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The Tree of Authenticity
Duration: 2h58
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In the heart of a Congolese equatorial forest, the remnants of a research center dedicated to tropical agriculture reveal the weight of the colonial past and its inextricable ties to climate change. This three-part essay offers a powerful analysis of Belgium’s colonial history and its enduring consequences today.
Of Land and Bread
Duration: 2h56
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In 2007, the human rights organization B'Tselem launched a project to provide video cameras and train Palestinian volunteers in the West Bank to document their life under Israeli occupation. Composed of numerous short films, _Of Land and Bread_ is a film of painful eloquence.
Atalaya
Duration: 36 minutes
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_Atalaya_ means "watchtower" in Spanish. It’s also the name of the Chilean islands where, in 1998, debris was found from the boat belonging to the filmmaker’s seafaring father, Gerry Roufs, lost at sea. It’s also a key word of the book _Une Atalaya pour Gerry Roufs_ written by her mother, Michèle Cartier, which recounts the search she undertook to find him in 1997-1998. _Atalaya_ is the filmmak...
Diary of a Father
Duration: 2h30
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To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
From Greece
Duration: 54 minutes
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Greece, filmed at a pivotal moment in its history, just before the 1967 military coup — a country where tensions between fascism and anti-fascism persisted after the war and erupted in a confused search for a truly free future. Nestler films the Greek people with respect and sensitivity, creating one of his masterpieces, built on a rigorous interplay between candid footage, commentary, and docu...
Space Down
Duration: 1h19
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A team of astronauts is launched into space during the pandemic. As the planet takes a pause, its inhabitants share their experiences of COVID-19 and the consequences it might have on their mental health.
American Journal
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Remember America. Remember the cities, the houses, all the people, the arrivals, the departures, the children coming, the children leaving, death, life, movement, speech. Remember the deep inner sigh of everything that lives in America. Bend down. Pick up what others have lost from life. And do something with it...
La Conférence des Femmes. Nairobi 85
La Conférence des Femmes. Nairobi 85
Subscription accessAfter Mexico City 1975 and Copenhagen 1980, the United Nations chose Kenya for the 3rd World Conference on Women. Parallel to the official Conference of States is held in July 1985 the Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), in which 12,000 women participate. For ten days, on the University campus, they meet to discuss general and feminist political issues: peace, development, apartheid,...
Allers-venues
Women meet for the summer in a Provençal house. In a rather idyllic nature, they get active, paint, do gymnastics, rest, sometimes dressed, sometimes not. They can also be seen inside the house, busy preparing meals and always in the company of animals; cats or chickens. In spite of the fast pace of the images and the wild soundtrack, the atmosphere is serene until the separation, when the holi...
Maso and Miso Go Boating
The feminist video collective Les Insoumuses dissects and responds point by point in a humorous way to Bernard Pivot's special program with Françoise Giroud, Secretary of State for the Status of Women. "On December 30th 1975, after watching Bernard Pivot's programme on Antenne 2 entitled \*One more day and the year of the woman, phew! It'll be over\*, we felt the immense need to express our po...
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Subscription accessDrawing from the images of the last century, from those of Louis Lumière (1895) to those of Yann Le Masson (1973), this film is a subjective journey through the history of cinema, particularly documentary... Comolli willingly summons through quotation Robert Flaherty, Dziga Vertov, Jean Rouch, Mario Ruspoli, Robert Drew, Johan Van der Keuken, Maurice Pialat, Guy Debord, Joris Ivens, Luis Buñuel...
Oh La La Pauline
Contemporary Paris. In Pauline’s kingdom, the king wears high heels, the queen swears like a trooper and the princess spits in the face of Prince Charming. A wreck of a documentary, rebellious, fascinating and heartrending with stories of love and hate, and family above all.
Finding Vivian Maier
The incredible story of an unknown woman who posthumously became one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Born to a French mother in New York before moving to Chicago, Vivian Maier took more than 100,000 photos throughout her life, but kept them hidden. It wasn’t until 2007 that John Maloof came across her work, which he has been showcasing ever since. Maier’s photos are now exhib...
Ziva Postec. The Editor Behind The Film Shoah
Ziva Postec. The Editor Behind The Film Shoah
Subscription accessAssociée à une œuvre cinématographique qui a profondément bouleversé notre rapport à l’Histoire, Ziva Postec est une artiste méconnue qui a voué près de six ans de sa vie au montage de "Shoah". Ce film-fleuve de Claude Lanzmann devait transformer à jamais notre compréhension de l’histoire de l’extermination des Juifs d’Europe pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. En plongeant dans ses souvenirs ...
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Subscription access« Tous les pays qui n’ont plus de légendes seront condamnés à mourir de froid. » C’est par la découverte de cette phrase que Gaston Miron comprend ce que doit être sa poésie : une façon de donner à son pays une légende au futur, un projet global. Véritable fresque esthétique alliant le portrait, le documentaire politique et le cinéma expérimental, "Miron : Un homme revenu d’en dehors du monde" ...
A Woman and Her Car
31 décembre 2003. Lucie décide d’écrire une lettre à l’homme qui a abusé d’elle de l’âge de 8 ans à 12 ans et se résout à la lui porter en main propre, où qu’il soit.
Vies retrouvées
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In an old abandoned farmhouse in Ardèche, a young man finds around fifty letters along with a forgotten notebook. Back in Paris, he discovers they are a love correspondence between a young peasant woman and a captain during the First World War. The film recreates this love story.
A Fidai Film
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In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents of Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Taking this as a premise, _A Fidai Film_ explores the visual memory of this looting and appropriates images now in the hands of Israeli archives.
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
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_Paradiso, XXXI, 108_ ironically questions our view of war and occupation through archival footage from the Israeli army in the 1960s and 1970s. Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari creates a montage revealing scenes where acts of war appear simultaneously comic, mundane, and surreal, inviting a deep reflection on the representation of violence and power.
The Tree of Authenticity
Duration: 2h58
Subscription access
In the heart of a Congolese equatorial forest, the remnants of a research center dedicated to tropical agriculture reveal the weight of the colonial past and its inextricable ties to climate change. This three-part essay offers a powerful analysis of Belgium’s colonial history and its enduring consequences today.
Of Land and Bread
Duration: 2h56
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In 2007, the human rights organization B'Tselem launched a project to provide video cameras and train Palestinian volunteers in the West Bank to document their life under Israeli occupation. Composed of numerous short films, _Of Land and Bread_ is a film of painful eloquence.
Atalaya
Duration: 36 minutes
Subscription access
_Atalaya_ means "watchtower" in Spanish. It’s also the name of the Chilean islands where, in 1998, debris was found from the boat belonging to the filmmaker’s seafaring father, Gerry Roufs, lost at sea. It’s also a key word of the book _Une Atalaya pour Gerry Roufs_ written by her mother, Michèle Cartier, which recounts the search she undertook to find him in 1997-1998. _Atalaya_ is the filmmak...
Diary of a Father
Duration: 2h30
Subscription access
To make up for the absence of his six-year-old daughter who lives in Berlin, a Montreal filmmaker keeps a film diary that conjures up his relationship with his adoptive father and his biological father, whom he never knew. His film diary also becomes a reflection on filmmaking by revisiting the work of directors who have influenced him, such as Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders. _Diary of a Father...
From Greece
Duration: 54 minutes
Subscription access
Greece, filmed at a pivotal moment in its history, just before the 1967 military coup — a country where tensions between fascism and anti-fascism persisted after the war and erupted in a confused search for a truly free future. Nestler films the Greek people with respect and sensitivity, creating one of his masterpieces, built on a rigorous interplay between candid footage, commentary, and docu...
Space Down
Duration: 1h19
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A team of astronauts is launched into space during the pandemic. As the planet takes a pause, its inhabitants share their experiences of COVID-19 and the consequences it might have on their mental health.
American Journal
Subscription access
Remember America. Remember the cities, the houses, all the people, the arrivals, the departures, the children coming, the children leaving, death, life, movement, speech. Remember the deep inner sigh of everything that lives in America. Bend down. Pick up what others have lost from life. And do something with it...
La Conférence des Femmes. Nairobi 85
La Conférence des Femmes. Nairobi 85
Subscription accessAfter Mexico City 1975 and Copenhagen 1980, the United Nations chose Kenya for the 3rd World Conference on Women. Parallel to the official Conference of States is held in July 1985 the Forum of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), in which 12,000 women participate. For ten days, on the University campus, they meet to discuss general and feminist political issues: peace, development, apartheid,...
Allers-venues
Women meet for the summer in a Provençal house. In a rather idyllic nature, they get active, paint, do gymnastics, rest, sometimes dressed, sometimes not. They can also be seen inside the house, busy preparing meals and always in the company of animals; cats or chickens. In spite of the fast pace of the images and the wild soundtrack, the atmosphere is serene until the separation, when the holi...
Maso and Miso Go Boating
The feminist video collective Les Insoumuses dissects and responds point by point in a humorous way to Bernard Pivot's special program with Françoise Giroud, Secretary of State for the Status of Women. "On December 30th 1975, after watching Bernard Pivot's programme on Antenne 2 entitled \*One more day and the year of the woman, phew! It'll be over\*, we felt the immense need to express our po...
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Cinéma documentaire : fragments d'une histoire
Subscription accessDrawing from the images of the last century, from those of Louis Lumière (1895) to those of Yann Le Masson (1973), this film is a subjective journey through the history of cinema, particularly documentary... Comolli willingly summons through quotation Robert Flaherty, Dziga Vertov, Jean Rouch, Mario Ruspoli, Robert Drew, Johan Van der Keuken, Maurice Pialat, Guy Debord, Joris Ivens, Luis Buñuel...
Oh La La Pauline
Contemporary Paris. In Pauline’s kingdom, the king wears high heels, the queen swears like a trooper and the princess spits in the face of Prince Charming. A wreck of a documentary, rebellious, fascinating and heartrending with stories of love and hate, and family above all.
Finding Vivian Maier
The incredible story of an unknown woman who posthumously became one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Born to a French mother in New York before moving to Chicago, Vivian Maier took more than 100,000 photos throughout her life, but kept them hidden. It wasn’t until 2007 that John Maloof came across her work, which he has been showcasing ever since. Maier’s photos are now exhib...
Ziva Postec. The Editor Behind The Film Shoah
Ziva Postec. The Editor Behind The Film Shoah
Subscription accessAssociée à une œuvre cinématographique qui a profondément bouleversé notre rapport à l’Histoire, Ziva Postec est une artiste méconnue qui a voué près de six ans de sa vie au montage de "Shoah". Ce film-fleuve de Claude Lanzmann devait transformer à jamais notre compréhension de l’histoire de l’extermination des Juifs d’Europe pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. En plongeant dans ses souvenirs ...
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Miron: a Man Returned from Outside the World
Subscription access« Tous les pays qui n’ont plus de légendes seront condamnés à mourir de froid. » C’est par la découverte de cette phrase que Gaston Miron comprend ce que doit être sa poésie : une façon de donner à son pays une légende au futur, un projet global. Véritable fresque esthétique alliant le portrait, le documentaire politique et le cinéma expérimental, "Miron : Un homme revenu d’en dehors du monde" ...
A Woman and Her Car
31 décembre 2003. Lucie décide d’écrire une lettre à l’homme qui a abusé d’elle de l’âge de 8 ans à 12 ans et se résout à la lui porter en main propre, où qu’il soit.
Vies retrouvées
Subscription access
In an old abandoned farmhouse in Ardèche, a young man finds around fifty letters along with a forgotten notebook. Back in Paris, he discovers they are a love correspondence between a young peasant woman and a captain during the First World War. The film recreates this love story.
A Fidai Film
Subscription access
In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army invaded Beirut. During this time it raided the Palestinian Research Center and looted its entire archive. The archive contained historical documents of Palestine, including a collection of still and moving images. Taking this as a premise, _A Fidai Film_ explores the visual memory of this looting and appropriates images now in the hands of Israeli archives.
Paradiso, XXXI, 108
Subscription access
_Paradiso, XXXI, 108_ ironically questions our view of war and occupation through archival footage from the Israeli army in the 1960s and 1970s. Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari creates a montage revealing scenes where acts of war appear simultaneously comic, mundane, and surreal, inviting a deep reflection on the representation of violence and power.
