Cinéma du réel

Claudio Pazienza - Archipels nitrate

2009-02-09T11:42:18Z

Claudio Pazienza

64'

- Belgique

- Prod: Komplotfilms

2009

"(…) I am what I've seen, said Matisse. But all the images seen do not remain intact. Even less so the image of oneself. Time crosses them, spoils them, torments them. And this sensitive skin - nitrate - is the symptom of this" (C.P.)

Heddy Honigmann - El Olvido (Oblivion)

2009-02-09T11:42:16Z

Heddy Honigmann 93' - Pays Bas, Allemagne - Prod: Cobos Films 2008 Peru, a forgotten land - like most countries in Latin America. Occasionally - during presidential elections, after a powerful earthquake - the world remembers Peru's existence, but just for a few days. - News from / NF, Germany, Netherlands, Honigmann, Heddy

Gustav Deutsch - Film IST. A Girl and a Gun

2009-02-09T11:42:15Z

Gustav Deutsch 93' - Autriche, Pays Bas - Prod: Loop Media 2009 Using images "from the first four and a half decades of cinematography", Gustav Deutsch has constructed a musical "film drama in five acts." The editing is based on visual analogies, the superficial similarity of bodies, objects, movements and narratives. - News from / NF, Austria, Netherlands, Deutsch, Gustav

Jonas Mekas - Lithuania and the Collapse of the USSR

2009-02-09T11:42:14Z

Jonas Mekas

286'

- États-Unis

- Prod: Jonas Mekas

2009

Forces of time, memory, change, and the human condition: Mekas recorded newscasts that played daily from 1989 to 1991 on his television set at home, as a chronological overview of Lithuania's birth as an independent nation.

Helga Reidemeister - Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz - Ein Liebe in Kabul (My Heart Feels Gloom - A Kabul Love Story)

2009-02-09T11:42:12Z

Helga Reidemeister

87'

- Allemagne

- Prod: Ohne Gepäck

2009

Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. They meet again in Kabul in the 1990s. Poverty forces Hossein to fight in the war...

Herz Frank - Muzigais Meginajums (Perpetual Rehearsal)

2009-02-09T11:42:11Z

Herz Frank 102' - Lituanie, Israël - Prod: Studio EFEF 2008 Perpetual Rehearsal is compiled of video journals, which Frank recorded for over ten years, as the loyal chronicler of the theatre group Gesher. Yevgeny Arye, the founder of Gesher ("bridge" in Hebrew), brought together actors who had emigrated from the Soviet Union to Israel. - News from / NF, Israel, Lithuania, Frank, Herz

Raya Martin - Now Showing

2009-02-09T11:42:10Z

Raya Martin 280' - Philippines, France - Prod: Cinematografica Independiente en Filipinas, Third Home 2008 Rita is named after a famous American movie star whom her grandmother once adored. She lives in one of Manila's oldest districts with her mother and aunt. Years later, she is still the same girl enamoured with television, now also tending to her aunt's stall selling pirated DVD (...) - News from / NF, Philippines, France, Martin, Raya

Herz Frank - Par desmit minutem vecaks (Ten Minutes Older)

2009-02-09T11:42:08Z

Herz Frank

10'

- U.R.S.S

- Prod: Riga Motion Picture Studios

1978

The face of a child watching a puppet show.

Boris Lehman - Portrait du peintre dans son atelier

2009-02-09T11:42:07Z

Boris Lehman

40'

- Belgique

- Prod: Dovfilm

1985

The encounter between two visions (that of painter Arié Mandelbaum and the filmmaker's) and the voice of a female opera singer in the painter's studio.

Dominic Gagnon - Rip in Pieces America

2009-02-09T11:42:05Z

Dominic Gagnon

69'

- Canada

- Prod: Film 900

2008

"I was watching videos on Internet and I noticed that some were flagged because of their content. As they were disappearing from the free access sites, I began to save and edit them." (D.G.)