Synopsis
Entertainment and war are connected through chemistry. Fireworks and bombs are made with nitrate. A reflection on what happens when fireworks inflame the memory of a war survivor, when light draws him into his past darkness.
Production :
Yousra Benziane
Distribution :
La distributrice de films
Contact :
Sound designer :
Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing :
Yousra Benziane
Cinematographer :
Alexandre Lampron
In competition for :
Jury award
Best Documentary
Fipresci
Public award
Direction
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Yousra BenzianeYousra Benziane directed Nitrate in 2019 during the Regard sur Montréal film residency. Special Bulletin (2017) has screened at Festival REGARD, on Air Canada flights, at Festival de Clermont-Ferrand in the Québec en courts programme from SODEC and in the Cinémathèque’s theatre.