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kimura byol - nathalie lemoine

kimura byol - nathalie lemoine

CHLOÉ KAUFMANN | FRANCE | 2019 | 9 MIN | FRENCH

CHLOÉ KAUFMANN | FRANCE | 2019 | 9 MIN | FRENCH

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NOV 25 / 19:00ONF Salle Alanis-Obomsawin NFB Alanis Obomsawin Theatre1500 Rue Balmoral. Montréal, QC H3A 2H7 (métro Place des Arts)

Synopsis

This is a portrait of kimura byol - nathalie lemoine which draws a parallel between her own identity (r)evolution, her political behavior as an activist in three different continents.

Filmmaker Bio

Chloé Kaufmann lives in France. After studying film in France and Belgium, both academically and technically, she has developed a practice at the intersection of documentary, fiction, and visual experimentation. In 2014, during a Kinobus in Turkey, she co-directed Woman’s Work, Letter from Syria, an animated docufiction made with Nolwenn Daste. The film was selected for several international festivals, including DOK Leipzig and This Human World in Vienna. Shortly afterward, she co-founded the Kino Belleville collective in Paris. In 2017, she traveled to Burkina Faso, where she made Ngaou with Victorine Naba. In 2019, invited by Kino Montréal, she directed kimura byol-nathalie lemoine.

Director's Statement

his film originated from our meeting with Victorine. We wanted to make a film about the violence caused by homophobia and the exile it forces people into. We sought to explore the difficulty of maintaining intimacy and the ever-present fear. We chose handheld camerawork to convey the urgency and nervousness experienced by the two main characters. From the outset, we also decided to make the film without dialogue, confronting viewers with the brutality of the situations depicted.

Cast

  • kimura byol

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