Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections 2011

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Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard Courant was invited by the Dubai International Film Festival, in the United Arab Emirates. It was an opportunity for him to film many "Cinematons" of personalities from the Arab world and to continue his "Film Notebooks" from which he brought back 7 episodes.

2011

Abel Ferrara in Lucca

Abel Ferrara in Lucca 2012

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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.

2012

In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont

In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont 2016

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On 6 December 2013, a public exhibition dedicated to her memory, Bernadette Lafont l'exposition hommage, was held in Paris. Actors Stéphane Audran, Guillaume Gouix and Alexandra Stewart read some extracts of Bernard Bastide's new biography Bernadette Lafont, une vie de cinéma, including some original letters written by Bernadette. The event was filmed by Gérard Courant and aired as an episode of Carnets filmés, In Memoriam Bernadette Lafont.

2016

Vivre à Naples Et Mourir

Vivre à Naples Et Mourir 2011

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"On the occasion of the premiere of Nel Regno di Napoli in Cannes in 1978, Werner Schroeter gave me an audio interview about this film and about his work in general. Our meeting took place on the terrace of the Hotel Majestic, in the midst of excitement of the Cannes festival life, a few days after the screening of Nel Regno di Napoli and in the presence of the photographer Jean-Claude Moireau. Vivre à Naples et mourir is the audio capture of that informal meeting that happened on 20 May 1978 and which is, as per director's wish, more like a casual conversation than an interview in the strict sense of the term (a set of questions and answers).

2011

Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice

Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice 1999

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30 years after their artistic revolution, members of the Zanzibar group meet in 1999 in Saint-Sulpice Square in Paris (France) in front of Gérard Courant's camera.

1999

Alicudi 1 Bella

Alicudi 1 Bella 2011

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

2011

Marilyn

Marilyn 2012

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The films of Marilyn Monroe, sped up by Gerard Courant.

2012

Dérapages

Dérapages 2020

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During a shoot with an Eagle K4 camera, a failure caused freeze-ups with abstract shapes.

2020