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On October 4, 2018, France celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifth Republic. It is a republic born in the throes of the Algerian War and one which—from the day it was founded by General de Gaulle until the presidency of a very Jupiterian Emmanuel Macron—has been assailed as a “Republican monarchy” by partisans of a more assertive parliamentarian state. By revisiting the struggle of those who dared oppose the new regime — only to suffer a crushing defeat on September 28, 1958, when they were barely able to garner 20% of the vote against the constitutional text — this film shines a powerful new light on the origins of the Fifth Republic and its consequences for the next 60 years. It is a constitutional debate that planted the seeds for a complete upheaval of the French political landscape, on the left in particular, and set the country in motion toward what would be called the Union of the Left.

A luminous, unsentimental portrayal of a charismatic, indefatigable woman, and of the lives (and one death) of the personalities and conditions (including Alzheimer’s) of the elderly residents of the retirement home she administers outside Paris. A film full of love, caring, dignity, pain and joy, sadness and laughter, and remarkable faces. Invigorating and inspiring. ~ Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

As the population grows and pressure to provide cheap food increases, there has been a drive towards industrialized farming. But are there alternatives? We travel across the world to reveal the worst excesses of intensive farming and positive alternatives that work in harmony with nature, offering a sustainable vision for the future of meat consumption.

An interview with François Truffaut on the cinema of Jean Vigo.

The encounter with a growing, and mostly undocumented, brazilian community allows us to bear witness to its energy, its vivacity, and its diversity. This film attempts to work for a larger acceptance of foreigners in their land of exile.

With a lively pace and an educational approach, blending analysis, expert testimonies, and graphics, the documentary 3 Trillion: The Secrets of a Bankrupt State aims to explain to the French public the mechanics of national debt and how the country reached this point. It also seeks to urge political leaders to take action, given the severity of the situation.

Strolling through France (Roanne, Nice and Carcassonne) with some excursions abroad (Munich, Montreal, New York).

The masterful new documentary from Wang Bing is an intimate, observational portrait of a peasant family who eke out a humble existence in a small village set against the stunning mountain landscapes of China's Yunnan province.

A march, a synthesis of demonstrations in Paris. Organized from below, without hierarchy or privilege, the Yellow Vests movement takes shape there as a new political experimentation. A fictional text accompanies images of the spaces of action and debate that opened up. As we experience them, the events are as powerful as in the best fictions.

A documentary about italiens workers who migrated to France.

From June 1991 to March 1992, nine months of a violent and agonizing political battle, in Provence, on the occasion of the regional elections.

Documentary about sound design, a film proposed in addition to "Petits contes sous la neige".

The Tank and The Olive Tree recalls a certain number of forgotten fundamentals and sheds new light on the history of Palestine. By combining geopolitical analysis, interviews with international personalities who are experts on the subject and testimonies from Palestinian and French citizens, this documentary offers the keys to understanding what the media call the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Enough to rid people's minds of clichés and prejudices! If The Chariot and the Olivier is intended to be educational, it speaks above all of a magnificent territory, and of a people who constantly affirm that “to live is already to resist”...

Calais' jungle, a few weeks before its clearing.

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.

Glitter, charm and a powerful voice: Diana Ross has written music history. Even as a little girl, the "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" singer dreamed of becoming a world star. The glamorous diva owes the fact that she succeeded despite many obstacles to her talent, strength of character and unshakeable determination.

Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) did not seem destined for a life as an artist. Born in 1865 as the daughter of a single washerwoman and mother herself at the age of 18 - to the future painter Maurice Utrillo - her fate could have been sealed. But Valadon broke with the conventions of her time in order to follow her artistic creative urge. The Centre Pompidou in Paris paid tribute to the artist's work with an exhibition in 2023, which traces her special life and extraordinary modernity in a film documentary. Archive material, interviews and animations provide an insight into her career, which is characterized by encounters and friendships with other great artists of her time.

Harold Nebenzal talks about Losey’s M.

Documentary about the work of the Estonian cartoonist and animation director Priit Pärn

Negev Desert, Israel, 1987. Bashir Abu Rabi'a works as a pyrotechnics and special effects assistant on the film Rambo III, starring Sylvester Stallone, a shoot that will have far-reaching consequences for the local Bedouin population.

Biographic documentary about the life of aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince.

Show recorded on February 26, 1993 at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

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

In a stony steppe and along its edge, beings emerge like mirages.

Rooms must be vacated before noon on the day of departure. An extra night will be charged for all late departures." Jean-Claude Rousseau has used this banal, well-known notice as a synopsis for his film. Taken out of context, thereby rendering it mysterious, it is an ideal introduction to this letter, which consists of two shots – the front and behind of a window in a hotel in Turin – and an insert. Here, Rousseau continues to explore "basic film techniques" but in this case, he abandons super eight to film in DV, a new technique and a new quest for harmony between visuals and sounds. Jean-Pierre Rehm.

Blocked in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the North of Morocco, 5 emigration candidates—from Cameroon, Somalia, Chad, and India—are waiting. They are only 14km from the Iberian Peninsula but they wonder whether they’ll be allowed to make it to Europe or if they will be deported back to their country.

In a village untouched by time, so isolated that it is not on the map of Russia, Sysoy passes on the tradition of Byzantine chant to his son Ivan. Their hermitic family life finds its cadence in the movements of working the land and a rigorous spiritual practice, which seem intended to prepare the young teenager for an imminent change of life.

Despite being forcibly converted to Christianity in 1497 many of the Jews of Portugal continued to practice Judaism in secret. Today, residents of the village of Belmonte practice an amalgam of Christian and Jewish rituals.

Every year, hundreds of women develop relationships with prisoners. They fall under the charms of killers, petty criminals, rapists and crooks. Most only share a few letters, but some make it all the way to the altar. It is hard to understand what these women expect from a relationship with a convict with a long prison sentence. This documentary takes a look at their lives and the reasons that make them pursue a relationship with a criminal.

In the form of a posthumous letter to Storck, using clippings from the original 'Borinage' film, the director paints a personal picture about a corner of Western Europe, where shocking living conditions of those trapped within

After her son is killed in a terrorist attack, French-Moroccan Latifa becomes an influential activist striving to prevent such attacks. In this documentary, we follow Latifa as she travels France with unstinting energy, discussing integration, racism and of course Islam. Emotions at times run high.

The life of Malan Mané, once the star singer of the legendary band Super Mama Djombo from Guinea-Bissau, is turned upside down from one day to the next: After 30 years in exile in France, he is now allowed to sing in a sold-out stadium in Bissau, see his country again and return to the studio to finally complete the album he started decades ago.

Portrait of the "battle phenomenon" in the Hip-Hop scene in France. In recent years, these artistic confrontations have been multiplying across France, encompassing dance, DJing, and even graffiti. However, what has been drawing crowds recently is the "MC Clash."

Christopher Columbus discovered America while looking for India. Columbus' journeys are subjective and undefined. Illusions take over objective observation. When one leaves, it is always his/ her own dreams that take off first. The edge of the world is definitely more narrow than the idea of it.

Conceived as a journey through time and films, Salut & Fraternité retraces the career of filmmaker René Vautier, comparing his testimony with those of other filmmakers (Jean-Luc Godard, Yann Le Masson, Bruno Muel...). Questions are raised about commitment, the role of the filmmaker and his films in society, the need for a cinema of social intervention and counter-power... with censorship constantly in the air.

A collective cinema experience that takes place in a therapeutic reception center in Reims. The film offers an indirect self-portrait of Artaud center in which patients and staff play along in order to give a more human picture of madness.

Made in Japan, Last Room is both fiction and documentary. The occupants of the love-hotels and capsule-hotels tell their own intimate, dreamlike stories, interspersed with journeys through the archipelago's landscapes. Soon, these personal stories resonate with a collective history: that of Gunkanjima, the abandoned ghost island of Nagasaki, and then that of Japan as a whole.