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🎬 A documentary collection for art lovers and the curious.

Discover the world of photography through a selection of reference documentaries, original creations, unpublished articles and exclusive interviews.

10/07/2025

Director and founder, alongside Henri Langlois, of the Cuban Film Archive, he was also nicknamed by some as β€˜the Cuban Robert Mapplethorpe.’

Herman Puig was a pioneer of male n**e photography. Although very active on the cultural scene in Havana, he was nevertheless erased from his country's history books, his libertarian spirit having always refused to put art at the service of politics. Exiled to Spain, he was caught up in the dictatorship: his experiments with male n**es displeased Franco's regime. It was finally in Paris that his talent was recognised.

In this documentary, we find him in his 80s. Herman Puig lives in Barcelona. He has lost none of his gift of the gab or his non-conformism. For David Boisseaux-Chical's camera, he looks back on his turbulent career, his relationship with Cuba, where he is returning for the first time in fifty years, his love of the male n**e, which he wants to rid of taboos, and his vision of art, still imbued with the same spirit of freedom.

🎬 π—›π—˜π—₯𝗠𝗔𝗑 π—£π—¨π—œπ—š π—œ 𝗠𝗬 π—Ÿπ—œπ—™π—˜, 𝗠𝗬 π— π—˜π—‘π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—‘π—¨π——π—˜
Directed by David Boisseaux-Chical I France I 2009 I 26'

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09/07/2025

This film series takes us inside the darkroom of Guillaume Geneste, a Paris-based master of analog printing. Like a magician of chemistry, he works with light and contrast, the density of a black or the subtle tone of a color.

There is something mesmerising about the ritualistic-like gestures he uses for the dodging and burning of the print, where his hands dance through the enlarger's beam to modulate exposure in specific areas of the image. Photographers come and go, watching their prints come to life on paper. Each of them brings their own approach to analog photography, with specific criteria and needs.

Every episode captures a unique printing journey. In this chapter, Guillaume Geneste works on images by Bernard Plossu, with whom he has collaborated for over thirty years. A deep trust binds them, so much so that Plossu no longer attends the printing sessions. Through Guillaume’s words and gestures, a portrait of the photographer begins to emerge. When the two reunite in Arles, the depth of their connectionβ€”marked by mutual respect and shared artistic visionβ€”comes fully into view.

🎬 π—€π—¨π—œπ—–π—ž π—¦π—œπ—Ÿπ—©π—˜π—₯ π—œ π—šπ—¨π—œπ—Ÿπ—Ÿπ—”π—¨π— π—˜ π—šπ—˜π—‘π—˜π—¦π—§π—˜ & π—•π—˜π—₯𝗑𝗔π—₯𝗗 π—£π—Ÿπ—’π—¦π—¦π—¨ (2023)
Directed by Henri HerrΓ© I France I 23’

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09/07/2025

Duane Michals is 80 years old, full of energy and insatiable curiosity. A major American photographer, he made his mark on contemporary photography with image sequences paired with handwritten texts.
In this film, he takes us through three key places in his life: Pittsburgh, his hometown; New York, where he developed his work; and the countryside of Cambridge, where he lives today.
He talks about love, desire, death, and everything that makes a life. Always with humor and lightness, though gravity is never far.
In The Man Who Invented Himself, Camille Guichard gently captures the many sides of a free, touching, and joyfully irreverent artist.
A film about creation, memory, and what it means to be alive.

🎬 π——π—¨π—”π—‘π—˜ π— π—œπ—–π—›π—”π—Ÿπ—¦ο½œπ—§π—›π—˜ 𝗠𝗔𝗑 π—ͺ𝗛𝗒 π—œπ—‘π—©π—˜π—‘π—§π—˜π—₯ π—›π—œπ— π—¦π—˜π—Ÿπ—™ (2012)
Directed by Camille Guichard | France I 85'

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18/06/2025

And we are indeed invited to a meeting with, as its starting point, "Et puis s'en vont... [And then goes...]", a book that is home to many political photographs taken by French photographer Γ‰ric Franceschi. In the harsh Pre-Alps where he now lives, the photographer speaks simply to camera about his professional journey, his attachment to humans, to landscapes, to the so-called off-camera that he always included, the constraints of the commission. An unusual take, between press photographer and auteur, which reflects his way of being in the world.

🎬 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—§π—›π—˜π—‘ π—šπ—’π—˜π—¦... π—œ π— π—˜π—˜π—§π—œπ—‘π—š π—˜π—₯π—œπ—– 𝗙π—₯π—”π—‘π—–π—˜π—¦π—–π—›π—œ (2012)
Directed by Thomas Goupille | France | 23

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15/06/2025

Retired, Gilbert Garcin photographs in his garden shed. His world is appealing, he is internationally recognized: a fast-track fairy tale to prove that the world of art is not a closed shop.
Garcin is no naΓ―ve painter, but a life far from art studies has certainly preserved in him a certain freshness. Nonetheless, we can place him between Teun Hocks and Chema Madoz, photographers with surrealist humour. He prefers to point to Buster Keaton, and his photographic double also evokes Monsieur Hulot. With retirement, anything could happen!

🎬 π—šπ—œπ—Ÿπ—•π—˜π—₯𝗧 π—šπ—”π—₯π—–π—œπ—‘ π—œ π—”π—‘π—¬π—§π—›π—œπ—‘π—š π—–π—’π—¨π—Ÿπ—— π—›π—”π—£π—£π—˜π—‘... (2015)
Directed by Ralf Kampfe | France | 2'

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09/06/2025

Catherine Leroy (1944–2006) showed extraordinary courage and determination. These qualities took her around the world, where she photographed the major conflicts of her time.
The only female photographer to cover the Vietnam War between 1966 and 1968, she became a major figure in photojournalism before gradually being forgotten.
She lived through and captured the golden age of photojournalism: Vietnam was the first and last uncensored conflict. After 1975, the United States understood that war is also fought on the battlefield of images.
The first recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, she brought a unique perspective to conflicts. Her approach was deeply physical: she wanted to be very close to her subjects, without using zoom or telephoto lenses.
Directed by American photographer Jacques Menasche, this 73-minute film looks back on her work at the heart of the Vietnam War, which she covered from 1966 to 1968. More than 400 of her photographs appear on screen, accompanied by letters she wrote to her parents, enriched by testimonies from colleagues, friends, and soldiers who were close to her.
Produced by DCL, Cathy Goes to War was completed in 2016, the fiftieth anniversary of Catherine Leroy’s arrival in Vietnam.

🎬 π—–π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯π—œπ—‘π—˜ π—Ÿπ—˜π—₯π—’π—¬ο½œπ—–π—”π—§π—›π—¬ 𝗔𝗧 π—ͺ𝗔π—₯ (2016)
Directed by Jacques Menasche | France | USA | 73’

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09/06/2025

Hans Hamid Rasmussen's Kasbah Walking series is a work of reconciliation. Born in Algeria in 1963, Rasmussen grew up in Norway, his mother's homeland, after the Algerian coup forced his family into exile.
To integrate into Scandinavian society, Hamid renounced his origins: at the age of fourteen, he took steps to become Hans. Attracted by the arts, he tried his hand at photography before turning to textiles, and more specifically embroidery.
It was during his first return to Algeria in 2001, and during numerous strolls through the Kasbah, that he brought these two facets of his art together.
Forty years after the brutality of his departure, this journey of discovery also allowed him to piece together his past and fully embrace his multicultural identity. Born Hamid, he became Hans, and is now Hans Hamid. This film tells his story.

🎬 𝗛𝗔𝗑𝗦 π—›π—”π— π—œπ——ο½œπ—¦π—§π—œπ—§π—–π—›π—˜π—¦ 𝗒𝗙 𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗧𝗒π—₯𝗬 (2022)
Directed by Nicolai af Rosenborg | Danemark | 15'

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03/06/2025

From their harmless hobbies to their most secret fantasies, the Belgian people reveal themselves under the lens of six photographers.
Herman Selleslags, Carl De Keyzer, Freya Maes, Gert Jochems, Jimmy Kets and Charlotte Lybeer set out to meet Belgians, with one question in mind: what do they do in their spare time?
Between a study of human nature in the age of consumerism and reflections on photography, this portrait of a country seen from the inside also becomes a portrait of those who have immortalised it.

It is the third chapter in a series of films on Belgian photography since 1945, directed by Johannes Bucher and Jurgen Buedts.

🎬 𝗔 π—™π—Ÿπ—˜π— π—œπ—¦π—› π—£π—›π—’π—§π—’π—šπ—₯π—”π—£π—›π—¬ο½œπ—§π—›π—˜ π—‘π—”π—žπ—˜π—— π—•π—˜π—Ÿπ—šπ—œπ—”π—‘ (2016)
Directed by Jurgen Buedts and Johannes Bucher | Belgium | 15'

25/05/2025

In his Montrouge laboratory, Diamantino Quintas welcomes the American photographer Tyler Gamble. Together, they seek the right density and contrast for a large format print. From the lab's darkness to daylight, they come and go between the negative and the paper. A gelatin silver print is constructed from myriad touches. It's a demanding craft that relies on many techniques. Diamantino Quintas sheds light on the images photographers bring him until he finds emotion.

🎬 π——π—œπ—”π— π—”π—‘π—§π—œπ—‘π—’ π—€π—¨π—œπ—‘π—§π—”π—¦ π—œ π—§π—›π—˜ 𝗗𝗔π—₯π—žπ—₯𝗒𝗒𝗠 π— π—”π—¦π—§π—˜π—₯𝗦 (2012)
Directed by Thomas Goupille | France | 22’

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23/05/2025

Against all odds, Dolorès Marat quietly built a personal body of work on the fringes of fashion and the world of contemporary art. Timeless images, evanescent but persistent, like so many interior landscapes bathed in solitude. Working through an alphabet primer from Avignon (at the blue hour) to Ventoux, from the apartment-studio to hanging the "Cascades" exhibition, the director follows in the footsteps of the frugal Dolorès, shy yet bold, always sincere.

Thomas Goupille's film paints an intimate portrait of this singular artist, punctuated by the testimonies of those close to her and those who exhibit and collect her work.

🎬 π——π—’π—Ÿπ—’π—₯π—˜Μ€π—¦ 𝗠𝗔π—₯𝗔𝗧 π—œ π——π—’π—Ÿπ—’π—₯π—˜Μ€π—¦ (2022)
Directed by Thomas Goupille I France I 70’

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11/05/2025

To be born, to grow, to obey.
Taming dissonance, prohibitions that germinate without resistance, an obvious silence that kills every question.
In a world that seems to be capsizing, all my landmarks are disintegrating.
In an invisible explosion, my soul lets go and my body flees.
But privilege is like air. You only realise how good it is when it runs out.
In a struggle against the pull of nothingness, I preferred the pain of being torn away and the hostility of an elsewhere.
I deserted like a hand from a fire, in a hurry, without premeditation, without any other recourse.

🎬 π—Ÿπ—œπ—’π—‘π—˜π—Ÿπ—Ÿπ—˜ 𝗠 π—œ 𝗗𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗒̄-π—›π—˜π—œ (2024)
Directed by Lionelle M | France | 27’

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08/05/2025

In this poetic short film, Belgian director Γ‰lΓ©onore Coyette and Senegalese photographer AΓ―ssatou Ciss take us on a colourful journey. It's a meeting under the banner of gentleness and beauty, as much as resilience.

AΓ―ssatou Ciss speaks modestly of her β€˜stolen’ childhood, which she has reappropriated through her artistic practice. From an escape, she has transformed her wandering into a quest. And it was while she was walking that she made the most beautiful encounters.

🎬 π—”π—œΜˆπ—¦π—¦π—”π—§π—’π—¨ π—–π—œπ—¦π—¦ π—œ 𝗗𝗒𝗫 π——π—”π——π—π—˜: π—ͺπ—”π—Ÿπ—žπ—œπ—‘π—š, π— π—˜π—˜π—§π—œπ—‘π—š (2024)
Directed by Γ‰lΓ©onore Coyette | Senegal, France | 15'

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