The Deadman's Bride
A crew of French documentary filmmakers set up in the inn of a small village in the Romanian Carpathians to film a documentary trilogy on the survival of pagan traditions during baptisms, weddings and funerals.
If the filming of the first subjects is managed without too much difficulty, it is not so for the last one: no one is willing to die. The crew chooses to stage a funeral, dragging the superstitious villagers into a macabre game.
Directed by: Cornel GheorghitaCountry: France - Romania
Genre: Fiction
Duration: 1h 39
Produced by: AKTIS Films
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Regenerating Life
Regenerating Life is not your usual climate change story. It shifts the prevailing narrative that carbon emissions are the primary cause of global warming and urges us to look at the whole picture. The film explores how humankind’s relentless destruction of Earth’s environments has caused the climate crisis.
Since it is the vast biodiversity on our planet that regulates and balances Earth’s climate, its destruction inevitably leads to storms, floods, droughts, record high temperatures, and fires – extreme water events that we call climate change.
We can reverse this destructive process and move toward workable solutions by regenerating life.
Directed by: John FeldmanCountry: USA
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 2h 17min
Produced by: Hummingbird Films
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Je ne veux plus y aller maman
I am a journalist at Charlie Hedbo, and on January 7, 2015 I escaped the terrorist attack thanks to a combination of peculiar circumstances. Once the shock wave passed, I had to introspect to give meaning to my life which had been fragmented by this tragedy. Among my murdered comrades was Elsa Cayat, the whimsical psychoanalyst who had a column in the newspaper. We had started a film together, in the form of interviews.
Guided by the reminiscences of Elsa's words, I revisit my history and the reasons for my involvement with Charlie Hebdo. My film is both a sensitive and offbeat quest, questioning the power of images and the essence of the word 'freedom'.
Directed by: Antonio FischettiCountry: France
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 50min
Produced by: Les Films de la Boussole and II mots en images
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Jigeen Ni
Women! is said in Wolof Jigeen Ni. It is the name that five young Senegalese women have chosen for their all-female orchestra. From the practice of music, they say they draw a deep joy, a vital energy, a freedom of being that they want to communicate. And despite the difficulties they have to overcome to bring this artistic practice into their daily lives, despite the prejudices they face, they are not ready to give up!
Will they manage to support their orchestra when they must first ensure their livelihood? Will they succeed in playing a role of collective emulation for many other women, as they wish, in a society where roles and places are still traditionally assigned?
Directed by: Adrien CotonatCountry: France
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 15min
Produced by: France THM Productions
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