Amani is 31. When he was an infant, he survived the genocide against Rwanda’s Tutsi population. Three decades later, Amani has set up an organisation in Nyamirambo, one of the more economically impoverished districts of the country’s capital, Kigali. It employs creativity, artistic practice and performance to grapple with poverty and generational trauma – acknowledging that deep-seated ideologies can easily foment prejudice and create an environment that proved so catastrophic in the past.
The portrait of Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, through fragments of the present, archives, readings and close voices. A film where political thought is felt in gestures, friendship and struggles, and where cinema becomes a space for the lively circulation of thought.
Nel silenzio del parco
Documentary in which Michael Rosenhahn explains the philosophical subtext of the film Solaris (1972).
Pour de vrai
Retour à Walden (Une économie)
l'eau tonne à minuit
Two young men meet during a summer day on the Mediterranean coast. First short film by Gorka Goikoetxea.
September 1945. South of France. War is over. Three young artists reunite to discuss the future. One of them, Nicolas, presents a plan for all the new corporations that are going to grow soon, in which advertising and art can merge. But Raphaël thinks differently. He wants fresh air and poetry. Therefore, he leaves. Choosing the freedom of nature like a young bohemian artist.
Chimères
Essence
Absorbed in his thoughts, an artist is trapped behind his chaotic world.
Famous Spanish film critic Alfonso Sánchez talks about his personal life, his work and Anouk Aimée. A sentimental tribute to one of the most relevant figures on the Spanish film scene.
The Hotel is the last part of a trilogy about travelling. The first two were The Atlantic (Atlanten, 1995) and The Lighthouse (Fyren, 2000). The hotel is a different kind of home. It can be a refuge, cul-de-sac, castle, nightmare, creative space...The first hotel was created as protection against the elements. Weary travellers could find shelter and rest. But it was also a place for legends and anecdotes.
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Documentary about the making of Disney's animated musical adaptation of Kipling's classic.
Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
A short documentary exploring the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Mel Brooks and the role it played in the production of "High Anxiety."
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
Narrated by two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson, this documentary exposes how two of America's richest citizens, Charles and David Koch, built a vast apparatus to deny the science of climate change and get Republicans elected to office.