Thomas Balmès
Directing
Known For

French current affair show
Infrarouge

An ordinary woman finds hope and an unexpected friend in her last months on Earth. A sensual film about life and death, where gratitude gets the last word.
À demain sur la Lune

A non-narrated documentary following the lovesome lives of four infants from birth to their first birthday. The babies featured are two from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, as well as two from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, USA.
Babies

A behind-the-scenes look by wife Enrica Antonioni into Michelangelo Antonioni's passion for cinema as he directs Beyond the Clouds (1995), assisted by filmmaker Wim Wenders.
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

A documentary about Hindu cow worship and the British BSE crisis.
Maharadja Burger - Mad Cows, Holy Cows

As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, documentarian Thomas Balmès is there to witness its transformative impact on a young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation gives way to profound engagement with the technology.
Sing Me a Song

Peyangki is a dreamy and solitary eight-year-old monk living in Laya, a Bhutanese village perched high in the Himalayas. Soon the world will come to him: the village is about to be connected to electricity, and the first television will flicker on before Peyangki's eyes.
Happiness

The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.
A Normal Life. Chronicle of a Sumo Wrestler

This documentary follows an Ethical and Environmental expert from Nokia as she travels to China to inspect the facilities under contract to her company.
A Decent Factory

Documentary looking at the work of the attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death, a moving and enlightening story of how tragedy and injustice are computed and integrated into financial considerations that make it impossible to give a human answer to one of the most fundamental questions - what is the value of life? (Storyville)
How Much Is Your Life Worth?

How a tribe in the jungle of Papua New Guinea contacted the outside world with a desire to convert to Christianity.