CSE 2024

Low-Tech – Les Bâtisseurs du Monde d'Après

, Adrien Bellay //Gabi was trying to debug
In contrast to high-tech, low-tech promotes an ecological and local approach, favoring techniques that are simple, sustainable and accessible to all. A citizens' collective is campaigning to popularize this approach, using accessible tools to produce energy, repair machines and create means of production in various sectors such as agriculture and industry.
CSE 2024

The Flag

, Joseph Paris //Gabi was trying to debug
Yasser, a human rights activist, explores Paris to share a neglected truth, while Joseph, a filmmaker, accompanies him to analyze France's identitarian withdrawal through the evolution of political and media discourse over five decades. Their quest confronts the present with history to grasp the continuing regression of our freedoms.
CSE 2024

Madeleine

, Raquel Sancinetti //Gabi was trying to debug
Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in the lounge of a retirement home. The younger one convinces the 107-year-old to join her on a road trip to the sea.
CSE 2024

Malartic

, Nicolas Paquet //Gabi was trying to debug
Ten years after the opening of the gigantic Malartic open-pit gold mine, the hoped-for economic miracle is a mirage. Main Street is not prospering, with no demographic gain. Director Nicolas Paquet exposes an opaque decision-making system that excludes citizens.
CSE 2024

A Golden Life

, Boubacar Sangare //Gabi was trying to debug
In Burkina Faso, young men look under the earth for gold – and a better future. As a result, 16-year-old Rasmané barely seems like a teenager any more. This mainly observational film follows him into the 100-metre abyss of small-scale mining.