Tess Barthes
Documentary Cinematographer
Cinema
Lost for words
Dir. Hannah Papacek Harper
Prod. Hopscotch Films & Retroviseur Production
Dop. Tess Barthes
Lost for Words is a chorale documentary which celebrates our relationships with nature. It is a scientific film with an artistic heart, that actively invites to explore and reshape our anthropocentric point of view through an odyssey around the UK where we meet artists, scientists, children, the elderly and all different people in between. Their words and philosophy drift organically through the four seasons which each have their own color, sound and feel. By observing one landscape closely, the characters explore vast and global questions about our Planet.
Bigger than us
Dir. Flore Vasseur
Prod. Denis Carot & Marion Cotillard
Dop. Christophe Offenstein & Tess Barthes
Cannes 2021 - Section "Cinema pour le Climat"
César 2022 - Nominee in documentary
Filmed in Malawi, Lebanon, Brazil, USA, Greece, Indonesia and Uganda, BIGGER THAN US is a feature-length documentary about a generation fighting for human rights, climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. For dignity. From Rio to Jakarta, Melati, Rene, Memory, Winnie, Xiuhtezcatl, Mohamad and Mary rise up and carry a magnificent humanity, that of courage and joy, of commitment to something greater than oneself. Aged 18 to 25, they tell us how to live. And what it means to be in the world.
