Bright Prospects

Make Me a Man “Wearing a mask is the first lesson in patriarchal masculinity a boy learns,” said bell hooks. Here's what's behind the mask. For 25 years, London therapist Jerry Hyde has offered support groups for men wishing to explore the greatest prohibition of virilist culture: their vulnerability. In a post #metoo era, he decides with his partner, director Mai HUA, to produce a documentary essay to help change masculine culture. “Powerful and Poetic” according to Le Monde, this series of interviews with men on a black background, interspersed with a walk in the Somme, on the commemoration sites of the First World War, is a valuable contribution to the question of gender and living together.

HK, la plume et l'espoir In 2021, HK travels through France's cities and countryside to continue to "Dance again" in the face of cultural and social emergency. "HK, La plume et l'espoir" retraces this joyful and committed struggle alongside those who are fighting for a more just, united and fraternal world.

A Case of Arson Some people row a boat up to a town, set fire to it, then row back to their own place, amidst a gun battle.

Mai 68 au masculin After the survey he conducted on the "women of May", Jorge Amat decided to address the male side of the event. Testimonies, memories, reflections, fifty-five years later. Those who appear in this film are first-rate witnesses, very rarely put forward during the conventional commemorations: Jean Pierre Le Dantec, Jean Pierre Duteuil, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Edgar Morin, Henri Weber, Gerard Fromanger, Guy Scarpetta, Alain Jaubert, Tomas Ibanez, Maurice Grimaud, Edouard Balladur, Hervé Hamon, Jacques Tarnero and Marc Levitt.

La terra di nessuno

Pareidolia Film of the Year at the Render Film Festival (2021). A young man comes face to face with a ghost from his past, but not everything is as it seems.

Crisis in the Dark A group of co-workers try to finish an important presentation in time, in the middle of a blackout.

The Old Walkers A young woman walks down the street and is suddenly followed closely by an assortment of middle-aged and old men. She gets on a bus and they all crowd the vehicle. She stops for a drink and they all attempt to pay.

Linja Human minds are corrupted by the thought that they are the superior one. The reality is often contradictory.

Open Arms Patsy rehearses on stage for her first performance on stage after a nearly fatal car accident. Randy helps her through and her husband Charlie stops by to have a word.