Go Forth

Soufiane Adel

Country: France
Year: 2014
Format: Digital
Length: 63 min
Image: Colour
Language: French / Arabic
Subtitles: Catalan, English

Production company: Aurora Films
Producer: Charlotte Vincent
Screenplay: Soufiane Adel
Photography: Soufiane Adel, Angela Terrail
Editor: Jérémy Gravayat
Music: Nils Bourotte
Sound: Claire Anne Largeron
Actors: Taklit Adel, Soufiane Adel

Contact: contact@aurorafilms.fr

Synopsis

The portrait of a 79-year-old woman, the filmmaker's grandmother Taklit Adel, born in Algeria and living in France since the 1950s. Through conversations, S8 mm films and a drone, we discover intimate and historical narratives as well as the legacy of colonisation in the Parisian suburbs. A personal story taken from collective history.

Bio/Filmo

Soufiane Adel (Algeria, 1981) moved to France when he was eight and later studied design at ENSCI Les Ateliers. His films include Nuits Closes (2004),  La Cassette (2006) and Kamel s'est suicidé six fois, son père est mort (2007), screened in competiton at l'Alternativa

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Festivals

  1. Cinéma du Réel
  2. FIDADOC Agadir
  3. Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire de Lussas
  4. Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal