Directing

Olivier Zabat

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Arguments poster
7.1

People 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

Arguments poster
7.1

People 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

Fading poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Fading

2010

Zona Oeste poster
9.0

A 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

1/3 des yeux poster
6.5

Communicate 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

O Quilingue poster
NR

A raw look inside the Brazilian favelas.

O Quilingue

2000

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
4.0

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

No artwork available
NR

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

The Waterline poster
NR

In 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

The Waterline poster
NR

In 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

No artwork available
NR

Surrounded by his drawings, papers, photos and figurines, a man loses touch with reality as he remembers an aggression he experienced.

L'Agression

2017

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

On a Brazilian beach, two teenagers from the favelas talk about the joys and violence of their everyday life.

La Femme est sentimentale

2001

No artwork available
NR

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