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The Darkroom Rumour Behind the scenes of photography! πŸ“Έ
🎬 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Discover the world of photography through a selection of reference documentaries, original creations, unpublished articles and exclusive interviews.

13/09/2025

Three subjects, one story...

Shutters closed, doors shut, we live in a hyper-connected world, informed about everything and nothing, instantly. But instead of discovering and exchanging ideas, we live increasingly isolated lives, camped on our shores, ever more belligerent, as recent events have shown. A documentary fiction, let's hope!

The images, animation, sound illustration, editing, and the involvement of a musician allow us to transcend and give common meaning to three subjects, resulting in this mysterious photographic film, which takes the form of a ritual.

🎬 π—¦π—§π—˜Μπ—£π—›π—”π—‘π—˜ π——π—¨π—¦π—¦π—˜Μ€π—₯π—˜ο½œπ—•π—˜π—™π—’π—₯π—˜ 𝗗𝗨π—₯π—œπ—‘π—š π—”π—™π—§π—˜π—₯ (2022)
Directed by StΓ©phane DussΓ¨re I France I 6’

06/09/2025

From 2021 to 2024, we follow Anne-Lise Broyer (winner of the 2024 NiΓ©pce Gens d'Images prize) as she develops her work for the BnF's print room (National Library of France). She takes us on a subtle journey, from the laboratory of the famous printer Guillaume Geneste to her own studio. She intricately intertwines digital, analogue and drawing techniques, and even us, the viewers, who play a certain role depending on how we move our gaze.

🎬 π—”π—‘π—‘π—˜-π—Ÿπ—œπ—¦π—˜ 𝗕π—₯π—’π—¬π—˜π—₯ο½œπ—£π—˜π—‘π—–π—œπ—Ÿ π—œπ—‘ π—’π—‘π—˜ 𝗛𝗔𝗑𝗗, π—–π—”π— π—˜π—₯𝗔 π—œπ—‘ π—§π—›π—˜ π—’π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ (2024)
Directed by Henri HerrΓ© I France I 20’

04/09/2025

Jan Groover (1943–2012) was an influential but long-overlooked American photographer.
She had a retrospective at MoMA and was the first to have a photograph appear on the cover of Artforum. She taught artists such as Gregory Crewdson and Philip-Lorca diCorcia and became known for her black-and-white compositions and colorful still lifes. She continued creating until her death, leaving behind a body of work that is both unique and poetic.

🎬 𝗝𝗔𝗑 π—šπ—₯π—’π—’π—©π—˜π—₯ο½œπ—”π—‘ π—œπ—‘π—§π—œπ— π—”π—§π—˜ 𝗣𝗒π—₯𝗧π—₯π—”π—œπ—§ (2016)
Directed by Thierry Spitzer I Swiss I 18’

02/09/2025

Born in 1944, Swedish photographer Anders Petersen is a living legend of photography. His high-contrast black-and-white images have left a lasting mark on an entire generation with their raw and deeply personal approach to documentary photography. As a major retrospective of his work is being prepared at Liljevalchs in Stockholm β€” the largest solo photography exhibition ever held in Sweden β€” Anders Petersen is in the midst of a four-year project: photographing his city, Stockholm. Immersed in his daily life as a photographer, we follow him as he reflects on his journey and his practice while sharing his vision of photography, one that is as singular as it is profoundly human.

🎬 π—”π—‘π——π—˜π—₯𝗦 π—£π—˜π—§π—˜π—₯π—¦π—˜π—‘ο½œπ—ͺπ—œπ—§π—›π—’π—¨π—§ π—Ÿπ—’π—‘π—šπ—œπ—‘π—š 𝗑𝗒 π—œπ— π—”π—šπ—˜ (2019)
Directed by Stefan Bladh I Sweden I 56’

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22/08/2025

Elliott Erwitt is a legendary photographer, world-famous for his photos of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy and Sophia Loren, and of politicians, including portraits of the last 11 US presidents and Che Guevara. His photos are legendary, but so are his humour and self-mockery. His assistant and friend, Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu, offers an intimate portrait of a man who saw the world change and who dotted history with emblematic photos, capturing misery, love, injustice and beauty.

🎬 π—˜π—Ÿπ—Ÿπ—œπ—’π—§π—§ π—˜π—₯π—ͺπ—œπ—§π—§ π—œ π—¦π—œπ—Ÿπ—˜π—‘π—–π—˜ 𝗦𝗒𝗨𝗑𝗗𝗦 π—šπ—’π—’π—— (2019)
Directed by Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu I France I 61'

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18/08/2025

A Film on Film is the fusion of two sensibilities: Selina Mayer the photographer, and David McNulty the director. David decides upon the grainy, blurry image of super 8 to capture Selina and her naked model in the forest. As the mirrored title suggests, a Film on Film comes full circle, by instinctively and sensually filming the photographer, who is also guided by her instinct.

🎬 π—¦π—˜π—Ÿπ—œπ—‘π—” π— π—˜π—¬π—˜π—₯ π—œ 𝗔 π—™π—œπ—Ÿπ—  𝗒𝗑 π—™π—œπ—Ÿπ—  (2017)
Directed by by David McNulty | United Kingdom | 5’

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18/08/2025

Marie-Pierre Bride discovered photography at the BrassaΓ― High School in Paris, where she was introduced to the art of analogue retouching. With a fine brush in hand, she learned to work directly on printsβ€”a meticulous and patient gesture that quickly became a passion. For twenty-six years, she honed her craft at the Pictorial Service Laboratory, working on the prints of such great names as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martine Franck, Robert Doisneau, Josef Koudelka, BrassaΓ―, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue. In 2005, she decided to continue her path as an independent retoucher.
In the world of analogue photography, there is no software to erase imperfections: everything depends on the hand, on the infinite subtlety of the gesture. To watch Marie-Pierre Bride at work is to understand that retouching goes far beyond simple technical correction. Unlike β€œspotting,” which merely removes flaws, her retouching is a true creative act. Whether black and white or color, each print holds its secrets. With patience, she reveals or conceals details, giving every image a unique presenceβ€”at once precise and profound.

🎬 𝗠𝗔π—₯π—œπ—˜-π—£π—œπ—˜π—₯π—₯π—˜ 𝗕π—₯π—œπ——π—˜ π—œ π—§π—›π—˜ π—₯π—˜π—§π—’π—¨π—–π—›π—˜π—₯ (2013)
Directed by by Thomas Goupille | France | 11’

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16/08/2025

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.

Today we meet Alexandre de Mortemart, who has brought the negatives from a reportage he did in Calcutta. While other photographers just drop by and choose their prints, Alexandre de Mortemart likes to stay in the darkroom throughout the process, chatting with Guillaume Geneste, recounting the background to his series, discussing his approach to the medium and trying his hand at retouching.

🎬 π—šπ—¨π—œπ—Ÿπ—Ÿπ—”π—¨π— π—˜ π—šπ—˜π—‘π—˜π—¦π—§π—˜ & π—”π—Ÿπ—˜π—«π—”π—‘π——π—₯π—˜ π——π—˜ 𝗠𝗒π—₯π—§π—˜π— π—”π—₯π—§ο½œπ—€π—¨π—œπ—–π—ž π—¦π—œπ—Ÿπ—©π—˜π—₯ 𝟯 (2022)
Directed by Henri HerrΓ© | France | 26’

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09/08/2025

This documentary explores the initiative of the Landscape Photographic Observatories, launched in France in the 1990s by the Ministry of the Environment. Photographers are invited to select a specific portion of natural or urban landscape and capture its evolution over time through a rigorous protocol β€” a process called Β« rephotography Β» or Β« repeat photography Β». From one image to the next, subtle changes reveal the underlying mechanisms of landscape transformation. In the film, testimonies from the photographers involved in the project are interwoven with insights from landscape specialists. As the conversations unfold, they offer a thought-provoking reflection on urban development in France, the way we inhabit the land and the vital role of photography in observing, understanding, and thinking about the landscape.

🎬 π——π—”π—‘π—œπ—˜π—Ÿ π—€π—¨π—˜π—¦π—‘π—˜π—¬ π—œ π—’π—•π—¦π—˜π—₯π—©π—œπ—‘π—š π—§π—›π—˜ π—Ÿπ—”π—‘π——π—¦π—–π—”π—£π—˜π—¦ (2018)
Directed by Daniel Quesney | France | 54’

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05/08/2025

From the anonymity of a Yugoslav immigrant to a career crowned with accolades, Boris Spremo relentlessly pursued his childhood dream: to become a photojournalist.

Born in 1935 in a small village in Yugoslavia, he left his country at the age of eighteen for Canada, where he began working in the press. He quickly became one of the leading photographers at the Toronto Star.

Though relatively unknown today, Boris Spremo received over two hundred national and international photography awards throughout his career.
From the Canadian sports scene to the death of Bobby Sands in Ireland, from portraits of cultural and political figures to more intimate images of his loved ones: by the time of his death in 2017, he had left behind a vast body of work, a testament to his photographic hyperactivity.

Set against the distinctive aesthetic of the late 1980s, this documentary takes us inside Boris Spremo’s world as he moves through various press assignments.

🎬 𝗕𝗒π—₯π—œπ—¦ 𝗦𝗣π—₯π—˜π— π—’ο½œπ—•π—’π—₯π—œπ—¦ (1989)
Directed by Vladimir Kabelik & Tom Gregor | Canada | 25’

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