S1.E2 ∙ Sur les traces de Tigre et Dragon (Chine)

A raw ode to the miracle of fertility and its transience. The filmmaker followed the trail of the unconventional Dutch Japanese pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama who invited women (and men) to reflect upon this primal theme by means of an art project in Japan. They talk, sometimes for the first time, about children that were or were not born, about sexuality and choices they made. Their stories are interwoven with the music of Bach, sensually interpreted by the pianist, and lead to a Buddhist ritual for unborn children. The pianist and the filmmaker kept silent for a long time about their own deeper motivations. In the course of the creative process and the film, it becomes clear what drives them both, each from her own fate.

WonderWork is a charitable organization that provides free surgeries for children in the poorest countries of the world. Blue Chalk traveled to India and documented the story of two sisters, both born blind, and followed them through the emotional process of receiving their surgeries and seeing for the first time. Blue Chalk created a short-form video in several different formats to support its fund-raising efforts as well as a library of high-quality still images that WonderWork can use in printed direct mail pieces. The video and stills documenting their story will support 20/20/20, a WonderWork charity that aims to bring 20/20 vision to the 20 million in need.

SoleJourney plunges into the center of relentless nonviolent resistance as it follows diverse families confronting the anti-LGBT rhetoric and public policy initiatives of the fundamentalist mega-organization Focus on the Family.

At the end of the formation of the IFFCAM (wildlife film school of Menigoute), students have a tradition of making a collective own production with volunteer members their promotion. The Institute is providing material support and projects are produced by the student association. Frogs on the roof is the project written, shooted and edited by the fifth promotion (2008-2010). On the field, they were helped by the European working group and many volunteer. This is their first film shot abroad and their first medium-length film but they had already worked together in the school. Each of them had also directed two documentaries about various nature themes.