Freddy and Alex, lifelong friends on different paths, reunite as Alex, still battling addiction, seeks to reconnect. Their bond is tested when they land in a messy situation that challenges their friendship.
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Freddy and Alex, lifelong friends on different paths, reunite as Alex, still battling addiction, seeks to reconnect. Their bond is tested when they land in a messy situation that challenges their friendship.
The post-industrial suburbs of Paris provide an atmospheric setting for a short film about a community of refugees outside the city.
In the near future, a micro-worker performs tasks that are suggested to her. Between data center maintenance and data processing, she hesitantly searches for ways to feel emotions. Devoid of social links, this world is saturated with data.
Performing with passion the little-known job of chief editor in the cinema, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte is a reference in her field, from the 1950s to the 2000s. This native of Martinique touched all cinematographic genres and was even able to adapt to the digital revolution. With determination and a great open-mindedness, she accompanied the beginnings of the New Wave while subsequently supporting all the developments in French cinema.
The international success of the film Das Boot by Wolfgang Petersen made U-96 one of the most famous submarines in cinematic history. But the true story of one of Hitler's most fearsome U-boats and its crew goes far beyond fiction. For the first time, this documentary sheds light on the reality behind the fiction through exclusive interviews with the makers and actors of Das Boot, as well as the last survivors of the time. In doing so, this documentary explores how Hitler's propaganda images may have influenced the visual and narrative force of Das Boot.
A documentary in the form of an encounter with French photographer Patrick Sarfati, who, from the 1980s onwards, magnified the male body and portrayed many iconic artists.
A gesture of post-mortem cinema: spaces devoid of tangible life take on a spectral atmosphere, as though considered through the eyes of the departed. A spatial expedition through a deconstructed Berlin ensues, existential in its storytelling and political in its focus on an individual's trauma.
Diane, the King's favorite courtesan is held captive in the Parc Aux Cerfs, but she only has one desire. This desire isn’t to share the king’s bed. She is desperate to escape her golden cage. One night, while the King had lowered his vigilance, she decides to escape.
As children in the 60s and 70s, Dédé, Michel and Daniel were sent to the Belle Étoile Catholic “correctional” facility located in the Savoie region of France. There, they were beaten, humiliated, starved and broken. With the help of director Clémence Davigo, they finally reunite to break their silence. A moving chronicle in search of memory and justice.
Charged with the turmoil of the (not-so) distant war in Ukraine, COSMOCIDE 2022 is akin to an audiovisual bouquet of glimpses from the fervent present that are deposited on the tomb of history. Both avant-gardist and primitive, the film bristles with formal invention, yet its aim goes well beyond passive pleasures of the eye. Between barbed wire and the invisible shore, the directors muse on our turbulent times, reinstating their belief in the image as a transformative, uncharted force of this world. More intense than ever, the duo’s relationship with the camera allows for the perpetual rejuvenation of our gaze. (Victor Morozov - Viennale 2023)
Guy is a dogsitter. In the evening of a day where he has once again disappointed himself, on the edge of dropping off his last dog, he is stopped by bursts of voices. At the height of an argument, the dog's owners declare a minute of silence to solemnly consecrate their separation. Frozen, in spite of himself, in the kitchen of this couple, Guy's reminding the thread of his day (which is also the one of his life) and tries to read in it the sign of a destiny and a hope.
Three filmmakers bring back images of the forest. They are reworked and destructured with the means of the photochemical laboratory. BOSCO is a visual breakthrough punctuated by a contrasted and hypnotic black and white.
Everywhere in France, people are looking for solutions, in every fields of our everyday-life, to reduce energy consumption. They want to build a world with more solidarity and a society respectful of the environment.
L’Apprenante is an American college student in the process of “finding herself abroad” in Paris. She takes French classes to immerse herself in the culture, even though her accent is tragique. In one particular class, she struggles to recount her weekend where she goes to a Parisian party and meets La Femme; a girl she is immediately drawn to.
A black man in his thirties, from a very privileged and over-educated background, finds himself reduced to becoming a security guard in a supermarket in order to enter the working world. In order to be accepted by his new colleagues, he will quickly have to deny his culture and pass himself off as scum.
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.
At the heart of Africa, a king is poisoned by one of his subjects. An old seer is called to the rescue. Contrary to their expectations, he suggests that two of the palace’s close aids go to the sacred cave to look for an antidote to cure the King of Mabunos.
An extreme double bill tribute to the program L’Œil du Cyclone on Canal+, and to one of its inceptors, Alain Burosse, who has done so much for our general culture. Without this openness of mind, without this irreverence, Chaos honestly wouldn’t be!
It's the story of a child prodigy with a passion for the almighty power of code and a mission to connect people around the world. It's a dream that fits in with the great tales of the Silicon Valley pioneers. But behind this optimistic and idealistic vocation, who is Mark Zuckerberg really? What was his strategy for staying in power? His ambivalence is at the heart of this documentary, which reveals the wild ambitions of a man in a hurry and authoritarian, fascinated by the Roman Empire and Bill Gates.
Commissioned by Sioux Standing Bull, the famous mercenary Glitch Westwood arrives in Eastern to kill his target and collect his reward. He quickly kills her, but discovers that all the inhabitants have the same face.
The last journey in North Korea of Claude Lanzmann, famous director of « Shoah ». He talks about life and death, about communism, about Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, about « Shoah »... and about himself. A conversation with the director, the portrait of an exceptional man in an exceptional country.
Continuation and conclusion of Rachmaninov's complete piano concertos: Conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk, Mikhail Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform concertos Nos. 3 and 4.
Aida, member of a Tunisian contemporary dance troupe touring Morocco, provokes during a representation in a small Middle Atlas town, her life and stage partner Hedi, who injures her onstage triggering a series of events through a long night across a forest, on the way to the next village's doctor.
Sonntag aus Licht (‘Sunday of Light’) is the final installment of Stockhausen’s monumental Licht, a cycle of seven cosmic operas performed over an entire week! In this twenty-nine hour musical work—focusing on the characters of Eve, Michael, and Lucifer—each opera corresponds to a day of the week, in turn associated with a planet. Sonntag, Day of the Sun, is the most dense and impressive score in the cycle. Premiered after the composer's death, the piece focuses on the mystical union of Eve and Michael, while exploring the concepts of space-time and the ‘spatialisation’ of sound. The brilliant staging of Le Balcon and Maxime Pascal, who also conducts the musicians of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, plunges us into an immersive experience where we can discover the captivating world of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Dimitri is a dreamy balloon seller. He loves his balloons, but unfortunately no one seems to share his passion for these helium-filled wonders.
Gaby, Zoé, Sarah, and Kenza are sixteen years old and inseparable. One evening, they come home soaked to the bone.
The soft, evocative music of jazz duo Svaneborg Kardyb is a welcome balm at the Europavox festival. You might even call it musical hygge.
In a small town in northern Poland, 18-year-old Majka is convinced that she is possessed. She decides to rely on the skills of a local priest to expel the demon, which doesn’t stop her from jokingly referencing William Friedkin’s The Exorcist with her best friend.
Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and interviews with the group’s members.
Songs of Dominique Grange carry the spirit of May 1968 riots. Committed singer, she has marked her era and became an icon. Nowadays, she is still engaged against oppression in every shape and form.
On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the death of Louis de Funès, this documentary by Jacques Pessis pays tribute to the cult actor by retracing his career through excerpts of his greatest successes in the cinema and in the music hall, never-before-seen archives, as well as testimonies from personalities and relatives.
How the European Union has outsourced its migration policy to third countries. This well-documented overview exposes European hypocrisy towards refugees.