Horendi 1972 ( 8.8)

The title of this film translates literally as 'to put on a hori,' a hori being the Songhay term for ceremony of festival. Here it is used to refer to a ganandi, literally 'to make dance' This film concerns two women whom the zima [priest] had diagnosed some months before as being ill through possession by spirits. In the meantime, their families have gathered together the resources to pay for the musicians, dancers, and the priest himself to put on an initiation dance lasting seven days This is a film of documentation, simply recording various moments in the progress of the ceremony, without any form of explanation, neither in intertitle cards nor in voice-over. (Paul Henley, The Adventure of the Real)

Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm 1966

The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.

Une sortie de novices de Sakpata 1958

Sakpata is one of the main deities of the "Vodoun" pantheon in Benin (Dahomey at the time of filming, in 1958). Initiation into the cult of the Vodoun gives rise to a long seclusion in a "convent" where young neophytes learn the sung dances specific to their divinity. The first part of the film shows the dance being performed to thank someone for a donation. The shot was made using a spring-loaded camera stopping after thirty seconds, while the sound recording on a tape recorder was continuous; the editing was done (for the first part only) not from the image but from the sound. The temporal architecture of the music is thus respected as well as that of the dance, linking several figures, and this in spite of the blacks replacing the missing images.

Euskal Harriaren ABDak 2015

'Euskal Harriaren ABDak' is a collective film made up by 26 horror, science fiction and fantasy short films. The shorts are directed by Basque filmmakers and amateur groups.

A Thirsty World 2012 ( 7)

Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.

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Psychedelic Trance: Music Is My Drug 1995

The history of trance music between Goa and Tel Aviv. During their annual leave, young active duty Israeli soldiers discover the path to a new techno music genre: Goa trance is born.

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Like GMOs before it, nanotechnology is irrevocably changing our world. What are the benefits of nanotech, and what are the risks? How might nanotech be used—or misused? Can the interests of science, business, and government strike a balance between the desire to act responsibly and deference to market and political pressures? These are some of the urgent questions explored in this timely four-part series.

The Gleaners and I 2000 ( 7.633)

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French countryside to off-hours at the green markets of Paris, following those who insist on finding a use for that which society has cast off, whether out of necessity or activism.

51 IFLY 2021

51 IFLY is a mockumentary that deals with the search for extraterrestrial life. A french documentary crew encounters an extraterrestrial being and decides to help him find a way home. It follows the crew investigating and interviewing various scientists and part speaks of the current state of the search for extraterrestrial life. It features interviews from members of the SETI ( Frank Drake, Jill Tarter, Seth Shostak,Franck Marchis, Bill Diamond,David Grinspoon) Richard Doty(Special Agent) , Preston Dennett (Ufologist) , Jean-François Clervoy (Astronaut), Michel Mayor (Astrophysicist) ,Claudio Maccone (Astronomer), Elinor Gates (Astronomer) .

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Son of Gascogne 1995 ( 4.8)

You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because they all think you're the son of their long-dead legendary friend. You never knew your dad, but the facts of this famous guy's life suggest that he might have fathered you. Your mom tells you nothing. All the fuss makes you uncomfortable at first but soon you find it's rather fun to be the son of the famous Gascogne. And in the midst of it all you fall in love. It is, after all, springtime in Paris.

Zero for Conduct 1933 ( 6.909)

In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.

Gabrielle Petit 1928 ( 6)

Patriotic film about the Belgian woman hero Gabrielle Petit - Madame Legrand - during the First World War in Belgium.