Replace

On the occasion of the creation of the show for all audiences LAURA’ s Gang by choreographer Gaëlle Bourges, the association Os proposed a series of workshops between women housed at the Emmaüs CHRS in Épinay-sur-Orge and CM1/CM2 children from the Jean Perrin school in Grigny, on the issue of the representation of women and racialized people in Western painting.

The project was conceived as a journey through art history, combining visits to the Musée d'Orsay, critical reflection, art workshops, dance workshops, and the invention of a form in which adults and children could "replay" – or revisit in their imaginations and representations, to conclude their encounter—the issues they explored together. Various moments of the project were filmed by director Claire Ananos, resulting in the documentary film replace.

Directed by Claire Ananos

Chatô

Après les films  Fables misapi, et ruines / ou comment rendre visible l’invisible en suivant la licorne, Gaëlle Bourges, Julie Vuoso et Claire Ananos achèvent leur enquête de terrain dans la ville de Château-Thierry avec un troisième opus, Chatô.

For this new film, Gaëlle Bourges focused on the links between Castrothéodoricien.ne.s and the remains of the town's medieval castle. The film crew sought to bring together the different relationships to the history of this ancient building, through encounters on and around the site - with the person in charge of maintaining the park, the falconers in the eagle show, a musician whose house overlooks the castle's parapet walk, two archaeologists, etc. - and to find out more about the castrothéodoricien.ne.s' relationship to the remains of the medieval castle.

The jigsaw of encounters on the hilltop is Claire Ananos' 3rd film.

Directed by Claire Ananos

RUINS / or how to make the invisible visible by following the unicorn

After the movie Fables misapi, about the relationship between the inhabitants of Château-Thierry and Jean de La Fontaine, a native of the town, Gaëlle Bourges relaunched a field study based on the Gallo-Roman remains discovered at Les Vaucrises, on the heights of the town. Walking with Marjolaine Jouannetaud, an archaeologist in Château-Thierry, the team interviewed people they met at random during their travels about the connection they have, or don't have, with past civilizations. The result of these encounters is the^second film directed by Claire Ananos: Ruins / or how to make the invisible visible by following the unicorn.

Directed by Claire Ananos

Misapi fables

Le film Fables misapi traite du rapport qu’entretiennent les habitant.e.s de Château-Thierry avec un homme du 17^e siècle, Jean de la Fontaine, natif de la ville – aujourd’hui, même les ronds-points  illustrent ses fameuses histoires animalières.
Que reste-t-il de ces fables dans la ville, à part les ronds-points ? La question était une bonne occasion d’échanger avec les gens rencontrés sur la place du marché, dans la rue, les squares : des discussions improvisées devant la caméra, où affleure peu à peu un faisceau de problématiques – de la pollution de l’air aux mouvements migratoires, de la difficulté de trouver sa place au racisme, de la peur de voir « tout » changer à la maigreur endémique des perspectives de vivre bien.

Directed by Claire Ananos