First films/ First festivals
Program of short films of artists graduated from Fresnoy - National Studio. In the presence of the directors.
Programme (1h30) Hayoun Kwon model village 2014 | France | 0h10 Freely inspired by the North Korean propaganda village, Kijong-dong, Hayoun Kwon reveals a setting and plunges us into fiction, completing his journey by proxy. The film testifies to this ghost village in its true state: a mechanism of fiction. The reality of a frontier facing its staging. A village unattainable other than by imagination. Mihai Grecu’s The Reflection of Power 2015 | France | 0h09 In the world’s most secretive capital, crowds witness a spectacle as a catastrophe threatens to wipe out the city… Tropics by Mathilde Lavenne 2018 | France | 0h14 Tropics orbits a Mexican farm. Scattered voices seem to revive and disturb the memory of the place. Crossing the material, the film freezes time, men, and reveals the specter of a lost paradise. Planet Z by Momoko Seto 2011 | France | 1h00 The credits appear on a planet shrouded in an orange glow, which turns and moves slowly, seeming to float in the universe. We distinguish its asperities that evoke those of an orange then the planet disappears. Planet (Planet Sigma) by Momoko Seto 2014 | France | 0h11 The "Planet " shelters giant creatures asleep in the ice. Underwater explosions cause warming and new animal life. Churchill, Annabelle Amoros' Polar Bear Town 2021 | France | 0h38 Every year, in northern Canada, polar bears migrate to Hudson Bay to hunt seals. From October to November, while waiting for the ice pack to form, they take their quarters on the outskirts of the city of Churchill, eight hundred inhabitants. bears have become a tourist attraction and therefore a considerable income for Churchill. The small town illustrates the complex links between our modern world and the wild.