Claire Simon
Née à Londres en 1955, Claire Simon est une réalisatrice, scénariste et monteuse française. Formée au cinéma documentaire aux Ateliers Varan, elle a réalisé de nombreux documentaires remarqués, notamment "Récréations" en 1993 et plus récemment "Le bois dont les rêves sont faits". Elle a été directrice du département réalisation de la Fémis. En 2016 son long-métrage "Le Concours" sur l’examen d’entrée à cette école est primé meilleur documentaire au Festival international du film de Venise. Claire Simon expérimente souvent une forme de cinéma à la frontière entre documentaire et fiction qui s'illustre notamment dans deux films "Géographie humaine", pendant documentaire de sa fiction "Gare du Nord".
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Brass Unbound
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Beppie is ten years old. Coming from a working-class background, she is a real Amsterdam kid, funny and witty. Spontaneously, she recounts for several months her adventures to the filmmaker who follows her in her daily life. With complete freedom of approach, Johan van der Keuken simultaneously creates a portrait of the child... and of the city.
