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Six mois de tournage, un an de montage : c’est le temps qu’il fallu à Nicolas Philibert pour mener à bien l’aventure d’un documentaire exceptionnel sur la radio dans tous ses états. Rencontre.

Les inconnues, c'est connu, ne sont guère favorables à la carrière d'un film. Ça tombe bien, Saudade les cumule. Le réalisateur ? Un chauffeur routier nippon de 40 ans, dénommé Katsuya Tomita, dont le troisième long-métrage, autoproduit, sort en France sans qu'on ait seulement entendu parler des deux premiers. Le sujet ? Les problèmes d'identité et le malaise social de quelques groupes de jeunes gens en mal de repères. Les personnages ? Languissants, rageurs, erratiques, tremblés, fuyants. L'atmosphère ?

En 2008, Pina Bausch, quelques mois avant sa mort, décide de reprendre son fameux spectacle Kontakthof, non plus avec sa troupe, mais avec des adolescents de 14 à 18 ans qui ne sont jamais montés sur scène et n'ont jamais dansé. Ce documentaire est leur histoire...

Normally at this time we’ve got a new Certified Film Threat in Progress for you to check out, but since we’ve now covered quite a few successful projects, and a few looking-to-be-not-so-successful projects, I figured it was time to share ten things that I’ve learned about successfully crowdfunding your film.

Magnolia Pictures is the theatrical and home entertainment distribution arm of Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment, specializing in a unique and eclectic slate of films. Formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, Magnolia's releases have included the Academy Award nominated documentaries ENRON: SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS, the groundbreaking BUBBLE by Steven Soderbergh, and numerous other successes: ONG BAK, DISTRICT B13, PULSE, KEANE, THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED, READ MY LIPS, LATE MARRIAGE, and the 2006 Oscar Nominated Shorts.

On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, an brought to jail before he was finally released.

A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe is a revival underway in America that requires Christian youth to assume leadership roles in advocating the causes of their religious movement. JESUS CAMP, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, and Tory to Pastor Becky Fischer's "Kids on Fire" summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in "God's army".