Franciszka
Un film de / A film by Elias Djemil.
Dance film, Canada, 2018, 7min.
Sans dialogue / No dialogue
Distribution : SPIRA
— SYNOPSIS —
EN : 1943, a revolt broke out at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Among the resistants, a famous polish jewish ballerina.
It is said that she disarmed a cruel SS officer with the simple grace of a ballet movement.
Only her story has survived until today.
Her name was Franciszka Mann.
FR : 1943, une révolte éclate au camp de concentration d'Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Parmi les résistants, une célèbre danseuse de ballet juive polonaise.
On raconte qu'elle désarma un cruel officier SS avec la simple grâce d'un mouvement de ballet.
Seule son histoire a survécu jusqu'à aujourd'hui.
Elle s'appelait Franciszka Mann.
—ÉQUIPE/CREW —
Scénario/Screenplay : Elias Djemil
Photographie/Cinematographer : Stéphane Thériault
Montage/Editor : Elias Djemil, Stéphane Thériault
Son/Sound : Mathieu Grégoire, Alexandre Côté
Musique/Music : Mathieu Grégoire, Alexandre Côté
Direction artistique/Artistic director : Sophie Boonen, Jean-Nicolas Demers
Avec/With: Marie-Chantale Desrosiers
— BIO —
EN: Sensitive traveler of the world of stories, explorer filmmaker in search of a universal language, a photographer with a discreet eye wanting to capture reality in its most authentic forms, Elias Djemil is an artist who wants to distinguish himself by his understanding of the world we live in and the one we aspire to.
FR: Elias Djemil est un artiste multidisciplinaire et un humain curieux. Ne se limitant à aucun registre et à aucune technique, sa réflexion artistique prend surtout forme via le médium universel de l’image : « L’image, en tout genre, figée dans le temps ou en mouvement, inventée de toute pièce ou inspirée du réel, nous ramène toujours non seulement vers nous-même, mais surtout vers l’autre». Tiraillé entre son amour de l’art figuratif et de l’art abstrait, sa démarche s’affine au fil d’une quinzaine de courts-métrages et d’une dizaine de vidéoclips récompensés à l’international à titre de réalisateur et de concepteur.
— FESTIVALS —
- 2018 -
Special Screening | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada
In Competition | Thessaloniki Cinedance International, Greece
In Competition | 40 North Dance Film Festival, USA
Nominated ""Best Experimental"" | Prisma Awards, Italy
In Competition | Guiar - Screendance Int Fest, Brazil
In Competition | The White Light City Film Festival, USA
In Competition | International Sound & Film Music Festival, Croatia
Best Dance Film | Aphrodite Film Awards, USA
Best Cinematography | Independent Shorts, Australia
Best Experimental Film | Independent Shorts Awards, USA
In Competition | North Dakota human rights film festival, USA
Best Cinematography, Best Actress | Roots of Europe International Film Festival, Spain
Best Performance | EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC/DANCE Film Festival, Canada
In Competition | Greensboro Dance Film Fest, USA
In Competition | Videoskin, India
In Competition | Lugano, Switerland
In Competition | 6 on Nebraska, South Africa
In Competition | Culver City Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Phoenix Dance Film Festival, USA
Best Achievement | Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany
Honorable Mention | DaVinci Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Summershort Festival, USA
In Competition | Cacique Independant Film festival, USA
In Competition | FliQs, Canada
- 2019 -
In Competition | Copa Shorts Film, USA
Best Dance/Experimental | Hyperwave Film Awards, USA
Best Cinematography | Festival Interactif de Cinéma de Lévis, Canada
In Competition | [C]Screen Festival - Screendance Spring, Spain
In Competition | Global Short Film Awards, USA
In Competition | KOQIX INDIE FEST, Italy
In Competition | Lights Dance festival, Canada
In Competition | White Nights Film Festival, Russia
Best Experimental Film | Vegas Movie Awards, USA
In Competition | Festival Créativa, Québec
In Competition | SBE's 11th Annual Hamilton New York International Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Benicia Film Festival, USA
In Competition | Mexico City Independent Film Fest, Mexico
In Competition | Kadoma International Film Festival, Japan
In Competition | Flatlands Dance Film festival, USA
Best Film | Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival (SPIFF), Russia
In Competition | Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada
In Competition | Golden City Short Film Awards, South Africa
In Competition | Buenos Aires Film Festival, Argentina
- 2020 -
In Competition | Cinema on the Bayou, USA
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