THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO

| 1956 – 78′ –  Documentary, Classic, Films & Art.
Written by: Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Starring: Pablo Picasso.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 1955 (Special Jury Prize winner).
In French with English subtitles.
A Kino Lorber release. |

In 1955 Henri-Georges Clouzot joined forces with his friend Pablo Picasso to make an entirely new kind of documentary – one that captured the moment and the mystery of creativity. For the film, Picasso created 20 artworks, ranging from playful B&W sketches to widescreen color paintings. Using inks that bled through the paper, Picasso rapidly created fanciful drawings that Clouzot was able to film from the reverse side, capturing their creation in real time. When the artist decided to paint in oils, the filmmaker switched to color film and employed the magic of stop-motion animation. By contract, almost all of these paintings were destroyed when the film was completed. The Mystery of Picasso is exhilarating, mesmerizing, and unforgettable – one of the greatest documentaries on art ever made.

WATCH NOW

SEASON 1 & 2 NOW PLAYING ON NETFLIX. SEASON 3 COMING SOON IN 2025.

TOUR DE FRANCE: UNCHAINED

| 2023~2025 – 22 x 45′ -Seasons 1,2 & 3 – Series – Documentary, Sport.
Directed by: Yann L’Hénoret, Jamy Batten, Roeland Doust.
Starring: Alec Newman, Julian Alaphilippe, Fabio Jakobson, Christian Prudhomme, Steve Chainel.
Official Selection: International Emmy Awards 2024.
In English and in French with English subtitles.
A Netflix Original release. |

Tour de France: Unchained closely follows all the Tour’s actors, from riders to team managers, to understand the multiple stakes of a race that has become a true international symbol, broadcasted in 190 countries. The backstages of the most iconic teams and riders will be unveiled, from the preparation phase to the finish line.

TEHACHAPI

| 2024 – 92′ – DOCUMENTARY
Written by: JR
Directed by: JR
Official Competition TAFFF 2024.
In English.
A MasterClass release. |

Once again, incisive visual artist JR (Places) captures the world around him and reflects it back to us in a way that transforms lives, mirrors the humanity within us, and literally changes the way we see the world. This time, his joint subject/canvas is the Tehachapi maximum security prison in Southern California. The original idea was simply to photograph a group of inmates from the prison’s Level Four facility – housing its most violent criminals – create a monumental photo collage, and paste it on the ground of the prison courtyard, where it would remain for just a few days. Yet, in the process, so much more happens. Powerful bonds are formed, a sense of dignity is reclaimed, and an open-hearted dialogue begins… revealing the immense transformational power of art and the hope it can instill in everyone involved, from the inmates and their families, to the prison staff, to the viewers of the finished piece and this immensely moving film. It is a rare experience, and confirms the fact, loud and clear, that art is alive and well and truly does have the power to change lives and the world in a very visceral way.

WATCH NOW

FRANCOFONIA

| 2016 – 87′ – DOCUMENTARY, HISTORY, WAR, DRAMA.
Written by: Alexander Sokourov.
Directed by: Alexander Sokourov.
Starring: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes, Jean-Claude Caër.
Official Selections Venice International Film Festival 2015, Toronto International Film Festival 2015.
In French, Russian, German with English subtitles.
A Music Box Films release. |

Set against the backdrop of the Louvre Museum’s history and artworks, master director Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) applies his uniquely personal vision onto staged reenactments and archives for this fascinating portrait of real-life characters Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich and their compulsory collaboration at the Louvre Museum under the Nazi Occupation. These two remarkable men – enemies then collaborators – share an alliance which would become the driving force behind the preservation of museum treasures. In its exploration of the Louvre Museum as a living example of civilization, Francofonia is a stunning and urgently relevant meditation on the essential relationship between art, culture, and history. Throughout his vast filmography – documentary, fiction and others somewhere in between – Alexander Sokurov has demonstrated that a museum is much more than a place to preserve art. Museums are the veritable DNA of a civilization, the living organ of the city where the heart of a nation beats. With Francofonia, he explores a historical chapter that we might know, but whose description does not take into account all the lines that run through it. Sokurov’s body of work includes his “Men of Power” tetralogy (Faust, The Sun [Emperor Hirohito], Taurus [Vladimir Lenin] and Moloch [Adolph Hitler]), Russian Ark (set entirely in St Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum), Mother and Son and Father and Son.

WATCH NOW

KING OF KINGS

| 2024 – 99′ –  Documentary, Biopic, History. A France/US Co Production.
Written by: Harriet Marin Jones, Giles Gardner, Michel Fessler.
Directed by: Harriet Marin Jones.
Official selections Chicago International Film Festival 2023, Atlanta Film Festival 2023, San Diego International Film Festival 2024.
Official Selection TAFFF 2023.
In English and in French with English subtitles.
A Freestyle Digital Media release. |

Director Harriet Marin Jones takes an in-depth look at the life and legacy of her grandfather, Edward Jones, a charismatic African-American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago, to become one of the richest men in America, before falling into complete oblivion. Building a multi-million-dollar empire as the brains and brawn behind “Policy” — the illegal numbers racket and precursor of today’s state lottery — the “Policy King” went head-to-head with Al Capone’s “Outfit”, while hobnobbing with celebrated artists like Josephine Baker, Frida Kahlo and Duke Ellington. Edward Jones shaped the destiny of a city, yet could not escape the color of his skin in America. In exploring her own family roots with many Chicagoans who knew him (including composer Quincy Jones, the film’s executive producer), the filmmaker uncovers yet another dazzling forgotten episode in Black American History.

WATCH NOW