Ateliers Varan

A secret figure in French underground cinema, Maria Koleva has filmed all over Paris, written about Marx and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Serge...

Documenting the transformation of Bưởi Road in Hanoi, from a labyrinth of houses and small businesses to a highway, with demolition crew...

Portrait of a young woman through her relationship to money. The director films her friend for a whole month. The dynamic of the film is based on...

A look at the life of society's outcasts through three locations: the Fleury-Mérogis prison, a low-income housing project in the Paris region,...

In Paris, there is a network of men married to young Filipinas, chosen through an international agency. Here is the portrait of a couple from this...

In an old district of Hanoi, formerly a village, new loud speakers must be repaired and installed. By observing everyday life, Vang Anh films with...

The grandfather tries to explain the family history, the traditions, privileges and duties of the eldest son to his grandson, who agrees to stay on...

About questioning, cycling and moving on.

The Vietnamese State has decided to modernise and to establish vast tourist complexes along the entire coastal zone of the agricultural region of...

In 1985, the audiovisual training association Varan organized a documentary film workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 12 young trainees filmed...

Tung is a young autistic boy. His parents do battle every day to have his illness recognized and better taken charge of by the state. Prejudice about...

For centuries, along the Mekong river, the brick kilns in Mang This used to be the symbol of the delta’s economic prosperity. Now, the last...

The father and mother of a little boy are both motorcycle cab drivers. The boy is often left alone in the single room that is their home. Produced by...

Manuel raps about his life, his thoughts, his whole world of revolt, surrounded by the kind attention of the villagers who welcome him into their...

Khoa has two lives. Paralyzed since she was born, she is both a bread saleswoman and a champion of relay races in a wheelchair. Her name, 'Khoa',...

What does the people in the street think of nuclear physics today? These men and women do not walk far from the imposing Cité des Sciences et...

Nhi, a student at the film school, expresses her doubts and wonders about her future, during the last days of preparation for her graduation shoot....