Documentaries
Richard the Lionheart
Portrait of a key figure in the racing world.
Still standing, stronger than ever, life has not been easy for Richard William Dénéchère, either on a personal or a professional level. But he always manages to bounce back, sometimes with the help of a little luck. Self-denial is the watchword. One thin...
Rising from the Ruins
Civilian suffering and shortages didn’t stop as through by magic with the end of the war in 1945: the reconstruction process took many years to complete.
In Caen, one of the cities worst affected by bombing, wartime and post-war children look back on a time of hardship, but also of hope and solidar...
The ABC of Hip-Hop
A dip into the incredible world of Hip-Hop at the Suresnes Cités Danse Festival.
A documentary that takes us behind the scenes of the festival - with a twist: the artists we meet all define their universe by choosing 26 words emblematic of hip-hop, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Compiled wit...
The Art of the Soundtrack
Cyril Morin, French film composer, working magic with our emotions, has set out to conquer the United States.
Through a portrait of this unique artist, tracing his original career (from rock to film music via advertising), his decisive meetings, the professionals with whom he has worked and clips of...
THE BIRD SINGERS
Their passion: birdsong. Their talent: imitating it perfectly.
Jean and Johnny Rasse Boucault have mastered the calls of hundreds of avian species. In a word, they speak "bird". They have made a unique career out of their common childhood passion: they are "bird singers".
Going beyond simple imita...
THE BLACK BEAST OF THE VACCARÈS
The Étang de Vaccarès, a nature reserve and the largest lake in the Camargue, stretches over 6,000 hectares. A resting and feeding place for migratory birds and flamingos, it enjoys an abundance of rare flora. Another tenant has obviously been seduced by the surroundings: the wild boar.
A gite, plen...
The Camargue, Poetry of the Lakes
The Camargue. Alexandre, Frédéric, Patrick and Claude are manadiers. They’re raising a breed of semi-feral black bulls for the Camarguaise race. They allowed me to follow them for a whole year. Immersed in their daily lives, the film goes in search of unusual moments and conversations. From one wint...
The Chinese Lantern, or the amazing life of a cinematographer
From the New Wave to Hollywood, the amazing life of the brilliant cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, who has lit movies by some of the top directors, including Blier, Burton, Doillon, Frears, Boorman and Redford.
After working in France with Jean-Jacques Beineix, Alain Cavalier, Bertrand Blier, Jac...
The Choir’s ladies
“The Choir's ladies” is a documentary movie about a choir of third age ladies in Maisons-Alfort, a small town near Paris. Once a week, Lucette, Marie-Françoise, Liliane, Suzanne and the other ones meet up to sing around a piano at “Les Juilliottes’Choir”.
Through these four main characters we disco...
The Decentered
Welcome to right next door, on the outskirts of every city in France! Welcome to the business park!
Thousands of people work every day in these apparently purposeless, discredited places that we pass by without stopping.
Malika, Yoann, Nathalie, Steven…
This documentary invites us to stop and obser...
