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The Venerable W.
Duration: 1h40
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In Burma, Ashin Wirathu is a very influential Buddhist monk. To meet him is to find oneself at the heart of daily racism and to observe how the Islamophobic and hateful discourse that he preaches is transformed into violence and destruction. Yet we are in a country where 90% of the population practices Buddhism, a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and non-violent way of life.
Ain't No Time for Women
Duration: 38 minutes
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Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda's, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county's teenage democracy.
Thanks Boss!
Duration: 2h48
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François Ruffin is determined to re-establish a dialogue between the richest man in the world, Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury group LVMH, and the workers he has dismissed over the years. In northern France, Ruffin meets Serge and Jocelyne Klur, former employees of a Kenzo suit factory, relocated to Poland under Arnault's orders. Seeing that the Klurs live in extreme poverty and that their ...
Cielo
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The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the refuge of astronomers: the sky observed there at night is breathtaking. This sky feeds the research of the scientists who work in the observatories; it also feeds, for generations, the imagination and the legends of the local communities. For the deep mysteries that the universe presents to us are what science and belief have in common. A true love po...
zo reken
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zo reken ("shark bone") is the nickname given in Haiti to the Toyota Land Cruiser, a powerful all-terrain vehicle, very popular with international humanitarian organizations that have been present in the country since the 2010 earthquake. Ten years later, a *zo reken* is diverted from its usual use to become a mobile space for meetings and discussions between Haitians. No more foreign humanitar...
Dida
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Fifteen years ago Nikola left Serbia to follow his heart to Switzerland. Since then his life is shared between two countries and three women: his mother Dida, his grandmother and his wife. His mother has learning disabilities and has been dependent on the grandmother since ever. As grandmother is getting older, Belgrade is now calling Nikola back home. A heartwarming and amusing documentary abo...
Sisterhood
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As the disappearance of their small religious community looms, the Helper Nuns begin sorting through their life — a lifetime of struggles. These valiant all-terrain militants, who believe in God but not in a Church dominated by men, have spent years and years campaigning for women’s rights, social justice and international solidarity. Between apprehension about death, outbursts of laughter and ...
Maison du bonheur
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About to turn 30, with 30 rolls of film, a Bolex, and a sound recorder in her suitcase, a woman (Sofia) decides to capture the domestic day-to-day in the Maison du Bonheur over the course of 30 days. The guardian of this good home is Juliane, an astrologer who has lived in the Haussmannian apartment for over 50 years. Her balconies are drenched with hydrangeas to cheer onlookers and to keep the...
The Venerable W.
Duration: 1h40
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In Burma, Ashin Wirathu is a very influential Buddhist monk. To meet him is to find oneself at the heart of daily racism and to observe how the Islamophobic and hateful discourse that he preaches is transformed into violence and destruction. Yet we are in a country where 90% of the population practices Buddhism, a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and non-violent way of life.
Ain't No Time for Women
Duration: 38 minutes
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Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda's, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county's teenage democracy.
Thanks Boss!
Duration: 2h48
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François Ruffin is determined to re-establish a dialogue between the richest man in the world, Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury group LVMH, and the workers he has dismissed over the years. In northern France, Ruffin meets Serge and Jocelyne Klur, former employees of a Kenzo suit factory, relocated to Poland under Arnault's orders. Seeing that the Klurs live in extreme poverty and that their ...
Cielo
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The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the refuge of astronomers: the sky observed there at night is breathtaking. This sky feeds the research of the scientists who work in the observatories; it also feeds, for generations, the imagination and the legends of the local communities. For the deep mysteries that the universe presents to us are what science and belief have in common. A true love po...
zo reken
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zo reken ("shark bone") is the nickname given in Haiti to the Toyota Land Cruiser, a powerful all-terrain vehicle, very popular with international humanitarian organizations that have been present in the country since the 2010 earthquake. Ten years later, a *zo reken* is diverted from its usual use to become a mobile space for meetings and discussions between Haitians. No more foreign humanitar...
Dida
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Fifteen years ago Nikola left Serbia to follow his heart to Switzerland. Since then his life is shared between two countries and three women: his mother Dida, his grandmother and his wife. His mother has learning disabilities and has been dependent on the grandmother since ever. As grandmother is getting older, Belgrade is now calling Nikola back home. A heartwarming and amusing documentary abo...
Sisterhood
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As the disappearance of their small religious community looms, the Helper Nuns begin sorting through their life — a lifetime of struggles. These valiant all-terrain militants, who believe in God but not in a Church dominated by men, have spent years and years campaigning for women’s rights, social justice and international solidarity. Between apprehension about death, outbursts of laughter and ...
Maison du bonheur
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About to turn 30, with 30 rolls of film, a Bolex, and a sound recorder in her suitcase, a woman (Sofia) decides to capture the domestic day-to-day in the Maison du Bonheur over the course of 30 days. The guardian of this good home is Juliane, an astrologer who has lived in the Haussmannian apartment for over 50 years. Her balconies are drenched with hydrangeas to cheer onlookers and to keep the...
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The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
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Between documentary and reconstruction, this film traces the 25-year reign of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. A remarkable work of editing made from official images.
Flat Jungle
Duration: 3h00
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The Waddenzee, the Wetland Sea, is a unique natural region, a coastal area of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark which, depending on the tides, is sometimes sea, sometimes land. Johan van der Keuken films this "flat jungle", its fauna, flora and inhabitants whose lives have been disrupted by the economic, technical and industrial developments of the region.
The Venerable W.
Duration: 1h40
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In Burma, Ashin Wirathu is a very influential Buddhist monk. To meet him is to find oneself at the heart of daily racism and to observe how the Islamophobic and hateful discourse that he preaches is transformed into violence and destruction. Yet we are in a country where 90% of the population practices Buddhism, a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and non-violent way of life.
La Montagne
Duration: 20 minutes
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Repeated gestures of panoramic representation become abstraction. This film takes place on the Kondiaronk Belvedere where people come to see the Montreal skyline and its surrounding landscape.
Salut les Cubains
Duration: 29 minutes
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In 1963, four years after Fidel Castro took power, Agnès Varda returned from Cuba with 1,800 black-and-white photos and turned them into a didactic and entertaining documentary.
The Dragon with Two Heads
Duration: 42 minutes
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To escape the homophobic reality of their homeland, two Brazilian twin brothers are now living in Europe. The first brother has a perfectly legal status in Brussels, the second is an illegal immigrant and lives like a ghost in Berlin. Set during the 2018 Brazilian elections, the brothers' anguish about the future of their country under the rise of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro deepens when...
Disappearing Silence
Duration: 6 minutes
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This self-portrait illustrates the sensory chaos caused by what is called "permanent tinnitus", which belongs to the typology of so-called "phantom" pains, similar to inexhaustible waves of sound that must be tamed in order to define a new state of silence.
Ain't No Time for Women
Duration: 38 minutes
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Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda's, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county's teenage democracy.
Wrong Elements
Duration: 4h26
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Uganda, 1989. A young rebel who claims to be visited by spirits, Joseph Kony, forms a movement against the central power : the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). An "army" that grew by kidnapping teenagers - more than 60 000 over 25 years - of which less than half came out of the bush alive. Geofrey, Nighty, Michael and Lapisa were among these teenagers, kidnapped at 12 or 13. Today, in their effort...
La Piéròtta
Duration: 55 minutes
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In the spring of 1956, musicologist Sergio Liberovici travels through the Cogne Valley in Northern Italy. He begins his recordings at the Hotel Grivola. The singer who performs in front of him is a woman from Cogne, Henriette Guichardaz, nicknamed "La Piéròtta". For him, she will perform five songs. Péroline Barbet questions the trace and directs her microphone towards the oral memory of the pl...
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
New product!Duration: 3h00
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Between documentary and reconstruction, this film traces the 25-year reign of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. A remarkable work of editing made from official images.
Flat Jungle
Duration: 3h00
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The Waddenzee, the Wetland Sea, is a unique natural region, a coastal area of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark which, depending on the tides, is sometimes sea, sometimes land. Johan van der Keuken films this "flat jungle", its fauna, flora and inhabitants whose lives have been disrupted by the economic, technical and industrial developments of the region.
The Venerable W.
Duration: 1h40
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In Burma, Ashin Wirathu is a very influential Buddhist monk. To meet him is to find oneself at the heart of daily racism and to observe how the Islamophobic and hateful discourse that he preaches is transformed into violence and destruction. Yet we are in a country where 90% of the population practices Buddhism, a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and non-violent way of life.
La Montagne
Duration: 20 minutes
Subscription access
Repeated gestures of panoramic representation become abstraction. This film takes place on the Kondiaronk Belvedere where people come to see the Montreal skyline and its surrounding landscape.
Salut les Cubains
Duration: 29 minutes
Subscription access
In 1963, four years after Fidel Castro took power, Agnès Varda returned from Cuba with 1,800 black-and-white photos and turned them into a didactic and entertaining documentary.
The Dragon with Two Heads
Duration: 42 minutes
Subscription access
To escape the homophobic reality of their homeland, two Brazilian twin brothers are now living in Europe. The first brother has a perfectly legal status in Brussels, the second is an illegal immigrant and lives like a ghost in Berlin. Set during the 2018 Brazilian elections, the brothers' anguish about the future of their country under the rise of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro deepens when...
Disappearing Silence
Duration: 6 minutes
Subscription access
This self-portrait illustrates the sensory chaos caused by what is called "permanent tinnitus", which belongs to the typology of so-called "phantom" pains, similar to inexhaustible waves of sound that must be tamed in order to define a new state of silence.
Ain't No Time for Women
Duration: 38 minutes
Subscription access
Tunis, November 2019. A group of women is gathered at Saïda's, the hairdresser, on the eve of the presidential election. The salon is transformed into a town square, mirroring the internal turmoil of the country. In this female sanctuary, we get an intimate look at the county's teenage democracy.
Wrong Elements
Duration: 4h26
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Uganda, 1989. A young rebel who claims to be visited by spirits, Joseph Kony, forms a movement against the central power : the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). An "army" that grew by kidnapping teenagers - more than 60 000 over 25 years - of which less than half came out of the bush alive. Geofrey, Nighty, Michael and Lapisa were among these teenagers, kidnapped at 12 or 13. Today, in their effort...
La Piéròtta
Duration: 55 minutes
Subscription access
In the spring of 1956, musicologist Sergio Liberovici travels through the Cogne Valley in Northern Italy. He begins his recordings at the Hotel Grivola. The singer who performs in front of him is a woman from Cogne, Henriette Guichardaz, nicknamed "La Piéròtta". For him, she will perform five songs. Péroline Barbet questions the trace and directs her microphone towards the oral memory of the pl...
