The Revolution Hunter
It all started with a picture taken in 1974 in Lisbon, just after the Portuguese Revolution. She tries to enter in that picture as if she could enter into a time she didn't belong and finally...
Mother Is God
Mother Is God is a fragmented and personal film on different visions of reality. It is built on conversations between me (the director) and God (my psychotic mum), where we encounter her flower...
The Predicate and the Poppy
In a primary school in a tough, outlying area of Paris, where teachers burn out steadily, five young and relatively inexperienced teachers made a commitment to stay. Five years later, they describe...
The Williamsburg Houses
This film gazes into the architecture and lives of the occupants of one of the most ambitious public housing projects ever built in the US. Exploring the remains of a utopian design in contemporary...
We Come as Friends
When Sudan, Africa's biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old ‘civilising’ pathology re-emerges - that of colonialism, clash of empires, and yet new episodes of bloody (and holy)...
Darwin's Nightmare
In the 1960s, in the heart of Africa, the Nile Perch was introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment and eventually extinguished almost all the native fish species. It multiplied so fast...
Alone with Our Stories
The most destructive violence is that perpetrated by the one you love. In France, one in seven women suffers from violence at the hands of their partners. In this sensitive film and intimate portrait...
Kisangani Diary
After the massacre perpetrated on the Tutsis in 1994, tens of thousands of Hutus fled to Zaire, and many of them never returned. These ‘forgotten’ refugees were living in poverty thousands of miles...
On the Road with Emil
This film follows circus director and ringmaster Emil and his little circus from one village to the next, through the Austrian winter landscape. It reveals the endless routine of circus life and the...
Wansei Painter - Tetsuomi Tateishi
TATEISHI Tetsuomi was born in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period in 1905. He was once regarded a promising painter, but his achievements were to be forgotten when he was repatriated to Japan...