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Short films

French and French-language Films

Protocole Sandwich: a likeable and subversive commentary on conformism, hysteria and denial in Western society

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Valerie Bousquie, Josephine Meis, Antoine Vignon, Benjamin Warnitz, “Protocole Sandwich” (2019) This very likeable and comic-strip-styled animation comes across as a satirical commentary on conformism, mass…

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French and French-language Films

Pour la France: emphasising the common humanity of two opposed sides in their potential for mutual understanding and violence

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Vincent Chansard, “Pour la France” (2019) Set in Paris during the so-called La Semaine Sanglante (The Bloody Week) in May 1871, during which time the French…

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French and French-language Films

Blind Eye: a satirical poke in the eye at religious fanaticism, blind faith and priestly control

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Bruno Cohen, Germaine Colajanni, Rohan Deshchougule, Ronit Kelkar, Isabella Littger de Pinho, Diego Porral, Yujia Wang, “Blind Eye” (2019) After seeing Muhammad Houhou’s 2018-released short”Ostrich Politic”,…

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