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Lamokowang
Lamokowang (2003)
, 13minutes
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry

The calabash is used as a metaphor for Africa and its representation of cinema. The rhythm intrudes into the film to pose questions of yesterday's cinema and emphatically address tomorrow's. Will cinema be able to break free from clichés and prejudices?
10 on Ten
10 on Ten (2004)
, 1h28
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Origin Iran
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami reprend le dispositif de son film Ten sorti en 2002 : une voiture circulait dans les rues de Téhéran, avec deux caméras fixées sur le tableau de bord, une filmant la conductrice et l'autre filmant le passager. Dans 10 on Ten, une seule caméra filme le conducteur qui se trouve être Kiarostami lui-même. En roulant au travers de la campagne iranienne, il évoque devant le spectateur la réalisation de Ten. Ceci est le point de départ d'une réflexion plus générale sur le processus de création du réalisateur, son rapport au documentaire, au sujet filmé, aux caméras numériques et à l'industrie du cinéma.
Kuxa Kanema: The Birth of Cinema, 52minutes
Origin Portugal
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry

En racontant l'histoire de l'Institut National du Cinéma (INC), de ses films et des gens qui lui sont liés, ce documentaire raconte aussi l'histoire d'une jeune nation africaine. Quel rôle le cinéma peut-il jouer dans la reconstruction des valeurs culturelles? Ou quel rôle peut-il jouer dans la destruction de ces valeurs? Après des siècles de colonisation, suivis d'années de guerre civile, de famine et de destruction, un pays tente de réfléchir sur son passé, reconstruire son identité et réclamer sa dignité.
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about historical events
Actors Sigourney Weaver, Marlene Dietrich, Hedy Lamarr, Elsa Lanchester, Peter Lorre, Billy Wilder

Ce documentaire, mêlant document d'archives, extraits de films et interviews, retrace le parcours de personnalités du cinéma allemand qui à l'arrivée d'Adolf Hitler au pouvoir en 1933, choisissent, plus ou moins forcés, de s'exiler à Hollywood. On découvre comment des hommes et des femmes du cinéma germanophone (Fritz Lang, Ernst Lubitsch, Peter Lorre, Marlène Dietrich, Billy Wilder entre autres) ont dû s'adapter au système hollywoodien et se faire une place dans le cinéma américain. Ils ont grandement contribué à la création du film noir et ont apporté du sang neuf au genre de la comédie.
VHS - Kahloucha, 1h20
Directed by Nejib Belkadhi
Origin Tunisie
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité

Moncef Kahloucha, a great fan of 1970s movies, and also a house painter, shoots hilarious feature films in VHS with the help of the inhabitants of Kazmet, a poor district in Sousse (Tunisia). He produces, directs and stars in his films which are an opportunity for the locals to get away from their dull lives and to experience unique moments, from preparation to the screening of the film in the local café. The camera follows Kahloucha shooting his latest production: Tarzan of the Arabs.
Le Congo, quel cinéma!, 7minutes
Directed by Guy Bomanyama-Zandu
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry

Congolese cinema came to light by means of propaganda and educational films during the colonial era. Nowadays, local productions have a hard time keeping their above water, and Congolese filmmakers wonder about the future of a cinema lacking any kind of support. The film is a documentary about Congolese three technicians (Claude Mukendi, Pierre Mieko, and Paul Manvidia-Clarr) and Ferdinad Kanza, a director who made films in the years 1970-1980 and work at the National Radio Television of Congo.
Au bord de la piscine, 13minutes
Origin Burkina faso
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry

Depuis 1969, au Burkina Faso se déroule tous les deux ans, un des événements cinématographiques les plus importants du continent africain : le Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO). La ville devient durant dix jours la capitale des cinéastes du continent et attire aussi producteurs, distributeurs, réalisateurs, comédiens, journalistes, télévisions et radios du monde entier. Moustapha Alassane, cinéaste nigérien fut, avec Sembène Ousmane, Timité Bassori…, l'un des pionniers de ce festival humaniste. Créateur et conteur intarissable, réalisateur de films de fiction, de documentaires et de films d’animation, Moustapha Alassane, pris dans l’ambiance du FESPACO, au bord de la piscine de l’hôtel Indépendance, raconte les débuts du FESPACO, se souvient... salue des amis cinéastes, plaisante.
Live Before the Letter, 50minutes
Directed by Denys Desjardins
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Denys Arcand, Roman Kroitor, Roger Blais, Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Fernand Dansereau

Where does cinéma vérité come from? Who were its predecessors and what did they create? Compelled by the urge to get closer to the people in front of the camera, cinema vérité sprouted in a context of unprecedented creative freedom. Avant-garde techniques and the pioneering filmmakers behind them, notably National Film Board of Canada icon Michel Brault, set the stage for a new movie-making philosophy born in the ‘50s and ‘60s, a philosophy whose influence lives on in virtually every facet of today’s media.
This Is Nollywood, 55minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry

This is Nollywood follows Nigerian director Bond Emeruwa on his quest to finish filming a feature-length action movie in nine days on the outskirts of Lagos. However, Bond is just one of the incredible protagonists of Nollywood, Nigeria’s burgeoning, but little known movie industry that is rapidly changing Africa’s modern popular culture. In the end, the film is about more than a fascinating and unheralded movie industry, it is about how people surmount obstacles to achieve their dreams.
Cinema in Sudan: Conversations with Gadalla Gubara, 52minutes
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films set in Africa, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité

This documentary portrays a great Sudanese filmmaker, Gadalla Gubara (1920-2008), one of the pioneers of cinema in Africa. Through his works, Gadalla shows us a mysterious and misunderstood country, Sudan. Despite censorship and the lack of financial backing for over sixty years, he produced an independent and unique cinema in a country where freedom of expression is a rare luxury. This film follows the struggle of the man who received the Excellence Career Award at the 2006 African Academy Awards, Nigeria.
Mambéty for Ever, 1h20
Origin Cameroun
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Wasis Diop, Abderrahmane Sissako, Newton Aduaka

A film about the life and work of filmmaker Djibril Diop Mambéty, with testimonials from filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako, Newton Aduaka and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Cheik Fantamady Camara, Mahama Johnson Traoré; critics Catherine Ruelle, Thierno I. Dia and Brice Ahounou; Cameroonian actor Gérard Essomba; Mambéty's brother, Wasis Diop; and his son, Teemour Diop.
From NFB to Box-Office, 1h35
Directed by Denys Desjardins
Origin Quebec
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Denys Arcand, Paule Baillargeon, Roger Blais, Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière, Fernand Dansereau

Partant de la fondation de l’Office national du film du Canada en 1939, ce film met en valeur le travail des artisans du cinéma qui cherchent à réaliser des longs métrages de fiction à l’intérieur de cette institution