Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors : A Sequel by Hottell Ruth A.; Pallister Janis L. & Ruth A. Hottell

Author:Hottell, Ruth A.; Pallister, Janis L. & Ruth A. Hottell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 862658
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Chapter 2

Documentaries

I. Documentaries by filmmakers treated in the Feature Section

Akerman, Chantal

Histoires d’Amérique (1988, 97 mins.) France, Belgium.

Les Trois Dernières Sonates de Franz Schubert (1989, 48 mins.) France.

D’est (1993, 107 mins.) France, Belgium.

Autoportrait. Chantal Akerman par Chantal Akerman (1996, 64 mins.) France.

De l’autre côté (2002, 99 mins.) France/Belgium.

Là-bas (2006, 78 mins.) Belgium/France.

Editing: Claire Atherton; Production: AMIP, Xavier Carniaux; Paradise Films, Maryline Watelet; Chemah. Studio national des Arts Contemporains/Grand Prix de la Compétition Internationale, Marseille 2006.

Comments/description from Akerman: When I was asked to make a film about Israel, I thought right away that it was a bad idea, even an impossible one. It was almost a paralyzing idea. I was told I was the one who could make people understand; that people were waiting for something from me (excerpted from parts of the film).

Arbid, Danielle. See Pallister/Hottell, Documentarians: 132; 211.

Aux Frontières (aka On borders) (2002, 59 mins.) France/Belgium.

Editing: Agnès Mouchel; Music: Soapkills; Scenario: Danielle Arbid; Cinematography: Raymond Fromont, Antoine Heberle; Production: Christian Baute; Narrator: Danielle Arbid.

Descriptive quote from Arbid: “I spent four weeks, two days, and several hours filming all along the border of a country that bears two names: Israel and/or Palestine. I never crossed the border into it; I looked at it from the outside like those who watch it from the outside, who fantasize about it, abhor it or adore it. My film follows my wanderings around this country that obsesses so many and is inaccessible to so many.” http://www.unifrance.org/film/24958/aux-frontieres.

Conversation de salon (2004)

Us/Nihna (2005, 13 mins.) France.

Production company: GREC (Groupe de Recherches et d’Essais Cinématographiques).

Synopsis: My father was leaving. I filmed him as proof of his existence; I was afraid of losing all memory of him. http://www.unifrance.org/film/26288/nous-nihna.

Arson, Ann

Moshe Safdie’s Open Museum (1996–97)

Arson’s first documentary was shown at the Festival International du film sur l’Art in Montréal (FIFA). Produced by l’INIS (Institut National de l’Image et du Son). Selected at the Festival International du film sur l’Art de Montréal (FIFA).

Ö zone (2001) TV

Cent titres ( 2002)

Bornaz, Kalthoum (See also Features and Shorts.)

Nuit de noces à Tunis (1996, 26–7 mins.) Tunisia/France.

Synopsis: Amel, an oriental woman dancer, performs for weddings all around Tunis. The camera follows the dancer for a whole night from marriage to marriage.

Forêt d’El Medfoun

La Moitié du ciel d’Allah (1996)

Bresner, Lisa. Born 1970 in Paris; died July 2007.

Tsunami, la submersion du Japon. 1543 (In preparation in 2007, 52 mins.) Unfinished. Hikari Productions.

Lucie et son dragon farceur. Animated series. Unfinished. Blink-Vivement Lundi Productions.

Charf, Hajar

Sur les traces de ma malédiction (2009, 13 mins.) Canada.

Synopsis: An Arab woman makes the journey from Montreal to New York to visit Ground Zero.

The Lord is the Lord (2009, 3 mins.) Canada.

Synopsis: Wars of religion and the hate of others.

Transitory Lives (2009, 6 mins.) Canada.

Synopsis: Time wears out our bodies, our hearts, and the world.

Wonderful World (2009, 9 mins.) Canada.

Synopsis: Different scenes shot in different countries show the world—its loneliness, dreams, freedom, and confusion.

Chaufour, Lucile (Also see Features and Shorts.)

Léone, mère et fils (1988) documentary short.

Clairval, Cécile

Drancy, dernière étape avant l’abîme…(2002, 57 mins.) France….

Scenario: Cécile Clairval;

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