Portraits de voyages Japon: Hôjô Jutsu

An ant dreams of visiting the Taj Mahal.

A short animated telling of the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, a place of pilgrimage consisting of a formidable accumulation of crosses that was often razed during the Soviet period. Coming to replant a cross was then an act of resistance.

For ten years I pretended I wanted to get my grandfather to share his memories of the Algerian War. Today, I'm not sure I want to hear what he has to say, or whether I want to make this film at all.

Filmed like the travel journey of a Western traveler in search of Madagascar's customs. The pages turn, the drawings come to life, and the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar appear one after another.

The leopard shall lie down with the goat. The wolves shall live with the lambs. And the young boy will lead them. 12+1 kids and the carcass of a whale washed ashore…

Meeting with a survivor of the earthquake in Haiti. Telling us about disaster and life after the trauma.

Interview with a scientist from the Concordia research base, in the middle of an ice desert.

A Tamil from Réunion invites us to a celebration in which the men of the community walk on fire.

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

Collective screening of the Academy Award nominated short films from the Animation category for 2011. (1) Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Travel Journal), Sacrebleu Prod., France, 11 min. (2) Let's Pollute, no company listed, USA, 6 min. (3) The Gruffalo, Magic Light Pic., UK/Germany, 27 min. (4) The Lost Thing, Passion Pic., Australia/UK, 15 min. (5) Day & Night, Pixar, USA, 6 min. (6) Urs, Filmakademie Baden-Württemburg, Germany, 10 min. (7) The Cow That Wanted To Be a Hamburger, Bill Plympton Studios, USA, 6 min.

Visit to a famous Sana'a tower house with an architect

During the Pacific war on the coast of Papua New Guinea, the Papuans want to claim the god Cargo's gifts by developing a new rite.

Stop motion short film explaining what stop motion is, specially made for an exhibition about STOP MOTION which is presented by Art Brutal at Annecy for the International Animation Film Festival 2014.