We Film the People!

A Short film of

Ania Szczepanska

Produced by

Abacaris Films

Production year2012

Runtime57 min

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The heroes of this story are the Polish artists who revolutionized the 7th Art by filming the "history" of their country between 1971 and 1981. How did they manage to circumvent the regime in power, or to collaborate with members of the Party? Did they make some kind of pact? This film is an exploration of extracts of lost films, cult feature films, and archival material brought to light, showing testimonies of the leading figures in Polish cinema, of those who shaped them as filmmakers, actors, or cinematographers; and those who did so from inside the state system: dignitaries, ministers, supervisors of cinematographers. We Film the People! recounts an extraordinary story of political and artistic emancipation within the Soviet bloc, and how the people of the Solidarity movement found themselves at Cannes.

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Director (1)

Ania Szczepanska
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Production and distribution (2)

Executive Producer : Abacaris Films

Co-production : Les Films de L'Air

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Executive Producer : Nora Philippe

Director of Photography : Pawel Sobczyk

Music Composer : Nicolas Rabaeus

Editor : Sophie Reiter

Sound recordists : Radoslaw Ochnio, Jocelyn Robert

Executive Producer : Nora Philippe

Production manager : Joanna Plesnar

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Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary
Sub-genre : Research - Experimental
Themes : Cinema, History, Poetry
Production language : French, Polish
Production country : France

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Festival Selections in 2013:

8th À L'Est, Du Nouveau Film Festival:
http://www.alest.org/fr/films/nous-filmons-le-peuple/

Transatlantyk Film Festival in Poznan:
http://www.transatlantyk.org/en/program/events/we-film-the-people-nous-filmons-le-peuple

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Presskit(1)

we-film-the-people-presskit-french.pdf

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www.lesfilmsdelair.com/film/nous-filmons-le-peuple

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