Presentation
DOC STREAM
In our fast-moving societies, documentary films offer a way to slow down, breathe and carefully observe those who create, think and fight for tomorrow’s world. This year, five feature-length films honor the DOC streams, encouraging students to discover the realities that surround them, through intimate or collective stories that are all unique.
First and foremost, cinema documents creation, while revealing its contradictions. The Trouble with Mr. Doodle introduces viewers to the astonishing life of a young man who, since childhood, has built himself through art. If art liberates, it also sometimes locks one up, as shown by his obsession with drawing, which soon covers walls and paintings. But how do you contain the fire of creation without the risk of extinguishing it?
Childhood is not always a carefree time, especially when it comes to getting ready for war. My Sweet Land illustrates History in the making, and reflects the tensions that inhabit the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh, between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This childlike portrait follows in the footsteps of Vrej, who, between school and military camps, cannot imagine his future any differently from that of his elders, by taking up arms.
Family history is but a reflection of the history of nations. Now a journalist, Feurat Alani recounts how he discovered his parents’ country when he was just nine years old. From 1989 to the present day, Flavors of Iraq offers a lively, visual and intimate historical fresco, combining the simplicity of daily life with the geopolitical turmoil that weighs on the country.
The documentary also excels in unpicking the history shaped by books, to grasp the nuances and question the obvious.
Navigating between interviews and archives, Abortion, the Polish Paradox dives into the history of abortion rights in Poland, from the Communist regime to the present day. In a country now recognized as one of the most repressive in Europe in terms of abortion rights, the film reveals the process of instrumentalization and confiscation of women’s reproductive rights, by political and religious power, for over fifty years.
The appropriation of women’s bodies also confronts the faults of our digital age, where every piece of personal information is at risk of being revealed. My Sextortion Diary offers a contemporary portrait of the risks to which today’s women are exposed. As Pati’s computer is stolen, containing photographs of her exposed body, the documentary offers a way for her to resolve her quest to find her blackmailers, and reclaim her stolen fragments of intimacy.
- SCREENINGS
- MONDAY, JANUARY 27
My Sweet Land | 9h30 au Connecteur
Le Parfum d’Irak | 12h au Connecteur - TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
The Trouble with Mr Doodle | 14h15 au Connecteur - THURSDAY, JANUARY 30
Pologne : les Femmes, le Pape et le Parti| 13h30 au Connecteur - FRIDAY, JANUARY 31
My Sextortion Diary | 9h30 au Colisée
