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Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 19:00
Written by:
Anton Bialas
Cast:
Alioune Fall, Ibrahim Doumbia, Nadia Moussa
Cinematography:
Anton Bialas / Julia Mingo
Editing:
Anton Bialas, Vincent Tricon
Sound:
Lucas Doméjean, Matthieu Choux
Producer:
Marthe Lamy, Félix de Givry
Production:
Apaches films, Remembers
A story that is dreamlike and ancestral, centered on a civilization that loses its offspring as soon as they’re old enough to leave. AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NIGHT touches upon a series of profoundly human sensibilities, which give it its allegorical touch. The film’s oneiric opening sequence abounds in vivid symbols of childhood, of closeness or, conversely, of distance: a father that is untouchable, a brother that doesn’ know of his own death. Composed of night shots and infrared photographs, the film reminds one of Lynch’s dream world: something that appears distant and unknown, and yet is perfectly recognizable. ENTRANCE OF THE NIGHT presents three types of nature, each carrying a different story, a different point of view. (Emil Vasilache, BIEFF 2020)
Director:
ANTON BIALAS was born in Paris in 1990 to a Swedish mother and a German father. He studied cinema at the Sorbonne Paris III. In 2018 he directed a medium-length film entitled « Behind Our Eyes » selected at FID Marseille 2018 (Georges de Beauregard Prize / High School Students’Prize / Special Mention of the French Institute of Criticism) and shown in numerous international festivals such as Visions du Réel in Nyon, Short side of Pantin (Grand Prix), Message to Man in Saint-Petersburg. His latest film, completed in 2020, is titled At the Entrance of the Night.
Contact:
APACHESFILMS
Festivals, awards:
Jury Special Mention - Go Short de Nimègue 2020 / Prix Est Ensemble - Festival Côté Court de Pantin 2020 / Experimental Lynx Award 2020 - New Films Festival / Berlinale 2020 / Concorto 2020 / Lille 2020 / Signes de Nuit 2020
„French film AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NIGHT (À l’entrée de la nuit), from director Anton Bialas, is an inventive and evocative treatise on immigration and identity that contains three individual stories of differing points of view. There is a subtlety and simplicity on offer here that belies the myriad of complex emotions that the film is capable of evoking.” (Laurence Boyce - Cineuropa)
„An immigration triptych spanning from Northern Morocco to the Spanish coast guard to a park in Paris, AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NIGHT is a dreamlike exploration of changing identities across nations. An empathetic reverie on belonging, friendship, and football.” (Redmond Bacon - Directors Notes)