Les Ateliers Varan Movies

Alix left his native island, Martinique, and its musical culture, to study opera singing in Paris. Portrait of a young man who now embraces all his...

Gare du Nord in Paris is a transit station for all those coming from the suburbs, the provinces or abroad. Accompanied by Simon Mérabet, the...

A secret figure in French underground cinema, Maria Koleva has filmed all over Paris, written about Marx and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Serge...

Saud now lives in Paris, caring with devotion and tenderness for his two young children while closely following the drama in Gaza. “It's hard...

Documenting the transformation of Bưởi Road in Hanoi, from a labyrinth of houses and small businesses to a highway, with demolition crew...

Portrait of a young woman through her relationship to money. The director films her friend for a whole month. The dynamic of the film is based on...

Thi was born in a traditional family in the country. Her parents are teachers. She came to Hanoi to study languages. Today, she works as a...

The father and mother of a little boy are both motorcycle cab drivers. The boy is often left alone in the single room that is their home. Produced by...

An elderly woman, a boy and a dog. With a cart, they wander around the city collecting boxes and papers, and only return when everyone else is...

Wakis, a lumberjack in the Central African Republic, works with his family collecting wood to process into charcoal. But faced with its increasing...

In 1985, the audiovisual training association Varan organized a documentary film workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 12 young trainees filmed...

About questioning, cycling and moving on.

Nhi, a student at the film school, expresses her doubts and wonders about her future, during the last days of preparation for her graduation shoot....

Khoa has two lives. Paralyzed since she was born, she is both a bread saleswoman and a champion of relay races in a wheelchair. Her name, 'Khoa',...

The grandfather tries to explain the family history, the traditions, privileges and duties of the eldest son to his grandson, who agrees to stay on...

Armel, Ahmed, Antoine, Ezechiel, Rougeot and Issa are motorcycle cabs at the Ahougnansou train station. Criticized and marginalized, they show...