Les Amis De Cinematon Movies

Portrait of "cinéaste" Ruiz, seemingly at his typewriter, in Courant's ongoing "Cinématon" series.

Reel 1 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

Travelling through kms of concrete and urbanisation before reaching the ocean.

Placed under the auspices of the philosopher Gaston Bachelard whose maxim "The human being has the fate of flowing water", is quoted in the epistle of...

Snowfalls: their rhythm has been reworked creating a hypnotic effect.

"Pons" is a film made of a single fixed-sequence shot, lasting half an hour, which shows the Ain river and the Priay bridge spanning it.

An ongoing series of window views from hotel rooms where Courant has stayed.

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche area, wh...

"Lyon in 96 minutes" is, with a subjective camera and in a single sequence shot lasting one hour and 36 minutes, a stroll through the city of Lyon whi...

A series of portraits filmed in one shot between a person and his/her cat(s) person, free to do what they want.

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche area, wh...