Between 1954-1962, one hundred to three hundred young French people refused to participate in the Algerian war. These rebels, soldiers or conscripts were non-violent or anti-colonialists. Some took refuge in Switzerland where Swiss citizens came to their aid, while in France they were condemned as traitors to the country. In 1962, a few months after Independence, Villi Hermann went to a region devastated by war near the Algerian-Moroccan border, to help rebuild a school. In 2016 he returned to Algeria and reunited with his former students. He also met French refractories, now living in France or Switzerland.

In the fall of 1987, Philippe Haas accompanied the sculptor Richard Long to the Algerian Sahara and ...

A documentary focusing on American conscientious objectors during WWII.

The award-winning filmmaker Peter Lilienthal is dedicated to this extremely poignant documentary of ...

“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist A...

Beginning with a promotional reel encouraging farming investments in Algeria and ending with the sec...

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong...

Illustrated with archival photographs, animations and live action, this film explores the history an...

Albert Camus, who died 60 years ago, continues to inspire defenders of freedom and human rights acti...

“La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root ...

Dubai - the city of controversies. Six individuals go through personal insecurities, cultural pressu...

Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen s...

1953, colonized Algeria. Fanon, a young black psychiatrist is appointed head doctor at the Blida-Jo...

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...

Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de...

Documentary edited from testimonies on the torture of people who experienced the war. Some witnesses...

Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter...

The Law of Silence, a final-year documentary by Moïra Chappedelaine-Vautier at Femis, examines the 1...