Catacombs of Paris: an underground society

Written and directed by Marc Planeilles 52 minutes The documentary will be broadcasted on October 30th by France 3 Paris Ile-de-France   Thrill lovers, photographers, painters or historians, about hundreds of people go down regularly in the 300 kilometres of tunnels that constitute the catacombs of Paris. With its customs, culture, means of communication, but […]

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My neighbour, the Kurd

Directed and written by Luis Miranda 52 minutes   In presenting the Kurd community in Alsace, “My neighbour, the Kurd” shows us a part of the world generally ignored by the media: Turkish Kurdistan, prey to repression, where the population finds itself in an increasingly dramatic situation. At the heart of the film, the NEWROZ […]

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Shipwrecked America

Written and directed by Alexandra Kandy Longuet 50 minutes A disaster. Emergency responses. Through the eyes of its habitants, portrait of a city that became the US laboratory and ground zero for disaster capitalism.     Partners Coproduced with RTBF – Unité Documentaire Public Sénat Shelter prod With the support of Taxshelter.be   Crew Produced […]

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Vaujours : In the name of the French nuclear weapon

  Written and directed by Marc Planeilles 52 minutes   Open in 1955 after a General de Gaulle’s initiative, the site has actively contributed to atomic bomb’s creation. In 1997, Jacques Chirac closed this site located only 15 km away from Paris. Today abandoned, the place arouses interest of Placoplatre. Producer of gypsum, the company […]

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Öcalan and the kurdish question

Directed by Luis Miranda Written by Luis Miranda and Sarah Miranda 52 minutes   The siege of the Syrian city Kobane by the Islamic State troops put forward the forgotten people of the official history : the Kurdish people. In Turkey, where the majority of the Kurdish people is living, the various governments have perpetuated […]

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Shadow war in the Sahara

Directed and written by Bob Coen and Eric Nadler 52 minutes   Two years after the French military intervened in Mali to battle jihadist rebels, the Sahel remains a hotbed of instability. This film examines the complex geo-politics of the region and the role of the United States newest military command – AFRICOM. Is the […]

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1988 Presidential Election, the election of lost illusions ?

Directed by Bertrand Delais Written by Bertrand Delais and Adam Leibovitz 52 minutes   Between April 24th and May 8th 1988, France found itself between two rounds of presidential election. The drama as well as the stakes of this election make this moment a particular point of tension. This movie immerses us in these 14 […]

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The real life

Directed and written by Guillaume Terver 52 minutes   Statistics and analyses aside, how do young people really deal with “getting started in active life” ? How do they feel ? What do they hope for ? What aspirations do they have ? What hurdles do they have to overcome on their road to work […]

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Shale gas

Directed and written by Hervé Nisic et Pierre Stoeber 52 minutes   Tar sands, shale gas and oil seem to be the solutions to the fall in oil extraction. This films weighs up the reality of the alternative bedrock hydrocarbon fuels (known as unconventional oil and gas). It analyses ten years of extraction throughout the […]

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Clémence d’Ennery’s little museum

Directed and written by Jérôme Prieur 52 minutes     Partners In coproduction with Téléssonne With the support of the CNC, Fondation Franco-Japonaise Sasakawa and Musée Guimet   Crew Produced by Adam Leibovitz

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Born too soon

Directed and written by Laure Delesalle 52 minutes   The premature infant weighing less than two pounds is a tiny tightrope-walker, teetering on the brink of life. He struggles to make his way through experiences and traumas, headed for the most uncertain of futures: becoming a human being. As we observe the preemie’s highly medicalized, […]

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Michael Haneke : profession director

Directed and written by Yves Montmayeur 90 minutes   How should violence be portrayed on the screen? What causes the family unit to fall apart? And, more generally, how does Evil worm its way into our so-called “civilised” Western societies? Already present in Michael Haneke’s initial film work, these issues continue to haunt all his […]

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It’s a bet !

Directed and written by Hervé Martin Delpierre 75 minutes   The rise of internet betting is changing the face of sports for the worse. Cheating and corruption are spreading to unprecedented levels that have set off alarms for international sports federations. With the help of INTERPOL investigators, they are trying to fight back a globalized […]

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Stories from Fukushima

Directed and written by Alain de Halleux 8 films of 8 minutes   The man who loved the trees A strange Germ Made in Fukushima The Kraken Fukushima, island of hapiness The big issue The crucial challenge The last chance   In Fukushima today, the Japanese face an invisible enemy : a radioactivity that compromises […]

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Welcome to Fukushima

Directed and written by Alain de Halleux 60 minutes   Partners Coproduced with Simple Production, Vosges Télévision and RTBF   Crew Produced by Serge Guez Image :  Alain de Halleux et Kyle Dubrek Sound mixer : Philippe Baudhuin Calibrator : Hervé Vander Heyden

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What remains for us

Directed and written by Alain Giorgetti 52 minutes   Here, in the Sélomong foret, people used to gather strong iron right off of the ground. today, at Hussigny-Godbrange, now that weeds have taken over the former industrial site, you would hve to dig pretty deep to find this existential mineral : the world of the […]

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Male Midwives

Directed by written Sophie Desgeorge 52 minutes   Pierre, Karim and Emmanuel are members of a handful of male midwives working in Alsace. All three work at the Medical-Surgical Centre of Obstetrics in Schiltigheim. As men, they are especially aware of the father’s role in a child’s birth and they encourage the father’s relationship with […]

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Gum it Up !

Directed by Vassili Silovic Written by Vassili Silovic & François Orphelin 52 minutes   The film deals with chewing gum: a trivial treat that has become emblematic of the modern world. Promoted or despised, banned or tolerated, its universal use incites astonishingly passionate reactions. What is this controversial craze based upon? Why this need for […]

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Brazil Diaries, Birth of a Nation

Directed and written by Luis Miranda According to an original idea of Pascale Malinowski 52 minutes   On 22 April 1500, the crew of a Portuguese ship captained by Cabral set foot in a land populated by Indians. They had just discovered Brazil, a New World that proved to be an enormous shock for these […]

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Mini-Skirt, In Short !

Directed and written by Marie-Christine Gambart 52 minutes   The mini-skirt appeared on the scene in 1960 and started by uncovering women’s knees. A revolution in the way of thinking, a revolution in the way of dressing. Whether it was a fashion statement or the beginning of a real scandal, this tiny piece of clothing […]

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The Intimate and the Monumental

Directed and written by Sarah Clément-Colas 52 minutes   “The Intimate and the Monumental” invites us to an exclusive viewing of the effort to restore the Sainte Chapelle, located in the heart of Paris. We will discover what goes on behind the scenes as the Ministry of Culture and the Centre of National Monuments orchestrate […]

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Diary of Home Support Workers

Directed and written by Guillaume Terver 52 minutes   Helping an elderly or handicapped person to their feet, taking them in your arms, and helping them move from one spot to another. Holding their hand. Encouraging them. Watching the clock, hurrying to take to the road, rushing along. Arriving at a new residence, at a […]

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Ecuador

Directed by Jacques Sarasin Written by Serge Elleinstein et Jacques Sarasin 72 minutes   Given the economic recession and the environmental problems facing the planet, the time has come to find an answer to the capitalist system – local solutions to problems that concern all of us. We cannot continue believing that the global market […]

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Leaving Saint-Pierre or returning to it ?

Directed by Gilles Bouteiller Written by Christian Chambres & Gilles Bouteiller 52 minutes   The stories of immigrants are always rich and powerful, referring back to universal human issues. This documentary successfully combines fascinating life stories with the discovery of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a stark, windswept archipelago close to Newfoundland that offers a cold, […]

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Does my brain have a sex ?

Directed and written by Laure Delesalle 52 minutes   One thing is clear, the issue of Male and Female is never neutral! Are women’s brains different from men’s? That is what many scientific reviews try to tell us today. From basic biology to the latest discoveries in genetics, the director conducts a humorous, in-depth investigation that […]

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Ricardo Aronovich, with my dinosaur eyes

Directed and written by Claudia Marschal 52 minutes   Through the portrait of Ricardo Aronovich, famous cameraman who worked with great directors such as Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, Ettore Scola or Costa Gavras, Luis Miranda takes us on a trip through 50 years of cinema.     Partners Produced with CinéCinéma In coproduction with Le […]

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Tomorrow may never come

Directed and written by 110 minutes   The town of Graulhet, in the Tarn department, in the South of France, has witnessed the closing of 120 leather factories, one after the other. Fouad and Rafik, 26 years old, have seen their parents laid off and suddenly revert to immigrants once again. What role do these […]

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Johnnie Got His Gun !

Directed and written by Yves Montmayeur 59 minutes   Johnnie TO is indeed the new Mandarin of Hong Kong action cinema. Not to say the Godfather of asian thriller ! Today we talk about the style of Johnnie To with the same excitement as we mentioned the name of John Woo in the eighties. As […]

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The Purge in Alsace

Directed and written by Luis Miranda 52 minutes   At the end of World War II, the French government implemented a five-year “purification” policy that rocked the Alsatian society to its very core with massive arrests, the refusal to grant residency, the abrogation of fundamental rights, and so on. Thousands of families were thrown into […]

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The other side, dert-ànna

Directed and written by Claudia Marschal 52 minutes   Alsace, France. A region with plentiful vineyards, mountains, flourishing forests and picturesque lakes. Population 1,836,000. Castroville-Texas, the United States of America an ordinary village trapped between Highway 90 and miles of harsh sunburnt fields. Population 2664. An investigation begins. Cowboys are speaking a language unknown to […]

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Hubert Nyssen, an open book

Directed by Sylvie Deleule 52 minutes   The film is a focus on Hubert Nyssen, a Belgian naturalized French publisher who created Actes Sud editions. « First, I’m a writer, then a publisher », he says, but above all, he thinks of himself as a words carrier. At 84, he is still full of life […]

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Nuclear power : nothing to report

Directed and written by Alain De Halleux 58 minutes   This film offers an insider’s look at workers in the nuclear sector, people who play a vital role inside nuclear power plants, who guarantee the security of these installations. The director goes beyond just putting a face to these anonymous people; he acknowledges them as essential […]

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The second life of Betty

Directed and written by Luis Miranda 52 minutes   This is the heartbreaking story of Betty, the eldest daughter of an african family who had to live through the armed conflicts in 1995, on the French territory of Burundi. Betty’s mother, Rosette, decided to stay in Burundi and gave away her children to a border escort. […]

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Sponsor a child near your home

Directed and written by Carole Tresca 52 minutes   This film deals with the sponsorship of children who lives near your home. It reveals a new social and human relations, which is largely unknown.     Partners Produced with France 5 and Planète With the support of Délégation à l’Information et à la communication (DICOM) of […]

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The origins of language

Directed and written by Bernard Favre 52 minutes   Along with the ability to walk on two feet, the invention of language is regarded as one of the most important stages in the adventure of human development. Where did this strange faculty come from ? Until the 1980s, speech and language, the brain and the larynx […]

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Parents like this, children like that

Directed and written by Jean-Pascal Hattu 52 minutes   Géraldine, Nicolas, Lola and Léo all have something in common: they were raised by either two mothers or two fathers. As a couple or as a family, they discuss their childhood and the choices made by their parents while questioning their own identity.     Partners Produced […]

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Manneken Pis, the cradle of the pissing child

Directed and written by Anne Levy-Morelle 52 minutes   Within an investigation into the most curious of emblems ever attributed to a city- that of a child in the act of pissing- and out of the story of the chances of having one of the most beautiful architectural assemblages in the world- the great square in […]

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Copy of Coralie

Directed and written by Nicolas Engel 22 minutes   A love story in song.. Mr. Conforme, manager of the reprography studio “Copie Conforme”, has spent the last thirty years dreaming of a woman who has disappeared. Virginie, his young assistant, decides to take things in hand …   Partners With Arte France, Citizen TV, le Département de la […]

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Menie Grégoire, a Presence in French Radio

Directed by Marie-Christine Gambert Written by sophie Garnier and Marie-Christine Gambart 52 minutes   This film recounts in the first person the story of Menie Grégoire, host of the “Allo, Menie” program on RTL radio from 1967 to 1981 and pioneer of intimate radio talk shows that were especially directed at women in a society then […]

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Campo Santo

Written and directed by Sonia Pastecchia 60 minutes   Campo Santo- the Sacred Field- speaks of te mourning for the motherland. The film backtracks the earlier train trip made by the director’s own parents: Liege – Estanatoglia, and thus shows the effects on the village’s population where many, unable to find work there, have left for […]

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Jacques Rebotier, the heterodidact

Written and directed by Olivier Pascal 52 minutes   Portrait of Jacques Rebotier, writer, composer and drama director. He is the author of unusual plays, that are as joyfull than disturbing. Let’s go in and see his work and quirky universe.   Partners Produced with Cityzen TV With the support of Fond pour la création musicale […]

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Who owns America ?

Written and directed by Laure Delesalle 52 minutes   The United States, the world’s wealthiest country, is also the one that owes the most money to the rest of the planet. Isn’t it ironic? Economists’ opinion is divided on the matter. There are more or less two sides. The ones who think it’s “sustainable”. The […]

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Social Services in the Fight against Exclusion

Directed by Carole Tresca 52 minutes   Pacing itself with the dramatic situations faced by social workers in their daily struggle to help and assist the more fragile members of the population, the two parts of the film take a look at the human perspective and commitment of this profession.   Partners Produced with France 5 […]

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Manou Gallo, Woman of Rhythm

Directed by Jean-Philippe Martin 52 minutes   Combining her African roots with the influence of contemporary blues, funk and soul, this young woman explores new musical territories as she skillfully develops an international following.   Partners Produced with RTBF and Cityzen Télévision in coproduction with Iota Production, Zig Zag World et Djiboï With the support […]

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The Tribulations of Paper in China

Directed by Jean Crépu 22 minutes   While waste recovery and recycling is a crucial challenge for the world today, the market of recovered cardboard reveals an astonishing reality. It represents in fact a highly sought-after raw material for China, which has become the world’s leading importer. Visit to the Chinese company of Fook Woo, specialized […]

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The Tuesday Workshops

Directed by Véronique Pons 52 minutes   The women in “Tuesday Workshops” aren’t in a precarious situation by mere accident. The high unemployment that followed the collapse of the textile industry produced these “ants” who are a common sight in northern cities. Social links are stretched to the breaking point and people are often isolated. Within […]

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Marital violence, the courage to speak up

Directed by Carole Tresca 52 minutes   The film proposes to follow the daily activities within a pilot association that is involved in combating marital violence (first cause of death and disablement in France) looking at the vast training program in place of the various partners( the State, doctors, judges, police . . . ) and […]

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A manager in overdrive

Directed by Sylvie Cann 52 minutes   The central idea is to examine the very special energy level that propulses Stephane Amaru, the manager, who unites more than 80 Tony&Guy hairdressers at five different location into a unique team. We will follow the unexpected success of this artisan whose pep talks and risk-taking bull-dozes the reigning […]

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Nice to meet you, please don’t love me

Directed by Yves Montmayeur 52 minutes   Portrait of Asia Argento, actor in Abel Ferrara’s “New Rose Hotel”, and director of “Scarlet Diva” “She’s the Devil !” Abel Ferrara “The thing I love about her, she doesn’t play by anybody else’s rules.” J.T Leroy “She is like a hard fucking man in reverse in a way, […]

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My dear sponsor…

Directed by Pascale Ferradini 52 minutes   Christine and Yeshi are tied by a sponsorship. Christine is French, Yeshi lives in Mundgod in Southern India. The money sent by Christine (thirty euros a month for the past two years) has allowed Yeshi to undertake superior studies. They exchange letters and small gifts. The filmmaker, traveling […]

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Almost nothing with Luc Ferrari

Directed by Olivier Pascal and Jacqueline Caux 52 minutes   Portrait of Luc Ferrari, prolific musician and composer. FIPA 2006 – hors compétition Fipatel   Partners Produced with Cityzen TV With the support of Fonds pour la Création Musicale, Concerts de Musique Contemporaine, de la Chaux-de-Fonds, Muse en Circuit, Centre de Création Musicale en Ile-de-France […]

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Michel Deneuve, the cristal’s soul

Directed by Guy Soubigou 26 minutes   Partners Produced with Cityzen TV and KTO With the support of Fonds pour la Création Musicale   Crew Produced by Serge Guez Images & editing : Guy Soubigou Consultant : Colette Marie Sound : Jean-Christophe Girard Mix : Cyril Adam

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Hunting with the mare

Directed by Jean Vercoutère Written by Jean-Pierre Delaume et David Laizeau 2×26′   Partners Produced with Equidia Coproduced with RVB and CNC   Crew Produced by Serge Guez Editing : Thierry Czajko Images : Jean Vercoutère Mix and sound : Samuel Abraham

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Madame Butterfly, The Butterfly’s Imprint

Directed by Marie Blanc-Hermeline 52 minutes   How Puccini put words and music to the problematics of obsessional love that is so linked to destruction.   Partners Produced with France 5 and MEZZO Festival Fondazione Pucciniano   Festival Festival Fondazione Pucciniano

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Traviata, Autospy of a sacrifice

Directed by Marie-Dominique Blanc-Hermeline 52 minutes   The history and analysis of this opera by G. Verdi with extracts of its different stagings and interviews with great operatic performers.   Partners Produced with La Cinquième, MEZZO, Ina Entreprise and RM Associates   Crew Produced by Serge Guez Images : Serge Guez Sound : Dominique Davy Editing : Marie-France Cuenot

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The pool of miracles

Directed by Marie-Dominique Blanc-Hermeline, Kinou Lefèvre & Gilles Nivet 52 minutes   In Baro, in Guinea Bissau, the Festival of the Pool is the oldest and most important ceremonies of the region. It revolves around an animist rite, based on water, a vital, fertile element so precious in the Savannah region.   Partners Produced with […]

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The Unbearable Lightness of a clown

Directed by : Véronique Landolfini 52 minutes   “It’s good for your health to be a clown. It does you good because you can finally do what you really want: break everything, tear things apart, set fire to things, roll around on the ground and there is not one person who is going to scold […]

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Rebels in the shadows

Directed by Goran Markovic 52 minutes   The resistance movements in today’s Serbia against the totalitarian regime of Slobodan Milosevic.   Partners Produced with Cityzen TV With the support FreeB92 & ANEM and Centre National Cinématographie Broadcast : France 2, Planète et Canal Di Historia (Spain)   Crew Editing : Gordana Othnin-Girard Images : Molos Ristic, Sasa Brajovic, Serge […]

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Drummer of what ?

Directed by Guy Chabanis 52 minutes   Percussionist Youval Micenmacher taught himself music during a rich and atypical carrer. Strongly influenced by oriental and Arab-Andalusian music, he is constantly searching for new cultures that will help him develop his playing, his creation. Accompanist, improviser, comedian and composer, he has also created solo shows. The film […]

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Harmonics

Directed by Marie Blanc-Hermeline, Philippe Orreindy, Pascaline Simar, Olivier Simonnet, Philippe Terrail , Patrick Vaissières 10X26′ – 1998/1999   Collection of 10 documentaries The life and works of the great composers from the 17th to 20th centuries, otherwise known as the “classics”: Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Debussy, Mahler, Schoenberg Partners Coproduced with La […]

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Forward… March !

Directed by Pascaline Simar 52 minutes   We follow the rehearsals of “the Opera of Gueux” performed by the young people from the Opera Junior troupe. The troupe is made up of 2,600 children and adolsescents who underwent multi-disciplinary training- in music, song, and theatre- by participating in numerous performances that were included in the […]

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The Rogue’s Opera

Directed by Patrick SAvey 100 minutes   A recreation of a live show based on the famous “Ballad Opera” by John Gay and Christopher Papusch. Directed and interpreted by the Group Vocal Opera Junior and the Atelier Opera Junior from Montpellier.   Partners Produced by France 3, Mezzo, Opéra Junior and the Opéras de Montpellier […]

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Journey into a painting

Directed by Marie-Dominique Blanc-Hermeline & Philippe Orreindy 50X2’30”   Series of 50 episodes presenting the great masters of painting, from Giotto to Douanier Rousseau.   Partners Produced with France 3, La Cinquième, Histoire, Raï Sat, Imagen Satellita, Synapse Brésil With the support of Centre National de la Cinématographie

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