Les Archives de l’Art Cinématonique

A simple, modest and faithful record of some moments at the Lucca Film Festival in October 2010, with songs and speeches by Abel Ferrara: trace of the co-presence of two of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, dissident and true sons of Cesare Zavattini’s revolutionary spirit.

A cinematographic logbook around the mythical island of Alicudi in Sicily.

On the occasion of the passing of Marcel Hanoun, Gérard Courant wanted to pay tribute to this companion whom he had known since 1975 by accompanying him with the song Avec le temps by Léo Ferré.

Travelling through kms of concrete and urbanisation before reaching the ocean.

This episode of the Carnets filmés, shot in Mexico, is largely devoted to Barbara Peón Solis's photographic exhibition, entitled Como Buda te Veras, which was held in Querétaro. Beyond this artistic event, Exposición (Journal du Mexique) is a stroll through Mexico City and an unusual exploration of the Teotihuacan pyramid site.

Tout était clair, the new episode of Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés spends considerable time in Saint-Marcellin, a small town in the Isère region at the foot of the Vercors mountain range, where the filmmaker lived during his childhood, and in Burzet, where, since 1980, he has filmed the Good Friday procession every year. A second part is devoted to a lecture by filmmaker Luc Moullet, who draws a comparison between the two French sports dailies: L'Équipe and Aujourd'hui Sport.

Located in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris (France) and inaugurated in 1894, the Cipale velodrome was the venue for the 1900 and 1924 Olympic Games, the finish of 7 Tours de France (1968 to 1974) and the famous Grand Prix de Paris (1894 to 1993). This last competition was, for a long time, the most important track sprint event in the world.

A cinematographic logbook around the mythical island of Alicudi in Sicily.

Patrick Deval, known as Bambou, the author of the cult film Acéphale, is celebrating his birthday.

A cinematographic logbook around the mythical island of Alicudi in Sicily.

In Causerie avec un Martien en exil à Lyon, the Lyon-based writer, publisher and bookseller Jean-Marc Léger (alias Markus Leicht) looks back on his literary career and in particular on the 1970s, a period when, artistically, everything was possible.

Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid died on August 5, 2006, and German filmmaker Werner Schroeter on April 12, 2010. They were close friends, and along with Jean Eustache, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Philippe Garrel were the most innovative filmmakers of the post-New Wave era.

Périssable paradis II (Notes pour un monde nouveau) is therefore the result of an anachronism. Indeed, it benefited from funding that I never requested, whereas many of my films were produced without any financial assistance, even though I did everything I could to secure it!