Olivier Zabat

Arguments

People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.

Arguments

People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.

Arguments

People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.

Ce que dit ma mère

A woman creates collages with the words she identifies in the voices of her mother that she hears in her head. She struggles to make sense of them.

Les mots de la pluie

To prepare his conference, a man explains to his partner the words and phrases that he hears in the rain beating against the window, in the birdsong and the wood snapping under his feet.

Le Bruit

Sitting in front of his computer, a man asks puppets how the book he is finishing will be appreciated – a book telling his own story of his transition from psychotic to caregiver.

L'Agression

Surrounded by his drawings, papers, photos and figurines, a man loses touch with reality as he remembers an aggression he experienced.

Kidding

In Bangkok, the training and combats of child boxers, where domination and money are the driving forces. Three excerpts from an unfinished film.

Silent Minutes

During a power sports contest at a large hotel complex, one of the competitors oversteps his physical limits and collapses. In a suspended time where the whole team attempts to resuscitate him, another drama is being played out.

Perspectives du sous-sol

A former “strongman” (a power force athlete) from Finland, now working as an actor, has transformed his basement into a home cinema. In order to land the roles he wants, he trains intensively and stops at nothing to prove his commitment to fulfilling what the filmmakers expect of him.

Yves

An original portrait of a mentally handicapped man in his environment – an employment rehabilitation centre. In his particular relationship to the camera, Yves exists in a time and in a rapport with the world that are inaccessible to us but which challenge ours.

Ne me touche pas

Two youngsters turn a game into a lesson on martial arts techniques in a fight that takes the form of a minimalistic cinematic duel.

1/3 des yeux

Communicate despite misunderstanding, stroking violence and make sometimes biting, trying to control death and survive against the irretrievable loss, 1/3 des yeux is a poetic documentary about the contradictory forces in our society and in every human. The chapters are organized according to an innovative form that appeals to the harsh film essay. Third eye is a sensitive tale that invites the viewer to share a sense of empathy towards the world.

Miguel et les mines

Based on the miraculous story of a man who crossed a minefield and survived – the experience of boxers, mine clearance experts and warriors underpins this exploration of how conflict is perceived, managed and represented.

La Femme est sentimentale

On a Brazilian beach, two teenagers from the favelas talk about the joys and violence of their everyday life.

Zona Oeste

A penetrating, no-holds-barred video film in three parts about the crime that dominates and destroys Brazilian society. Part 1 shows four young thieves and drug dealers from the favela in Rio de Janeiro, who try to justify their lives as gangsters. In part 2, two Brazilian policemen talk about their 'moonlighting', including hit jobs. Part 3 is about a Brazilian evangelist who has given up his vocation to lead a life of crime.