"... It's heartening to see so much talent and dedication at work in the under-appreciated medium of personal, as opposed to corporate, comics. I also enjoyed watching so many introverts (I oughta know) squirming in front of the camera, valiantly trying to explain the unexplainable." - Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead
Thierry Le Luron, l'humour de ma vie
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Enquanto Havia um Teatro
Coluche, la France a besoin de toi
A feature-length documentary film-in-progress chronicling the birth and development of LGBTQ comics through the eyes of several of its pioneers. The film was inspired by the Lambda award-winning book of the same name, and dives deeper into the personal stories at the heart of this unique underground artistic scene. Featuring Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), the recently departed Howard Cruse (Stuck Rubber Baby, Gay Comix), and others, this film aims to show how DIY queer cartoonists have represented, poked fun at, and celebrated LGBTQ lives and experiences in challenging, humorous, and profound ways.
When the board shuts down operations for the first time in 112 years and announces the sale of the "Aryzão," Goytacaz fans rise up and risk their lives to save the last soccer stadium in Campos. Within a few months, a grassroots movement secures victories at the City Council and the Historical Heritage Council, launching the rebuilding of Goytacaz from scratch with the involvement of a young armless player. What does this story reveal about Campos?
A docufilm exploring the life, philosophical thought and spiritual journey of Blessed Antonio Rosmini.
A portrait of prestigious Spanish comic illustrator Pere Joan Riera.
Documentary on Les Charlots, known as The Crazy Boys in the English-speaking world, a group of French musicians, singers, comedians and film actors who were popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
At the heart of Manaus, two of the city’s last remaining street cinemas continue to endure: the historic Cine Carmen Miranda and Casarão de Ideias. O Cinema e o Centro explores their histories, challenges, and achievements, reflecting on the role of these spaces in an era shaped by streaming, shopping malls, and social media. More than movie theaters, they emerge as gathering places, sites of cultural resistance, and symbols of the enduring relationship between the city and the seventh art.
Throughout history, music has served as the primary method of expression for the nations and cultures that embrace it, as well as an unyielding bridge between past and future generations. Given its unstoppable technological, artistic, and accessibility evolution, what relationship does today's music hold with traditional chants? How do folklore and new urban genres intersect? What does their future look like? Guided by Gese Da O—music producer for artists such as Cruz Cafuné, Quevedo, and Delaossa—alongside Los Sabandeños and the Club de la Zarzuela de Madrid, *La música en el tiempo* seeks answers to these questions.
Documentary about Joann Sfar (born August 28, 1971) is a French comics artist, comic book creator and film director. He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. His main influences are Fred and André Franquin as well as Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Will Eisner, Hugo Pratt and John Buscema. From 2009 to 2010, Sfar wrote and directed Gainsbourg: Une Vie Heroique, a biopic of the illustrious French songwriter and singer, of whom Sfar is a self-confessed fanatic. The film, which draws substantially on Sfar's abilities as a comic book artist through its extensive use of fantasy artwork, animation and puppetry, was released in 2010 to general critical acclaim.
From early life in Yorkshire mining town, the documentary plots the rise of Comic Book artist Dean Ormston, co-creator of the Black Hammer universe, and his struggle to recovery from an event that almost cost him his career and his life.
Spirou, l'aventure humoristique
Viñetas
With the arrival of the sun, a little boy also comes to visit a couple. They spend the day together, but when the sun sets, the little boy has to leave as well.
Take a journey with master graphic novelist Joann Sfar as he finds inspiration in his Algerian-Jewish heritage and the lively streets and cafes of his current home in France. This collaboration between Citizen Film, KQED Presents and Paris-based Les Films du Poisson was telecast on PBS stations around the U.S. in 2012.
Acerola
Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1993 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.