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The film documents Amos Gitai's play "Golem" at the ancient theater in Pompeii, combined with fictional scenes. Within the historical narrative, themes resonating with the contemporary world emerge.

Deep inside a primitive forest, Agatha embarks on an ancestral ritual meant to mark her passage into adulthood. However, her encounter with eerie creatures turns her perceptions upside down. What if this quest is not what she was promised?

An actress finds herself trapped by an algorithm that hijacks extracts from her films for distribution on porn sites. After months with no help from anyone, she decides to regain control of her own story, using her imagination to heal and reclaim her identity.

After the making of my previous film (PLAY DEAD!), some unfinished business remained on my desktop. Home movies and various body horror films from my childhood cluttered my computer screen. Part medical treatise, part self-anamnesis, and a mashup tinged with nostalgia, this video essay returns the images emanating from my computer screen to the everyday gaze of a diabetic.

Katya, 8 years old, spends the summer with her grandparents in the countryside. Time stands still, adults remain silent, and a war in the background destroys lives. Meanwhile, kids are growing up and the clouds are flying.

An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they are.

Pianist Vanessa Wagner joins forces with circus artist Chloé Moglia, choreographer Kader Attou, dancers from the Accrorap company and set designers from Collectif Scale to bring Philip Glass's Piano Etudes to life.

Based on testimony by Ethel’s brother, David Greenglass, the Rosenbergs are arrested by the FBI. The couple is accused of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the USSR. Though the Rosenbergs maintain their innocence from the start, the media and public opinion seem to have condemned them from day one. The trial does nothing to change this and ends in a death sentence. On Friday June 19, 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair. Julius first, then Ethel. 30 years later, the truth finally comes out. Declassified FBI archives reveal that Ethel was not guilty of being a spy; she was merely married to one. Julius did indeed commit espionage for the Soviet Union, though primarily as a recruiter, nothing at all like the fictional James Bond. This documentary, made entirely of archival footage and animated illustrations, offers a tale of espionage as well as a complex family tragedy.

Through an artistic and human journey, Anne-Laure Maison and Michel Cam paint a portrait of marginalized lives, revealing, through art and encounter, resilience in unexpected places. Artists Anne-Laure Maison and Michel Cam embark on a journey to explore the timeless question: "Who are you?" In search of encounters along their travels, they discover and document the struggles and resilience of the people they meet. Through large-scale artistic installations and collages, their work sheds light on marginalized individuals and reveals them in a new light. The stories collected intertwine in a unique creative expression, transforming personal narratives into a collective and empowering experience.

Suzanne, 85 years old, a fanciful woman overflowing with energy, suddenly falls into old age when she injures her back. Her granddaughter, Charlotte, moves in with her to support her. With modesty and tenderness, they watch over each other, taking the time to cherish each other.

Big companies and the dairy lobby are buying up the Jura farms at a loss en masse. Ben sees his cows die one by one every day, a misfortune that also affects his colleagues. He thinks it's sabotage and decides to investigate to restore old-fashioned justice. Ben will track down the person responsible for a mass poisoning by going back up the chain from a network of saboteurs to the sum of the dairy lobby.

When 12-year-old Lauri tries too hard to get his older siblings’ attention he falls badly and loses his ability to walk. Now Lauri is stuck at home, lonelier than he ever was. Just then a helpful furry creature from another dimension appears and takes him on a fantasy adventure. In the other dimension Lauri trades his shadow for being able to walk again, but the shadow becomes a goofy, all-eating monster who follows Lauri back to his world. To beat the monster Lauri needs to team up with his siblings and give up his ability to walk. However, Lauri is now determined to learn to walk again and he has his siblings beside him - and that’s what really matters.

Once upon a time... "The other day..." is his catchphrase, his trademark: the expression that introduces each of his sketches. A true storyteller of everyday life, Olivier de Benoist recounts with verve and finesse his life experiences inspired by his family, the world of work, society... all of which are inexhaustible sources of jokes and anecdotes with highly laughable potential. With this man who defines himself as a popular comedian with a script, routine always turns into an adventure novel. A one-man show designed especially for Comédie+, so you can say... "The other day, I laughed so hard!" Recorded on June 25, 2025, at the Théâtre des Sources in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, in the Hauts-de-France region, for the benefit of the Canal+ Group's Comédie+ channel.

Nina, an OB-GYN, faces accusations after a newborn's death. Her life undergoes scrutiny during investigation. She persists in her medical duties, determined to provide care others hesitate to offer, despite the risks.

In 2016, an album containing 250 previously unseen photos of Nazi officials was discovered in the USA by Stephan Hördler, a prominent Holocaust historian, who immediately understood the album's inestimable value. The album brings together photographs of a "group of friends," all from the same region of Germany, all of whom became SS men. From 1928 to 1943, the photo album allows us to follow their journey. Hördler conducted the investigation, comparing the photos in the album with other, better-known ones, the faces of these men with those of concentration camp officials, and ultimately revealed that it was at Lichtencburg that these young men were trained, a "school" for future camp executioners, and the bonds of camaraderie and informal network that would allow them to help each other, even after the war.

Princess Lucette hires a dragon to stage her own kidnapping, only to discover that forging fairytales is trickier than it seems.

There were 23 young women, aged 18 to 20, doing their mandatory military service in a very special unit responsible for video surveillance of the Gaza Strip. In Israel, these young women are nicknamed the eyes of the state. Before October 7, they saw everything, understood everything. They sounded the alarm, but no one listened. They were both the Cassandras of the Hamas assault and its first victims. Today, the surviving watchwomen from the Gaza border and the parents of those who were killed have given themselves a mission. Together, they are demanding justice and truth and shedding light on the flaws in a security system that Israeli society believed to be guaranteed.

Gaspard, a teenager from the suburbs of Lisbon, falls into the hands of the Ogre, a man who has made a pact with the Devil. The Ogre uses the boy to attract tourists, whom he transforms into animals and then kills. Gaspard escapes with a donkey and a dog that he has grown fond of, and in an enchanted manor, he meets the spirit of Queen D. Maria I.

Alain Cavalier is a childlike nonagenarian, a filmmaker who turns his immediate surroundings into an escape route. Yves Jeuland offered to create a portrait of him, somewhat 'in his style.' The rules of the game: five meetings in the small studio. The result: a funny and sensitive journey with this pioneering and enchanting figure of cinema, capable of doing more with less.

Due to a misunderstanding, Mickaël ends up with a lawnmower he doesn’t need. Little by little, the young man starts getting used to the presence of this slightly bulky machine in his small apartment. Things get complicated when Elodie, the owner of the machine, becomes determined to get it back at all costs.

Afghan documentary maker Najiba Noori offers not only a loving and intimate portrait of her mother Hawa, but also shows in detail how the arduous improvement of the position of women is undone by geopolitical violence. The film follows the fortunes of Noori’s family, who belong to the Hazaras, an ethnic group that has suffered greatly from discrimination and persecution.

An Iranian filmmaker participates in a series of video calls with a young Palestinian photojournalist who describes her life confined in Gaza during the current regional conflict.

Sihem is a waitress at a small café in Marseille. She’s doing her best to get her new life in France sorted out. But the sudden arrival of her brother, who has made his way there from Algeria, presents challenges she could not have foreseen.

A beetle abandoned by his colony lives in the heights of an oak tree. Under the intrigued eye of the insect, a hiker pitches her tent at the foot of the tree to spend the night.

In the neon-lit streets of Chongqing, Wei desperately searches for his estranged daughter Fa, while Hong Kong gallerist Ren grapples with her ailing stepmother Sabine in Paris. Their lives collide in a virtual reality world, where a mystical deer reveals hidden truths, sparking a journey of discovery and connection.

A little tiger decides to take a long journey in search of his stripes.

Can you become a star without being a loudmouth? Absolutely, and Bourvil is proof of that. This discreet artist had many talents: he was both an actor and a singer, with equal success and enjoyment. First noticed for his songs and sketches, in which he created the character of the village idiot, he learned through experience the art of creating characters who were naive, certainly, but increasingly subtle. We propose to look back on the all too brief life of this man who was as endearing as he was discreet.

The film traces his path between militancy and naturalism, his search for a balance between combat and contemplation. Based on a personal and sensitive story, the film makes the link between wild animals and the struggles being waged throughout France against the destruction of their habitats. The Wild Defending Itself sets out a path for living with dignity and preparing for what lies ahead.

In Burkina Faso, against the backdrop of advancing jihadist forces, Natie, a troubled teenager, discovers that her grandmother married a man she did not love. In her quest to mend her grandmother’s shattered destiny, Natie hopes to find herself as well. But will she succeed in achieving her own emancipation?

Farah lets a newfound thirst for justice guide her life after the case involving her best friend’s rape is dismissed.

A high school is preparing to conduct a simulated terrorist-attack drill, and a self-conscious student is assigned to play the role of the hostage-taker.

How does a machine learn to read the world? Testimonies and screen recordings introduce the experience of online micro-workers from the Global South: their job is to teach the AI of self-driving cars to navigate the streets of the Global North.

When the twenty eight -year-old Kostas who has recently become a security guard in a public hospital, is forced to take over the guardianship of his little niece, he gets involved in a medical scam to make ends meet.

Elina, a young Russian journalist, travels to an Alpine ski resort to write an article about a wellness retreat. But during her stay, news from her home country comes to haunt her as she must face her own malaise.

A short film that shows the encounter and love between three women of different ages and backgrounds. As they build a new way of being together, Etna, Nadia and Indigo, in their intimacies, fears and memories, live a volcanic story.

Lying near a pond, a young achromat and a disillusioned young woman confide in each other about their existential anxieties.

In a society where kissing is punishable by death, and people pay for things by receiving slaps to the face, Angine, an unhappy woman, shops compulsively in a department store. There, she becomes fascinated by a playful salesgirl. Despite the prohibition of kissing, the two become close, raising the suspicions of a jealous colleague.

Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diara and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.

While their couple is falling apart, Baptiste and Violette, two students, discover a new passion that may revive their relationship: murder. Yet, it is not sure that Gabriel and Madeleine, their Catholic and puritan friends, are going to approve this process...

Claude Lelouch was a Jewish child in occupied France. In this documentary, he talks about the trauma he still feels from that experience, but also how it inspired him to become a filmmaker. The 1940s appear to be a formative period, key to understanding the work and career of this famous director, whose films and life have always been inseparable.

At 16, Max left with dreams and a GoPro slung over his shoulder for an exchange program at a high school in Oklahoma. Since then, Donald Trump has become president, the Capitol has been stormed, and abortion bans have gained ground. On the eve of Trump’s second term, Max goes back to see his friends to understand what their journeys reveal about the evolution of American society

Fauns, dryads and shepherds: such is the bucolic world inhabited by Sylvia, the nymph of Diana, goddess of the hunt. Compelled to remain chaste, will she have to renounce her love for Aminta, just as Diana had to sacrifice her passion for Endymion? Originally conceived by Louis Mérante, Sylvia was the first ballet to be performed at the newly-opened Palais Garnier in 1876, but it is the version by Manuel Legris that is making its repertoire debut.

Jerada is a mining town in Morocco, where coal extraction - officially halted in 2001 - has continued informally to this day. L’mina reconstructs current activity in the pits through a set designed in collaboration with the local residents, who perform their own roles on screen.

An examination of the United States’ involvement in war, focusing on its impact on political decisions, national identity, and the lives of its people.

Nothing predisposed a rural commune in the Loiret region such as Beaune-la-Rolande to embody the height of the Holocaust in France. Yet it was there that a camp was set up where Jewish families were interned, separated, their children abandoned to their fate before being deported alone to their deaths. Long hidden from view, more than eighty years after the events, this tragedy remains a sensitive subject that can still divide opinion on what should or should not be done to ensure it is not forgotten. Following personal journeys and collective commitments, this film meets activists, elected officials, and teachers who are committed to helping a region recover its memory and reconnect with its history, however painful it may be.

In this unprecedented primetime program, 50 volunteers take part in experiments without knowing that the aim of the program is to understand the unconscious mechanisms that can lead us to discriminatory behavior. Because if they knew, it would bias the results of the experiments.

Subversive hero or vile predator? Don Juan has appeared throughout history in many guises. Macha Makeïeff highlights the psychological and societal aspects of the character: desire, domination, and human darkness, which she contrasts with liberating and destructive laughter.