Lunch on the Grass

Exploring themes of science, religion and alien life, the short film centres around a “brilliant” scientist who finds his whole perspective on life falling apart after an unexpected encounter during a picnic by a lake. H

Un son sur cette dernière image

In each of her films (including many of those that have been shared here at FIDMarseille, over the years), it seems as though Sophie Roger has given herself a rule that is unsettling for anyone else: nothing guarantees t

Nightfall in Shanghai

Tombée de nuit sur Shanghaï is Akerman’s contribution to the collective film L’état du monde (2007). Consists of little more than long-held vid shots of Shanghai skyscrapers and a floating boat, bearing giant video displ

Sur les traces de Mamani Abdoulaye

“Abdoulaye Mamani, a militant and trade unionist, journalist, engaged writer, led a lifelong struggle for people’s freedom and the independence of his country, Niger. Retracing the footsteps of my father, twenty-three ye

Spiritueux sans fond sur les événements

The Blonde Queen brings a drink to her double, Jonas, in order to create a metaphysical self-portrait.

Métro, une ville sur les rails

Sur les routes éternelles de Samarkand

During the exhibition Splendors of the Oases of Uzbekistan at the Louvre, a journey to the mythical city of Samarkand, a fabulous tapestry of civilizations.

Sur les murs de la ville

Out on the frayed edges of society, a solitary soul drifts through a world that has long forgotten them. What begins as a desperate search for connection gradually unravels into a quiet surrender, as the harsh weight of

Construire le futur : Le soleil sur terre

Vous saurez tout sur le pénis

A New Look at Olympia 52

Filmmaker Julien Faraut uses footage of Chris Marker's 1952 documentary on the Olympic Games in Helsinki to chronicle his way of filming.

Cities Held Hostage: Main basse sur la ville

Kissing You On The Honey

Siwam lives somewhere in Syria. Rawad lives somewhere else in Syria. Despite the chaos, they decide to communicate by sending each other videos. By witnessing the home movies they made for each other, we discover their c

Fenêtre sur cour

Let’s try to imagine a kind of remake that, no matter who the viewer is, does not betray the viewer’s own conception of the original. A remake that is just as empty as its viewer if the viewer is unfamiliar with the orig

El sur nunca muere

Retour sur le territoire

The Truth about Alvert, the Last Dodo

On the island of Reunion, Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set on a quest to turn a hen into a dodo bird, whose magic feathers might save the boy’s seriously ill mother.

Hampi

A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological

Thaïlande, toutes sur le ring !

Sur les traces de Madeleine Pelletier

In April, 1939, the police came to the home of Dr. Madeleine Pelletier. Who could this woman declared as a threat to pubic order and safety be? Seen as so dangerous that she should not be allowed to defend herself, she w