Seven Grams

A Short film of

Karim Ben Khelifa

Produced by

Lucid Realities

Production year2021

Runtime22 min

Synopsis

Seven Grams is an augmented reality project directed by Karim Ben Khelifa (The Enemy). The project deals with the controversial production of electronic personal devices and how this production has an enormous impact on the environment and on the inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are abused and exploited by this questionable economical business during the process of mineral extraction. This moral issu is also exposed as an animated short movie illustrated by TT Hernandez, which highlights even further through inspiring drawings this questionable reality.

Credits

Director (1)

Karim Ben Khelifa
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Lucid Realities

Co-production : France Télévisions

Foreign production company : POV Spark

Full credits (9)

Illustrations : TT Hernandez

Executive Producer : Chloé Jarry

Screenwriter : Karim Ben Khelifa

Music Composer : Franck Weber

Foreign producer : Opeyemi Olukemi

Executive Producer : Chloé Jarry

Co-producer : Jeanne Marchalot

Production manager : Alessandra Bogi

Sound design : Franck Weber

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Documentary, Animated film
Themes : Consumerism, Society, Work
Production language : English, French
Coproducer countries : France, United States, Great Britain
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (France, United States, Great Britain)
Production year : 2021
Runtime : 22 min
Production formats : Mini DV
Color type : Color and Black & White
Rating restrictions : Suitable for all viewers, with warnings

News & awards

News (3)

Unifrance accompanies French documentaries to DOK Leipzig

12 OCTOBER 2022

News in brief

French XR works on the international scene: Review of the second half of 2021

23 MARCH 2022

Festivals & events

Selections (6)

Animation First Festival
United States, 2023
VR exhibition
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Czech Republic, 2022
Virtual Reality
DOK Leipzig
Germany, 2022
Extended Reality
La Guarimba Film Festival
Italy, 2022
La Grotta dei Piccoli

Resources

Website(1)

http://sevengrams.org/home/

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