Cinematography: Claire Simon

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis At first observational and later hugely personal, Claire Simon’s film is an example of the sheer power of documentary cinema. She explores a gynaecological clinic in Paris to ascertain what...

Direction Claire Simon

Direction Claire Simon

Cast Alain Bergala · Xanaë Bove · Emmanuel Chaumet · Claire Childeric

Synopsis With LE CONCOURS the director will delve into the daily life of the Parisian cinema school, la Fémis, where a specific Republican ideal of excellence is practiced and entry into...

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis Their names are Tessa, Anaïs, Catia, Manon, Elia, Hugo, Clément. They’re all eleventh-grade students at a lycée in Ivry, an unadorned suburb of Paris, they have puppy fat, voices still...

Direction Claire Simon

Cast Anne Alvaro · Nathalie Baye · Michel Boujenah · Rachida Brakni

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis Every August, the little village of Lussas in southern France becomes the capital of documentary. A major annual documentary festival has been held here since the 1970s, and it has...

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis From a distance, Lussas might look like a tranquil, rural village but big things are going on there. Among the vineyards and cherry orchards of France’s Ardèche region, a handful...

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis Nice, the industrial area of Saint-Laurent del Var. With money from his in-laws, Jihad opens a small eatery. Despite the commitment of his employees and the abundance of good products,...

Direction Claire Simon

Synopsis In the Makarenko public elementary school in the Paris outskirts, children want to learn and to be cheered while teachers know they do not only teach, they also educate. With...

Direction Claire Simon

Direction Claire Simon

Cast Simon Mérabet

Synopsis A documentary portrait of the Gare du Nord. Countless people pass through the station and cross it, whether they come from the Paris suburbs, provincial France or abroad.

Direction Claire Simon

Cast Jean-Marie Bouvier

Synopsis Doctor Jean-Marie Bouvier is a medic nearing retirement. With director in tow, he makes house calls to elderly patients - some calmly, other anxiously awaiting their last days. Following a...