Durations
YAMANA, BACK TO PATAGONIA
Where does our need for elsewhere, traveling and adventure come from? What are we expecting from these definitive or momentary exiles ending up sometimes in unfulfilled expectations? Where do they lead us?
Almost ten years after his first trip in Patagonia, Fabrice Marquat, “motorbike-film maker”, ...
RIMAQUOI
Performing scenes from the classical repertoire as contemporary mini-dramas: such is the challenge that has been successfully taken up by Rimaquoi.
Corneille, Molière, Marivaux, Courteline… in a municipal swimming pool, a library, a public garden, a car park... dozens of extracts from the great Fren...
BRETON DRAFT HORSES
A portrait of the Breton draft horse seen through the eyes of three generations. Once at the centre of country life, the Breton horse fell victim to mechanisation in the 1960s, its gradual disappearance coinciding with a dilution of Breton cultural identity. Over the last few years, Brittany has bee...
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...