FEUX D'ARTIFICE
FIREWORKS

FEUX D'ARTIFICE
intl title : FIREWORKS
Writer & Director: Yann les Jours
Produced by Kotti Films and Yann les Jours
22 Minutes / Experimental Documentary / France-Germany / 2024
Black and White + Colour / DCP 2k 1:78:1 / 5.1 / language : French or English / Filmed in Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, France, Italy.

Visa 160.663
link to Unifrance profile: https://en.unifrance.org/movie/58820/fireworks

Credits
cinematography / direction / editing  / sound : Yann les Jours
mixing and sound mastering : Cedrik Fermont

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?""

À travers la documentation d'activisme politique et de moments privés du réalisateur, "Feux d'artifice" nous invite à explorer les limites de l'empathie en posant une question simple : Peut-on partager la tragédie d'un autre ?

première  mondiale aux Instants Vidéo 2025, Marseille, France.

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trailer : https://youtu.be/uS7YfB8o4Hc