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Un documentaire de Frédéric Laffont. Au plus près des hommes, des Israéliens, des Palestiniens, et parfois de Dieu, par le courrier. God, poste restante, Jerusalem A film by Frédéric Laffont Editing: Jean-François Giré Length: 50' © Interscoop, France 3, Tele-Europe, 1993 La Croix : "Frédéric Laffont's production for Zanzibar is similar to his film "Beyrouth, des balles et des ballons", which won the Golden Nymph at the Monte Carlo Film Festival, with the same sensitive approach to the man thrown into history and the same accuracy of tone in mastering a complex reality." With the postmen of Jerusalem, from one address to another, from one neighbourhood to another, from one world to another. Letters from cousins in America for some, letters from prison for others, love letters too... Some of the letters are addressed directly to ‘God, poste restante, Jerusalem’. Close to people, Israelis, Palestinians, and sometimes God, through the mail.

“Le beau documentaire en forme de road-movie de Frédéric Laffont est empreint de mythologie hollywoodienne. Le film débute dans le décor minéral de Monument Valley, là même où John Ford tourna de nombreux westerns. Ballad for a Cowboy Libération: “Frédéric Laffont’s beautiful road-movie-style documentary is imbued with of Hollywood mythology. The film opens in the mineral setting of Monument Valley, the same place where John Ford shot many westerns. But Clint Cannon's long road is more reminiscent of the nostalgic Indomitable (The Lusty Men, 1952) by Nicholas Ray, in which Robert Mitchum played a rodeo cowboy confronted with the disillusionment of an increasingly materialistic modernity.” A film by Frédéric Laffont Duration: 1h03' © Arte France, Interscoop, Artline Films, 2006 Editing: Mathilde Grosjean Rodeo cowboys have this in common with the characters in John Huston's The Misfits: They can only rely on themselves. Clint Cannon. Wrist fractured three times, arm broken twice, kidney and liver punctured, shoulder dislocated, skull cracked... No matter. He's chasing his dream. The same one his father once had: to qualify for the Las Vegas finals. From rodeo to rodeo, he crosses America. And filling up with gas also hurts his empty wallet.

Cette passionnante enquête nous entraîne en URSS, au Pakistan, à Kaboul et clandestinement dans les provinces d’Afghanistan. Dust of War Editions Robert Laffont, 1985 Co-written with Christophe de Ponfilly, Albert Londres Prize 1985. When the song of arms passes, comes the time of tears. Wars pass through history like whirlwinds. For the Soviets, the war in Afghanistan lasted ten years; for the Afghans, it continues. Beyond the event, this book tells the terrible story of the men plunged into war. On both sides, the combatants and their loved ones confide in the great reporters, both winners of the Albert Londres Prize. Through their encounters, Ponfilly and Laffont paint a vast fresco of the absurd, where the gazes of men who killed each other without ever knowing each other meet. This exciting adventure takes us to the USSR, Pakistan, Kabul and clandestinely to the provinces of Afghanistan. A year of investigation for an exceptional document. Le Monde: "A relentless indictment of the obscenity of war." VSD: “A magnificent piece of work. The spirit of great reporting in its purest form.” Le Figaro: “Christophe de Ponfilly and Frédéric Laffont have tracked down, in both camps, the stigmata of the absurd Soviet-Afghan conflict. A formidable exercise, admirable result.”

Palestine-Israël, Seconde Intifada. D'octobre 2000 à février 2002, Frédéric Laffont va revenir une douzaine de fois en Israël et dans les territoires palestiniens pour raconter autre chose que l'escalade vers le pire. Seul avec sa caméra, il va à la rencontre des personnes qui, des deux côtés, s'efforcent de construire la paix. Dust of Peace Le Monde: “Poussières de paix, a feature film by Frédéric Laffont, is a film of hope, a work that goes against the grain, as always with this great reporter-documentarist. Winner of the Albert-Londres Prize in 1987, this supporter of committed and subjective television has as his principle to take one's time. “Films are mostly made when you're not filming,” he says. Humanism.” A film by Frédéric Laffont Edited by Jean-François Giré Duration: 70' © France 2, Interscoop, 2002 Palestine-Israel, Second Intifada. From October 2000 to February 2002, the great reporter returned to Israel a dozen times. and in the Palestinian territories to tell something other than the escalation towards the worst. Alone with his camera, he meets people on both sides who are striving to build peace. At the same time, radio and television stations comment on the latest attack and the ongoing fighting.

Prix Albert Londres 1987 Lebanon, the war of nerves Albert Londres Prize 1987 Le Monde, In Praise of Great Reporting. JC Pomonti, 21.02.1988 Albert Londres Audiovisual Prize 1985: The Fighters of Insolence (Afghanistan), by Christophe de Ponfilly. 1987: The War of Nerves in Beirut, by Frédéric Laffont. "Ponfilly and Laffont alone represent 66% of the staff of the tiny Interscoop agency, and fight like lions to produce major reports worthy of the name!" A film by Frédéric Laffont Edited by Pierre Molard Duration: 13' © Interscoop, Sygma TV, 1986 "When it's bombing, I listen to Pavarotti. When it gets louder, I turn up the volume..."

Wally Schirra rêvait d’être pompier, il deviendra astronaute. En 1959, il fait partie des sept premiers astronautes américains sélectionnés par la NASA. Seul astronaute à avoir volé sur Mercury, Gemini et Apollo,. Wally Schirra raconte avec humour et passion son incroyable aventure spatiale, témoin privilégié de l’une des plus grandes épopées du XXe siècle. Captain W, astronaut Etoile SCAM 2007 ENGLISH VERSION A film by Frédéric Laffont Edited by Jean-François Giré Duration: 56' © France 3, Interscoop, City of Science and Industry, 1994 Wally Schirra dreamed of being a firefighter, but he became an astronaut. In 1959, he was one of the first seven American astronauts selected by NASA. When a journalist asked him, "Who thinks they'll come back alive from space?", he raised both hands. The first to successfully complete a space rendezvous, he amused Houston by reporting a "red UFO" that he said was Santa's sleigh in December 1965. The only astronaut to have flown on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo, Wally Schirra recounts his incredible space adventure with humor and passion, a privileged witness to one of the greatest epics of the 20th century.

Un film documentaire de Frédéric Laffont pour le cinéma. Face à l’ennemi Poutine pour qui les Ukrainiens n’auraient ni identité ni culture, tous se battent. Des enfants et les grands-mères aussi. Nos proches, nos voisins. Nous, l’Ukraine. Nous, l’Europe. We, Ukraine feature documentary, 2025 A documentary film for the cinema. Three years of work since the Russian invasion of 2022. Think film's impact campaign, We Ukraine, for concrete European support for Ukrainian culture. Coming soon... To resist Putin's war, culture is also a front line. Under the relentless threat of Russian bombardment, people dance and sing in defiance of the alarms, play theatre in a bomb shelter, publish books despite paper shortages, paint street art near the front, record music, open exhibitions in a closed museum, save endangered treasures, sew endless camouflage in the cellar, and behind the scenes, constantly raise money to provide drones and survival kits for soldiers... Faced with an enemy for whom Ukrainians have neither identity nor culture, everyone is fighting. Children and grandmothers too. Our loved ones, our neighbours. We, Ukraine. We, Europe. A film by Frédéric Laffont Produced by Dominique Barneaud Editing: Barbara Bossuet Catherine Rascon Length: 1h23' © Bellota Films, Camera Magica, 2025

Rwanda. Des mois après les massacres, l’herbe a repoussé. Sur un charnier, les restes d’un écolier reposent près de son manuel de lecture resté ouvert sur un extrait du Roman de Renart : "Maudits soient les yeux qui se ferment quand ils doivent rester ouverts..." Damn closed eyes Editions JC Lattès & Arte, 1995 Co-written with Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, doctor of law, legal officer of Doctors Without Borders. Rwanda. Months after the massacres, the grass has grown back. In a mass grave, the remains of a schoolboy lie near his reading book, which has been left open to an excerpt from The Romance of Renart: "Cursed be the eyes that close when they should remain open..." Never again! Despite this solemn promise, fifty years after the Nazi death camps, another genocide exterminates human beings for who they are. Their only "fault": being born Tutsi, just as others were born Jewish, Gypsy, or Armenian. Who will bring justice? At mass graves and in international organizations, a litany of empty promises serves as a funeral tribute. Only isolated individuals attempt to establish the facts, to write history. Among these grains of sand supposed to stop the machine of silence: Françoise, Joseph, and François-Xavier. A European lawyer, a Rwandan human rights activist, and the Kigali Public Prosecutor, they recount their quest for justice. This book is the result of a year of commitment and investigation across the world. A reflection forged through contact with the realities of the field and the people. This story resonates far beyond the thousand hills of Rwanda... So that the augury of "Never again" is no longer a lie addressed to future generations. Life: “A stone in the pond, with infinite shock waves.”

"Entre documentaire et film de cinéma, Les Mains d'Hermès est un hymne à l'artisanat bien plus qu'au luxe à la française.'' The Hands of Hermes Hearts & Craft Le Monde: "Between documentary and cinema film, The Hands of Hermès is a hymn to craftsmanship much more than to French luxury. A slow film, made of silences and glances, of ancestral gestures with, in the background, a deep and foggy France." English version: HEARTS AND CRAFT A film by Frédéric Laffont and Isabelle Dupuy-Chavanat Edited by Pauline Casalis Duration: 46' © Hermès, 2011 Craftsmen, gestures and know-how. The breath of leather and crystal, the song of silk and metal, the words of men and women, their silences too. A reference film screened in cinemas in Tokyo, New York, Beijing, Paris, Moscow, Abu Dhabi. Artisans of Hermès 9 short films, 9 universes, 9 portraits of artisans. 9 for the 10 fingers of the hand. The Hands of Hermes. Duration: 13' © Hermès, 2011

"Mille et un jours n’est pas un documentaire de plus sur le conflit israélo-palestinien, mais un essai cinématographique original et plein d’intelligence. Entre documentaire et fiction, Frédéric Laffont signe un film plein d’espoir. Un lumineux message de paix." A thousand and one days Etoile SCAM 2007 Le Nouvel Observateur: “A Thousand and One Days is not just another documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but an original, intelligent film essay. Another way of telling the story, another way of seeing the conflict. Part documentary, part fiction, Frédéric Laffont's film is full of hope. A luminous message of peace. Synopsis: “Isn't this the best role cinema can play in this conflict? Le Point: “One of our best political documentary filmmakers attempts to ‘un-witch’ the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (...) An atypical, gripping film, to be shown in all schools.” Studio: “A Thousand and One Days is unlike any other documentary. Far from any angelism, this work, both poetic and brutal, deserves your full attention. Fascinating.” Les nouvelles Fiches du cinéma: “F.Laffont strives to render the daily reality of these men and women, without bias. In the name of humanity. A look filled with accuracy, respect and dignity.” Press review A film by Frédéric Laffont Editing: Guy Lecorne Lenght: 1h18' © Albert films, Archipel 35, France 2 Cinéma, 2003 What can I tell you? The stone, the chariot, the olive trees being felled? Of course I'll tell you... I'll also tell you stories, faces and hope: a thousand and one paths that will lead to peace. One day. Night shines for a moment, then it's day again.