PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA
Sophie Fiennes150 minPIERRE RICHARD: THE QUIET ONE
Grégory Monro52'Who is Pierre Richard? Is he, as is believed by some, the veritable double of François Perrin, a cult character he invented and for whom he often successfully donned the costume and assumed the blunders? Can he simply be reduced to the unlucky hero of La Chèvre (Knock on Wood) or to the Grand Blond (The Tall Blond Man... Read more »
AUROVILLE – ON THE PATH OF UTOPIA
Fred Cebron52'For fifty years, Auroville, an experimental city in India a few kilometers south of Pondichéry, has achieved what many other towns tried but few succeeded : to create a haven where all can live in peace, above all creeds, all nationalities, all politics. How and why has this experience been successful ? What is life like in... Read more »
CUBA UNDERGROUND
Juliette Touin10x7'While Cuba is opening up to the World, Cuba Underground is tracking the alternative places of the island, searching for a new rebellious generation. At the borders of legality, skaters, graffers, punks, stylists and tattoo artist are hijacking symbols and adapting the new trends in order to make Havana a true cultural capital again. Cuba... Read more »
PROPAGANDA
Léo Favier10x5'Propaganda is a series of short documentaries with the intention of decoding, in a scathing, offbeat way, the marketing techniques used to ensure the success of star products. Each episode equates to a critique of one particular method and is based on an existing “product” & marketing campaign (a NASA mission, the Donald Trump campaign,... Read more »
THE PENALTY
Will Francome & Mark Pizzey86'The human cost of the death penalty in America comes in for timely, gripping examination in The Penalty, the vital new documentary from British filmmakers Will Francome & Mark Pizzey (One for Ten). Embedding themselves in the stories of three fascinating people affected by the American capital punishment system, the filmmakers follow the stories of... Read more »
JEAN ROUCH, THE ADVENTUROUS FILMMAKER
Laurent Védrine52'Destiny of the director Jean Rouch intertwines with his abounding work : between ethnological research, surrealism, cinematic innovations and adventure stories set in Africa. The artist, born in 1917, marked the history of cinema of the second half of the 20th century. In Niamey, on the banks of the river Niger where he now lies, his... Read more »
A JOBLESS WORLD?
Philippe Borrel52'Full time employment appears to be a symbol of a time long gone. Intelligent machines, more reliable and less costly than humans, are in the process of replacing us, while the development of algorithms contributes to the increasing work automation. The next target of this fourth industrial revolution : white collars, the core of the middle class.... Read more »