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La mer n'oublie pas 2024
Saud now lives in Paris, caring with devotion and tenderness for his two young children while closely following the drama in Gaza. “It's hard to be far away.” He speaks sadly of his situation as a Palestinian citizen of Israel. When he accompanies his daughter to school, they both stick up placards for the liberation of Palestine...
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I ké volé 2024
Alix left his native island, Martinique, and its musical culture, to study opera singing in Paris. Portrait of a young man who now embraces all his singularities: his rare countertenor voice, his kohl and his done nails. He works hard to realize his dream of becoming a professional artist.
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In High Spirits 2024
Montmartre, in the square. They pass each other, ogle and play. As much as they sniff, lick and bite each other. The regulars have a field day.
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You're Still Thinking About That? 2023
About questioning, cycling and moving on.
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J'ai faim 2021    star_border 3
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Deux soeurs 2021
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Lucie 2021
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Wakis, Tree Hunter 2020
Wakis, a lumberjack in the Central African Republic, works with his family collecting wood to process into charcoal. But faced with its increasing scarcity—and to avoid conflicts with his neighbours—he must “hunt” trees further and further away from his production site. Tanguy Djaka Yarissi creates an accurate social chronicle about the insecurity of a traditional trade. – Emmanuel Chicon
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María K 2020    star_border 10
A secret figure in French underground cinema, Maria Koleva has filmed all over Paris, written about Marx and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Serge Daney. This documentary is a portrait of a histrionic Koleva, trying to reveal her militant, poetic and cinematographic universe, located in the Latin Quarter of Paris.
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Trăng trên lò gạch 2020
For centuries, along the Mekong river, the brick kilns in Mang This used to be the symbol of the delta’s economic prosperity. Now, the last brick kilns finally come to an end.
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Boyi-biyo 2020
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Pomelo 2019
Documenting the transformation of Bưởi Road in Hanoi, from a labyrinth of houses and small businesses to a highway, with demolition crew destroying buildings - some still inhabited, gleaners looking for metal scraps to sell for a living, and people living on the edge of this crowded road finding a way to keep on living.
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Gang of Witches 2018
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Décalé décalé 2017
Manuel raps about his life, his thoughts, his whole world of revolt, surrounded by the kind attention of the villagers who welcome him into their homes. Inhabited by his lyrics, he tries to live them and pass them on.
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Tung's World 2009
Tung is a young autistic boy. His parents do battle every day to have his illness recognized and better taken charge of by the state. Prejudice about mental illness is still very tenacious in Vietnam.
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Who Owns the Land? 2009
The Vietnamese State has decided to modernise and to establish vast tourist complexes along the entire coastal zone of the agricultural region of Quang Nam, forcing peasants off their lands. The film recounts the reactions of the inhabitants, many of whom participated in the liberation struggle for the independence of Vietnam.
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Grandfather and grandson 2006
The grandfather tries to explain the family history, the traditions, privileges and duties of the eldest son to his grandson, who agrees to stay on in the village, unlike others of his generation who have left for the city.
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KẺ TẬP SỰ 2005
Nhi, a student at the film school, expresses her doubts and wonders about her future, during the last days of preparation for her graduation shoot. Produced by Ateliers Varan Vietnam.
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TỔ ẤM 2005
The father and mother of a little boy are both motorcycle cab drivers. The boy is often left alone in the single room that is their home. Produced by Ateliers Varan Vietnam.
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BỤI 2005
An elderly woman, a boy and a dog. With a cart, they wander around the city collecting boxes and papers, and only return when everyone else is asleep. Produced by Ateliers Varan Vietnam.
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