The Listener Saison 2 Épisode 1

A couple of sound engineers have stopped paying attention to each other. During a film shooting they see themselves in the actors who play the scene, which makes them understand the importance of listening to one another.

Award-winning artist Wim Helsen proves in his fifth theater performance that he not only has deep, absurd thoughts, but is also a good listener.

This documentary summarizes an extensive interview made by the writer Manuel Rivas to the former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón.

A blind man hears a strange melody while changing the channel on his television.

“Listen to me, there’s something I have to say, but I still can’t do it showing my face.” 25 years after running away from her home town in Morocco, a woman needs to explain why she fled away without an explanation. Yet she is not able to do it by showing her face, that’s why she has to record her voice.

Chris Marker films a cat reacting to the sound of a piano playing.

Short work by Barbara Rupik

The stone jungle of the gloomy city does not leave a single sprout of greenery. But nature is bursting out from under the slabs, bursting with the greenery of sprouts. And no matter how much the city tries to cope with unwanted vegetation, nature takes its course and greens it.

Europe’s most successful public cultural radio station is struggling. The film follows the passionate radio crew over a period two years as they attempt to reinvent their program. Just when the station begins to regain listeners the right-wing government starts to threaten its independence.

Based on the universe of three indigenous peoples pressured by the destruction caused by mining, the film proposes an approach to the thought of the Yanomami, Munduruku and Mebêngôkre (Kayapó), in the formation of a historical alliance in defense of territories. It is, therefore, a narrative about resistance and resilience, in the figure of an unprecedented union that establishes the maintenance of their physical and subjective territories. Beyond the destruction caused by mining, this is a film about the impossibility of separation between indigenous existence and their territory.

In an official vehicle, driver Bekir, supervisor Selim and Çağrı Bey are the last to be inspected. they go towards the company. Bekir's charger is broken. From the Call without hitting Selim They ask the company they are going to ask for a charger. However, Selim hears this and gets angry with Bekir. He doesn't want to fall into a bribery position. While Selim and Çağrı are at the company, Bekir throws the broken charger in the trash. Selim sees him from the window. After the inspection, Selim and Çağrı return without a charger and say goodbye to Bekir. Bekir waits until they disappear, and after a while he gets out of the car to get the charger he had thrown away.

What you do, follows you for the rest of your life.

Deaf or hard of hearing, the young man captures the rhythms played on the hang by a young woman, but will the two hear each other?

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami destroyed large parts of the small town of Rikuzentakata. Here, Hiromi ABE hosts a radio show in which she reports on local events and interviews the residents. She focuses not only on the time after the disaster and the ongoing rebuilding of the community, but also on recording personal stories.

Moscow has become a home and stage for artists from all over the world. Music in this city sounds without stopping: a cosmopolitan Venezuelan who settled in Moscow is preparing the presentation of the album of his band – an important event of the underground rock scene. A Chinese pianist from the Conservatory, who is in love with Rachmaninoff, is preparing for a serious exam. American and Kazakh are experimenting with formats and looking for a listener among the neighbors in the entrance, inviting them to an apartment party. The Cuban ensemble once again takes to the stage of the restaurant with national songs and dances. A Ghanaian drummer plays with a gospel choir at a Protestant service. Each of them exists in its own small worlds, accessible to the listener; and these worlds make up the musical landscape of Moscow.

A documentary on listeners of Radio Moscow's program "Escucha, Chile", their experience and connections in their history.

First film school practice film on a tour in bandarban. Exploring the ethnic peoples and their lives from the point of view of a traveler and he wonders about anything.