PRENDS MON POING
fist
modern ........western
Bilal is a violent outsider who lives in the middle of nowhere, between drinking, fucking and fighting. He thinks with his fists. One day, he comes across a worthy rival. The two will lock horns in confrontation.
crew, cast & film talk
selections & awards
movie stills
original soundtrack
movie trailer
crew
Writer-Director ... Sarah Al Atassi
Screenplay support ... Naïla Guiguet
Producer ... la Fémis
TV Distributor ... CANAL+ (post-release purchase)
Script supervisor ... Juliette Moreau
Director of Photography ... Evgenia Alexandrova
Sound mixer ... Hugo Deguillard
Head decorator ... Pauline Doublier
Costumes supervisor ... Avril Lecocq
Editor ... Sarah Al Atassi
Colorist ... Vincent Amor
Original Music Soundtrack ... Julien Rosamond
cast
Bilal ... Michel Mhanna Santoni
The Other ... Michel Biel
Nobody ... Lola Dubus
Party Guy ... Cédric Welsch
Garage Manager ... Fouad Ziani
night cap
With La Brasserie du Court ("The Short Brewery"), the official blog of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
film talk
Liege International Detective-Crime Film Festival | 2019 | Belgium |
Mecal Pro International Short & Animation Film Festival | 2018 | Spain (Barcelona) |
CRXSSING | 2019 | England (London) |
Festival Ciné en Herbe | 2018 | France (Montluçon) |
Partie(s) de Campagne | 2018 | France (Ouroux-en-Morvan) |
Lago Film Fest | 2018 | Italia |
Désir...Désirs - LGBTQIA+ Film Festival | 2018 | France (Tours) |
Festival du Film Subversif | 2018 | France (Metz) |
Roze Filmdagen - Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival | 2019 | Netherlands |
Pink Screens - Brussels Queer Film Festival | 2019 | Belgium |
Chacun Son Court | 2018 | France (Strasbourg) |
London Short Film Festival | 2019 | England |
In The Palace - Balchik International Short Film Festival | 2018 | Bulgaria |
Concorto International Short Film Festival | 2018 | Italia |
Chéries-Chéris - Lesbians, Gays, Bi, Trans & +++ Film Festival | 2018 | France (Paris) |
FIFIB - Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival | 2018 | France (Bordeaux) |
The American French Film Festival (ex-COLCOA) | 2018 | USA (Hollywood) |
IndieLisboa International Film Festival | 2018 | Portugal |
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival | 2018 | France |
festivals
awards
17th Concorto Int. Short Film Festival - IT -2018
▶ JURY SPECIAL PRIZE
"For the new and strong director’s style that allows powerful acting performances to analyse and mock a toxic and primitive virility" — the Jury (Giovanni Aloi, Eibh Collins, Christos Massalas, Simone Rovellini, Giulio Sangiorgio)
30th Montluçon Short Film Festival - FR - 2018
▶ "GOLDEN WATERING CAN" AWARD FOR THE DIRECTOR'S FILM WORK
Ciné En Herbe is an Auvergne festival intended to highlight young filmmakers whose film, selected in national competition at the 40th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, caught the special attention of the programming committee
Carte Blanche to film students at Blaise Pascal high school - Clermont-Ferrand, FR - 2019
▶ SPECIAL SCREENING-CONFERENCE
Private Film Lessons held at La Jetée, famous film documentation center managed by the association "Sauve qui peut le Court-Métrage", founder of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. This special event did set as a comparative study centered on the key themes behind the making of Prends Mon Poing (Fist): virility and violence. Focus on the overall issues raised by mirroring such core axes.
