Documentaries
PORTRAIT: Bruno Mantovani, Grand millesime
Portrait of contemporary music composer Bruno MANTOVANI, a young man trained at the jazz school and discovered by Pëter EOTVOS.
Excerpts from the following works: "Cantata n°1", "Five pieces for Paul Klee", "Bug", "The other side", "Quelques effervescences", "Art d'écho", "Little Italy", "L 'era ...
PORTRAIT: Colin Roche, notes on a book
Meeting with the French composer Colin ROCHE. He evokes the origins of his vocation for music, the importance in his creative journey of other arts such as painting and poetry, in particular that of Francis PONGE, his musical writing, his influences and the different artistic encounters which marked...
PORTRAIT: Krystof Maratka, naissance d’un imaginaire
Portrait of the French contemporary music composer of Hungarian origin Krystof MARATKA. In an interview filmed in Prague, he discusses his vision of music, the importance he gives to universality and the notion of imagination in music, his vision of creation and musical writing, the origins of his p...
PORTRAIT: Marek Janowski
Documentary. Portrait of conductor Marek JANOWSKI and look back at his artistic and musical direction of the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra from 2000 to 2005.Illustrative images, images of rehearsals and concerts alternate with interviews with Marek JANOWSKI, Marie B. BARRIERE, clarinetist, Jean...
PORTRAIT: Nicholas Angelich
Portrait of the late and immense pianist Nicholas ANGELICH. He talks about his vocation, his discovery of music during a concert at the age of 4, the pleasure of performing a work and the difficulties of choosing an interpretation of old works.His interview alternates with concert images and archive...
PORTRAIT: Pierre Jodlowski
Meeting with the French contemporary music composer Pierre JODLOWSKI. He discusses his vision of music, his creation and writing technique, the extra-musical interests from which he draws his inspiration, the recurrence of the theme of memory in his work, the origins of his passion for music , the v...
PORTRAIT: Samuel Sighicelli et Benjamin de la Fuente
Meeting with contemporary music composers Samuel SIGHICELLI and Benjamin DE LA FUENTE. They evoke theorigins of their collaboration, the way in which it takes place, their vision of music, the introspective research that they express in their creations, their influences. They present some of their c...
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...
