Lumière L

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence. This is the prologue for what happened a year ago in Paris with a man Sarah had long considered a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, had also finished her relationship with the director and was about to receive an award…

An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French cinematographer Henri Alekan

In the darkroom, 50 unexposed film strips were laid across a surface, upon which a frame of "La sortie des ouvrier de l'usine Lumière" was projected. The stringing together of the individual developed sections make up the new film, which reads the original frame like a page from a musical score: within the strips from top to bottom and sequentially from left to right.

A young drifter meets up with a strange old man who claims that he has been taught to fly by birds

When a man's best friend is shot in cold blood by two corrupt policemen, he must track down the only eyewitnesses, who have deported to Mali.

This work consists of a fixed shot capturing the natural phenomenon of light flowing in from beyond the horizon, which Nakai encountered at a beach when shooting Alchemy. The sound consists of ambient noise from the surrounding environment. “This is minimal cinema focusing on the phenomenon of light passing over the sea, which I happened to encounter on the beach when I was filming Alchemy.” (Tsuneo Nakai)

Ga-young, who is blind, is learning to live by herself after her father passed away. Then one day, she hears the news that the theater where his father worked as a projectionist will be gone, and so, she visits the theater. As Ga-young heads to the projection room only by following the sound and scent, she reunites with her father in the projection room, which was the biggest universe to her.

French-made documentary, "Métro Lumière", which actually does help provide some of the context for Hsiao-hsien's approach to the film. It includes excerpts from Ozu's films, in particular, "Equinox Flower", to show the parallels with this film, the obvious basis for some of the scenes and situation set-ups.

About the Lumière brothers

1983. Lucas is 12 years old. He must keep company, during the holidays, with Erwan (15 years) whose parents left alone on a trip. Erwan transfers his bitterness at being neglected to Lucas. He treats him like a dog, forcing him to eat only bread and cheese, and to live without clothes, "like a dog".

This work deals with the discovery of light and of its power to reconstruct images. Through a boy who discovers the possibilities of framing and manipulating light with a mirror, the idea of making images appears in the daily life of the children living in the old streets of Saida. Reflected light becomes a knowledge that is transmitted from child to child and a source of friendship and curiosity.

Adolescence is the dawn of a life. First steps on a board in a game, full of chance, risks, discoveries, failures and successes...that we call life. How would you react if, as a teenager, you received a letter from your own future that depicted life as such?

God comes to Earth in order to make a film.

Jay, a lonely coffee barista who works only the night shift encounters Eva who had just broke off with her boyfriend and also lost her cat.

Lim took Huang touring around the downtown streets and rural trails, tracing the path of HUNG TUNG, Lim's favorite artist.

Film montage of documents shot between 1895 and 1900 by the operators of the Lumière brothers.