An investigation in Antwerp about the familial story of diamonds traders brings a young Senegalese director to think about migrations nowadays. Synopsis I was born in Antwerp in 1979. My family has been living years of opulence while my father was a diamond trader. After our way back in Africa,…
In Burkina Faso, where many religions coexist and interconfessional marriage is quite common, funerals are often disputed. Charles-Auguste remembers the quarrels over his father's burial and comes to imagine what would his own funeral look like.Muslims, Christians and Animists successively explain…
Au Burkina Faso, le mélange des religions et la fréquence des mariages interconfessionnels provoquent souvent des disputes au moment du choix des obsèques. Le réalisateur se remémore celles qui ont émaillées l'enterrement de son père. Acteur…
Une manifestation, une banderole. Une silhouette, vue de dos, franchit une ligne blanche et dirige le trajet des manifestants. Fodé se retourne, montre son visage, nous regarde et sourit : quand se cacher ou se montrer, prend un tour décisif dans le cours d’une vie. Mamadou, Fodé…
The second section of the two-part documentary explaining the history of the steelpan (steel drum) and its global influence. Where "Panomundo Part 1: The Evolution of the Steelpan" explored the origins of the instrument in Trinidad & Tobago, Part 2 takes the audience on a journey though…
Barents Sea, beyond the Arctic Circle. During endless summer days, a ship relentlessly crisscrosses the shoals. Caught up in an industrial pace, and exposed to the dangers of deep-sea fishing, about thirty men work flat out for a few tons of fish. Fishing season after fishing season, what brings these…
A Navajo coal miner, Lawrence, raises his secretive daughter as a single father, while struggling with his part in the irreversible destruction of his tribe’s sacred mountain at the hands of America's largest coal producer. The Blessing is a feature-length documentary film, co-directed by…
At a glance, Europe seems a vague entity. It remains unobtainable for Kelly, who looks upon it with rage. On camera, she replays her destiny: her sensible life in Peru, her clandestine life in French Guiana, her family, her love, her coping... Kelly is suspended between three continents, three languages,…
À portée de regard, l'Europe se profile comme une entité floue. Elle reste inatteignable pour Kelly qui l'observe avec rage. Devant la caméra elle rejoue son destin : sa vie sage au Pérou, sa vie clandestine en Guyane française, la famille, l'amour,…
For several people, the Yukon represents the end of the world, with its pure, natural untouched wilderness stretching all the way to the Arctic Circle. And they’re right! Home of the Gold Rush, the Yukon is home to many other natural treasures. Seventeen of the highest peaks in Canada, as well…
Ein Film von Frieder Schlaich Roland Klick, Regisseur von Filmen wie DEADLOCK und SUPERMARKT, nimmt in der Geschichte des deutschen Films eine Sonderstellung ein. Trotz seiner Außenseiterposition im Neuen Deutschen Film der 70er-Jahre wurden seine Filme mit sechs Bundesfilmpreisen ausgezeichnet,…
שני חיילי מילואים נפגשו בסמטה צרה בג'נין במהלך הקרב על מחנה הפליטים בעת מבצע "חומת מגן" בשנת 2002. הם חזרו משדה הקרב אל קרב הישרדות חדש, אליו לא היו מוכנים. סיפורם של קובי ויטמן ונפתלי קינל שצו גיוס מילואים שלח אותם עם פלוגתם ללחימה קשה במחנה הפליטים בג'נין. לאחר עשרה ימי לחימה נקלעה…
