Nicolas Sarkissian

Schlitter: Evil in the Woods

Lucas returns to his native village lost in the mountains to bury his parents. Traumatised as a kid by the death of his best friend when he was eight, he wants to put the past behind him. However, the father of the deceased friend discovers Marc might be responsible for his son’s death and relentlessly goes after him for revenge.

Upon Her Lips: Touch and Go

Ever had the feeling where someone has gotten so close to you, yet at the same time seemed so far away? For these women and young girls, this is a moment that could change their lives forever. But will they act on their impulses, or let chance fade away? Through a diverse collection of short films, Upon Her Lips: Touch and Go beautifully explores the transformational power of a single touch in shaping our sense of self, sexuality and belonging.

Hunted

A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.

Afikoman

An abattoir employee decides on a whim to rescue a calf still underweight for slaughter.

The Winkles

In Brignogan-Plages, thirty-year-old Zoé works with her father, Guy, at his bar "Les Bigorneaux". Since the premature death of her mother, she wears herself out by taking everything into her own hands. One morning, Zoé starts suffering from dizziness and nausea, which disrupt her daily life.

Patrick Bokanowski : visite à l'atelier

In this documentary, under the gaze of Pip Chodorov, Patrick Bokanowski evokes the genesis of his films and shows, by explaining them, a certain number of his inspirations (his meeting with the painter Henri Dimier , his first photographic tests...), his tools (lenses, title bench, masks, costumes...), his attempts, such as this idea of ​​filming the moving reflection of a mercury surface.

I Don't Want to Sleep with You I Just Want to Make You Hard

Kyabakura is a type of hostess club in Japan, inspired by French cabaret. There exists an ambiguous relationship between the clients, the men, and the hostesses, that should never materialize into a sexual relationship...There are strict rules, which of course, are designed to be broken.

Garçonne

The twenties somewhere in France. Summertime. Lisa, sixteen, avoid the bourgeois family boredom. At the bottom of a remote lake, she reveals herself.

Garçonne

The twenties somewhere in France. Summertime. Lisa, sixteen, avoid the bourgeois family boredom. At the bottom of a remote lake, she reveals herself.

Garçonne

The twenties somewhere in France. Summertime. Lisa, sixteen, avoid the bourgeois family boredom. At the bottom of a remote lake, she reveals herself.

The Swimming Trunks

On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Rémi, 10, is fascinated by Stéphane, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going through especially not handsome Stéphane.

Arekara - The Life After

In February 2012, I went to Ishinomaki, a town North of Tokyo that was half destroyed by the tsunami of March 11th, 2011, to meet the disaster victims who now live in temporary housing. I spent several days in the North, under the snow, listening to these people talk candidly about what they had lived through, telling their own stories without the media as an intermediary. Their testimonies were terrifying, harsh and sad, but at the same time touching, sincere and human. From the pictures and interviews that I collected, I decided to make a film, not to reflect how awful the events were, but to communicate the singular and even surreal nature of each person’s experience. My intention wasn’t so much to focus on this particular event in Japan, but rather to make these stories more universal as a way of paying tribute to all the victims of natural disasters throughout the world.

The Far Cry Experience

Actor Christopher Mintz-Plasse goes to Rook Island for the Far Cry Experience, where he meets Vaas and his pirate gang.

Paris Under Watch

An anonymous hacker has hacked all of Paris' cameras and observes the city unbeknownst to its inhabitants. Petty crimes and moments of stolen intimacy, he sees everything. Until the day that an explosion lays waste to the Gare d'Austerlitz. The police starts tracking down an Al Queda satellite group. The hacker succeeds in finding images of the explosion and discovers that it was a young couple who planted the bomb. Using the city's cameras, he decides to hunt down the criminals.

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up as part of the experimental film community.

Prey

One night, several deer hurl themselves unexpectedly against the electric fence of a farm. Seeing deep signs of biting on the animals’ bodies, the farm owners realise that a predator is roaming about the neighbouring woods. Having determined to hunt it down, the farmer and his family penetrate deep into the surrounding forest. They look with bewilderment at the dying environment ravaged by a mysterious evil force. As the sun slowly sinks away, howling resounds through the forest. The hunters have become prey...

Planet Z

Somewhere in the Universe, the Planet Z. A miracle happens. A water jet springs up and gives birth to a new life: plants. A desert planet became a green planet… The film shows natural phenomena – and not subjects – to tell a story about a living, evolving and dying planet.

Stranded

Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy soldiers, the troops find refuge in a strange abandoned citadel. Despite warnings from the place’s Guardian to leave at once, they wake up the Djinns, the evil spirits of the desert .

Fracture

Paul has everything to be happy: a great job, a devoted wife, a lovely daughter and an amazing villa. It's a Sunday in the middle of the summer, he wants to relax by his pool, watch the tennis game on TV. But Paul feels oppressed by an invisible evil that devours him...

Fracture

Paul has everything to be happy: a great job, a devoted wife, a lovely daughter and an amazing villa. It's a Sunday in the middle of the summer, he wants to relax by his pool, watch the tennis game on TV. But Paul feels oppressed by an invisible evil that devours him...

Eden Log

A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and fantastic world. Enclosed, Tolbiac has no other option to reach the surface than to use REZO ZERO, secret observing cells in this cemetery-like abandoned mine.

Them

Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise. They're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.

Everything's Connected

An analysis of French director Jacques Tati's 1957 film "Mon oncle" which discusses the stylistic similarities between it and the other Monsieur Hulot films.

Jonas Keeps Shooting Around

A short portrait of Jonas Mekas on the occasion of his 2002 retrospective in Paris (for his 80th birthday). Through film clips and interviews, Mekas recounts his arrival in America, his early life in New York and his first filmmaking experiences. An introduction to his life and work.