2026 FEBRUARY screening – THE HEART OF FRANCE IN 80 DAYS
Sunday, Feb 15, 2025 · Ojai, CA
Doors open at 5:30 PM | Film (48 min) starts at 6 PM, followed by Open Circle
Light & Space | 915 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023
Sliding scale: $20–$40 at the door (cash or Venmo). Helps support my U.S. film tour.
THE FILM
A young, independent woman (Barbara Doux) decides to leave everything behind to return to her homeland. She travels in her converted van to draw a geographic heart as a symbol of reconciliation with her roots after many years of feeling alienated from her French culture and family.
She sets out to interview strangers through France to find fragments of herself in every new meeting. All the while, she’d dive into compelling conversations about what it means to live life to the fullest, accepting the inevitability of death, finding love, letting go of unhealthy relationships, and learning how to forgive and accept others, and especially yourself.
Like famous French author Jules Verne, she sets off on an 80-day adventure which takes her to undiscovered places—open seas, thriving cities, late-night raves, the quiet wilderness, kayaking down lazy rivers, sleeping in tents, yurts, houses, and her camper van.
CREDIT
Producer: Barbara Doux
Director & Cinematographer: Barbara Doux
Editor: Daniel Johnson
Coloring: Kate Steinhebel
Music: Gavin Toomey / Oliwa
TRT:
48 Min | French | English Subtitles | DCP | ProRes
DISTRIBUTION:
Seeking Distribution – All Rights Available
PRODUCTION CO: BARBARA DOUX
TOUR
Sunday, December 21, 2025 · Santa Barbara, CA
Doors open at 4:00 PM
Film (48 min) starts at 4:30 PM, followed by Q&A + Open Circle
Private Studio | 20 W Calle Laureles | Santa Barbara, CA 93105
$25 at the door (cash or Venmo) Helps support my U.S. film tour.
Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles
October 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, CA
8.15 PM The Illusion Magic Lounge – Theater 2
1418 – 4th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tryon International Film Festival in North Carolina
October 11, 2025 in Tryon, NC.
10am at TFAC – Veh Stage
October 3, 2025 in Ojai, CA
710 S. La Luna Ave,Ojai
Doors 7pm . Film 7:30 pm + Q&A
$25 at the door (cash/venmo) helps me travel to a North Carolina film Festival
Los Angeles Tribune International Film Festival
August 14–16, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA
STILLS
DIRECTOR STATEMENT
This film began as a personal challenge I set for myself, first as an artist swapping my photo camera for a video camera and second as a human being trying to understand others and myself.
As a photographer, my mentors always told me to shoot in my own backyard. I put my life on hold to live in a van for two years and return to my ancestral homeland. I wanted to understand where I came from and rediscover the people I had once escaped.
The journey was beyond my expectations. There was a flow to everything, from initial filming through post-production… until my cancer diagnosis.
I had to put this project on hold to get my health back. After making peace with my life—and the long break needed to create this film from beginning to end—I understand that the strength of this story has only gotten stronger with time. Self-love and self-acceptance are the real journey we are all taking, and this documentary is a testament to our capacity to feel with our whole hearts.
ONENESS – a visual symphony of unity, connection, and shared humanity.
THE FILM
« Oneness » offers a glimpse into the beauty of everyday life — where faces brighten with shared smiles and hands quietly weave the fabric of our shared existence. It reveals that we are each threads in the same vast tapestry. In silence, a story unfolds — one of unity, tenderness, and the invisible bond that connects us all. It is a vision of hope, a gentle reminder that we are one human family, walking forward together.
CREDIT
Producer: Barbara Doux
Director / DP / Drone Operator: Barbara Doux
Editor: Daniel Johnson
Coloring: Kate Steinhebel
Music: Oliwa
ONENESS TOUR
WILD & FREE
November 15, 2025 in in Goleta, CA.
10.15 AM Camino Real Cinemas – Auditorium 3
7040 Marketplace Drive, Goleta, CA 93117
INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA
Barbara accepted Jaymee’s invitation to be a guest on this show solely on the strength of her belief that Jaymee could be someone to help find her voice and bring about healing. This is the first time she has shared her story publicly, which is jam packed with story after story of how to overcome adversity, create a dream life of creativity with no connections or easy ways in, and how to take calculated risks in business and in travel and stay alive.
Barbara Doux is a French filmmaker who became a Wing Chun martial artist solely to become a better photographer, bungee jumped as a therapy to conquer anxiety, took two yoga teacher training’s in India to overcome depression, and manifested a dream gig as an assistant photographing 3 continents in 30 days. Barbara has been searching her entire life to find her voice, she suspects developed into a recent bout with stage 4 throat (thyroid) cancer, which she was ultimately successful in treating.