Our films
The Root Catalogue
The 3 root films embody the founding spirit of the Institute : Co-directing, voice of marginalized cultures, sense of belonging, relationship to the land, intercultural dialogue and intergenerational transmission.
Anoki is a young Nipmuc man from Massachusetts (United States) growing up on Pow-Wow trails, cultural gatherings running in indigenous communities of North America. Grabbed by the modern world double bind, invisibled on his own ancestral land, Anoki returns to the roots of his family culture to give back sense to his existence.
Crossed portraits of Mariama (Guinea) and Renas (Syria), two former refugees of the Collective Housing Center in Anières (Switzerland), whose integration into the swiss society spreads a resilient and hopeful message to all the people who teared themselves from their birth place.
Experimental short film on sensitive knowledge in this alpine little village, cradle of the last ancient langage speakers. Between the relationship to natural elements and peasan stories in the mountain, the documentary investiguates forgotten knowledge and attempts to revive them.