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09/01/2025

🐛 Canadian artist Michael Flomen works with a very special darkroom, made up of just two elements: nature and night. In this documentary film shot with an infrared camera, we follow him on his nocturnal expeditions where, equipped with light-sensitive paper, he sets off in search of the natural elements that will serve as both material and equipment: a few blades of grass, fireflies, river water or snow... `
They give birth on paper to an abstract work full of poetry which, for Michael Flomen, is as much a reflection on the photographic medium as on the place of Man within the natural world.

🎬 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡 𝗜 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 (2008)
Directed by André Cornellier I Canada I 27'

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06/01/2025

📬 Peter Willis is on a mission - to photograph as many postboxes as he can all over the UK. This short film explores Peter's obsession and treats it as a form of outsider art. A dedicated hobbyist, Peter has found a niche that brings him great personal satisfaction. A member of the Letter Box Study Group, his photographs help to keep records up to date as well shine a light on a piece of street furniture we walk past every day but so often overlook.

🎬 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗦 𝗜 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥(2024)
Directed by Andy Oxley I United Kingdom I 5'

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23/12/2024

📸 In this short film, two narrators - photographer Marie-Paule Stockaert and filmmaker Philippe Van Cutsem - explore the archives of photographer Edouard Hannon (1853-1931), trying to unravel the mystery of his work. This Belgian engineer, who practised photography as an amateur, produced an astonishing body of work, ranging from pictorialism to reportage.

Is the power of these images the result of a conscious artistic search or mere chance? Although Edouard Hannon considered photography to be a hobby, his photographs nevertheless reveal a highly refined eye, driven by an insatiable curiosity about mankind.

🎬𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗡 𝗜 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 (1988)
Directed by François Ducat Pierre Lacourt I France I 13’

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22/12/2024

🎞 There was Kodak in the USA, Fuji in Japan, Ilford in England, and now... Lomig Perrotin in his kitchen! Alone he created his film, called Washi. From personal research (reconnecting with 19th-century calotypes) he ended up in mass production! Now his homemade film is in great demand, Lomig spends most of his time in the darkroom, at the head of his small business...

🎬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗦𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗬 (2015)
Directed by Thomas Goupille | France I 26'

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19/12/2024

👽 To create his "realistic science-fiction" images, Cédric Delsaux, photographer and visual designer, calls upon a variety of skills (assistant, 2D and 3D designers, 2D and 3D retouchers). Examining several pictures in the "Dark Lens" series, in which characters from the Star Wars universe inhabit urban and industrial landscapes, the film shows us the creative process underway. From the original shot in the dawn pallor of a neighbouring Parisian suburb, to the packing of a very large format print, just delivered.

𝗖𝗘́𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗔𝗨𝗫 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗦 (2018)
Directed by Thomas Goupille | France I 23'

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29/11/2024

🛹 Phil Evans' documentary takes us into the world of six European skate photographers: Nils Svensson, Stuart Robinson, Alex Irvine, Rich Gilligan, Sergej Vutuc and Bertrand Trichet. From Belfast to Tokyo, via London, Dublin, Zagreb and Malmö, these photographers talk about their relationship with skateboarding and photography. A kaleidoscope of heterogeneous approaches, presented in the very DIY world of the Irish director, whose love of Super 8 is well known.

🎬 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜 𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗛𝗬 (2011)
Directed by Phil Evans I United States I 63’

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08/11/2024

📱With smartphones and social networks, a new generation of Iranian photographers is revealing a daily life often inaccessible to outsiders. Ten of them share their vision of a youth in search of a place in a society torn between coercive tradition and Western influence.
1. Photographer Sina Shiri takes us inside Iran’s Basidj camps, where young men, from deeply religious to seeking community, train as volunteer militia members.
𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟲
2. Nafise Motlaq captures father-daughter relationships across Iran, revealing the challenges young women face as they seek independence in a changing society.
𝗡𝗮𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗾 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟳
3. Sadegh Souri’s Waiting Girls series sheds light on young girls in a Tehran correctional center, some waiting for release, others the death penalty—illustrating women’s rights struggles.
𝗦𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟴
4. Yasaman Dehmyani shares the story of a friend in Iran who secretly embraces gender fluidity through makeup, hoping society will soon accept those unable to express their true selves.
𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗵𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗻𝗶- 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟵
5. Most of photographer Hamid Akhlaghi's friends have left Iran. He documents their departures, symbolizing the pain of his generation, focusing on his friend Shahab, who moved to the U.S., while his girlfriend Mary waits to join him.
𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 𝗔𝗸𝗵𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟭𝟬

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🔎 What you will find in these films
Iranian society in the throes of change • Iranian youth seen from the inside • a new generation in search of independence • the power of social networks • Western culture as an outlet

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05/11/2024

🎞️Abbas left us in 2018 at the age of 74. This hallowed figure of photojournalism, a member of the Magnum agency, was a witness to our times. For almost sixty years, the Franco-Iranian photographer travelled the world to immortalize the great events that have marked its history. This intimate documentary by Kamy Pakdel has the feel of an autobiography. Abbas tells his own story, tracing his immense career through 10 themes symbolic of his work: violence, fanaticism, humiliation, pain, chaos, derision, spirituality, beauty, sadness and intimacy. A touching portrait of a man who had never before accepted to be filmed. Abbas died a week after filming was completed. He here delivers his testament.

🎬 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗬 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔𝗦 (2019)
Directed by Kamy Pakdel | France I 53’

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A documentary film by Kamy Pakdel - France - 2019 - 53 minutes | Abbas left us in 2018 at the age of 74. This hallowed figure of photojournalism, a member of the Magnum agency, was a witness to our times...

04/11/2024

𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 went to the heart of conflict zones, to meet 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓. From the mass graves in Rwanda to the scars and destroyed infrastructure, Alexis Cordesse set out to show the traces of mass murder. His simple images show “the banality of evil”.

For all these films, Alexis Cordesse collaborates with 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿, an internationally renowned sound designer. Becker, who is also a sound designer and composer, creates original soundtracks for each project, enriching the cinematic experience.

🎬𝗥𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔, 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 (1997)
France I 13’

🎬𝗞𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗟, 𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗥 (1997)
France I 11’

🎬𝗙𝗢𝗖̌𝗔, 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗜𝗔 (1997)
France I 11’

🎬𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗜 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗥 (1996)
France I 12’

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 Alexis Cordesse headed for the heart of disputed territories to meet Populations in Danger. Among Rwanda's scars of mass graves and broken-down infrastructure; he focused on the traces of genocide. His simple images show "the banality of evil".

16/10/2024

🌹In 1971, a small revolution shook up New York's independent cinema: released anonymously, Pink Narcissus straightforwardly depicts the gay fantasies of a young, sensual Narcissus, filmed in technicolor in a perfect kitsch setting. Quickly become a cult and long shrouded in an aura of mystery - it was sometimes attributed to Andy Warhol, sometimes to Kenneth Anger - this masterpiece, shot on Super 8 film over a seven-year period in a small New York apartment, was reclaimed thirty years later by James Bidgood. A pioneer of the LGBTQ cause, the American photographer and filmmaker born in 1933 influenced a whole generation of photographers with his dreamlike, flamboyant stagings, including Pierre et Gilles and David Lachapelle. This documentary by Wolfgang Hastert takes us into the world of this little-known genius of queer visual culture, who died in poverty in 2022 at the age of 88.

🎬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 (2000)
Directed by Wolfgang Hastert | Germany I 31’

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A documentary film by Wolfgang Hastert - Germany - 2000 - 31 minutes | In 1971, a small revolution shook up New York's independent cinema: released anonymously, Pink Narcissus straightforwardly depicts the gay fantasies of a young, sensual Narcissus, filmed in technicolor in a perfect kitsch setting...

15/10/2024

📷 Gerda Taro (1910-1937) was the first woman photojournalist to die in the line of duty, on the eve of her 27th birthday. Long known as the companion of Robert Capa - whose legend she helped to create - she was herself a war reporter. Her powerful images are a precious testimony to the Spanish Civil War and reveal a particular gift for photography. A convinced revolutionary, passionately committed to fighting fascism, she was killed just as her career was taking off. This documentary pays tribute to her through an in-depth portrait and raises the essential question of the recurrent oblivion to which history has subjected many women photographers.

🎬 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗔 𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗢 (2020)
A film by Camille Ménager - France - 57'

🔎 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺
One (other) woman photographer forgotten by history • war photography •the Spanish Civil War • the Leica Camera revolution • Europe between the wars • a duo of photographers on stage and in life

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A documentary film by Camille Ménager -France - 2020 - 57 minutes | Gerda Taro (1910-1937) was the first woman photojournalist to die in the line of duty, on the eve of her 27th birthday. Long known as the companion of Robert Capa - whose legend she helped to create - she was herself a war reporter...

10/10/2024

📱With smartphones and social networks, a new generation of Iranian photographers is revealing a daily life often inaccessible to outsiders. Ten of them share their vision of a youth in search of a place in a society torn between coercive tradition and Western influence.

1. Kiana Hayeri tells the story of how, after studying in Canada, she set out to document the double life of her friends in Iran: a public life on display, and an intimate life where they are truly themselves.
🎬 𝗞𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟭 (2017)
A film by Nathalie Masduraud and Valérie Urréa - France - 4’

2. Ako Salemi explains how his phone enables him to continue to be the press photographer he was and to capture the daily life on the streets of Iran without being hassled by the police.
🎬 𝗔𝗸𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟮 (2017)
A film by Nathalie Masduraud and Valérie Urréa - France - 4’

3. Alireza Goudarzi talks about his series on Tehran’s cafés, veritable refuges for young Iranians where the boundary between public and private space becomes blurred. It is where he has seen the emergence of a new culture, an ‘Iranised’ Western lifestyle.
🎬 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘇𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟯 (2017)
A film by Nathalie Masduraud and Valérie Urréa - France - 4’

4. Based on her own experience, Negar Yaghmaian decided to document the daily lives of Iranian women who have chosen to live alone in a country where single women are perceived as immoral. She talks to us about this series in this fourth episode.
🎬 𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿 𝗬𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗻 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟰 (2017)
A film by Nathalie Masduraud and Valérie Urréa - France - 4’

5. With his Polaroid, Ali Kazemi goes to meet the youth of Iran today. A new generation for whom the influence of Western culture is an escape route. He introduces us to them in this fifth episode.
🎬 𝗔𝗹𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗺𝗶 - 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟬𝟱 (2017)
A film by Nathalie Masduraud and Valérie Urréa - France - 4’

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Iranian society in the throes of change • Iranian youth seen from the inside • a new generation in search of independence • the power of social networks • Western culture as an outlet

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04/10/2024

Once again this year, The InCadaqués Festival and The Darkroom Rumour will offer free screenings of a varied selection of high-quality documentaries, featuring emerging talents and renowned figures in photography.
The films will be screened at Bar-Casino L’Amistat, from October 3 to 13.

🗓️ Day program

𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗺
𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗜𝗺𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗹 | 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬)
Directed by Thomas Goupille I France |2020 I 25 minutes
Sara Imloul's discovery of the calotype process inspired her first photographic series. By reappropriating this historic technique and blending it with personal experimentation, she explores a universe that is both mysterious and poetic.

𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗮𝗺
𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺
Directed by Nils Petter Löfstedt I Sweden | 2017 I 77 minutes
For over 40 years, Jean Hermanson, an immensely talented but little-known photographer outside Sweden, meticulously documented the daily lives of factory workers. At work, at rest, in the streets... an overlooked world, photographed with grace and humanity.

𝟰:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆𝗻 𝗔𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱 | 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲
Directed by Thomas Goupille France | 2018 I 27 minutes
Jane Evelyn Atwood delves back into her archives from the 1970s, when she photographed the prostitutes and transsexuals of Les Halles and Pigalle. She recalls the encounters and fates she witnessed on the streets, moments that have stayed with her ever since.

𝟰:𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱 | 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗧𝗼𝗺 (2019)
Directed by Emmanuel Bonn I France | 2019 I 31 minutes
Tom Wood returns to Liverpool, where from 1978 to 2001 he captured the daily life of the Scousers. Through personal archives and reflections, the Irish photographer reveals his process in an intimate portrait, filmed under the attentive eye of director Emmanuel Bonn.

𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 | The Workshop (2017)
Directed by Thomas Goupille I France | 2017 I 50 minutes
In their workshop, the Fresson family, guardians of a legendary photographic process, dedicate up to two weeks to each print. This intimate documentary reveals a rare technique and a family of artisans, preserving a fragile art in the face of rapid digital advancement.

𝟱:𝟱𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗲 | 𝗖𝗲́𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲 (𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯)
Directed by Céline Croze I France | 2023 I 8 minutes
“Mala Madre” ("Bad Mother" in Spanish) is the name of a plant I discovered in a cemetery in Venezuela. There, at dusk, men come to dig up bodies to find golden remains. Shrouds litter the ground, and souls wander restlessly.

𝟲:𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺
𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗙𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 | 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 (2019)
Directed by Andy Dunn I UK | 2019 I 88 minutes
For sixty years, Harold Feinstein immortalized the humanity around him through tender, humorous, and elegant shots. From Coney Island to Europe, through the Korean War and post-war Manhattan, Andy Dunn offers a touching portrait of this American Cartier-Bresson.

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01/10/2024

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30/09/2024

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