From Where They Stood
Christophe Cognet / documentaire / 110 min / 2021
A handful of prisoners in WWII camps risked their lives to take clandestine photographs and document the hell the Nazis were hiding from the world. In the vestiges of the camps, director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs, composing as such an archeology of images as acts of defiance.
Fiche technique
Photography : Céline Bozon
Sound: Marc Parisotto
Editing: Catherine Zins
Sound editing and mixing: Nathalie Vidal
color-grading: Gadiel Bendelac
Projections et festivals
A co-production with Oval Media.
With support from CNC, mini traitée Franco-allemand, SCAM, régions Nouvelle-Aquitaine et Ile de France, fondation Rothschild, fondation Carac and Mémoire de la Shoah.
In association with ZDF/3SAT
International sales: MK2.
Berlinale (Forum) and Berlinale Summer Special
CPH:DOX Copenhagen (Highlights section)
Etats généraux du documentaire - Lussas
Thessaloniki Documentary (Non competitive section Open Horizons)
Indielisboa (Silvestre section)
Bilrausch Filmfest Basel (International Competition)
Jerusalem Film Festival - Best Documentary in the Spirit of Freedom section
FID - International Film Festival - Marseille
Midnight Sun Film Festival (Gems of New Cinema selection)
Biografilm - Bologna
OpenCity Doc - Nominated for the Open City Award
Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
COLCOA French Film Festival - Los Angeles
New York Jewish Film Festival
Miami Jewish Film Festival
Best of Doc #5