The Words Women Spoke One Day
Raphaël Pillosio / documentaire / 84 min / 2024
In 1962, Yann Le Masson filmed Algerian women activists on their release from prison in France. More than 50 years later, now that the soundtrack has disappeared, I set out to find these women.
A film-investigation that tells their silent story. A film-essay on cinema that figures their disappearance and forever keeps them alive.
Fiche technique
Director: Raphaël Pillosio
Photography: Matthieu Chatellier, Bijan Anquetil
Editing: Margaux Serre, Cédric Jouan
Sound editing, mixing: Simon Gendrot, Philippe Grivel
Production: l'atelier documentaire
Projections et festivals
CNAP French Film Prize and special mention from the Jury Jeune Ciné+ at Cinéma du Réel - Paris
Grand prix Nouzha Drissi at FIDADOC, International Documentary Film Festival, Agadir
European film awards, documentary film selection 2024
Prix de la Création at Festival Traces de Vies 2024 (Clermont-Ferrand)
Festival Résistances - Foix
Echos d'ici et d'ailleurs - Tarn
DocLisboa - Lisbon
Douarnenez Film Festival
Festival Échos-ci, échos-là séléction 2024 - Labastide-Rouairoux
Cinémed - Montpellier International Mediterranean Film Festival
Archivio aperto - Bologna
Ji.Hlava International Documentary Film Festival- Jihlava (Czech Republic)
Kassel Dokfest - Filmladen
Duhok International Film Festival - Iraq
Afriques en vision - Bordeaux
PriMed Festival de la Méditerranée en images, Mémoire de la Méditerranée category - Marseille (France)
Aux écrans du réel - Le Mans
PCMMO - Panorama des Cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyent Orient
Festival Elles Escales Documentaires - La Rochelle