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Grandir · 2019Grandir
★ 8.02019
MovieDocumentary
Prin was born in Jarai community in Vietnam's Central Highlands. She is six years old. In North Myanmar, teen years old Myu Lat Awng lives in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons because of border war. 14 years old Phout lives in kingdom of the million elephants. Deaf and mute, she has a whole different perception of life. 17 years old homeless Pagna dreams of studies and travels. Thookoloa is 21. Without any Thai identity papers, she left her mountains to find work in Bangkok. 34 years old Juliet lives happily with her husband and her four children in the Philippines. A grown-up orphan in Cebu’s trash dump site, she did everything to make her dreams become a reality. She is currently a primary school teacher. All these destinies tie, meet and assemble like pieces of one giant puzzle for one big adventure : Grandir (Growing up)
Les Pépites · 2016Les Pépites
★ 7.32016
MovieDocumentary
Enfants valises · 2013Enfants valises
2013
Movie
Adolescents from Northern and Francophone Africa leave their tiny villages, temporarily or for good, and land on French territory. Called 'suitcase children,' they are thrown into often unstable families. They are still minors, and the French educational system is required to accept them -- even if they're in the country illegally. They must be brought up to speed before being integrated into general or specific areas of study. This is a year where they must find their bearings, adapt to French culture and determine what their future will be.
9 Days at Raqqa · 20209 Days at Raqqa
★ 8.12020
MovieDocumentary
Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An engineer by training, mayor at just 30, immersed in a world of men, her mission is to rebuild her city, to reconcile, and to establish democracy there. An extraordinary mission. A French writer crosses Iraq and Syria to meet her. In this still dangerous city, she has 9 days to live with Leila and tell her story in a book.
Free Spirits · 2025Free Spirits
★ 6.02025
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Gathered together in a large house by the sea, carers, patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and musicians are the protagonists of an improbable artistic residency. Beyond what separates them, they come together to create and live together. A hymn to life, to the living, to everything that is still possible... despite everything!
With One Voice · 2009With One Voice
★ 10.02009
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Israelians musicians and Palestinians are invited to tour in France. Each of the 14 concerts is a huge success... But backstage, things are complicated.
The Perfect Motion · 2023The Perfect Motion
★ 7.02023
MovieDocumentary
The odyssey of the Cambodian Royal Ballet and the Khmer classical dance. A millenary art and the symbol of a restored identity. A movie that captures history, emotion, expression and the beauty of hand gestures. A movie about movement and the story behind it.
En toute liberté - Une radio pour la paix · 2023En toute liberté - Une radio pour la paix
★ 4.22023
MovieDocumentary
The medium that gives voice to those who have no voice is radio. In northern Iraq, seven young journalists, Muslims, Christians and Yezidis, are giving their microphones to those who want peace. They work for Radio Al-Salam, a station free from political and religious influences. In total freedom, voices are raised on the airwaves and bring back the link within a nation.
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