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At a marine biology station, a clump of algae reveals polyps, stomachs with limbs, limbs with buds, buds with poison cells. This animal reproduces by buds, which we watch close up in time-lapse images. In another kind of jellyfish, the buds grow inside then live outside for a few days until being on their own. Another produces eggs, sometimes self-fertilized. Some single eggs become buds with colonies. Another clump gathered at low tide consists of filaments of a colony - plumes with poison ends. In images taking 72 hours, we see filaments grow and produce a feeding organ from which a plume emerges. New jellyfish emerge from buds twice a day at set times to form a new colonies.

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1965). Through archive images, extracts from the film and interviews with personalities, the filmmaker retraces the journey of a major work - from the events of the Algiers Casbah (1956-1957) to the presentation of the Lion of 'Or causing the anger of the French delegation in Venice - which left its mark as much in the history of cinema as in that of Algeria.

Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris, how he survives with a container (un bidon) and thanks to his courage. With his amazing patter, he transforms the events into extraordinary adventures.

An in-depth analysis of The Reckless Moment (1949) by Lutz Bacher, author of Max Ophuls in the Hollywood Studios.

In a Sudan torn apart by years of war, this documentary immerses us in the daily fight of young Sudanese. Their stories, both harrowing and inspiring, remind us of the ability to find hope even in the darkest of circumstances. This is a call to attention to a forgotten crisis, and a tribute to the power of creativity as a tool of survival and resistance.

Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.

In war-torn Kharkiv, a filmmaker meets a woman awaiting her soldier. Amid ruins and sirens, he discovers a city — and hearts — still unbroken.

For several weeks, a Ligne Rouge team infiltrated several far-right groups, particularly in Lyon, which has become the movement's stronghold in France over the past 15 years.

A few months before he died, Jean-Louis Comolli meets up with Dominique Cabrera for some free conversations with Isabelle Le Corff. They talk about cinema, life, love, death and Chassagne-Montrachet wine. There is laughter and smiles. One is not really serious at the age of eighty.

Sedina, Jasmina and Senada, three young village girls whose world collapsed one day of war in Bosnia.

With its massive immigrant population, Switzerland has consistently held a social identity that is far from cohesive. The film asks two questions. Firstly, how does the country’s continually evolving social structure assimilate with the prevailing national identity. Secondly, how do immigrants to Switzerland articulate their search for identity in the midst of uncertainty and the need for individual identity and ultimately citizenship. Zvicra, translates as Switzerland in Albanian, and highlights the complexity of lost and rediscovered identities in Switzerland, a country that is destined to adapt to ever-increasing population demands. The film tackles these questions through seven Albanian characters whose community plays a central role in the film.

Everything you wanted to know about your favorite circus, radio and movie stars. They tell you about their lives and likes and dislikes.

Des eaux, petites et grandes is an episode of Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés which celebrates the element of water.

Adopted at the age of three weeks, the director found her biological family in Sri Lanka at the age of 24 and realized that she had missed them. Today, she chooses to invent her identity between two lineages, two cultures

Notes on the movie Passion

This movie is a docudrama relating the early history of the Eiffel Tower: From the planning to its first military use.

A collage of videos, photos and writings reconstructs the story of a young traveler who disappeared in the Himalayas. From his apartment in Venice, the director questions the materials that his missing friend sent him during his journey and finally gives shape to the journey he always dreamed of making, but never dared to undertake. A poetic reflection on the creation of images and the relationship we have with our memories.

The unique journey of three reserved and endearing teens as they test their limits, discover the meaning of strong connections and live and learn in synch with the natural rhythms of the land and its animals.

The filmmaker's sister, Nasreen, a housewife with two children, is married to a traditional and often unavailable husband. Despite the restrictions on women in Iran, she decides to pursue her lifelong dream of singing.

They have been sports people, lovers, leaders, parents, children. And then one day, an accident at work, an accident of life, a stroke. For several months, Emmanuel Finkiel filmed the daily efforts of three patients, their families, and the nursing staff in a therapy centre. A moving and sensitive block calendar recording the evolution of these men and women on a path that will lead them to recover their awareness and their identity.

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.

Tracing the story of a student uprising this documentary explores how the NRA manages to keep a permissive gun law alive, and why it has such a strong hold over American society.

L’Art du Bigidi is a short documentary exploring the world of Gwoka — a Guadeloupean tradition of dance, music, and resistance, rooted in the island’s colonial history and natural upheavals. At the heart of the film is dancer Lena Blou’s philosophy of the bigidi, a Creole term evoking unstable balance; the precarious state of slipping without falling. It’s a way of moving in a place where the ground literally and figuratively shifts - a metaphor for life in Guadeloupe, shaped by slavery, colonisation, earthquakes, tornadoes, and droughts. Two dancers - Lena Blou and Ovide Carindo - embody this principle. Their bodies tremble, almost fall, then recover, improvising in response to the surroundings. Sonny Troupé, a contemporary Gwoka musician, composes to their movements, echoing the traditional drum-dancer dialogue in which the dancer dictates the musical score. Together they weave the mesmerising vision of a radical philosophy from a land that knows how to dance with uncertainty.

A 90 min documentary by director Paul Moreira. In certain countries of Southeast Asia, where the state is failing, citizens mobilize to replace public forcein order to combat crime. In Cambodia, an association made up of Westerners and Khmers, fights pedophilia differently. It mobilizes around fifty investigators who act as police inspectors.

Chris Marker’s portrait of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky documents the director at work on his final film, The Sacrifice, during the last year of his life. Interweaving behind-the-scenes footage with excerpts from Tarkovsky’s earlier works, Marker crafts a moving reflection on the artist’s vision, methods, and enduring legacy.

Maggy lives alone in a palatial home where she packs up boxes all day long. The moment has come for her to finally leave. Leave the gilded prison where she's lived for years under her ex-husband's yoke. Now, the kids are grown up and Maggy has received notice to leave the premises. She's never worked; she has no right to anything.

The Basilica of Monreale, near Palermo in Sicily acts as subject and springboard of Carné's final film; Its hundreds of gorgeous and intricate tiled mosaics vividly depict scenes from the Bible. Kinetic camerawork and dramatic narration of each scene compliment these stunning pieces in order to retell the Holy Book's age-old Story.

1894 black and white short by Georges Demenÿ depicting a woman in a dress sitting in chair who hides her face behind a giant fan.

The life of a couple with the disease of endometriosis, she will have to make a choice, but which one? Do you really know the disease? Do you know who she is and what she does? Passionate about dance, the disease takes a big place, what is the fight she will lead? And what would be your choice?

Becoming a flight attendant at 20: at Ryanair, it's possible! The low-cost airline, one of the most lucrative on the planet, employs several thousand crew members from all over Europe. However, more and more of these workers are denouncing their working conditions within the company: pressure on on-board sales, brutal management, omerta... Low cost has a social cost, and these young people claim to be paying a high price. At a time when Ryanair is posting record results, we take to the skies of Europe to investigate the Ryanair system and meet those who are questioning it from the inside.

Church and sexual abuse of minors has long been an issue. But in addition to the paedophilia scandals, other revelations are shaking the Catholic Church: allegations from across the world of nuns being sexually abused by priests. In February 2019, Pope Francis acknowledged the abuse for the first time. This documentary gives an insight into an issue in the Catholic Church that has remained largely unreported.

Fontainebleau is one of the most popular climbing destination on the planet, with thousands of boulders spread over hundreds of areas. From the classic areas of the Franchard and Cuvier to the less known areas of Buthiers and JA Martin Come follow a group of the worlds best climbers as they explore the most hidden beautiful boulders of this enchanted forest. They will take you on a journey to parts of the forest you have never heard of and boulders you have never seen, Not only that but boulders just off the paths in the main areas that are so beautiful but seldom climbed.

How can we create an image of our parents that respects their privacy—that is, the mystery of each individual—while simultaneously conveying the depth of the bond and/or what has been passed down? Our parents are first and foremost the people with whom we have lived. The color of memories is inseparable from the places they evoke, and there is always a house nearby. If we retrace our steps and consider these houses in the present, a wealth of stories emerges, and we learn much about their inhabitants: who they are, who they aspire to be, who they once were. How our parents live, or have lived, is also how they inhabit us.

This is a very long and incredibly informative featurette that goes deep behind the scenes of Pascal Laugier's film. The French director explains how key scenes from the film were shot, what type of obstacles the tech team had to deal with. Furthermore, there is an abundance of raw footage that shows the two actors in action.

He was born different, and chose to become unique. Becoming Lucky Love follows how Luc Bruyère turned his “flaw” into strength and his life into an act of creation. Born without his left arm, he faced the violence of people’s gaze from childhood, sinking into shame and self-destruction. “I was born homosexual, without a left arm — I didn’t fit what a man was expected to be: a figure without nuance, categorical,” Luc confides. Instead of giving up, he chose to transform himself and become what he had always dreamed of: a singer and performer. With his angelic face and magnetic presence, nothing seems to resist him — yet his blazing loves and excesses marked him deeply. Now, on the verge of turning 30, he looks back without filters. Becoming Lucky Love paints the portrait of an avant-garde, captivating outsider who proves that destiny can be endlessly reinvented through strength, poetry, and self-invention.

Paris, 1940. German occupation forces create a new film production company, Continental, and put Alfred Greven – producer, cinephile, and opportunistic businessman – in charge. During the occupation, under Joseph Goebbels’s orders, Greven hires the best artists and technicians of French cinema to produce successful, highly entertaining films, which are also strategically devoid of propaganda. Simultaneously, he takes advantage of the confiscation of Jewish property to purchase film theaters, studios and laboratories, in order to control the whole production line. His goal: to create a European Hollywood. Among the thirty feature films thus produced under the auspices of Continental, several are, to this day, considered classics of French cinema.

Humaira Bilkis has a problem: after a pilgrimage to Mecca, her mother, who was previously an emancipated poet, has now become devout. The filmmaker has to fight to get her to accept the camera, since her religion forbids images, while hiding her relationship with a Hindu man from Calcutta. Her film plays out like a closed-door documentary, spot-on and moving.