Le Temps d'un détour. Marseille au XIXe siècle

Supervision

January 2012 •French

Madame Hofmann

April 2024 •French

"Welcome to my life", Sylvie Hofmann repeats this sentence almost all day long. Sylvie has been a nurse for 40 years at the North Hospital of Marseille. Her life is running. Between patients, her sick mother, her husband and her daughter, she has always devoted her life to helping others. What if she decided to think a little about herself? To retire? Does she have the right, but above all, does she really want to?

Journey to the West

April 2014 •Chinese

In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the late summer of that year. He also invited famous French actor, Denis Lavant, to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng playing Xuanzang. "Journey to the West" was invited to be the opening short film at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year.

Les Condés: Policiers à Marseille

January 2009 •French

Battle of Marseille, le documentaire

November 2022 •French

June 11, 2016: Marseille in Chaos. As the European Football Championship kicks off, a mysterious group of Russian hooligans launches a brutal attack on thousands of British fans, all in front of the world’s cameras. France and England are humiliated, the incident sparks global outrage, and immediate action is demanded.

The Sunken Galley

January 1957 •French

Off the coast of Marseille, near a rocky cliff, a Greek ship was discovered at a depth of forty meters in Mediterranean waters, loaded with amphorae and other pottery. The cargo has been lying on that sandy stretch of seabed for more than two thousand years. The documentary follows the dives of divers who recover cups, vases, plates and jars still full of wine. We are also witnessing new recovery systems, with the use of compressed air.

Récits d'une jeunesse exilée - J'ai marché jusqu'à vous

October 2016 •French

La station

February 2025 •French

Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol

June 2019 •French

The works of Marcel Pagnol are a veritable monument of French cultural heritage. Based on previously unseen archive material, film extracts, novels, plays, interviews and letters, the film pays tribute to the major author and popular filmmaker, who made his life a work and his work a life's project.

L'heure exquise

December 1981 •French

In the streets of Marseille, René Allio encounters, once again, the spaces of his childhood, and remembers his family history.

何以为家

February 2025 •Chinese

Lara

August 2024 •French

Lara, a German au pair, recently arrived in Marseille, where a new life is beginning for her. Being an introverted young girl, she nevertheless throws herself into the unknown, into the twists and turns of a city whose codes she still does not know.

OM : A jamais les premiers

May 2013 •French

Pythéas, l'astronome voyageur

November 2013 •French

Thomas Pesquet : Objectif France

February 2023 •French

Children of the Princess of Cleves

March 2011 •French

Featuring candid discussion about hopes and dreams, love and heartbreak, family and friends, this engrossing documentary makes an inspired connection between classic literature and contemporary teen life in modern-day Marseille as one high school class studies the 17th-century novel La princesse de Clèves.

la bataille de Marseille

April 2014 •French

Worn Bodies

February 2024 •French

At dusk, boxers from the La Frappe collective train in a Marseille park. Their bodies get into motion, gradually forming a community of gestures, sensations and emotions.

La dent creuse

January 2025 •French

"On that day, a building for the poor fell on top of the poor," is how Hazem El Moukaddem sums up the collapse of two buildings on rue d'Aubagne, in Marseille, on november 5th, 2018. This documentary gives voice to those who, on that morning, lost a friend or a neighbor under the rubble, falling victims to poor housing and property speculation. It is intended as an homage to the 8 victims of this tragedy, as well as to the inhabitants of this working-class neighborhood, who came together in solidarity to demand justice.

Marseille Story, une histoire de la violence

January 2013 •French

Marseille, a city with a dual identity, is seen both as the setting of Pagnol’s films and as a hub for powerful organized crime. Often labeled France’s crime capital, its contemporary history is marked by recurring violence and media portrayals that clash with political leaders’ responses. Jérôme Pierrat examines the roots of this violence, exploring two centuries of social and political challenges that have shaped the city.