FIREWORKS

FIREWORKS
Writer & Director: Yann les Jours
Produced by Kotti Films
23 Minutes / Experimental Documentary / France Germany 2024
Black and White + Color / DCP, ProRes or H.264 / 2k 1:78:1 / Stereo or  5.1 / language : English / Filmed in Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, France, Italy.

Credits
cinematography / direction / editing  / sound : Yann les Jours
sound mastering : Cedrik Fermont
Cast : Klementyna K. , Lawrence Ives, Fatu Farah, Mike Valentine, Anna Kovalenko, Rita von Esch, Katerina Davidov.

Synopsis
Since February 2022, 100.000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Berlin. Late December 2022 - streets across the city recoil and reverberate to the sound of fireworks celebrating the arrival of the New Year. However, fireworks are also one of the worst triggers of trauma for people fleeing war. When a cracker explodes, it returns them to the conflict-zone. Through the documentation of political activism and private moments, the director invites us to explore the limits of empathy by asking a simple question: "Can one share another's tragedy?""

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world premiere at Les Instants Vidéo 2025, Marseille, France.