WE ARE BECOME DEATH
Directed by Jean-Gabriel Périot, 2014
SYNOPSIS
We knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed.
A few people cried.
Most people were silent.
Technical Data
Technical Crew
Written and directed byNJean-Gabriel PERIOT
Documentary - France - 2014
4' - 1.66:1
Color and Black&White
Versions
English
English with french subtitles
English with spanish subtitles
Production
Nicolas BREVIÈRE
Distribution
Local Films Distribution
International sales
Local Films Distribution
Cast
Robert OPPENHEIMER
Festivals
Meilleur court / Sole lula Trevise
Meilleur documentaire / Tabor short film festival
Partie de campagne / Ouroux-en-Morvan
Sciences en bobines / Trescléoux
Cinéma en liberté / Cuers
Festival des cinémas différents / Paris
Du grain à démoudre / Gonfreville l'Orcher
Un festival c'est trop court / Nice
Festival du film / Saint Paul Trois Châteaux
Les instants vidéo / Marseille
Rencontres internationales sciences et cinéma / Marseille Festival la première fois / Marseille
Cinema du monde / Rouen
Docs en court / Lyon
Festival du documentaire / Saint Martin
Festival + court / Altkirch
Festival international du court métrage / Lille
L'inconnu festival / Paris
Court, c'est court ! / Cabrières d'Avignon
Locomotion / Nancy
Vision du réel / Nyon
Rotterdam international film festival
Courts mais trash / Bruxelles
Filmer à tout prix / Bruxelles
Portebello film festival / Londres
Radical film festival / Glasgow
Lucca film festival
Invideo / Milan
Milano film festival
Corto imola / Ravennes
Fmk international short film festival / Pordenone
Sole Luna / Palerme
Vida de pero / Barcelone
L’alternativa / Barcelone
Mecal / Barcelone
Serea.mov / Pontevedra
Fike / Evora
Indielisboa
Dok Leipzig
International nature film festival / Gödöllö
Timishort / Timisoara
Artfilm / Trecin
Watch docs / Varsovie
Interference / Gdansk
Off cinema / Poznan
Athens digital arts festival
Alternative / Belgrade
Kratkofil / Banjaluka
International short film festival / Tabor
Human rights film festival / Sarajevo
Ferfilm / Ferizaj
Open cinema / Saint Petersbourg
Festival on wheels / Turquie
Festival international du film de Ouidah
Guanajuato international film festival
Video AK / Mexico
Docsdf / Mexico
Bienal de la imagen en movimiento / Buenos Aires Intermediaciones / Medellin
Bogota experimental film festival
Cine under / Recife
Festival internacional de cine / Belo Horizonte
Cinetoro / Toro
Festival de cine de medioambiente / Lima
TRAILER
Jean-Gabriel Périot
Jean-Gabriel Périot, born April 23, 1974 in Bellac, is a French film director and editor, renowned for his innovative use of archive footage. Trained in traditional audiovisual techniques, he discovered his passion for found footage while working at the Centre Georges Pompidou, where he explored the narrative potential of archives. This style, which has left its mark on his work, can be seen in films such as Une jeunesse allemande and “Retour à Reims (Fragments)”, both nominated for a César award for best documentary. Périot questions history, memory and social violence, constructing an uncompromisingly political cinema. Using archive footage, he confronts viewers with raw realities, while letting the images speak for themselves. Influenced by the militant cinema of the 1920s-1930s and 1968, he favors a cinema of reflection and confrontation, where the viewer becomes the actor in his or her own interpretation. His films tackle themes as varied as police violence, labor and collective memory, with a unique visual style that questions our relationship with images and history.