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Chiaroscuro
Synopsis
Chiaroscuro… it is between the light and the dark that life operates in contrasts. Between the puppeteer and the puppet. Between shadow and light. The hands, moving or static, bring and transmit emotions. A reciprocal relationship between the puppet and those who give it life, emotions flow in both directions. It is the story of the memory that is born and that dies. But memory rarely dies, to tell the truth.
Cast & Crew
- Screenplay : Elias Djemil-Matassov, Elizabeth Crispo, Jean-Philippe Nadeau Marcoux
- Cinematographer : Stéphane Thériault
- Editor : Elias Djemil-Matassov
- Sound mix : Guido Del Fabbro
- Sound editor : Guido Del Fabbro
- Music : Guido Del Fabbro
- Artistic director : Jean-Nicolas Demers
- Cast : José Babin, Nadine Walsh, Alain Lavallée
- Production : Alain Lavallée / Théâtre Incliné
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Biography
Elias Djemil is a multi-disciplinary artist and a curious human. Not limited to any register or technique, his artistic reflection takes shape above all via the universal medium of the image: "The image, of all kinds, frozen in time or in movement, invented from scratch or inspired by real, always brings us not only towards ourselves, but especially towards the other ”. Torn between his love of figurative and abstract art, his approach is refined over fifteen short films and ten music videos awarded internationally as director and designer.
Filmography
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2018Franciszka / 7 min.
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2016Sarah / 7 min.
Festivals
- 2022 -
Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA), Montréal, Canada
Festival du cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada
VAF Viborg International Animation Festival, Viborg, Danemark
Festival International D'Art Vidéo de Casablanca, Maroc
- 2023 -
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Montréal, Canada
Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA | Silver - Catégorie Family/Children
Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Mammoth Lakes, USA
Mexico City Independent Film Fest (Experimental), Mexique
Portobello Film Festival, Londres, UK
DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington, USA
Mill of Performing Arts, Larissa, Grèce
Festival du Film Court en Armagnac, Condom, France
Arte non-stop, Riobamba, Argentine
- 2024 -
Minnesota Film Festival, Minnesota, USA
International FilmFest Bremen, Bremen, Allemagne
- 2025 -
Puppetoscope, New Delhi, Inde
Director's statement
Looking for the universal poetry of humanity is a lifelong search. Project by project I pursue this goal; each encounter, film and photograph brings me closer. We all have our own aspirations, ambitions, and responses to the world. We all are on a path to find our own truth, one that aligns with our values, culture and vision. With my camera, I have the privilege of meeting a lot of people. As I look at them through my lens, I seek this universal poetry.
Every person is a poem waiting to be heard.
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