Directing
Olivier Zabat
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Directing
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19 titles
Known for
7.1People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.
Arguments
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Fading
2010
9.0A penetrating, no-holds-barred video film in three parts about the crime that dominates and destroys Brazilian society. Part 1 shows four young thieves and drug dealers from the favela in Rio de Janeiro, who try to justify their lives as gangsters. In part 2, two Brazilian policemen talk about their 'moonlighting', including hit jobs. Part 3 is about a Brazilian evangelist who has given up his vocation to lead a life of crime.
Zona Oeste
2000
6.5Communicate despite misunderstanding, stroking violence and make sometimes biting, trying to control death and survive against the irretrievable loss, 1/3 des yeux is a poetic documentary about the contradictory forces in our society and in every human. The chapters are organized according to an innovative form that appeals to the harsh film essay. Third eye is a sensitive tale that invites the viewer to share a sense of empathy towards the world.
1/3 des yeux
2005
NRA raw look inside the Brazilian favelas.
O Quilingue
2000
During a power sports contest at a large hotel complex, one of the competitors oversteps his physical limits and collapses. In a suspended time where the whole team attempts to resuscitate him, another drama is being played out.
Silent Minutes
2013
Behind the camera
7.1People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.
Arguments
2019
7.1People who hear voices talk about their daily inner and social struggles. The film deals with “madness” through an acute awareness of reality and echoes our secret suffering.
Arguments
2019
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Fading
2010
9.0A penetrating, no-holds-barred video film in three parts about the crime that dominates and destroys Brazilian society. Part 1 shows four young thieves and drug dealers from the favela in Rio de Janeiro, who try to justify their lives as gangsters. In part 2, two Brazilian policemen talk about their 'moonlighting', including hit jobs. Part 3 is about a Brazilian evangelist who has given up his vocation to lead a life of crime.
Zona Oeste
2000
6.5Communicate despite misunderstanding, stroking violence and make sometimes biting, trying to control death and survive against the irretrievable loss, 1/3 des yeux is a poetic documentary about the contradictory forces in our society and in every human. The chapters are organized according to an innovative form that appeals to the harsh film essay. Third eye is a sensitive tale that invites the viewer to share a sense of empathy towards the world.
1/3 des yeux
2005
NRA raw look inside the Brazilian favelas.
O Quilingue
2000
During a power sports contest at a large hotel complex, one of the competitors oversteps his physical limits and collapses. In a suspended time where the whole team attempts to resuscitate him, another drama is being played out.
Silent Minutes
2013
A woman creates collages with the words she identifies in the voices of her mother that she hears in her head. She struggles to make sense of them.
Ce que dit ma mère
2017
An original portrait of a mentally handicapped man in his environment – an employment rehabilitation centre. In his particular relationship to the camera, Yves exists in a time and in a rapport with the world that are inaccessible to us but which challenge ours.
Yves
2007
Sitting in front of his computer, a man asks puppets how the book he is finishing will be appreciated – a book telling his own story of his transition from psychotic to caregiver.
Le Bruit
2017
NRIn France, individuals facing social distress are welcomed into a support structure providing assistance and emergency accommodation. For them, even a peaceful little town becomes a war zone if there is no shelter, no landmark but the threat of « wolves outside ». They struggle for their survival and dignity, with the help of determined social workers.
The Waterline
2026
NRIn France, individuals facing social distress are welcomed into a support structure providing assistance and emergency accommodation. For them, even a peaceful little town becomes a war zone if there is no shelter, no landmark but the threat of « wolves outside ». They struggle for their survival and dignity, with the help of determined social workers.
The Waterline
2026
Surrounded by his drawings, papers, photos and figurines, a man loses touch with reality as he remembers an aggression he experienced.
L'Agression
2017
A former “strongman” (a power force athlete) from Finland, now working as an actor, has transformed his basement into a home cinema. In order to land the roles he wants, he trains intensively and stops at nothing to prove his commitment to fulfilling what the filmmakers expect of him.
Perspectives du sous-sol
2012
In Bangkok, the training and combats of child boxers, where domination and money are the driving forces. Three excerpts from an unfinished film.
Kidding
2023
Two youngsters turn a game into a lesson on martial arts techniques in a fight that takes the form of a minimalistic cinematic duel.
Ne me touche pas
2006
Based on the miraculous story of a man who crossed a minefield and survived – the experience of boxers, mine clearance experts and warriors underpins this exploration of how conflict is perceived, managed and represented.
Miguel et les mines
2002
On a Brazilian beach, two teenagers from the favelas talk about the joys and violence of their everyday life.
La Femme est sentimentale
2001
To prepare his conference, a man explains to his partner the words and phrases that he hears in the rain beating against the window, in the birdsong and the wood snapping under his feet.
Les mots de la pluie
2017
