OBSCURE NIGHT - WILD LEAVES
(The burning ones, the obstinate)
A feature-length documentary film Sylvain George, 2022, 265', DCP, black and white
Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a land border between the African continent and Europe. A buffer zone where European migration policies, their challenges and their consequences are read and shown. A place towards which converge the migrants of the Maghreb. They are "those who burn". They have nothing else to lose except wanting to live to the end.
FESTIVALS
PREMIERE MONDIALE AU FESTIVAL DE LOCARNO - Fuori Concurso
Festival DocBuenos Aires
VIENNALE
Mostra Sao Paolo
Kino Otok/Slovene Cinematheque/Festival of Migrant Film (Slovenie)
Unione Culturale Franco Antonicelli (UC) (Italy)
DIRECTOR
Picture: Rémy Artiges
Sylvain George is a French filmmaker, born in 1968 in Lyon.
After studying philosophy, he directed poetic, political, and experimental film-essays, focusing in particular on the theme of immigration.
His films L’impossible (2009), Qu’ils reposent en révolte (2010), Les Éclats (2011), Vers Madrid (2013), and Paris est une fête (2017) have been shown within activist networks as well as at international festivals such as Cinéma du Réel, Milan, CPH:DOX, Torino Film Festival, BAFICI, DocLisboa, Valdivia, the Copenhagen Cinematheque, the Viennale, Centre Pompidou, Forum des Images, Festival de Lussas, FID Marseille, among others. They have also been the subject of several retrospectives (Cinémathèque Française 2008, Filmmaker Film Festival 2008, Festival des Cinémas Différents 2008, Périphérie/Jacques Rancière 2009, Doc’s Kingdom 2009, Subversive Film Festival 2010, etc.).
PRODUCTION
Production: Noir Productions (France)In co-production with Alina film (Switzerland) andthe Radio Télévision Suisse RTS, Bettina Hofmannand Steven Artels.
With the support of Eurimages, Cinémas du Monde, support for the writing and development of the CNC, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Cinéforom, Loterie Romande and Abbé Pierre Foundation.
CREW
Direction, script, image, editing: Sylvain George
Producers: Marie-Noelle George,
Coproducers: Eugenia Mumenthaler, David Epiney,
Sound Edit and mix: Carlos Ibañez Diaz
Colograding: Rodney Musso
Finishing: Jean-Baptiste Perrin