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Taking Place

201997 minPG
Taking Place

Synopsis

There are a lot of families of Romanian descent that look for a place to live in the suburban area of Paris, a town named Seine-Saint-Denis. This suburban area is associated with slum area issues. An eviction of the neighborhood then creates a well-tied bond between the residents. This movie depicts the solidarity spirit in refusing the eviction process.

Credits

Director
    Jérémy Gravayat

    Jérémy Gravayat

    Jeremy Gravayat is a filmmaker born in 1981 in the suburbs of Paris. Since 2000, he has been making films about the living conditions of exiled communities. His approach combines field work with archival research, narrative storytelling and activist engagement. He is noted for the projects he realized in Calais, Palestine and the suburbs of Lyon, Marseille and Paris. The films are characterised by a focus on human use of territory, a multiplicity of viewpoints and of formats, from film to digital. He is a member of The Abominable, a filmmaker co-lab, base at La Corneuve, in Seine-Saint-Denis.

Details

  • Original TitleA Lua Platz
  • Country of ProductionFrance
  • SubtitleEnglish
  • ColorColor
  • Awards2018 - Entrevues de Belfort - Camira Critics' Award
    2018 - Entrevues de Belfort - Special Mention Eurocks One + One Award
    2019 - Beldocs - Belgrade (Serbia) - Best International feature
  • Previous Festival2019 - Etonnants Voyageurs - Saint-Malo (France)
    2019 - Etats Généraux du documentaire - Lussas (France)
    2019 - Festival de Douarnenez - Bretagne (France)
    2019 - Festival Jean Rouch - Paris (France)
    2019 - International Ethnographic Film Festival of Recife - Brazil
    2019 - Underdox - Munich (Germany)
    2019 - Les Ecrans Documentaire - Arcueil (France)
    2019 - Festival Interférences - Lyon (France)

Festival records

Edition | Program

Under the same program: International Feature-Length Competition