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The Horse Palace
Duration: 2h16
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Amid the abandoned factories and crumbling buildings of Griffintown lies Montreal’s oldest stable, the last remnant of a bygone era. In this intriguing, anachronistic enclave, brushing up against modernity, time seems to have stood still. But ever since its aging owner decided to sell the property, the days of the Horse Palace are numbered…
Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds
Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds
New product!Duration: 2h28
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_Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds_ takes you on a dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, _Exarcheia_ is a poetical and po...
Metro
Duration: 17 minutes
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By taking a fresh look at the spaces that make it up and the life that inhabits it, _Metro_ observes the gestures, mechanics and underside of this monumental underground network that weaves the city together and irrigates it on a daily basis. From the roar of the ventilation system to the vast ceilings above, the film reveals a place of rare magnitude, with singular acoustics and a human presen...
Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine
Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine
New product!Duration: 53 minutes
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_Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine_ traces the life and work of a man who played an essential role in the history of cinema. This atypical filmmaker, steeped in both scientific research and avant-garde thinking, was close to Jean Vigo, Alexander Calder, Luis Buñuel, and Sergei M. Eisenstein. He was able to create a dialogue between two disciplines: art and science. Thanks to their a...
The Sea Horse
Duration: 14 minutes
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The seahorse is the only fish that moves vertically. It is also one of the few animals in which the male nourishes the eggs deposited by the female in his brood pouch and actually gives birth to the young. To film at the bottom of the Garonne estuary, the first mobile underwater camera was improvised. This film, accompanied by music from Darius Milhaud, shows with precision and humor the life o...
The Love Life of an Octopus
Duration: 13 minutes
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The fluid grace of an eight-armed embrace, the velvety gaze of an inscrutable eye… Painlevé creates a fascinating portrait of the octopus, a mysterious underwater creature, set to a soundtrack composed by Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music.
Shrimp Stories
Duration: 10 minutes
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_Shrimp Stories_ is a short documentary that closely examines the daily life of shrimp. Combining a scientific approach with a touch of humor, the film explores their feeding, digestion, grooming, molting, and reproduction, notably showing how females carry their eggs on their legs and the spectacular hatching of the larvae. It reveals, with wonder, the fragility and surprising complexity of th...
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
Duration: 14 minutes
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Filmed at the Marine Biology Station in Roscoff, on the northern coast of Bretagne, _How Some Jellyfish Are Born_ explores the formation of polyps, as well as the feeding and reproduction of four species of jellyfish. The transparency of their bodies reveals many details of their anatomy, while still holding other mysteries that the film invites us to discover…
If It Happens
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Tomek, Marcel Łoziński's son, is 18 years old. Exactly 12 years ago, when he was 6, his father filmed him during a visit to a park in Warsaw. Tomek stopped near elderly people and, with childlike naivety, asked them about joy, loneliness, fear of death, dreams, love... On his birthday, Tomek returns to the garden of his childhood.
Lights
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Created during the brief, illuminated Christmas season, _Lights_ was made between midnight and 1:00 a.m., when vehicular and pedestrian traffic was minimal, over a period of three years. The work draws on store decorations, window displays, fountains, public promenades, the lights of Park Avenue, and the facades of buildings and churches. Due to near-freezing temperatures, filmmaker Marie Menke...
The Horse Palace
Duration: 2h16
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Amid the abandoned factories and crumbling buildings of Griffintown lies Montreal’s oldest stable, the last remnant of a bygone era. In this intriguing, anachronistic enclave, brushing up against modernity, time seems to have stood still. But ever since its aging owner decided to sell the property, the days of the Horse Palace are numbered…
Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds
Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds
New product!Duration: 2h28
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_Exarcheia: The Chanting of Birds_ takes you on a dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, _Exarcheia_ is a poetical and po...
Metro
Duration: 17 minutes
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By taking a fresh look at the spaces that make it up and the life that inhabits it, _Metro_ observes the gestures, mechanics and underside of this monumental underground network that weaves the city together and irrigates it on a daily basis. From the roar of the ventilation system to the vast ceilings above, the film reveals a place of rare magnitude, with singular acoustics and a human presen...
Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine
Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine
New product!Duration: 53 minutes
Subscription access
_Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine_ traces the life and work of a man who played an essential role in the history of cinema. This atypical filmmaker, steeped in both scientific research and avant-garde thinking, was close to Jean Vigo, Alexander Calder, Luis Buñuel, and Sergei M. Eisenstein. He was able to create a dialogue between two disciplines: art and science. Thanks to their a...
The Sea Horse
Duration: 14 minutes
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The seahorse is the only fish that moves vertically. It is also one of the few animals in which the male nourishes the eggs deposited by the female in his brood pouch and actually gives birth to the young. To film at the bottom of the Garonne estuary, the first mobile underwater camera was improvised. This film, accompanied by music from Darius Milhaud, shows with precision and humor the life o...
The Love Life of an Octopus
Duration: 13 minutes
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The fluid grace of an eight-armed embrace, the velvety gaze of an inscrutable eye… Painlevé creates a fascinating portrait of the octopus, a mysterious underwater creature, set to a soundtrack composed by Pierre Henry, one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music.
Shrimp Stories
Duration: 10 minutes
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_Shrimp Stories_ is a short documentary that closely examines the daily life of shrimp. Combining a scientific approach with a touch of humor, the film explores their feeding, digestion, grooming, molting, and reproduction, notably showing how females carry their eggs on their legs and the spectacular hatching of the larvae. It reveals, with wonder, the fragility and surprising complexity of th...
How Some Jellyfish Are Born
Duration: 14 minutes
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Filmed at the Marine Biology Station in Roscoff, on the northern coast of Bretagne, _How Some Jellyfish Are Born_ explores the formation of polyps, as well as the feeding and reproduction of four species of jellyfish. The transparency of their bodies reveals many details of their anatomy, while still holding other mysteries that the film invites us to discover…
If It Happens
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Tomek, Marcel Łoziński's son, is 18 years old. Exactly 12 years ago, when he was 6, his father filmed him during a visit to a park in Warsaw. Tomek stopped near elderly people and, with childlike naivety, asked them about joy, loneliness, fear of death, dreams, love... On his birthday, Tomek returns to the garden of his childhood.
Lights
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Created during the brief, illuminated Christmas season, _Lights_ was made between midnight and 1:00 a.m., when vehicular and pedestrian traffic was minimal, over a period of three years. The work draws on store decorations, window displays, fountains, public promenades, the lights of Park Avenue, and the facades of buildings and churches. Due to near-freezing temperatures, filmmaker Marie Menke...
