Ahlan wa Sahlan
Lucas Vernier / 94 min / 2020
In coproduction with Kanaldude
In 2009, Lucas Vernier leaves for Syria accompanied by his camera and the photographs taken by his grandfather when he was a member of the Camel Corps during the French Mandate. As a diligent young filmmaker, he generously records his journey, reconstitutes his grandfather's route and binds to the descendants of his friends. In 2011, Lucas returns to continue his quest. This year, the country rises and the regime of Bashar al-Assad goes ahead with violent repressions. The film turns around and the pursuit towards a disappeared ancestor will turn into a race towards what is going to disappear.
Fiche technique
Photography and sound: Lucas Vernier
Editor: Marie-Pomme Carteret
Projections et festivals
With support from Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, CNC, Procirep, Angoa and SCAM
Prix du Public Traces de Vies & Prix de la Diversité at Festival Traces de vies (Clermont-Ferrand)
Cinéma du réel Festival (Paris)
Les Escales documentaires (La Rochelle)
Les Rencontres du film documentaire de Mellionnec (France)
Documed - Mediterranean Documentary Film Festival, Tunisia
Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival
Festival Interférences - Cinéma documentaire & Débat public (Lyon)
Refugees Welcome Film Festival at the Babylon Theater (Berlin)
Festival Ôrizons - Rencontres des Arts & des Cultures du Proche-Orient (Périgueux)
Summer Film Festival (Sainte-Livrade-sur-lot)
FAANA Festival (Saint-Georges-de-Didonne)
Cinéma du Réel en circulation” selection by the Cinémathèque du documentaire
Documentary Film Month
FIDBA - Festival internacional de cine documental de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Festival Syrien n'est fait (Paris)
FIDADOC (Agadir)
Label Images en Bibliothèques
Images de la Culture catalog