Saudade do Futuro emprunte les yeux des Nordestins pour regarder São Paulo, et leurs voix pour chanter la ville ! A la guitare ou au tambourin, les repentistas nordestins, véritables chroniqueurs du quotidien, improvisent des rimes et des vers chantés qui s'inspirent de la…
The rhythms and rhymes of the ‘cantadores’, those street singers from Northeastern Brazil, tell us the beat of São Paulo, one of the five biggest cities in the world. “Paes frames indelible images of the city and its inhabitants around performances by these heartbreaking,…
After September 11, Saudis living in America came under scrutiny as many Americans wondered who are they; what are they doing in the US; why do they hate us; do they support Osama Bin Laden; how do they feel about 9/11; and why do they oppress their women? Saudi filmmaker Fahmi Farahat invites…
The film follows the cosplayer and craftsman “Saud AlHazzani” in his journey through his employment and professional gaming career, to the moment he decided to be a cosplayer. With all challenges, ups and downs, the film sheds light on the cosplay local community which is influenced mainly…
How is sauerkraut made? With this question film maker Dhiney Ramos went on a search for this recipe from the south of Brazil. He first ate it when he came to live in the Netherlands. This is a typical Dutch winter dish. In the Low Countries the dish is called 'zuurkool'. The film maker…
Like many survivors of the Holocaust, after World War II, Saul and Ruby moved to America, started families and careers, grew old, and retired to South Florida. For them, retirement could have been the last chapter in their story. But then they decided to start a klezmer band, named the Holocaust Survivor…
Like many survivors of the Holocaust, after World War II, Saul and Ruby moved to America, started families and careers, grew old, and retired to South Florida. For them, retirement could have been the last chapter in their story. But then they decided to start a klezmer band, named the Holocaust Survivor…
Juliette Achard 34 minutes - 2017 - VOFR + SRT EN Juliette Achard et son frère Clément ont grandi dans une cité de banlieue parisienne. Clément est devenu éleveur dans le Limousin. Aux abords de la ferme, le frère et la soeur tournent les séquences…
Sauti (Voice) profiles five teenaged girls in a Ugandan refugee settlement who, with tenacity, tenderness and imagination, approach their uncertain futures to create new lives of their own choosing. The film, told completely in the voices of refugee girls, witnesses the power of girls struggling for…
Pierre Hourticq and Helias Millerioux have two different perspectives on the mountains. But they both want to look for new adventures and long for the freedom to explore. It is this chemistry that leads them to attempt extreme routes like the "Pic du Midi d'Ossau ", "Vignemale’s…
SAVA is a river movie, a documentary film and a 990 km journey through countries once united in Yugoslavia. In this film nature has a voice (Mira Furlan), conversing with her people they explore a complex relationship between nature, identity and nationhood.
Classification by the Régie du cinéma in Quebec: General “A powerful documentary!” – La voix des Premières Nations, Innuvelle “A new point of view with a social issue in need of publicity, namely the identity struggle of Indigenous people of today.”…
