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Carole Roussopoulos, A Woman With Her Camera
Carole Roussopoulos, A Woman With Her Camera
Subscription accessLe parcours de vie de Carole de Kalbermatten, Valaisanne de bonne famille qui, à 21 ans, gagne Paris, où elle rencontre Paul Roussopoulos. Le film a pour centre son travail de pionnière de la vidéo et pour périphérie son couple, l'amour comme source d'énergie permanente, une incessante complicité créatrice, la politique, la découverte des premiers outils de la vidéo, Jean Genet, la Palestine...
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 p...
Geographies of Solitude
_Geographies of Solitude _is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent col...
Videoletters
Between February and June 1991, filmmakers Robert Kramer and Stephen Dwoskin exchanged several video letters (four by Kramer, three by Dwoskin) shot in Hi-8. These _Videoletters_ freed them from the formalities that burdened their work and reflections at the time. Through this exchange, they began to learn and observe anew.
Museum Hours
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks the exploration of their lives, the city and the ways art reflects and shapes the world.
Sisters: Dream & Variations
Tyr and Jasa grew up in an artistic household where art was a way of life. Quirky and insightful sisters, Tyr is a musician and singer while Jasa is an interdisciplinary artist. Inspired by their great-grandmother’s recordings of Icelandic folk songs, they have developed artistic practices that draw on their colourful imaginations and Icelandic roots. Their exploration leads them to journey to ...
Flat Jungle
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.
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...
Antoine
With _Antoine_, filmmaker Laura Bari treats us to a sensitive portrait of a six-year-old boy, one like any other, except that he’s blind. We follow Antoine in his classes, playing with friends, skating, and visiting family. We accompany him on imaginary excursions as a detective, listen to him as a radio host, and sit shotgun as he drives his parents’ car. Antoine allows us access back into chi...
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig, A Story
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig, A Story
Subscription accessThis film is a tribute to Delphine Seyrig and her fascination with the book _Calamity Jane's Letters to her Daughter_. These letters, which are letters from a mother to her absent daughter, became an emblem of feminism in the late 1970s. Seyrig had planned to make a film about Calamity Jane in order to reveal all of the sensitivity she expressed, as well as her view on life, shared in these let...
Face Value
In \*Face Value\*, everything revolves around the face and sight: the desire to be seen, the fear of being seen, the inability to see oneself, the fear and the desire to see others.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Subscription accessComposed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community in Alabama’s Black Belt, \_Hale County This Morning, This Evening\_ offers an emotive impression of the Historic South. Daniel Collins attends college in search of opportunity while Quincy Bryant becomes a father to an energetic son. Creating a poetic form that privileges the patiently observed interstices of their lives, Ra...
Brass Unbound
Wind instruments set off from Europe on a victorious pilgrimage to all corners of the globe accompanied by representatives of the army, commerce and the church. They gradually conquered the most distant lands and captivated exotic nations. Based on a scientific study, the film uses musical instruments to capture the fusion of primitive and received cultures.
Last Words - My Sister Yoka
A personal portrait of Van der Keuken’s sister Joke, who died of cancer. Eight days before her death, the filmmaker and his wife had an openhearted conversation with her and filmed it. Two days before her death, a second shorter conversation followed. Van der Keuken also filmed Joke’s own surroundings: her house, garden, daughters and paintings.
Beppie
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.
The Last Bolshevik
Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), \_The Last Bolshevik\_ is a tribute from one filmmaker to another. An archeological expedition into film history that reveals new cinematic treasures, the film prompts a reflection on the relation between art and politics in the former Soviet Union.
The Filmmaker's Holiday
A small village in the Aude region, its inhabitants, their joys, their sufferings and the camera of the filmmaker on vacation capturing these intermittent moments which, in the memory we keep, resemble happiness so strongly.
The State of the World
Ron récite un poème de Baudelaire tiré d’un recueil trouvé dans la rue. Ti-Red, sortant de prison, sillonne le quartier à la recherche de sa copine autochtone. Marco et Rob, bien allumés avec du crack, doivent trouver une manière rapide de gagner de l’argent. Daguy, un artiste sans-abri qui campe à Occupons Montréal, cherche un endroit où dormir au chaud. Pendant ce temps, une manifestation spo...
Manic
\*Manic\* est le récit du voyage personnel de la réalisatrice Kalina Bertin pour comprendre l'impact dévastateur de la maladie mentale sur sa famille. Convaincue que son père tient la pièce manquante d'un puzzle familial, elle enquête sur cet homme insaisissable, connu sous de multiples identités : gourou de secte, escroc professionnel, élu de Dieu, et père de quinze enfants issus de cinq famil...
Carole Roussopoulos, A Woman With Her Camera
Carole Roussopoulos, A Woman With Her Camera
Subscription accessLe parcours de vie de Carole de Kalbermatten, Valaisanne de bonne famille qui, à 21 ans, gagne Paris, où elle rencontre Paul Roussopoulos. Le film a pour centre son travail de pionnière de la vidéo et pour périphérie son couple, l'amour comme source d'énergie permanente, une incessante complicité créatrice, la politique, la découverte des premiers outils de la vidéo, Jean Genet, la Palestine...
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 p...
Geographies of Solitude
_Geographies of Solitude _is an immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island and the life of Zoe Lucas, a naturalist and environmentalist who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent col...
Videoletters
Between February and June 1991, filmmakers Robert Kramer and Stephen Dwoskin exchanged several video letters (four by Kramer, three by Dwoskin) shot in Hi-8. These _Videoletters_ freed them from the formalities that burdened their work and reflections at the time. Through this exchange, they began to learn and observe anew.
Museum Hours
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks the exploration of their lives, the city and the ways art reflects and shapes the world.
Sisters: Dream & Variations
Tyr and Jasa grew up in an artistic household where art was a way of life. Quirky and insightful sisters, Tyr is a musician and singer while Jasa is an interdisciplinary artist. Inspired by their great-grandmother’s recordings of Icelandic folk songs, they have developed artistic practices that draw on their colourful imaginations and Icelandic roots. Their exploration leads them to journey to ...
Flat Jungle
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.
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...
Antoine
With _Antoine_, filmmaker Laura Bari treats us to a sensitive portrait of a six-year-old boy, one like any other, except that he’s blind. We follow Antoine in his classes, playing with friends, skating, and visiting family. We accompany him on imaginary excursions as a detective, listen to him as a radio host, and sit shotgun as he drives his parents’ car. Antoine allows us access back into chi...
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig, A Story
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig, A Story
Subscription accessThis film is a tribute to Delphine Seyrig and her fascination with the book _Calamity Jane's Letters to her Daughter_. These letters, which are letters from a mother to her absent daughter, became an emblem of feminism in the late 1970s. Seyrig had planned to make a film about Calamity Jane in order to reveal all of the sensitivity she expressed, as well as her view on life, shared in these let...
Face Value
In \*Face Value\*, everything revolves around the face and sight: the desire to be seen, the fear of being seen, the inability to see oneself, the fear and the desire to see others.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Subscription accessComposed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community in Alabama’s Black Belt, \_Hale County This Morning, This Evening\_ offers an emotive impression of the Historic South. Daniel Collins attends college in search of opportunity while Quincy Bryant becomes a father to an energetic son. Creating a poetic form that privileges the patiently observed interstices of their lives, Ra...
Brass Unbound
Wind instruments set off from Europe on a victorious pilgrimage to all corners of the globe accompanied by representatives of the army, commerce and the church. They gradually conquered the most distant lands and captivated exotic nations. Based on a scientific study, the film uses musical instruments to capture the fusion of primitive and received cultures.
Last Words - My Sister Yoka
A personal portrait of Van der Keuken’s sister Joke, who died of cancer. Eight days before her death, the filmmaker and his wife had an openhearted conversation with her and filmed it. Two days before her death, a second shorter conversation followed. Van der Keuken also filmed Joke’s own surroundings: her house, garden, daughters and paintings.
Beppie
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.
The Last Bolshevik
Based on the life and work of the Russian film director Alexander Medvedkin (1900-1989), \_The Last Bolshevik\_ is a tribute from one filmmaker to another. An archeological expedition into film history that reveals new cinematic treasures, the film prompts a reflection on the relation between art and politics in the former Soviet Union.
The Filmmaker's Holiday
A small village in the Aude region, its inhabitants, their joys, their sufferings and the camera of the filmmaker on vacation capturing these intermittent moments which, in the memory we keep, resemble happiness so strongly.
The State of the World
Ron récite un poème de Baudelaire tiré d’un recueil trouvé dans la rue. Ti-Red, sortant de prison, sillonne le quartier à la recherche de sa copine autochtone. Marco et Rob, bien allumés avec du crack, doivent trouver une manière rapide de gagner de l’argent. Daguy, un artiste sans-abri qui campe à Occupons Montréal, cherche un endroit où dormir au chaud. Pendant ce temps, une manifestation spo...
Manic
\*Manic\* est le récit du voyage personnel de la réalisatrice Kalina Bertin pour comprendre l'impact dévastateur de la maladie mentale sur sa famille. Convaincue que son père tient la pièce manquante d'un puzzle familial, elle enquête sur cet homme insaisissable, connu sous de multiples identités : gourou de secte, escroc professionnel, élu de Dieu, et père de quinze enfants issus de cinq famil...
