Films produced by Les Documents Cinematographiques

Title cards introduce images we watch without narration; they are displays of shape and color. François de Roubaix's electronic music...

This documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Jean Painlevé was originally presented in eight parts on French television. It was...

An enthusiastic grandfather sits with children in a Parisian park talking about pigeons. First. their physical appearance—eye, wings and tail,...

Two kinds of starfish, the brittle and the feather. The brittle star moves its arms alone, without the aid of suckers. Underneath is a single...

Perrault's fairy tale presented in claymation with choral voices. Bluebeard goes courting, all six of his wives having died. He arrives at the house...

After a comic introduction, we look closely at a shrimp. Eyes on stilts, color patterns, pinchered walking feet, a rostrum. We watch shrimp eat using...

Title cards introduce images we watch without narration; they are displays of shape and color. François de Roubaix's electronic music...

This documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Jean Painlevé was originally presented in eight parts on French television. It was...

An enthusiastic grandfather sits with children in a Parisian park talking about pigeons. First. their physical appearance—eye, wings and tail,...