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Sand art film: Midnight Blue

<2013> Sand drawing short movie: ecological tale

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.

History of the birth of the film

I imagined this film after creation of , 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.

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.

Festivals and screenings

  • January 30, 2019: in competition in the section High school students,
  • Winter 2016 and Spring 2017: screenings with sailing festival (Morocco, Canary Islands, Cape Verde ...)
  • November 2016: , Bangalore, India
  • June 2015: , La Bourboule, France
  • May 16 & June 09, 2015: , Berchidda, Sardinia
  • April 18-19, 2015 :: , with
  • April 12-17 :: , for short film official competition, South Korea
  • April 14-18, 2015 :: , Cagliari, Italy
  • March 28 :: , Lyon, France
  • March 27-29, 2015 :: , Japan
  • March 22, 2015 :: screening for the World Water Day, with , St Flour, France
  • December 20, 2014 :: fort the event
  • December 2014 : festival "III Muestra medioambiental", Lanzarote, Canarias, Spain
  • October 16-19, 2014: , Berlin, Germany
  • October 8-12, 2014: , Lille, France
  • Octobre 5, 2014, , France, with Ecollywood festival
  • October 3-11, 2014: , Spain
  • September 22-27, 2014 : (with help of Interfilm Berlin), Ningbo, China
  • September 17-21, 2014 : , Festival de Cine Verde de Barichara, Colombia
  • Midnight Blue has been selected in "Green Archive" film program with & . Lots of non-profit public screenings for schools, NGOs, civic groups, and local governments are scheduled
  • August 2014: (Animal film festival in Suncheon), South Korea
  • August, 2014 : , Rispescia, Italy
  • August 1st, 2014 : , Cobonne, France
  • July 2014: "Temps Fête", , France
  • June 2014: , Balchik, Bulgaria
  • May, 2014: , Spain
  • May 31, 2014: , USA
  • May 2014: , Zaragoza, Spain
  • May 2014: , South Korea
  • April 2014: , Lanton, France :: High schooler award
  • April 2014: , Dompierre sur Besbre, France
  • March 2014: , 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 "" competition
  • September 2013: Festival "Cinéma en Liberté" in Cuers (France), for outdoor screening under the stars
  • September 2013: in Estonia, extra program
  • September 2013: Sand Art Festival "The Touch", Ukraine, 1st price in nomination "Video presentation in sand technique"
  • September 2013: in Paris

Other informations

  • Director: David Myriam
  • Technic: live sand drawing
  • Production: Pierre Dron –
  • Music / Sound design: Gérard Bonnotte
  • Artistic direction:
  • 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...

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