Demons to Diamonds

A Short film of

Valentin Noujaïm

Produced by

Iliade et Films

Production year2025

Runtime29 min

Synopsis

In the cold business district of La Défense, where steel towers pierce a restless sky and CCTV watches every shadow, a wave of suicides expose the fractures of a crumbling society. Strangers move through the streets like ghosts, bound by the invisible threads of paranoia. In the eerie glow of a collapsing city, destruction may be the only chance for rebirth.

Credits

Director (1)

Valentin Noujaïm
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Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer : Iliade et Films

Film exports/foreign sales : Oyster Films

Foreign distributor (short film) : Oyster Films

Full credits (16)

Director of Photography : Antoine Cormier

Music Composer : Billy Johnny Bultheel

Assistant directors : David Camarou, Louise Dendraën

Editor : Dinah Ekchajzer

Sound Recordist : Lucas Doméjean

Costume designer : Pierre Demones

Producers : Manon Messiant, Leonardo Bigazzi

Production Manager : Hugo Riggi

Sound Editor : Ryo Bladet

Production Designer : Jeanne Dekonink

Casting : Élodie Bensoussan

Special Effects : Rémi Brachet

Grader : Marine Surblé

Make-up Artist : Amélie Baboulenne

Sound Mixer : Maxime Roy

Unit Production Manager : Pierre Monchy

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Technical details

Type : Short film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Thriller, Science fiction
Themes : Suicide, City, Society
Production language : Arabic, Mandarin, English, French
Coproducer countries : United States, Qatar, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, France
Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Nationality : Majority French (United States, Qatar, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, France)
Production year : 2025
Runtime : 29 min 35 seconds
Visa number : 163570
Visa issue date : 05/06/2025
Production formats : 16mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.77
Audio format : 5.1
Rating restrictions : None

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