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Le Mois du film documentaire 2025 : Métamorphoses sociétales

Métamorphoses sociétales

8 films

L’Institut français propose en diffusion non commerciale à travers le monde une vingtaine de films en plusieurs cycles pour faire écho à la thématique de cette édition «Métamorphoses» : Métamorphoses et mutations intimes, Métamorphoses sociétales, et Petites Métamorphoses pour le jeune public en courts métrages d’animation. Ces propositions de programmation explorent les changements intimes et sociétaux de la jeunesse, des trajectoires d’artistes, des luttes individuelles et collectives et traitent des métamorphoses de la Nature, parfois sous l’angle du réchauffement climatique, ou sous un angle jeune public. La sélection proposée est constituée de documentaires français contemporains, et de documentaires africains issus du catalogue de la Cinémathèque Afrique.

Le Mois du film documentaire 2025 : Métamorphoses sociétales
  • Historical film
  • 2023
  • 1h46
  • available soon
by Raoul Peck

Ernest Cole was the first black freelance photographer in South Africa, whose early pictures laid bare the injustices of apartheid for a world audience. Cole was exiled to the US, where his experiences were far from his expectations of the American Dream.

  • Biopic
  • 2017
  • 1h23
by Mohamed Siam

Amal is a feisty teenager growing up in postrevolution Egypt while they’re both undergoing a tremendous change. Within a constant political turmoil, Amal searches for her place, identity and sexuality in a patriarchal society. Amal, whose name literally translates to “hope”, is embarking on a 6 year compelling journey from childhood to adulthood. Along the way, she realizes her limited options as a woman living in an Arab police state.

  • 2021
  • 1h50
by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai

In the middle of Paris, young people are trained to become professional dancers and, at the same time, they are prepared for their A levels. That's the deal. The training motivates, strengthens and allows the students to surpass themselves, including overcoming setbacks. Everyone brings his or her own story: complex family relationships, problems in the social environment and in school. Through dance, the students learn to translate their experiences into physical energy. The intimately immersive camera interweaves explosive movement with moments of reflection. There are injuries and deficits, but also hopes, dreams and inner transformations.

  • Drama
  • 2024
  • 13min
by Kim Yip Tong

On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. 12 days later, oil began to spill, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region.

  • Historical film
  • 2021
  • 1h23
by Jean-Gabriel Périot

Through the text of Didier Eribon interpreted by Adèle Haenel, Retour à Reims [Fragments] tells in archives an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

  • 2020
  • 1h36
by Flore Vasseur

Depuis 6 ans, Melati, 18 ans combat la pollution plastique qui ravage son pays l’Indonésie. Comme elle, une génération se lève pour réparer le monde

  • 2022
  • 1h23
by Patricio Guzmán

“October 2019, an unexpected revolution, a social explosion. One and a half million people demonstrated in the streets of Santiago for more democracy, a more dignified life, a better education, a better health system and a new Constitution. Chile had recovered its memory. The event I had been waiting for since my student struggles in 1973 finally materialized.”

  • Experimental film
  • 2024
  • 32min
  • available soon
by Sebastien Betbeder

Sébastien Chassagne, comédien pour le cinéma, le théâtre ou la télévision, anime un atelier dans le centre pénitentiaire de Saint-Martin, sur l’Île de Ré. Face à lui, six détenus aux visages transformés par l’intelligence artificielle, revivent des scènes de leur passé, font exister des rêves ou inventent de nouvelles histoires.

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