Our Days, Absolutely, Have to Be Enlightened

A film by Jean-Gabriel Périot 

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22 min / documentary / 2012

Coproduction : Alter Ego / Mixar

Music directed by Gérald Kurdian

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May 28th, 2011, Orléans. Inmates gave a concert inside the prison. The sound was broadcasted outside for the audience.

Jean-Gabriel Périot’s website

Festival Selections:

France

• Festival international du court métrage  – Clermont-Ferrand – 2013
• - Jury Special Mentions
• Festival Silhouette – Paris – 2012
• Les états généraux du film documentaire de Lussas – 2012
• Festival courtscourt – Tourtour – 2012
• Cinéma des peuples – La Réunion – 2012
• Les escales documentaires – La Rochelle
• Traces de vies – Clermont-Ferrand – 2012
• Doc en courts – Lyon – 2012
• – Mention spéciale du Jury professionnel
• – Mention spéciale du Jury étudiant
• Saint Martin fait son festival – Saint-Martin-de-Valamas
• KKO Festival – Festival international du film – Altkirch – 2012
• 4èmes Rencontres d’été Sciences en Bobines – Trescléoux & Lagrand – 2013
• Cinambule – Court c’est court – Cabrières d’Avignon
• Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne – 2013
• Rencontres hivernales du documentaire – Grignan – 2016
• La semaine du vent – Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu

International

• Festival Visions du réel – Switzerland – 2012 - Award for the best short film in the International Competition
• LongLake Festival Lugano – Switzerland – 2012
• Swiss Air Fly Film Festival – Switzerland – 2015 - Best Film
• MIFF Awards – Milano International Film Festival - Italy
• Milano Invideo - Italy - 2012
• A film for Peace Festival - Italy - 2012
• Shortini Augusta Film Festival - Italy
• Miradas doc – Tenerife (Spain) – 2012
• IVAHM – International Video Art House Madrid – Spain – 2013
• IndieLisboa – Portugal – 2016
• 10th Document International Human Rights Film Festival in Glasgow - Scotland
• DOK Leipzig – Germany – 2012 & 2014
• Kurzfilmwoche – Germany – 2013
• Kasseler Dokfest – Germany – 2012
• dokumentART - Germany & Poland
• Watch Docs Festival – Poland – 2012
• One World Festival - Czech Republic - 2013
• Festival international du film de Karlovy Vary – République Tchèque -2012
• Mediteran film festival Siroki Brijeg - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2013
• Printemps Français en Ukraine – 2013
• Zagreb Human Rights Film Festival - Croatia - 2012
• Dokufest – Kosovo – 2012
• Bucarest international experimental film festival – Romania – 2013
• Timishort – Romania – 2012 - Special Mention
• DokuBazaar – Slovenia – 2012
• Aarhus film festival – Danemark – 2012
• Oslo short cut - Norway - 2012
• RIDM – Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal – Québec (Canada) – 2012
• FICFA – Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie – Canada
• EIC – Experiments In Cinema - US
• Valvidia International Film Festival – Chili – 2012
• EDOC – Festival Encuentros del Otro Cine - Equador
• FENACO – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes - Peru
• Festival Transcinema - Peru
• BIM – Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento - Argentina
• MIDBO – Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogota - Columbia
• FIAV – Festival international d’art vidéo de Casablanca - Marocco
• 0110 Internationla Digital Film Festival - India
• Jeonju International Film Festival - South Korea