All Films

Student film produced as a competition entry to Channel 4's Time Piece in 1987.

The title means "fire poker" in Hokkaido dialect. It could be said to be a 3-minute condensed version of "Guiding Star." Using film I shot when I was a freshman in college and footage of my current shadow, I made this film wondering how much story I could fit into the limited 3-minute 8mm cartridge.

A young deer takes on the mystery of the Moon in the night sky.

SABATIER. A director of the company gave his name to that coalmine, which is located near Raismes, a few miles away from Valenciennes, in the eastern part of the coal field of the Nord-Pas de Calais region. The mine was closed about ten years ago. What is left of it today ? Some fairly spoiled buildings, when you look at them closely, on which nature patiently grows back. If you care to enter the bank of the mine, you may visit several buildings, from the guard’s house, which is overgrown with ivy, to the sieve, changing-room (called « hangmen’s room ») and showers. But the most fascinating part is the large and bright mill, with its mining machines, control levers and dials. Everything is still there. When you come out, you get an urge to run around the pithead frames as if they were the Eiffel Tower or the towers of Notre-Dame. You steps resonate on the rusty metal staircase, and you end up high above the surrounding setting : the forest of Raismes-Saint-Amand is very close.

This documentary evokes the question of death through different interviews filmed in nature or on the contrary in very socially and culturally marked places, such as a café, an abbey, a cathedral

MAÏS is the portrait of three generations in a family of stockbreeders and graziers. The film shows how the experience of this family, who live in a small village in Aisne, is deeply rooted into the rhythm of the seasons, cattle life and machines. They are destined for farming just like the medieval « villain » was destined to work for his lord. Country life has obviously changed, everybody agrees on that. It has even become a cliché. Mechanization, television, shopping malls and entertainment have left their imprint on the way people live. This film tries to look deeper into that, not so much through the words of the people we meet, but through its viewpoint. A somehow oblique viewpoint, in order to seize what can’t be captured straightforwardly. A viewpoint that strongly draws inspiration from the art of framing.

Young, war-wounded Salvadoran guerrillas rehabilitate in Cuba. Their stories, hopes and prospects for the future are recounted with startling clarity and acceptance. Made in El Salvador by Sistema Radio Venceremos, this film was part of a video series curated by El Salvador Media Project, a New York-based media organization.

A preview of the ABC miniseries "Amerika" set in the U.S. after a Soviet takeover; features interviews with stars Kris Kristofferson and Robert Urich.

"The presence of two quite different towers on such a restricted space, located each, respectively, at a small distance from the Belgian-Dutch border inspires this video. In 1948, the fall of Prague brought about the birth of NATO and, indirectly, the establishment of supreme headquarter in Benelux, at Brunssum (Netherlands) in 1967 : known as AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe). In the second century AD, Hermas, one of the lost prophets of the church of Rome predicted the construction of a tower. It came about in 1964 at Eben-Ezer. Mr Garcet is not merely the builder of this tower, but also the architect of an universal, mystical and deeply pacifist school of thought : "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Isaiah, 2.4) As for AFCENT, they took over Charlemagne's arms and motto : "I fight against injustice and I destroy all trace of evil"." (Site de l'auteur)

Experimental short film by Yu Xiaoyang.

Experimental short by Harumi Fujii.

A collection of short computer animations. Produced by aaa Production, France.

A short animation that depicts the drowning of a village by modern technology.

Dream or reality? Definitely a nightmare. A very... choppy night !

A documentary on youth gang violence in Los Angeles and the special police detail which is designated to fight it. Nominated for the Best Documentary Short Subject Oscar.

Relive the exciting 1986-87 season for the Philadelphia Flyers with this collection of highlights including the Stanley Cup Finals against Edmonton.

A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.

Short film in which Sid Laverents chronicles his life story. Part 2 of 3.

Animated documentary highlighting the importance of protecting the environment and conserving it through the care and cultivation of flora and fauna.

Rousseau is shown sitting in a room, waiting. Voices leave messages on his answering machine (sound); a table lamp (light) and an empty writing pad (memory) adopt the meaning due to them under this arrangement. In between, the flowing movements of nocturnal ice dancers are accompanied by Rousseau’s humming a tune.

An old photographer, looking through the pictures, plunged into memories of the past.