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Le 17e Festival International
Signes de Nuit
Paris

3 - 13 october, 2019

cite universitaire
Main d'oeuvres
 Bibliotheque Francois Truffaut
Maison du Mexique
 Bibliotheque Francois Truffaut
Maison du Portugal
 Bibliotheque Francois Truffaut



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AWARD CELEBRATION

Cinema in Transgression


The 17th International Festival Signes de Nuit
3 - 13 october 2019, Paris


Thursday October 10, 2019 / 6 pm
Centre tchèque
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

 

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Cinema in Transgression Competition

Main Award


Realms 
Patrik Söderlund

  



 


Realms 
Patrik Söderlund

Finland
2019 | 0:20:28

A voyage through time, evolution and the kingdoms of life towards the natural destruction wrought upon the planet by the human species. Exploring geological epochs and kingdoms of life, Realms voyages through deep time from the primeval ocean to a post-human future. The film employs visual storytelling, seeking to replace the anthropocentric worldview with greater attention to the complex interrelationships and dependencies between organisms, and between animate and inanimate nature.

 


Jury Statement :

A celebration of the beautiness of life which is disappearing in front of our eyes. Creating a unique and genuine causality "Realms" is a purely visual description of our paradise lost.


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Cinema in Transgression Competition

Signs Award


In vitro
Larissa Sansour
The Signs Award honors films, which treat an important subject in an original, convincing and surprising way. .



 

FRENCH PREMIERE


In vitro
Larissa Sansour

United Kingdom, Palestine, Denmark
2019 | 00:28:00

In an underground compound built in the aftermath of an eco-disaster, two scientists discuss the effects of memory, trauma, exile and nostalgia while preparing to replant the soil above.

 


Jury Statement :
In Vitro" deals with the importance of keeping the memory for the next generations. The split-screen technique is perfectly adapted to the subject. It is a complex piece that works with composition, rhythm and changing of perspectives with breathtaking mastery.


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Signs Award Special Mentions

The Divine Way
Ilaria Di Carlo

The Sound of Falling
Chien-Yu Lin

 

PARIS PREMIERE


The Divine Way
Ilaria Di Carlo

Germany
2018 | 00:15:00

Loosely based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, The Divine Way takes the viewer into the protagonist’s epic descent through an endless labyrinth of staircases. As the woman journey deeper, the staircases transform and she is trapped and pulled into their dangerous landscape.

 


Jury Statement :

Special mention for creating a hypnotical effect evocating metaphysical Inferno by Dante.


Director Statement :

The Divine Way follows the epic descent of a woman through an endless labyrinth of staircases. As in life, in this film every new step is exciting, full of curiosity and fear. We are all wandering and seeking for ourselves. No one knows what is the right way and we often find ourselves lost in the middle of our life path. The film depicts the mystical path of life’s journey, which sometimes pushes us into total darkness, in order to see where the light truly comes from. Thank you very much for the award and to have screened our film at 17th Festival international Signes de Nuit.


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PARIS PREMIERE


The Sound of Falling
Chien-Yu Lin
United Kingdom

2018 | 00:15:00

Loosely based on Dante’s Divine Comedy, The Divine Way takes the viewer into the protagonist’s epic descent through an endless labyrinth of staircases. As the woman journey deeper, the staircases transform and she is trapped and pulled into their dangerous landscape.

 


Jury Statement :
Special mention for the symphony of colors and for telling a subtle story with precision and empathy.




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Cinema in Transgression Competition

Night Award


Bardo
Maxime Lauret

The Night Award honors films, which are able to balance ambiguity and complexity characterised by enigmatic mysteriousness and subtleness, which keeps mind and consideration moving.



 

WORLD PREMIERE


Bardo
Maxime Lauret

France
2019 | 00:19:42

In the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Bardo is the intermediate state between death and rebirth in which the deceased experiences visions of one's previous life before being reborn.

 


Jury Statement :

Audiovisual stream inspired by the Tibetian book of the Dead, this film expresses a passage between death and reborn in perfect harmony between the pictures and the music. "Bardo" creates a cinematic movement that brings the audience in a state of great serenity.


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Night Award Special Mention

Field of Infinity
Guli Silberstein

 

PARIS PREMIERE


Field of Infinity
Guli Silberstein
Great Britain

2018 | 0 0:05:22

Inspired by both Italian Renaissance paintings and contemporary news broadcasts from Gaza protests at the border with Israel - the work processes human gestures and figures in landscape into a dark and colourful scramble. The work aims to open up an array of reflections, including concerns about the political image, image of the political, the politics of the image, and the image of image.

 


Jury Statement :

Special mention for achieving a monumental and vivid impressionistic painting.


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Cinema in Transgression Competition

Edward Snowden Award


The Umbrella
Tsang Hing Weng Eric
The Edward Snowden Award honors films, which offer sensible (mostly) unknown informations, facts and phenomenons of eminent importance, for which the festival wishes a wide proliferation in the future.



 

EUROPE PREMIERE


The Umbrella
Tsang Hing Weng Eric
Hong Kong

2018 | 00:22:00

It rained non-stop when Hong Kong was rocked by the tumultuous events in October 2014. At the university hall, young souls are assigned to different rooms amid the sounds of rain, studies and heavy discussions. These strangers come from a variety of backgrounds but are united by their passion towards the society. They may have dissenting opinions, but will learn to accept and be sympathetic to each other. The rainy night feels especially ominous when the students ponder at the events in Mong Kok.

 


Jury Statement :

In one accurate composition "The Umbrella" creates three parallel theatre-like stages. This distant approach subtly linked by the symbol of an umbrella makes us think in wider perspective about both, political and social means of freedom.


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Special Tribute Award

Unsound
Vivian Ostrovsky

 

 


Unsound
Vivian Ostrovsky
USA

2019 | 00:03:54

A Russian can say, “I hear the smell…” A maestro has a vision of what a symphony should sound like. In a silent film how can one make the spectator see the sound? A vivid and noisy assemblage of archival and contemporary imagery meditating on the past and presence of film audio.

 


Jury Statement :

Tribute to Vivian Ostrovsky. With "Unsound" she is once again confirming her virtuosity in a montage of her memories and the history of cinema.


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