This sand drawing film was conducted without a budget or grants.

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Synopsis

This ecological tale takes us to the heart of the underwater world, between night and light, following the rhythm of a whale’s meditations, a privileged witness of human activity on the oceans.

2013 :: Midnight Blue :: Sand drawing film

History of the birth of the film

I imagined this film after creation of two live sand drawing performances for the Festival Musica Nigella in 2011, with music by Crumb and Natsuda .
The theme of the concert was "The Secret Life of Oceans" , and I was inspired dramas including the Japanese tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster , and the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform operated by BP .

For the first time , I used blue sand , which corresponded well to the diving atmosphere.

2013 :: Midnight Blue :: Sand drawing film

Thereafter, I imagined a storyboard inspired by these performances , adding other elements , including the issue of fishing and fish consumption.

Once editing advanced , on the advice of productor Citron Bien & Hélène Ducrocq , I wrote a poem to give another dimension to the film.
For the first time , I created a movie with lyrics.

Gérard Bonnotte then harmonized its original musical composition with this poem.
The film was completed in June 2013.

2014 :: Midnight Blue :: price for Yound Audience + nomination, Festival "Des Courts en Hiver", Porto Vecchio

Festivals and screenings

• January 30, 2019: in competition in the section High school students, Festival "Le temps presse"
• Winter 2016 and Spring 2017: screenings with Festina Lente sailing festival (Morocco, Canary Islands, Cape Verde ...)
• November 2016: Voices from the Waters Festival, Bangalore, India
• June 2015: Festival "Plein La Bobine", La Bourboule, France
• May 16 & June 09, 2015: "Green Movies" in Time in Jazz festival, Berchidda, Sardinia
• April 18-19, 2015 :: Hong Kong-San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, with Ocean Recovery Alliance
• April 12-17 :: The International "Water en Film" Events, IWFE, for short film official competition, South Korea
• April 14-18, 2015 :: Skepto Festival, Cagliari, Italy
• March 28 :: "Mali Tout Court" Festival, Lyon, France
• March 27-29, 2015 :: Green Image Film Festival, Japan
• March 22, 2015 :: screening for the World Water Day, with Cramades Union waters, St Flour, France
• December 20, 2014 :: screening at "cinéma le Navire" fort the event "The shortest day"
• December 2014 : festival "III Muestra medioambiental", Lanzarote, Canarias, Spain
• October 16-19, 2014: Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
• October 8-12, 2014: Ecollywood Festival, Lille, France
• Octobre 5, 2014, Alternatiba in Lille, France, with Ecollywood festival
• October 3-11, 2014: Ponferrada Film Festival, Spain
• September 22-27, 2014 : Shortvisions Festival, GreenFilm section (with help of Interfilm Berlin), Ningbo, China
• September 17-21, 2014 : Festiver, Festival de Cine Verde de Barichara, Colombia
• Midnight Blue has been selected in "Green Archive" film program with Korean Green Foundation & Green film festival in Seoul. Lots of non-profit public screenings for schools, NGOs, civic groups, and local governments are scheduled
• August 2014: ANFFIS (Animal film festival in Suncheon), South Korea
• August, 2014 : Clorofilla film festival, Rispescia, Italy
• August 1st, 2014 : Festival Alter’Natifs, Cobonne, France
• July 2014: "Temps Fête", Maritime Festival of Douarnenez, France
• June 2014: Festival In the Palace, Balchik, Bulgaria
• May, 2014: Festival Internacional de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias, Spain
• May 31, 2014: San Francisco Green Film Festival, USA
• May 2014: Ecozine film festival, Zaragoza, Spain
• May 2014: Green film festival in Seoul, South Korea
• April 2014: Festival Les Toiles de Mer, Lanton, France :: High schooler award
• April 2014: Festival Rencontres Cinéma nature, Dompierre sur Besbre, France
• March 2014: The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital, Washington, USA
• January 2014: festival Des Courts en Hiver, Corsica, Porto-Vecchio :: award for Yound Audience + nomination for the category "Poems seen and heard"
• November 2013: Interfilm Berlin for "Green Screen" competition
• September 2013: Festival "Cinéma en Liberté" in Cuers (France), for outdoor screening under the stars
• September 2013: Matsalu Nature Film Festival in Estonia, extra program
• September 2013: Sand Art Festival "The Touch", Ukraine, 1st price in nomination "Video presentation in sand technique"
• September 2013: Avant première at festival Croq’Anime in Paris

2014 :: Midnight Blue :: Washington Environmental Film Festival

2013 :: Midnight Blue :: Sand art film, Festival selection

Other informations

• Director: David Myriam
• Technic: live sand drawing
• Production: Pierre Dron – Citron Bien
• Music / Sound design: Gérard Bonnotte
• Artistic direction: Hélène Ducrocq
• French voice over: Maud Fouassier
• Subtitles: english, chinese & spanish subtitles available
• Length 07’55"
• End of Production: June 2013
• Shooting: digital camera HD
• Available formats: digital files, DVD, Blu Ray...
• Postcards available here
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