AL BAHR

AL BAHR

Director

Vanessa Chauvin Degenne

Country

France

Year

2021

Runtime, min

20

Genre

Language

French

Subtitles

English

Logline

Elyes, a single dad in his thirties, has decided to accept the placement of her daughter, Zohra, in a foster care. But he didn't tell her anything. Yet there are only a few hours left before they get separated.

Crew:

SCRIPT: Vanessa CHAUVIN DEGENNE, PHOTOGRAPHY: Stella LIBERT, EDITING: Pierre-Alexandre BALLOIS, SOUND: Lug LEBEL, ANIMATION: Machina Films, MUSIC: Hamza BENNANI SMIRES, CASTING: Mouhcine MAHBOULI Neyla BARA Keyla BARA

Director

Vanessa Chauvin Degenne

After a BAC A3 audiovisual option and two years of DEUG in Performing Arts at the University of Paris 3 - Censier, she left Paris to travel. Returning to Paris in 2000, she became involved as a socio-cultural mediator in a hostel for young workers, where she shared her passion for cinema and her questions about representations. She collaborates in the works of other authors and in the creation of cultural and social events (Holiday Film Festival, Other Successes and Compagnie Umbral in Avignon Festival, etc.). In 2006, she returned to her first love to work in production for the company Shilo Films (ex BVNG productions). There, she collaborated with producers Fred Bellaïche and Geoffroy Grison, and took part in the production of films (Ce que mes eyes ont vu, by Laurent de Bartillat, Tehilim by Raphaël Nadjari, Un si beau voyage by Khaled Ghorbal and Number one, by Zakia Tahiri) within the company Shilo films (ex BVNG productions). At the same time, she signs a first production, titled Pinophilus. She then worked for the Cinema Administration (CNC) while continuing to write screenplays for short and feature films and to collaborate on the productions of other artists. In perpetual quest for an exchange between theory and practice, she validates a Bachelor of Cinema at the University of Paris 10 (Nanterre-La Défense), and follows a course in directing actors and acting in front of the camera which leads to on an experimental work group (The training lab: directors & actors working on texts). She also holds a DU in creative documentary filmmaking (Université Picardie Jules Vernes - Amiens). Today she continues to write and direct.

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