Catalogue

Filmed during the shooting of « THE WIND WILL CARRY US » (Special Jury prize, Venice 1999), this documentary shows us for the first time Abbas Kiarostami at work and his subtle approach to filmmaking.

An engaging overview of its subject’s career, lovingly made by Irish documentarian Pat Collins in concert with film critic Fergus Daly

Uganda, March 2000. At the request of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development, Abbas Kiarostami and his assistant Seilollah Samadian arrive in Kampala. For ten days, their DV cameras capture and caress the faces of thousand children, all orphans, whose parents have died of AIDS. It records tears and …

Marcel Schüpbach’s film follows Maurice Béjart during the labyrinthine creation of a new show, a ballet called Lumière (light). From rehearsals through to opening night, the incredibly sprightly, 75 years young Béjart calls the shots. His lust for life burst forth from a work which comprises music by artists who …

An insight into Chabrol’s personality through his films. His personality lends his film a unique easily identifiable flavour.

A live recording of the complete choreography by Angelin Preljocaj based on the piece “Sonntags Abschied” of Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Fascinated by the world of the famous choreographer, Angelin Preljocaj, Olivier Assayas attempts to reveal the secrets of creation by shooting the moments of joy and anguish of this ambitious new piece.

Based on a series of interviews with Damian Pettigrew on the theme of the artist and creation a year before Fellini’s death – « the longest and most detailed conversation ever recorded on my personal vision » according to Fellini – this entertaining, unique portrait explores the mythical director’s world. From Federico’s …

What first distinguishes Isabelle Huppert is her unwavering energy.What surprises, puzzles or fascinates is her courage, her daring ideas and her almost childish stubborness to be an actress. But the secret stems from pleasure, enjoyment felt by an actress who likes the moment when light which arises from her acting, …

A journey into John Woo’s world, from the Los Angeles Chinese Supermarket he used to go, to his method and directing that influenced many other filmmakers.

Abbas Kiarostami comments a few scenes of THE WIND WILL CARRY US.

As he watches a few extracts, Kieslowski explains, frame by frame, the way BLUE, RED and WHITE has been made, shot and edited

On the tracks of the earlier works of Krzysztof Kieslowski, from The Scar to The Double Life of Veronique

Focused on the connection between life and cinema, Louis Malle’s films can be seen as an autobiography in the making.

To record a poetic inspiration in its truest form without concern for conventional formalism.
With regard to poets, I would say, a cinema that would be to cinema what insomnia is to sleep.
To finish, imagine the end of an absolutely captivating film. Suddenly, the image leaps from the screen and meanders …

A film about the war prisoners in Germany and their difficulties to get back to liberty and life. It’s certainly the film in which Cartier-Bresson involved himself the most.

SNOW WHITE is the latest creation from the acclaimed Preljocaj ballet, a great contemporary romantic ballet, based on the Grimm brothers’ classic fairytale. Angelin Preljocaj’s trademark modern choreography is accompanied by fashion giant Jean Paul Gaultier’s costumes and music by Gustav Mahler.

These two documentaries are travel books, based on the visual splendour and strenth of the images. With these films, Cartier-Bresson tried to capture the late 60′s USA, during the Vietnam War.

Olivier Assayas enables us to discover the world of creation and the art of the renowned German composer who influenced a generation of musicians from the Beatles to Björk.

An investigation about the actors of Robert Bresson’s film PICKPOCKET (1959), whose lives changed by the making of the film.

Wayne McGregor never looks behind. This British choreographer multiplies experiences that are sources of infinite experimentation and improvement. Illustrated by fantastic and even extreme choreographic clips, this documentary makes us discover this passionate artist and contagious creativity. Since dancers from his company are also his research material, he feeds them: …

After modelling for Gilbert & George in 1986, Julian Cole
turned his camera on them. His intimate and moving portrait,
filmed over nearly two decades, reveals for the first time
their remarkable relationship and the individuals that are a
permanent living sculpture. The film traces their lives from
humble beginnings to the world’s artistic stage …

A composition produced uniquely on the basis of HCB’s most famous pictures, accompagnied by Diego Masson’s original music score.