2016 | Color | 89:00 Agnès Varda and JR share a passion for images in general, as well as for questioning where images are showed and how they are shared. Agnès chose cinema as her medium. JR chose to create open-air photographic galleries. When they met in 2015, they immediately wanted to work together. They would ultimately go on to shoot a film in France, far from the cities. This film is about both their friendship and their differences. Direction: Varda; Agnès, JR Production: Varda; Rosalie Photography: Vignet; Valentin, Duguet; Claire, Le Bonniec; Romain, Guicheteau; Nicolás Sound: Thiebaut; Pierre-Henri, Chaulier; David, Savary; Alan Music: Chedid; Matthieu Participation year at FICM: 2017
2016 | Color | 89:00 Agnès Varda and JR share a passion for images in general, as well as for questioning where images are showed and how they are shared. Agnès chose cinema as her medium. JR chose to create open-air photographic galleries. When they met in 2015, they immediately wanted to work together. They would ultimately go on to shoot a film in France, far from the cities. This film is about both their friendship and their differences. Direction: Varda; Agnès, JR Production: Varda; Rosalie Photography: Vignet; Valentin, Duguet; Claire, Le Bonniec; Romain, Guicheteau; Nicolás Sound: Thiebaut; Pierre-Henri, Chaulier; David, Savary; Alan Music: Chedid; Matthieu Participation year at FICM: 2017
Varda by Agnès Agnès Varda—professional photographer, installation artist, and pioneer of the Nouvelle Vague—is an institution of French cinema, and yet she fiercely opposes institutional thinking of any kind. This film offers insights into her oeuvre, using excerpts from her work to illustrate her artistic vision. Revisiting over 60 years of personal and professional life, Varda takes us on a journey through her world of unorthodox images. See More
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t Two young women become friends in early 1960s Paris. Pomme is an aspiring singer. Suzanne, already a mother of two, is pregnant and unable to support a third child. Pomme lends Suzanne the money for an illegal abortion, but a sudden tragedy soon separates them. Ten years later, they reunite at a protest and pledge to keep in touch via postcard. Both of their lives are irrevocably changed by the women’s liberation movement. See More
Vagabond The body of a young woman is found frozen in a ditch. From that point forward, the story of Mona, a defiant drifter, is pieced together through flashbacks told by those who knew her, resulting in a splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman. See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24