Documentary

GUNS AND US

75 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

The grim routine of suicides, murders, shootings and mass killings in North America is as much in the streets and schools as it is in the home. The subject of firearms is controversial – and the presence of weapons in the home leaves no one indifferent. For some, guns represent a potential threat; for others, it is a legitimate right. However, if firearms arouse a fascination associated with power, force and strength, then surely the possession of one needs to be questioned. A review of our time and the question of arms, this film talks of a controversial, destabilizing and explosively hot topic.

INTERSOUNDS

14 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Three composers, three universes, one same exploration. Daphné, Preston and Ofer draw a path in the world of contemporary music, each in their own way.

EXARCHEIA: THE CHANTING OF BIRDS

73 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Shot as a nocturnal stroll through one of the most political and lively neighbourhoods of Athens, EXARCHEIA is a poetical and polyphonic essay that dives into a place where living together is first and foremost a matter of shared speech and hopes held in suspense.

XALKO

100 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

This film looks at Xalko, a kurdish village in Turkey, threatened by exodus. Deserted by its men who have gone to Europe or America, Xalko still survives thanks to those who keep the fort: mothers and children who do what it takes to keep it alive. It looks at migration from those left behind.

ZIVA POSTEC. THE EDITOR BEHIND THE FILM SHOAH

92 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

Nearly six years of her life went into editing Shoah, the groundbreaking work by Claude Lanzmann. Her name: Ziva Postec. This meticulous craftswoman, working quietly in the background, performed her task with a devotion bordering on obsession. From Jaffa, Israel, she looks back on an extraordinary creative undertaking.e

ZAGROS

58 min, Documentary, Canada, 5.1

ZAGROS follows the creation of carpets across the Western mountains of Iran, revealing the colours of a culture through labour.