The 60-year-old Nils has turned his back on society and has taken his refuge in a small wooden cabin in the mountains of Norway. Despite his attempt to distance himself from the world, Nils brought his cellphone and is confronted with his urge to have contact with others. This documentary describ...

For some the Dirndl is just a pretty, colourful dress with an apron, for others it is a lifelong confrontation. Just like locations, garments can be contaminated, and are subjected to different interpretations by family history. Each generation has its own way to read these narratives, that have ...

Between 2009 and 2011, I film in Syria. Reconnecting the threads of a family memory that goes back to the French Mandate, I get involved with families in Palmyra. The Revolution, then the violent repression of the regime that plunges the country into war and forces me to stop filming. A few years...

The setting of "Motorcity" is Detroit, its ostensible subject the local amateur drag racing scene. The film goes beyond an examination of the sport. Over a period of two years, the camera follows John Quick, Carter & Son Racing and Karri Anne Beebe on their individual quest for a few tenths of a ...

Damien Samedi is a hard-working man, a loving son and a caring boyfriend. He’s also been struggling with a drug addiction most of his adult life, counting on his mother’s matter-of-fact, yet unwavering support. “Petit Samedi” is the universally relatable, life- affirming portrait of a man facing ...

The film is about love story of one couple Alexandre and Marie. Alexandre is a transgender and lives with his girlfriend Marie. Because of his trans identity and mark “female“ in passport, Alexander has to lead a secret life. Such people like him are threatened with persecution and death in his h...

Cambodia 1981. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, a woman flees a country in fire and blood. She holds a baby in her arms. Forty years later, confronted with her mother's silence forged by trauma and time, the director decides to embark on a long journey. From the Cambodian jungle, through...