Coups de coeur
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The Liberated Broom
Duration: 2h56
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As they learn about _Le balai Libéré_, a self-managed cleaning company from the 1970s, today’s cleaners on the same Belgian university campus question their working conditions and whether self-management is still possible today.
Our Body
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French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
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Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Bye Bye Tiberias
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Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
The Tie
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20-year-old Bastien has been a militant member of France main far-right party for five years. As the presidential campaign heats up, his superior urges him to take on greater responsibilities. Bastien rises to the challenge and is surprised to find himself dreaming of a political career. But as his ambitions grow, buried demons from his past begin to resurface — threatening everything he’s work...
Grandmamauntsistercat
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Zuza Banasińska reinvents the famous Slavic witch Baba Yaga through a clever montage of films from Łódź’s Educational Film Studio, containing sexist content. Questioning their own non-binary identity through an unsettling voice-over that tells the story of a matriarchal family, they unleash the queer dimension of images tasked with conveying a normative conception of identity.
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
Duration: 3h00Subscription access
After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
A Man Imagined
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67-year-old Lloyd gives filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky a glimpse into his life on the margins of society. Blurring the boundaries of non-fiction cinema, the film reveals his gentle spirit and soulful solitude shaped by his troubled past.
Four Women of Egypt
Duration: 3h00
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How do we develop understanding when everything risks to tear us apart? This feature documentary attempts to answer this question through the friendship of four Egyptian women. Muslim, Christian or independent of any religious practice, their choices are at the antipodes. Yet these four friends refuse to demonize each other and to coexist in contempt; they listen to each other and counter one a...
Au Chic Resto Pop
Duration: 2h50
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This documentary describes the activities of Chic Resto Pop, a restaurant in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district that provides underprivileged customers with inexpensive meals thanks to surpluses donated by local merchants. Tahani Rached films the restaurant's employees. To the rhythm of the music, their truth is expressed.
The Liberated Broom
Duration: 2h56
Subscription access
As they learn about _Le balai Libéré_, a self-managed cleaning company from the 1970s, today’s cleaners on the same Belgian university campus question their working conditions and whether self-management is still possible today.
Our Body
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French documentary filmmaker Claire Simon observes the everyday operations of the gynecological ward in a public hospital in Paris. In the process, she questions what it means to live in a woman’s body, filming the diversity, singularity and beauty of patients in all stages of life. Through these many encounters, the specific fears, desires and struggles of these individuals become the health c...
Extinction
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Since the fall of the USSR, the question of borders and territories has been sensitive – and sometimes explosive. At the centre of _Extinction_ is Kolya, a young Moldovan who claims citizenship in Transnistria, a state not recognized by the international community. Salomé Lamas blends fiction and documentary to better capture the violent climate brewing in the region, where a Soviet mindset is ...
Bye Bye Tiberias
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Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
The Tie
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20-year-old Bastien has been a militant member of France main far-right party for five years. As the presidential campaign heats up, his superior urges him to take on greater responsibilities. Bastien rises to the challenge and is surprised to find himself dreaming of a political career. But as his ambitions grow, buried demons from his past begin to resurface — threatening everything he’s work...
Grandmamauntsistercat
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Zuza Banasińska reinvents the famous Slavic witch Baba Yaga through a clever montage of films from Łódź’s Educational Film Studio, containing sexist content. Questioning their own non-binary identity through an unsettling voice-over that tells the story of a matriarchal family, they unleash the queer dimension of images tasked with conveying a normative conception of identity.
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
I'm Not Everything I Want to Be
Duration: 3h00Subscription access
After the Soviet invasion of Prague, a young female photographer strives to break free from the constraints of Czechoslovak normalization and embarks on a wild journey towards freedom, capturing her experiences on thousands of subjective photographs.
A Man Imagined
Subscription access
67-year-old Lloyd gives filmmakers Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky a glimpse into his life on the margins of society. Blurring the boundaries of non-fiction cinema, the film reveals his gentle spirit and soulful solitude shaped by his troubled past.
Four Women of Egypt
Duration: 3h00
Subscription access
How do we develop understanding when everything risks to tear us apart? This feature documentary attempts to answer this question through the friendship of four Egyptian women. Muslim, Christian or independent of any religious practice, their choices are at the antipodes. Yet these four friends refuse to demonize each other and to coexist in contempt; they listen to each other and counter one a...
Au Chic Resto Pop
Duration: 2h50
Subscription access
This documentary describes the activities of Chic Resto Pop, a restaurant in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district that provides underprivileged customers with inexpensive meals thanks to surpluses donated by local merchants. Tahani Rached films the restaurant's employees. To the rhythm of the music, their truth is expressed.
