The life and times of Barney Wilen, the legendary jazz musician who at age 18 was already playing with Miles Davis, and whom many called the “greatest European saxophonist.” Exiled to Zanzibar in the 70s, hero of Loustal's cult comic strip, The Blue Note, Wilen was as famous for his brilliant appear...

On the beach of Thiaroye-sur-Mer on the outskirts of Dakar, the incongruous presence of the director and his " Mobile Office for Discussion" provokes many meetings. It gathers the stories of those who left but failed to reach their destination. As, for the past five years, hundreds of men have embar...

Near Charleroi, Colin lives alone with his mother in a dilapidated house which caves in each day a little more. Facing misery, he writes with his buddies in his room, transformed into a kind of improvised "youth centre". Rap. As safety valve and as necessity. The only way they have found to speak of...

"I meet Pierrot in the fall of 2018. We protest together in the heart of the "Gilets jaunes" movement. The earth trembles and so do our hearts. Our bodies mingle with thousands of others who express their anger in the street every Saturday." Laurie Lassalle was among those who maintained a presence...

Men and cattle living side by side. A few shepherds live up in the mountains, high above the valley with 150 cows. There is no real boss, alot of work, but also freedom up there, lost between the edge of the mountains and the skies. A cinematographic essay that pays particular attention to rhythm, ...

For the English, the French port town of Calais is the gateway to Europe or a place to buy cheap alcohol. For hundreds of migrants it is the final barrier in the desperate search for a new life in England. This intimate film weaves together character driven stories of refugees, migrants and English ...

Ciné-Guerrillas is a documentary that take us on an archival road trip through the birth of the Third World project, based on unseen 35mm materials filmed by Stevan Labudović, the cameraman of Yugoslav President Tito.  It plunges us into the media battle that played out during the Algerian war for i...

Every two years, the small town of Beverungen, somewhere in the middle of Germany, celebrates its traditional Marksmen's Festival. In 2008, Beverungen has the honour of hosting the annual festival of the “Confederation of Historical German Marksmen's Brotherhoods" with thousands of participants com...

After being evicted from their housing, the Kamalanathan family, who arrived from Sri Lanka nearly 30 years ago, moved into the cramped backroom of their grocer’s shop. This film, filled with tenderness and audacity, and peppered by Bollywood-style musical interludes sung by the protagonists, also i...

Consisting of archival material (Super 8 footage, interviews, and images of Budapest), East Punk Memories is based on the testimony of twelve former punks. At the end of the 1980s, they expressed their rage against the regime and awaited with hope a change to the system. What has become of them twen...