Claire Atherton Movies

Commissioned for the centenary of the famous French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens and shot on the street that bears his name in Paris'...

The people of the Mafrouza shantytown in Alexandria daily reconstruct themselves and the world around them, but they also question the camera, who...

Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with...

The American military forces has a long tradition of cooperation with the movie industry. Movie studios can save millions of dollars by securing use...

A film that comprises in itself a form of dance – rather than a film about dance; an encounter between film and dance – rather than a...

Chantal Akerman is only 25 when her acclaimed film 'Jeanne Dielman' is released in 1975. It is a bold film, with which she immediately makes a name...

Chantal Akerman reads a script detailing the woes that befell her on the day she thought about "The Future of Cinema". The camera continuously...

After a series of rapes in broad daylight in 1985, a demonstration takes place in September. Leaflets accuse the "immigrant criminal underworld."...

One year after the death of Simone de Beauvoir (14 april 1986) Delphine Seyrig pays homage by visiting her grave. which she finds still covered with...

Images of a small boatyard, somewhere in Greece. Between the repairs and the boats’ departures, a team of men haul them ashore and set them...

Witches, devil's hooks, firebrands ... Who are these women who embody the danger of the times? Feminists for sure, sometimes underground and singular...

A brother writes to his sister. A brother loves his sister. is it true that one can keep a young woman through writing? The ambition is great. A...

This story of an unexpected encounter between a young boy and a wounded foreigner somewhere in the Romanian wilderness is a parable about the freedom...

This documentary follows 5 years of struggle for truth and justice after the murder of 69-year-old Ali Ziri by the french police, covered by the...