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2023 marked the thirtieth anniversary of Maroun Baghdadi’s sudden and tragic death. Maroun was a Lebanese filmmaker who wrote and directed films during the Lebanese civil war and contributed to documentary and fiction filmmaking from 1973 up until his death in 1993. In this film, Feyrouz Serhal embarks on a day trip in Beirut and navigates the city that profoundly shaped Maroun’s journey in life and cinema. Here she encounters individuals who were close to him and who shared his experiences. And as she traverses Maroun’s life and career, the social and political backdrop moves to the foreground. The film reflects on the last fifty years of the history of the country from a present standpoint. Through Maroun’s story, we perceive how cinema can, beautifully and dramatically, portray our stories and discourse our life events..
Maroun Returns to Beirut
Filmed over 3 years in Homs, accompanying 2 outstanding young men from the time they were only dreaming of freedom to the time when they are forced to change course. Basset, the 19yo national football team goalkeeper, who became an outspoken demonstration leader in the city, then an icon revolution singer, till he becomes a fighter... a militia leader. Ossama, his 24yo friend, renowned citizen journalist, cynical pacifist... as his views are forced to change, until he is detained by army secret service. It is the story of a city, of which the world have heard a lot, but never really got closer than news, never really had the chance to experience how a war erupted. a modern times epic of youth in war time.
Return to Homs
In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. Foley wore an orange jumpsuit as he knelt beside an ISIS militant dressed in black. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of terror. And it tested one American family. Seen through the lens of filmmaker Brian Oakes, Foley’s close childhood friend, Jim takes us from small-town New England to the adrenaline-fueled front lines of Libya and Syria, where Foley pushed the limits of danger to report on the plight of civilians impacted by war.
Jim: The James Foley Story
Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, the acclaimed filmmaker, Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country.
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
De combien de douleurs, de combien de vies se compose l’existence au Moyen-Orient ? Notturno a été tourné au cours des trois dernières années le long des frontières de l’Irak, du Kurdistan, de la Syrie et du Liban ; tout autour, des signes de violence et de destruction, et au premier plan l’humanité qui se réveille chaque jour d’une nuit qui paraît infinie.
Notturno
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
A depiction of the Wrangelkiez neighbourhood in Berlin. The people portrayed tell their life stories. One woman came to the neighbourhood a decade ago to work in Berlin’s still unfinished Brandenburger Airport, one man reminisces his childhood on a Tobacco farm in Kentucky, another speaks of an exceptional day in an otherwise monotonous workplace. These portraits are interwoven with the story of Elpi, a Greek woman who is waiting for the long overdue visit of an old important friend. The outcome of this mixture is a film which captures the lives and perspectives of some of Wrangelkiez’s most commanding citizens, while at the same time evoking the loss that change and time passing means for places and for people.
I Want to Return Return Return
Un documentaire sur la difficulté de monter un film.
Seduced and Abandoned
L'histoire de six garçons issus de la working-class anglaise de la banlieue de Manchester qui intègrent l'équipe de foot de leur ville en 1992.
The Class of ‘92
This character-driven film considers the evolving sex trafficking landscape as seen by the main players: the exploited, the pimps, the johns that fuel the business, and the cops who fight to stop it.
Tricked: The Documentary
Centré sur le bien-aimé terrier de Laurie Anderson, sa chienne Lolabelle, qui est décédée en 2011, Heart of a Dog est un essai qui mêle souvenirs d’enfance, journal intime en vidéo, rêveries autour de la collecte de données, de la culture de surveillance, de la conception bouddhiste de la vie après la mort, et des hommages chaleureux aux artistes, musiciens et penseurs qui l’ont inspirée.
Heart of a Dog
Portrait impressionniste d’un grand acteur : moments intimes, extraits de quelques-uns de ses 250 films et bouleversante interprétation personnelle de chants folkloriques américains. Exploration des pensées profondes de l’acteur sur sa vie ainsi que sur son talent inexploité de musicien, le film montre aussi des scènes tournées sur le vif avec David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Sam Shepard, Kris Kristofferson et Debbie Harry. Un collage qui fait apparaître l’âme fragile de l’acteur.
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, co-creators of the hit television series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, reflect on the creation of the masterful series.
Avatar Spirits
Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.
28 Up
Iverson is the ultimate legacy of NBA legend Allen Iverson, who rose from a childhood of crushing poverty in Hampton, Virginia, to become an 11-time NBA All-Star and universally recognized icon of his sport. Off the court, his audacious rejection of conservative NBA convention and unapologetic embrace of hip hop culture sent shockwaves throughout the league and influenced an entire generation. Told largely in Iverson's own words, the film charts the career highs and lows of one of the most distinctive and accomplished figures the sport of basketball has ever seen.
Iverson
A documentary about the sport of boxing, as seen through the eyes of champions Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins.
Champs
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband, Brad, on a wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.
To Be Takei
Un documentaire sur la vie et les films du réalisateur John Ford...
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A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
En 2009, l’armée américaine lance l’assaut sur un bastion taliban dans le sud de l’Afghanistan. Dès l’atterrissage, les Marines sont attaqués de toute part. Engagé dans ce régiment, le réalisateur Danfung Dennis capture les évènements de manière viscérale. Il suit le parcours de Harris, jeune soldat de 25 ans, des champs de bataille ensanglantés d’Afghanistan à sa maison de Caroline du Nord, où il se bat pour retrouver ses capacités physiques et mentales, perdues à la guerre.
