Antonin Blanc
Synopsis: The play continues at the heart of Blaha Lujza square, yet the National Theatre of Hungary no longer stands... There is an invisible barrier that separates the stone faces of the passers by, the whispers of those who wait, and the music from the deep end of the square. At the crossroads of a heavy past and a bitter present, the masks hold still and the pavement seems to disturb.
Length: 26min54
Genre: Creative Documentary
Country of production: Hungary, France
Produced by DocNomads
in distribution
Director: Antonin Blanc
Cinematographer: Antonin Blanc, Tanya Haurylchik
FESTIVALS
10th International documentary and short film festival of Kerala - India
Human Rights Film Festival - Barcelona, Paris, NYC
7th South East European film festival - Paris, Berlin
STIFF Student interational film festival - Croatia
9th Agean film festival Patmos - Patmos, Greece
4th Original narrative festival - Dubai UAE
Europe Now festival - Glasgow, Scotland
10th FilmSaaz - Aligarh, India
2nd New born short film festival - Berlin, Germany
award for best documentary
Stockholm Independent Film Festival - Stockholm, Sweden
Filmvirus Wildtype, Bangkok, Thailand
Assemblé visuel ETNA, Paris, France
Valletta film festival, Malta
The square of Blaha lujza (trailer)
Creative process & related projects:
The three films presented on this page are part of my current works in progress. The city is the main focus: the work depicts how its motion interlaces with our psychological spaces, and how the perspectives of movement affect anonimity or empathy.
Further ahead stands the metaphore of the city as one living organism, where humans become cells, forgetting about the motion of the whole organism. What is the common will driving these post-modern cities? How do all these narrative lines interlace? Is there a space where people can meet, out of the synchronicity from it's commercial use?
Related project: Marché noir.
To all sons of our mother
Synopsis: A dirty old street wouldn't dare to spit on the Champs Élysées..
Length: 8min35
Genre: Essay film
Country of production: France/Belgium
Year of production: 2016
Produced by DocNomads
Directed & filmed by Antonin Blanc
Ode to a scriptgirl
Synopsis: A young woman drifts around the rainy streets of Paris. Melancholy emerges from the glimpses of passers-by, here is a view into the stream of perception from a bench.
Length: 4min33
Genre: Experimental
Country of production: France
Year of production: 2013
Directed & filmed by Antonin Blanc