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11 septembre : une histoire française
The attacks of September 11, 2001 were the deadliest ever perpetrated in the world. Their impact was colossal in the United States, but also throughout the world. Until then, no documentary had focused on its repercussions on French society, on French people. And yet, if the shock wave started in the Manhattan towers, it also hit France from a distance with unprecedented violence. A look back at the facts, but also at the impact of this disaster on the French people thanks to testimonies and unpublished archives.
In the Steps of Forgotten Peoples
Unustatud rahvad (1970 - 1989) by Estonian composer Veljo Tormas is based upon six Balto-Finnic peoples traditions. Collegium Musicale choir brought the songs to different sides of Baltic coasts to liven current citizens connections for fleeting past and strengthen their identity.
My So-Called Selfish Life
Motherhood: a subject so deeply ingrained in our society, we take it for granted as part of the natural order. It's assumed all women want children, that motherhood is not only a biological imperative but the defining measure of womanhood. Titled after one of the myths it challenges, this film draws upon a heady mix of culture, science, and history–revealing the rich and diverse lives of people who said no to children, and the forces that have marginalized them in society.
How Chemical Giants Destroyed our Ecosystem
Since the 1990s, total insect biomass has declined by 75 percent. The rapid decline affects all food chains: fish and birds can no longer find enough to eat and are becoming fewer and fewer. Studies show that neonicotinoids used in pesticides aren't just destroying the insect popualtion, but also affect human health.
Get Back in the Kitchen
Three transport workers are unjustly fired and decide to complain: for a year they live in a tent that they set up on the esplanade of the municipal building. Faced with media pressure, the absence of the state and social mandates, the film shows how the deconstruction of that statement that points out as obvious the belonging of women to the private sphere of the home.
Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002
The 2002 performances of Failing Kansas at the New Zealand Festival created a scandal and ultimately a sensation. Credited with knocking Osama bin Laden off of the front page of the National newspaper and dominating TV and radio for days, the piece was ultimately a sold out triumph heralded as “A New Art Form." Now, almost twenty years later, Rouse has assembled the original footage and live recordings into a complete concert film.
AI: What's going on?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already an indispensable part of our lives. In the field of social life, economy, health care, army, traffic and education... Everywhere there are more and more - sometimes very surprising - applications. And the end is far from in sight, the potential is enormous. An enlightening documentary that looks at the present and the future of AI, but also dares to ask questions about possible pitfalls. Should we set a limit somewhere or place our full trust in AI? Are we gradually becoming superhumans or are we just losing control of our own destiny?
CODE NAME: Nagasaki
"CODE NAME: Nagasaki" tells the story of Marius and Fredrik, two young men who forged their friendship through filmmaking and decided to put their skills to a unique challenge: finding Marius’ long lost Japanese mother.
Ski
There is a monster in Lake Nahuel Huapi. At twilight, it spreads across the surface of the water like a taut cowhide, grabbing its victims with sharp claws. Another monster also lurks around the lake, near Bariloche, in the Argentine Andes.
Katia and Rimma
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, former USSR. In this city where old houses are destroyed and their occupants are evicted all around, Rimma and her granddaughter Katia are waiting for the scheduled demolition of their old house in order to be rehoused in one of the buildings that are springing up everywhere in the city. The preparations for the move disrupt their daily life. French-Tajik filmmaker Gulya Mirzoeva follows their intimacy and their journey towards a new life.
Lontano da casa
The story of young girls and boys that have dealt and deal with drug addiction.
Monobloc
The story of the most popular piece of furniture of all times: the monobloc chair, sold over a billion times across the globe.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten
Learn about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on the one hundredth anniversary of the crime, and how the community of Tulsa is coming to terms with its past, present, and future.
Uljanenko Uncensored
A documentary feature film about Oles Uljanenko, an author and cult figure of Ukrainian post-Soviet culture. His works were banned by Ukrainian authorities having judged them as pornographic and as ones that should be destroyed.
Chu Teh-Chun
A major figure in lyrical abstraction modernist art, Franco-Chinese artist CHU Teh-Chun (1920 - 2014) would have been 100 years old this year, and to mark the occasion, this documentary invites you to discover the story and remarkable work of this prolific artist. Directed by Christophe Fonseca, produced by Les Films de l'Odyssée, combining interviews with art experts and the painter's descendants with visits to the family archives, the documentary showcases CHU’s contribution to the lyrical abstraction movement, while at the same time highlighting his artistic skill and multidisciplinary approach to his work.c
An Actress in Wonderland
‘I have always had the curiosity to look further’ – admits one of the greatest Polish actresses. Barbara Krafftówna takes the viewer on a visit to her magical land, inhabited by ghosts of the past, the Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret and, above all, by her unforgettable artistic creations.
A Tale of Three Chinatowns
Profiles Chinese American communities in three major U.S. cities amid historic downturns in their population. Residents, community activists, developers, government officials, and others with a connection to these vital neighborhoods provide their perspectives while the film explores the survival of ethnic neighborhoods amid urban development and gentrification.
Gonzalo
In 2007, Gonzalo was commissioned by his father to make "La Giulianada", a film about family origins. During the shooting, Gonzalo's vision changed. Mandates, guilt, love and pain are revisited throughout the work.
Ale
19-year-old Alessandra is a wrestling student. As a newbie, her goal is to develop a so-called "gimmick" for herself. A ring character of her own, which should become very similar to her due to her biographical cornerstones. This film documents this development process, which at the same time also represents an inner journey of self-discovery for Alessandra. But on her way to becoming a full-fledged wrestler her life changes in an unexpected way, which forces her to grow up faster than expected.
Childbirth Banned in Paradise
Pregnant women from the paradise island of Fernando de Noronha, 360km off the Brazilian coast, are separated from their families and workplaces and sent to the mainland 12 weeks before giving birth. Pressure is brought upon those who resist. Their babies are not made welcome in their forebears’ lands. Without any reasonable explanation, the government has been denying the right of permanent residence to children of native people. Meanwhile, tourism is attracting more and more celebrities and outside investors to the island.
Golden Dawn: A Public Affair
How to resist? What sort of action to adopt against Nazism, fascism and the extreme right? Can Democracy still eradicate them once and for all without bending its own principles? How to fight back? Is the solution to be given by the courts? A political blockade from all political parties? A media boycott? Raising social awareness? A better education in school? Or is it a more physical resistance? A trial all the more important than the one of Nurenberg is the backbone of this documentary.
War Is Over
Iraqi Kurdistan. What happens to war zones after the lights go out? Where do their children go? The last war against Isis left 1.6 million people in need. Half of them are under the age of 18. Disordered elements of a post-traumatic stress syndrome demand to get away from the tragedies of war. It's a frenetic, explosive and totally unexpected euphoria, the struggle to finally find a normal life made of simple things. War is Over is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and its enduring hopes.
Tenório and the Dreams of Judo
Antônio Tenório and the Brazilian Paralympic Team are invited to a rare training camp in Japan. Passing through the main temples of Judo, our visually impaired athletes face the many challenges of training in an unknown country. The encounter with their Japanese hosts generates strangeness and difficulties, but also discoveries and joys. Step by step, these situations strengthen our athletes, who find themselves increasingly united.
Led by the charisma and sensitivity of champion Tenório, a new generation of judo is revealed and inspired.
Voluntário ****1864: Quem São os Anônimos da Vacina?
Anne Murray: Full Circle
A look a the career of singer Anne Murray, a small-town girl from a Nova Scotia coal mining town who became an international superstar.
Disaster Tourism
Everything started with a utopia. To end the antagonism between the oppressors and the oppressed, between the owners and the own-nothings. To create a society that would be truly free, equal and solidaric.
Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune
The crazy rise and fall of Jacques Tati, comedy genius, actor, director and athlete of laughter. Or how the inventor of the mythical Mr. Hulot made France laugh, then the world, flying from success to success, rising higher and higher, until he came a little too close to the sun.
Talking About Myself Is Hard
Spanish actress Charo López finds it hard to talk about herself; but she only needs to start reminiscing to discover that her life has been truly exceptional. The story of a legendary actress told by herself.