Society
TAKANAKUY, HAND-TO-HAND AGAINST THE WORLD
In a remote region of Peru, every December 25th, men, women and children fight to maintain their tradition.
In these isolated mountains in the heart of the Peruvian Andes, among the illuminated Christmas trees, cribs and figurines, a five hundred year old tradition is perpetuated to settle conflicts...
The Vaujours Kamikazes, Nuclear Sorcerer’s Apprentices
Opened in 1955 on the initiative of General de Gaulle, the Centre d’Etudes Atomiques de Vaujours (Vaujours Atomic Studies Centre) actively contributed to the creation of the French atomic bomb. In 1997, Jacques Chirac closed this site, located just 15 kilometers from Paris.
Now abandoned, the sit...
Catholics, the new generation
Since the “Manif Pour Tous” against the opening of marriage to same sex couples, a new militant wind is blowing amongst Catholics.
France, the country of secularism, has often mistreated them. But now, with Taubira’s “marriage for everyone” bill, they are waking up and revealing themselves.
They are...
Chinese Propaganda Lesson in Forbidden Territory
An authoritarian People’s Republic or a real dictatorship? In less than a generation, China has become the economic engine of the planet. But what if this economic power, which seems to take precedence over political and social power, was in the hands of a dictatorship whose single aim was to expand...
FLUID MOODS… being bipolar
Bipolarity is a serious psychiatric disorder that affects 1% of the population. Many preconceived ideas are deeply rooted such as being a “fun” disease. 20% of bipolar subjects commit suicide; their life expectancy is 20 years inferior to a lambda subject. Not so fun!
Never voyeuristic, the viewer p...
MISTIGRI AND THE URBAN WILDLIFE
The aim of this animal documentary with a dramatic narrative is to show us the wild animals living in our cities and the reasons for their presence in these urban environments through the eyes of a humanised cat.
Misty is a middle-class alley cat. From season to season, he roams the city in search ...
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...
FIGHTING AGAINST LAKSHMI MITTAL
At the beginning of 2012, Lakshmi Mittal, the owner of the world’s largest steelmaking company, announced the closure of the last two steel factories in the Fensch Valley in Lorraine, France. For the employees, this news came as a declaration of war. Aware of the media opportunity provided by the pr...
MY BRALESS LIFE
Having read an article on the damaging effects of bras, Virginie decided to leave this vital part of her life in her underwear drawer! The result was an adventure richer in action, encounters and comical situations than she could ever have imagined!
90 minutes in which the viewer follows Virginie an...
