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Le 14e Festival International
Signes de Nuit
Paris

24 Novembre - 4 Décembre, 2016

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


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Compétition International
Documentaire
# 1
Jeudi 1 Décembre, 2016 / 18 h
Maison du Portugal André de Gouveia
Cité internationale universitaire de Paris

 

Initiation
Initiation

Teboho Edkins
Germany, South Africa
2016 / 0:11:00

High in the mountains of Lesotho, Mosaku is anxiously awaiting the return of his older brother from an initiation ceremony. The initiates spend 5 months in a remote secrete location. What rituals are performed is known only to those who have taken part. But when the boys return, they are grown men. Initiation is a video work in which I take a scene of an existing film of mine, re-work it with unused footage and shift perspective to that of the younger brother, whereby it becomes an autonomous work. My voice and an old photograph of me as a white child growing up in Lesotho intervene as disturbing elements, simultaneously creating intimacy and distance. Contradictions, notions of identity and fantasy come to the surface.

 

 

PARIS PREMIERE
Trailer :
https://youtu.be/Dswqtrw2MXE
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Dum Spiro Sero
Dum Spiro Sero

Pero Kvesic
Croatia
2016 / 0:50:00

"Dum spiro spero is a Latin saying meaning ‘while I breathe, I hope’. Until this day it has remained the motto of those who refuse to quit until the very last breath. Intertwining daily life, books and death, the author speaks about losing strength and the strength to cope with the loss. Everybody die the moment they are born, which is the greatest reason why to understand the values of life and enjoy the joys it gives. The acclaimed writer after a series of book made his first film and his literati experience spoke in a cinematic language that reaches the level of his literature. Details of ordinary surrounding and daily life fit in with the story they engender. This film is to a great extent a one-man show, because next to the script and directing, the author also filmed all the material and played the mouth harp."



FRENCH PREMIERE
Trailer :
https://vimeo.com/156003602
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Pulse
Pulse

Robin Petré
Hungary, Portugal, Belgium
2015 / 0:26:00

One of Europe’s largest deer farms lies hidden in the hills of southern Hungary and is home to more than 1,500 strong red deer. The animals are essentially still wild. They were first caught in the forest and brought to the farm only 25 years ago – and the handling of them is still a physical conflict between man and animal. ‘Pulse’ is a poetic, creative documentary playing on the line between raw reality and dreamy, sensorial experience. Through the deer farm, the film gives a close look at human-animal relations and the imperialistic way we deal with nature. The film interweaves present day footage with archive photographs from the beginning of deer farming in Hungary in the 1980s. The story follows the beat of the rhythmic pulses transcending the deer farm: from the skittish deer, to the farmers who keep them, to the electric pulsation running through the fences separating the farm deer from the wild.



FRENCH PREMIERE
Trailer :
https://vimeo.com/138109153
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24 novembre -4 décembre 2016

Les documentaires (expérimentaux) seront évalués par un jury international ; ces films venant du monde entier parlent d’une manière inédite de tous les aspects sensibles et inquiétants du réel ; ils représentent souvent la réalité de manière ambivalente, énigmatique en évitant des clichés et les conclusions trop simples dans un monde complexe.



 

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