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 awards :

• Festival international du court métrage, Clermont-Ferrand 2013 I Special Mention from the Jury
• Doc en courts, Lyon 2012 I Special Mention from the Professional Jury – Special mention from the student jury
• Festival Visions du réel, Suisse 2012 I Award for Best Short Film in the International Competition

Festival Selections:

• Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, 2013 I France
• Festival Silhouette, 2012 I France
• Les états généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, 2012 I France
• Festival courtscourt, 2012 I France
• Cinéma des peuples, 2012 I Reunion Island
• Les escales documentaires, 2012 I France
• Traces de vies, 2012 I Clermont-Ferrand
• Doc en courts, 2012 I France
• Saint Martin fait son festival , 2012 I France
• KKO Festival – Festival international du film, 2012 I France
• 4èmes Rencontres d’été Sciences en Bobines, 2013 I France
• Cinambule – Court c’est court I France
• Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne, 2013 I France
• Rencontres hivernales du documentaire de Grignan, 2016 I France
• La semaine du vent I France

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