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The first cinematic depiction of the life of Jesus, FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS, is the only movie ever shot in the places described by the New Testament. The film itself, the 4th full length feature in the history of cinema, was shown almost a century ago and was a commercial success. Nevertheless...

The Galmi purple, the onion from Niger, pervades West African markets with 400,000 tons a year. In Galmi, Salamatou’s been waiting for her wedding for 2 years. Her father Yaro, urged both by her future in-laws and the village gossip makes a decision : «The wedding will take place at the harvest !» Y...

Michel Foucault died in June 1984. He left behind a legendary work that has been translated into all the languages of the world, and that has been the subject of a thousand interpretations. The man was much like his work: complex and contradictory. Our film mirrors all the facets of his hectic life....

Are backpackers destroying the planet—or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, GRINGO TRAILS traces stories ove...

For 37 years, first on foot, by bike and then motorcycle, He Fu Quang has been travelling the back roads of Sichuan bringing wherever he goes “culture and cinema,” as he says. Offered by the Chinese government, the films are now sent via satellite from Beijing to Chengdu where He Fu Quang, known as ...

A few kilometers south of Tangier, near the port town of Asilah, lies the wide golden beach of Sidi Mghait. It is a peaceful place, overlooked by the simple farmhouse of a peasant family, a luxurious modern villa built by a wealthy European businessman, and a small mosque. Appearances here are decep...

Remedies for Hunger are found with new technological forms of nutrition which are of great interest to the agro business and the new Internet industrial giants, who are investing millions of dollars in innovative food supply start-ups. Those new methods, efficient to fight malnutrition, will also in...

This documentary combines scientific and political investigation to report on the massive use of neonicotinoids.Designed to kill insects by spreading to each cell of a plant, they end up killing all life approaching it. While scientific studies have proved the neonicotinoids have catastrophic conse...

Joachim Kühn is a renowned contemporary jazz pianist. Following him throughout the recording of his latest album “Universal Time” in New York and Avignon, the director’s long friendship with this very private artist enables her to portray a free man, who lives and breathes by his music....

"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus of Chinese tourists visiting Europe for the very first time (6 countries in 10 days!). This road movie captures with humor and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroy...