Documentaries
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: BENOIT JACQUOT, THE LAST SPHINX
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe
In April 2014, Benoit Jacquot suddenly disappears in the middle of Le journal d'une femme de chambre. Philippe-Emmanuel Sorlin, called in rescue by André S. Labarthe, founds the director in Italy. Life, cin...
CINEMA OF OUR TIME: REMINISCENCES OF JONAS MEKAS
As part of « Cinema of our time », a series of conversations conducted by André S. Labarthe.
Andre S, Labarthe assignes a difficult task to Jackie Raynal: to direct a portrait on a movie maker who only films self-portraits. What could be filmed on Jonas Mekas which hasn't already been immortalised...
Citizens’ Currency
Creating money isn’t a privilege purely reserved to state banks.
Since 2010, local currencies have been launched all over France. Issued by the citizens themselves, their role is to restore, on their territory, the humanity and meaning that conventional money no longer has in their eyes, while re-es...
DREAM MOUNTAINS: the Monch & the Jungfrau
The 3rd episode of the series "Dream Mountains" is one wherein we climb the most beautiful peaks in the Alps. After the Eiger & the Grand Paradis, this time Carole and her guide take us to the Mönch and the Jungfrau, 2 peaks more than 4000m above sea level in the Bernese Oberland. The journey be...
Exceptional hunting dog expeditions
Black grouse, authentic wild red-legged partridge, mountain woodcock... Which hunting dog enthusiast hasn’t dreamed of setting off in search of such rare, valuable and iconic game? From the eastern Pyrenees to north of the Alps, via the summits of Corsica, the shores of the Mediterranean and the hig...
Eysses, an epic tale of Resistance
October 1943. The Vichy government intensified its fight against the Résistance. The Eysses prison in the Lot-et-Garonne was selected to gather together all the resistance fighters arrested and sentenced by the Special Courts. Within days, 1200 prisoners had arrived at the centre.
Far from weakening...
Falconers: from the palace to the bell tower
In recent years, the job of falconer has really taken off! Assignments range from scaring gulls away from palaces to eliminating pigeons nesting in village bell-towers, the protection of crops, airports, nuclear power plants and football and rugby stadiums. Their quiet, flexible, fast and natural wo...
Follow the float
Follow the float is an angling film absolutely unique in the genre. A mix of slapstick and pocket philosophy, it is an ode to angling and a call to curiosity. It offers a new way of seein angling and nature through a ménage à trois: Lilian (the angler), his bike and his rod.
A film of gestures and m...
FranÇois Mauriac, a story of Faith…
This film examines François Mauriac artistic and political career by understanding the author’s faith, the driving force of his creative work.
Mauriac is a wonderful witness of his time. Although he never renounced his Christian and humanist values, through his work and his commitment to changing s...
Guillaume and the New Zealand Trouts
Guillaume Durand is 28-year old fly fishing guide in the Verdon who lives for one thing: his fishing trips to New Zealand between December and March of each year. Setting out on his own and eschewing travel agencies and English-speaking guides, Guillaume’s 3-month itineraries are compiled from his o...
