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Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
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In an Armenian village, five women from different generations tell their stories and discuss life and war as they prepare _lavash_. This fine bread whose dough is simply made from flour, wheat and water is an Armenian tradition – and since 2014 it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It's in the _tonratun_ (the bakehouse), devoted e...
14 paintings
Duration: 48 minutes
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The Chinese village of Dafen was once a place where thousands of professional painters made reproductions of Western masterpieces. At the government’s instigation, these artists now paint their own original works. Their paintings hang all over China, in a wide variety of settings, from hospitals to museums, and from offices and commercial buildings to outdoor public locations.
On the Edge
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How can one provide proper care in a failing institution? In a hospital on the outskirts of Paris, Dr. Abdel-Kader, a liaison psychiatrist, moves between the emergency room and the intensive care unit, treating patients with mental disorders or chronic illnesses that keep them bedridden. Despite pressure for efficiency and a lack of resources, he strives to ease their suffering.
Night Labor
_Night Labor_ follows Sherman Frank Merchant, a forty-six year old 6'6" Downeaster during his transition from an independent and rugged clam digger by day to manning a factory at night. With his white smock, arsenal of knives, and signature black beret, Sherman performs the tasks of preparing and arranging tools for the day laborers who arrive to their 6am shift.
« Quel numéro - What number ? » ou le travail automatisé
« Quel numéro - What number ? » ou le travail automatisé
Duration: 1h21The film deconstructs the promises of the 1980s "computer revolution" by placing humans, rather than machines, at the center of the narrative. Service sector workers—secretaries, telephone operators, cashiers, and postal employees—find themselves confronted with the arrival of new technologies that reshape their workplace. With lucidity, humor, and emotion, they share their experiences of these...
Quiet Forces
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An impressionistic, narration-free essay capturing the daily lives of the sailors aboard the frigate _HMCS Ottawa_ during its mission in the Pacific Ocean between British Columbia and California.
Agony
In search of a 15-day lock-in, a filmmaker finds himself trapped on a trawler in the open sea, where his distress becomes entwined with the fate of what he films. A sensory experience oscillating between anticipation and panic, this first short film has become an act of atonement for a traumatized filmmaker.
Some of My Friends
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Seven portraits of people who present themselves at work and in daily life. Seven ways of being present to the world. People who are exceptional because they are like everyone else.
A Man Leaning
A major poet of the late 20th century, Thierry Metz (1956-1997) worked as a laborer or seasonal worker in the Lot-et-Garonne region. He transformed each stage of his life into poetic material. The film sheds light on the tragic intensity of his brief existence and the radical nature of his artistic commitment.
Dust Away
After working on major cleaning projects in New York, immigrants share their experiences. Their voices traverse dreamscapes, reflecting on the American dream, the reality of being undocumented individuals, the dangers of this labor, and the dust that still lingers in their lungs decades later.
Where The River Widens
Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
Saint-Jérôme
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This socially-driven film explores the impact of technological changes on the city of Saint-Jérôme, which faced a severe socio-economic crisis in the 1960s, mirroring issues in other Quebec cities. Citizens from all social classes come together in a monumental effort to address the crisis. The film serves as both a reflection of this situation and a catalyst for action, acting as a mediation to...
Budapest Silo
József works at the largest still-operational grain silo in Budapest. He has been doing this job for over 30 years and lives in a container home next to the structure, where trucks and trains rumble past his window. When he is lowered into the ten-story-deep silos to clean them, he looks like a scuba diver at work. It’s dangerous work for József, especially because he has been exposed to crop d...
Human, Not Human
Otto spends night and day blurring faces on Google Streetview for a cent each. It's the kind of work he and his friends around the world can find on the Amazon Mechanical Turk, the crowdworking platform. Alongside his turker friends, Otto sinks into a robotic world that raise the question of humanity.
Entre elle et moi
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Madeleine Dansereau was the first female jeweler in Quebec. She began her career at the age of 47, just as doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. Her daughter, filmmaker Mireille Dansereau, reflects on their relationship over the last twenty years while maintaining her film career as a backdrop.
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - L'opticienne
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - L'opticienne
Duration: 22 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments. Here, i...
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La rémouleuse
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La rémouleuse
Duration: 26 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments.
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La gaveuse
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La gaveuse
Duration: 24 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments. Here, o...
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La matelassière
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La matelassière
Duration: 24 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments.
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
Tonratun: The Armenian History told by women
New product!Duration: 2h48
Subscription access
In an Armenian village, five women from different generations tell their stories and discuss life and war as they prepare _lavash_. This fine bread whose dough is simply made from flour, wheat and water is an Armenian tradition – and since 2014 it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It's in the _tonratun_ (the bakehouse), devoted e...
14 paintings
Duration: 48 minutes
Subscription access
The Chinese village of Dafen was once a place where thousands of professional painters made reproductions of Western masterpieces. At the government’s instigation, these artists now paint their own original works. Their paintings hang all over China, in a wide variety of settings, from hospitals to museums, and from offices and commercial buildings to outdoor public locations.
On the Edge
Subscription access
How can one provide proper care in a failing institution? In a hospital on the outskirts of Paris, Dr. Abdel-Kader, a liaison psychiatrist, moves between the emergency room and the intensive care unit, treating patients with mental disorders or chronic illnesses that keep them bedridden. Despite pressure for efficiency and a lack of resources, he strives to ease their suffering.
Night Labor
_Night Labor_ follows Sherman Frank Merchant, a forty-six year old 6'6" Downeaster during his transition from an independent and rugged clam digger by day to manning a factory at night. With his white smock, arsenal of knives, and signature black beret, Sherman performs the tasks of preparing and arranging tools for the day laborers who arrive to their 6am shift.
« Quel numéro - What number ? » ou le travail automatisé
« Quel numéro - What number ? » ou le travail automatisé
Duration: 1h21The film deconstructs the promises of the 1980s "computer revolution" by placing humans, rather than machines, at the center of the narrative. Service sector workers—secretaries, telephone operators, cashiers, and postal employees—find themselves confronted with the arrival of new technologies that reshape their workplace. With lucidity, humor, and emotion, they share their experiences of these...
Quiet Forces
Subscription access
An impressionistic, narration-free essay capturing the daily lives of the sailors aboard the frigate _HMCS Ottawa_ during its mission in the Pacific Ocean between British Columbia and California.
Agony
In search of a 15-day lock-in, a filmmaker finds himself trapped on a trawler in the open sea, where his distress becomes entwined with the fate of what he films. A sensory experience oscillating between anticipation and panic, this first short film has become an act of atonement for a traumatized filmmaker.
Some of My Friends
Subscription access
Seven portraits of people who present themselves at work and in daily life. Seven ways of being present to the world. People who are exceptional because they are like everyone else.
A Man Leaning
A major poet of the late 20th century, Thierry Metz (1956-1997) worked as a laborer or seasonal worker in the Lot-et-Garonne region. He transformed each stage of his life into poetic material. The film sheds light on the tragic intensity of his brief existence and the radical nature of his artistic commitment.
Dust Away
After working on major cleaning projects in New York, immigrants share their experiences. Their voices traverse dreamscapes, reflecting on the American dream, the reality of being undocumented individuals, the dangers of this labor, and the dust that still lingers in their lungs decades later.
Where The River Widens
Inspired by the friendship and the work of fishermen, Zack Greenleaf sings the mig'mag culture of his Gesgapegiag village, "where the river widens.”
Saint-Jérôme
Subscription access
This socially-driven film explores the impact of technological changes on the city of Saint-Jérôme, which faced a severe socio-economic crisis in the 1960s, mirroring issues in other Quebec cities. Citizens from all social classes come together in a monumental effort to address the crisis. The film serves as both a reflection of this situation and a catalyst for action, acting as a mediation to...
Budapest Silo
József works at the largest still-operational grain silo in Budapest. He has been doing this job for over 30 years and lives in a container home next to the structure, where trucks and trains rumble past his window. When he is lowered into the ten-story-deep silos to clean them, he looks like a scuba diver at work. It’s dangerous work for József, especially because he has been exposed to crop d...
Human, Not Human
Otto spends night and day blurring faces on Google Streetview for a cent each. It's the kind of work he and his friends around the world can find on the Amazon Mechanical Turk, the crowdworking platform. Alongside his turker friends, Otto sinks into a robotic world that raise the question of humanity.
Entre elle et moi
Subscription access
Madeleine Dansereau was the first female jeweler in Quebec. She began her career at the age of 47, just as doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. Her daughter, filmmaker Mireille Dansereau, reflects on their relationship over the last twenty years while maintaining her film career as a backdrop.
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - L'opticienne
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - L'opticienne
Duration: 22 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments. Here, i...
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La rémouleuse
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La rémouleuse
Duration: 26 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments.
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La gaveuse
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La gaveuse
Duration: 24 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments. Here, o...
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La matelassière
Portraits by Alain Cavalier - La matelassière
Duration: 24 minutesEach portrait of this series consists of an interview between Alain Cavalier and a woman working in a rare or disappearing profession. At their place of work, they talk about their craft and the techniques they use, their training and their history, their tastes and their daily lives. These intimate documentary portraits reveal astonishing personalities and surprising work environments.
