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Gaza Souvenirs
“The easiest way of making the town’s acquaintance is to know how the people in it work, how they love, and how they die.” Albert Camus.
The film is a succession of phone calls between a young Palestinian, Wissam, and a young French filmmaker, Sam. Together, they bring back memories of a phantasmag...
LARGO
The documentary “Largo” proposes to go through Largo Winch's creation, a successful French-Belgian comic strip series.
Through the past 15 years, the main character, Largo Winch, a young billionaire wearing jeans who live amazing adventures, allowed the comic books series to become a best seller : u...
Mr. Lonsdale’s Cinema
Portrait of the actor Michael Lonsdale, whose elegance, stature and career inspire the greatest respect.
Privileged moments, in which one falls under the charm of a career defined by impeccable good taste, and proof of an extraordinary intelligence, sensitivity and eclecticism.
Indeed, the accuracy ...
Tatau : The rebirth of the tattoo
The practice of the ancestral art of tattooing had virtually disappeared in the French Polynesia following the prohibition of all forms of pagan culture and beliefs by the missionaries. For the past 20 years or so tattoos are enjoying a comeback thanks to the efforts by Tavana Salmon who is determin...
THE CINEMA OF HERCULE MUCCHIELLI
The life of Hercule Mucchielli is studded with encounters and anecdotes that transport us back over 50 years of French cinema. Beginning at Pathé, he ran the Universal and MGM offices in France and co-produced and distributed some of the country’s most popular films (Le Corniaud, Le Grande Vadrouill...
THE LEGEND OF THE BUTTERI
No, you’re not dreaming! The lonesome cowboy riding his trusty horse through the desert isn’t a thing of the past. And they’re not restricted to the Wild West, either. In Italy, the butteri, the cowboys of the Maremma marshes, have refused to lay down their arms in the face of mechanisation. This dw...
The Spirit of the Canoe
Rocked by the festive atmosphere and the breathtaking images of the biggest canoe race in the world, the Hawaïki Nui Va’a, we shall gradually discover the existence of the spirit of the canoe. Matahi Brightwell is today building a double canoe, baptized the Hawaïki Nui 2, which will link the Christm...
Welcome to Paradise
Today, the mention of the name “Tahiti” inevitably conjures up pictures of a dream world. These tropical islands are by no means ordinary, and continue to fuel our collective imagination. But at this moment in time, caught between French rule and independence, between tradition and modernism, the Po...
Who’s afraid of Michel Gondry ?
Portrait of Michel Gondry, French independant film director, screenwriter, and producer.
25 years have passed since Michel Gondry first started out assembling short films with bits and pieces in a Paris flat to being the 2005 Academy Award Winner for "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
Cinemat...
ZURICH 4 – PARIS 18
Two cities, two neighborhoods, six artists ; « Zurich 4 – Paris 18 » is a look at two colorful and dark universes, where live together a number of cultures, languages and religions. It is the story of two old workers’ neighborhoods impacted by immigration, poverty but also by solidarity, politic and...