Archive of films Facing Darkness / Facing Darkness
France / Switzerland / Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023, 109 min
Section:
Special Screenings
Year: 2023
Synopsis
A searing account of the four-year siege of Sarajevo, which lasted from April 1992 to February 1996. Renowned French documentary filmmaker Jean-Gabriel Périot takes two different approaches to his film. First, he works exclusively with archival footage, letting us see the street fighting through the lenses of young filmmakers who defended the city with weapon and camera in hand. In the second part, the same people look back on the past a quarter century later. A sketch of the traumatic experiences of the civil war is thus transformed into a portrait of a wounded creative spirit. Facing Darkness is film as document and film as therapy; it asks whether, face to face with cruelty, we can escape the darkness.
Martin Horyna
About the director
Jean-Gabriel Périot (1974, Tours, France). Selected filmography: Even If She Had Been a Criminal (Eût-elle été criminelle..., 2005, short doc.), A German Youth (Une Jeunesse Allemande, 2015, doc.), Returning to Reims (Retour à Reims, 2021, doc.), Facing Darkness (2023, doc.).
Contacts
The Party Film Sales
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France
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About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Special Screenings |
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Director: | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
Screenplay: | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
Dir. of Photography: | Amine Berrada, Amel Dikoli, Denis Gravouil, Augustin Losserand |
Sound: | Xavier Thibault, Laure Arto |
Editor: | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
Producer: | Cécile Lestrade |
Production: | Alter Ego Production |
Coproduction: | Alina Film, Pravo Ljudski |
Sales: | The Party Film Sales |
Guests
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Film Director