all of these big matches, against a Dijon team for whom we have a lot of respect.”
Mitrovic will be hoping that this rampant victory against a strong side, will give them impetus for their next match – away at Baskonia this Friday.
 
 
Photo source: AS Monaco Basketball