DIRECTRESS Alice Brygo
AUTHORS Alice Brygo, Paulo Gatabase
PRODUCTOR Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
CONTACT info@squareeyesfilm.com
We see a rank of bewildered faces. Tense and uneasy, they strain their necks, whip out their phones, film the incident before them. All the while, the people become ever more upset by their powerlessness to do anything.
On 15 April 2019, a fire broke out at Notre Dame de Paris. Even as the cathedral burned, French President Emmanuel Macron was quick to announce that it would be rebuilt. A sound collage featuring the voices of bystanders turns the crowd into a collective oracle who divines the future from the flames.
ALICE BRYGO (b. 1996 in Montpellier, France) studied at EnsAD Paris and Le Fresnoy. Through her artistic practice, she explores the limits between documentary film, fantasy cinema and art installations. Her short film SOUM had its premiere at the Berlinale Shorts competition. It received the prize for best student film at GoShort, the LICHTER Art Award and the grand prize at Brive Film Festival.
Alice Brygo (b. 1996 in Montpellier, France) studied at EnsAD Paris and Le Fresnoy. Through her artistic practice, she explores the limits between documentary film, fantasy cinema and art installations. Her short film SOUM had its premiere at the Berlinale Shorts competition. It received the prize for best student film at GoShort, the LICHTER Art Award and the grand prize at Brive Film Festival.
