Philosophy
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In the Eyes of a Beast
Duration: 1h13
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Filmmaker Dominique Loreau set out to explore the relationships between people and animals sharing the same spaces. In farms, alongside an ethologist in the field, in slaughterhouses, zoos, museums, urban settings, a dance rehearsal room, and even during a performance where an actor transforms into an animal, she captures the gazes of animals observing humans and humans observing animals. She t...
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Duration: 2h26Subscription access
In Japan's Himuro Valley, Akeji and Asako seem to have lived forever in a hermitage, surrounded by animals and the spirits of nature. Season after season, Asako gathers plants to transform into pigments, while Akeji prays and devotes himself to painting. The cycle of nature appears unchanging. Yet time crackles, and reality eventually catches up with them...
To Hell With Culture
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Co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Herbert Read (1893-1968) was an influential art critic, poet and committed anarchist. In his 1943 essay, _To Hell with Culture_, Read laid out his ideas for a civilisation based on cooperation in which culture would no longer be a commodity, separated from society, but an integral part of everyday life. In this film, director Huw Wahl engages in...
Notes from Eremocene
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Taking place in a future that does not yet exist, _Notes From Eremocene_ questions the ideal techno-optimistic model that lies ahead of us. From a curious, playful and critical standpoint, filmmaker Viera Čákanyová explores the potential of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in dealing with complex global problems we humans create – climate change and the crisis of representative...
Dream of Light
In the fall of 1990, Antonio López García decides to paint the quince tree planted in the middle of the garden of his Madrid home. The artist carefully prepares his materials, outlines the perspective of the upcoming painting, and positions himself in front of the tree. Thus begins a one-on-one encounter between the painter and his "subject." The constant visits from onlookers disrupt his tranq...
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.
White on White
_White on White_ is director Viera Čákanyová’s video diary that she kept while staying at the Polish Antarctic station, where in 2017 she shot the film _FREM,_ whose main character was an artificial neural network. During her stay, the author chats with various artificial intelligences, leading conversations that touch on the nature of film, art, and the meaning of life while also revealing a w...
A.rtificial I.mmortality
If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? This film explores the latest advancements in AI, robotics, and biotech with visionaries who argue for a new age of post-biological life. As scientists point us toward a world where humans and machines merge, we have to ask ourselves will AI be the best or the last thing we ever do?
Abbaye
On the shores of Lake Memphremagog, in Quebec, stands the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac. 27 monks live there, according to the precepts of the Rule of Saint Benedict. \*Abbaye\* proposes to meet them, though sound. A contrasting universe where sound and poetic encounters are staged between the microscopic and the immense, the prosaic and the spiritual, the anecdotal and the imaginary, the ancien...
Just a Beginning
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Their names are Azouaou, Abderhamène, Louise, Shana, Kyria or Yanis, they are between 3 and 4 years old when they begin to openly discuss together about love, freedom, authority, difference, intelligence. During their first years of kindergarten, these children experimented with their teacher Pascaline the implementation of a workshop with philosophical aims.
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Subscription accessThe German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the _New Yorker_ magazine. Her private life was no less controversial due to her love affair with renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. This thought provoking and spi...
Susan Sontag
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In 1976, the CBC television show _Femme d'aujourd'hui_ interviewed the American writer and intellectual Susan Sontag (1933-2004), who was then living in Paris. This leading figure of the Western thought in the second half of the 20th century eloquently presented her thoughts and the path that led her to feminism.
Judith Butler, Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
Judith Butler, Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
A portrait of one of the leading theoreticians of gender studies, a discipline taught in American universities and dealing with sex and gender as a social and historical issue rather than a biological and natural one. Professor of comparative literature and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, Judith Butler is a pioneering intellectual, figurehead of the gay and lesbian movements...
13, A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin
13, A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin
From 1933 until his suicide in 1940, the German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist Walter Benjamin was on the run from the Nazis and lived in exile in Paris. Combining archival footage, contemporary scenes, animated sequences, and puppetry, this 13-chapter composite essay takes us back to that period in Benjamin’s life, reflecting on the many facets of his work, his world, and hi...
Penser le paysage - Gilles Clément
Penser le paysage - Gilles Clément
Gilles Clément is a gardener who initiated a conceptual and practical philosophy which radically transformed the contemporary vision of the landscape. Carried by a specific vocabulary which assigns the gardener a strong role in the thought of the world, his work has been experienced in his garden located in La Vallée, in the Creuse, since 1977. His description of the changing world, both rich a...
Oncle Bernard - A Counter-Lesson in Economics
Oncle Bernard - A Counter-Lesson in Economics
Economist Bernard Maris, a.k.a. “Oncle Bernard”, was killed during the Charlie Hebdo shooting, on January 7, 2015. This fascinating interview with him was filmed in March 2000 as part of the documentary *Encirclement—Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy*. Frank and unvarnished, this is a true “counter lesson in economics” in which the director gives centre stage to Maris’ vibrant, incisive, and mi...
The Man Who Sleeps
A collaboration between the late writer and filmmaker Bernard Queysanne based on the original text by Georges Perec, duly calibrated by both authors. A common reflection and a very concerted purpose, here, generate an innovative, singular work, out of time. Here is the libretto - for the film is constructed like a musical score, in several movements: a student questions his activities and proje...
Vanishing Exercises
Does mourning have a sell-by date... like yogurt ? And what do you mean exactly by the term "mourn"? Talking to his philosophy teacher (passionate about Nietzsche and tap dancing), the author is about to go on many voyages. Some are static and seek the personal experience of the two friends. Other trips put words to the test of geography: naming, describing what is there, in front of ...
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Duration: 2h42Donna Haraway is a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology, a feminist, and a science-fiction enthusiast who works at building a bridge between science and fiction. She became known in the 1980s through her work on gender, identity, and technology, which broke with the prevailing trends and opened the door to a frank and cheerful trans species feminism. Brussels filmmaker Fabri...
The End of Summer
Filmed at a summer cottage in the Laurentians north of Montreal, this film penetrates briefly the charmed world of the adolescent. Watching and listening, you sense the bittersweet mood of childhood's end, the poignant awareness that nothing will ever be the same after this summer at the lake.
In the Eyes of a Beast
Duration: 1h13
Subscription access
Filmmaker Dominique Loreau set out to explore the relationships between people and animals sharing the same spaces. In farms, alongside an ethologist in the field, in slaughterhouses, zoos, museums, urban settings, a dance rehearsal room, and even during a performance where an actor transforms into an animal, she captures the gazes of animals observing humans and humans observing animals. She t...
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Akeji, the Breath of the Mountain
Duration: 2h26Subscription access
In Japan's Himuro Valley, Akeji and Asako seem to have lived forever in a hermitage, surrounded by animals and the spirits of nature. Season after season, Asako gathers plants to transform into pigments, while Akeji prays and devotes himself to painting. The cycle of nature appears unchanging. Yet time crackles, and reality eventually catches up with them...
To Hell With Culture
Subscription access
Co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Herbert Read (1893-1968) was an influential art critic, poet and committed anarchist. In his 1943 essay, _To Hell with Culture_, Read laid out his ideas for a civilisation based on cooperation in which culture would no longer be a commodity, separated from society, but an integral part of everyday life. In this film, director Huw Wahl engages in...
Notes from Eremocene
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Taking place in a future that does not yet exist, _Notes From Eremocene_ questions the ideal techno-optimistic model that lies ahead of us. From a curious, playful and critical standpoint, filmmaker Viera Čákanyová explores the potential of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in dealing with complex global problems we humans create – climate change and the crisis of representative...
Dream of Light
In the fall of 1990, Antonio López García decides to paint the quince tree planted in the middle of the garden of his Madrid home. The artist carefully prepares his materials, outlines the perspective of the upcoming painting, and positions himself in front of the tree. Thus begins a one-on-one encounter between the painter and his "subject." The constant visits from onlookers disrupt his tranq...
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.
White on White
_White on White_ is director Viera Čákanyová’s video diary that she kept while staying at the Polish Antarctic station, where in 2017 she shot the film _FREM,_ whose main character was an artificial neural network. During her stay, the author chats with various artificial intelligences, leading conversations that touch on the nature of film, art, and the meaning of life while also revealing a w...
A.rtificial I.mmortality
If you were able to create an immortal version of yourself, would you? This film explores the latest advancements in AI, robotics, and biotech with visionaries who argue for a new age of post-biological life. As scientists point us toward a world where humans and machines merge, we have to ask ourselves will AI be the best or the last thing we ever do?
Abbaye
On the shores of Lake Memphremagog, in Quebec, stands the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-du-Lac. 27 monks live there, according to the precepts of the Rule of Saint Benedict. \*Abbaye\* proposes to meet them, though sound. A contrasting universe where sound and poetic encounters are staged between the microscopic and the immense, the prosaic and the spiritual, the anecdotal and the imaginary, the ancien...
Just a Beginning
Subscription access
Their names are Azouaou, Abderhamène, Louise, Shana, Kyria or Yanis, they are between 3 and 4 years old when they begin to openly discuss together about love, freedom, authority, difference, intelligence. During their first years of kindergarten, these children experimented with their teacher Pascaline the implementation of a workshop with philosophical aims.
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Subscription accessThe German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt caused an uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of the "Banality of Evil" when referring to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, which she covered for the _New Yorker_ magazine. Her private life was no less controversial due to her love affair with renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. This thought provoking and spi...
Susan Sontag
Subscription access
In 1976, the CBC television show _Femme d'aujourd'hui_ interviewed the American writer and intellectual Susan Sontag (1933-2004), who was then living in Paris. This leading figure of the Western thought in the second half of the 20th century eloquently presented her thoughts and the path that led her to feminism.
Judith Butler, Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
Judith Butler, Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
A portrait of one of the leading theoreticians of gender studies, a discipline taught in American universities and dealing with sex and gender as a social and historical issue rather than a biological and natural one. Professor of comparative literature and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, Judith Butler is a pioneering intellectual, figurehead of the gay and lesbian movements...
13, A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin
13, A Ludodrama about Walter Benjamin
From 1933 until his suicide in 1940, the German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, and essayist Walter Benjamin was on the run from the Nazis and lived in exile in Paris. Combining archival footage, contemporary scenes, animated sequences, and puppetry, this 13-chapter composite essay takes us back to that period in Benjamin’s life, reflecting on the many facets of his work, his world, and hi...
Penser le paysage - Gilles Clément
Penser le paysage - Gilles Clément
Gilles Clément is a gardener who initiated a conceptual and practical philosophy which radically transformed the contemporary vision of the landscape. Carried by a specific vocabulary which assigns the gardener a strong role in the thought of the world, his work has been experienced in his garden located in La Vallée, in the Creuse, since 1977. His description of the changing world, both rich a...
Oncle Bernard - A Counter-Lesson in Economics
Oncle Bernard - A Counter-Lesson in Economics
Economist Bernard Maris, a.k.a. “Oncle Bernard”, was killed during the Charlie Hebdo shooting, on January 7, 2015. This fascinating interview with him was filmed in March 2000 as part of the documentary *Encirclement—Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy*. Frank and unvarnished, this is a true “counter lesson in economics” in which the director gives centre stage to Maris’ vibrant, incisive, and mi...
The Man Who Sleeps
A collaboration between the late writer and filmmaker Bernard Queysanne based on the original text by Georges Perec, duly calibrated by both authors. A common reflection and a very concerted purpose, here, generate an innovative, singular work, out of time. Here is the libretto - for the film is constructed like a musical score, in several movements: a student questions his activities and proje...
Vanishing Exercises
Does mourning have a sell-by date... like yogurt ? And what do you mean exactly by the term "mourn"? Talking to his philosophy teacher (passionate about Nietzsche and tap dancing), the author is about to go on many voyages. Some are static and seek the personal experience of the two friends. Other trips put words to the test of geography: naming, describing what is there, in front of ...
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Duration: 2h42Donna Haraway is a prominent scholar in the field of science and technology, a feminist, and a science-fiction enthusiast who works at building a bridge between science and fiction. She became known in the 1980s through her work on gender, identity, and technology, which broke with the prevailing trends and opened the door to a frank and cheerful trans species feminism. Brussels filmmaker Fabri...
The End of Summer
Filmed at a summer cottage in the Laurentians north of Montreal, this film penetrates briefly the charmed world of the adolescent. Watching and listening, you sense the bittersweet mood of childhood's end, the poignant awareness that nothing will ever be the same after this summer at the lake.
