Synopsis
Since February 2022, 100.000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Berlin. Late December 2022, streets across the city recoil and reverberate to the sound of fireworks celebrating the arrival of the New Year. However, fireworks are also one of the worst triggers of trauma for people fleeing war. When a cracker explodes, it returns them to the conflict-zone. Through the documentation of political activism and private moments, the director invites us to explore the limits of empathy by asking a simple question: can one share another's tragedy?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Kotti Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Raina Film Festival Distribution
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Annick Gibert
- Screenwriter : Yann les Jours
- Director of Photography : Yann les Jours
- Editor : Yann les Jours
- Sound Recordist : Yann les Jours
- Foreign Producer : Yann les Jours
- Line Producer : Yann les Jours
- Camera Operator : Yann les Jours
- Sound Mixer : Cedrik Fermont
- Sound design : Yann les Jours
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Experimental, Documentary
- Sub-genre : Video art, Research - Experimental
- Themes : War, Politics, Exile, Exodus
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Germany (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany)
- Production year : 2024
- Runtime : 22 min 17 seconds
- Visa number : 160.663
- Visa issue date : 04/10/2023
- Production formats : XDCamEX
- Color type : Color and Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.78
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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