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Jardin des deux Rives (Garden on both river Banks)

Amel El Kamel
21' / 2013 / France
French
English and spanish subtitled

Audience vote 4.61

Between Roubaix, Tourcoing and Wattrelos is located "Le quartier de l'Union", the Union District, a vast industrial wasteland. "Garden on both river banks" listens to the voices of those who remain there, along with another voice whispering poems by Mahmoud Darwich.

Main Festivals & Awards

Kasseler DokFest / Doc Lisboa / Uppsala / Molodist Kiev / Ecrans du Réel Le Mans / Art of the real Lincoln Center NYC

Director's Biography

Work and live in Paris. Studied Art at Saint Etienne University. Graduated from Supinfocom Arles, animation school in 2006 and Le Fresnoy,Tourcoing, studio national des Arts Contemporains in 2008.Teaching animation at LISAA and l’ICAN, Paris. She has directed several short films from which the most remarkable are: Abena (2008), animation and documentary, Entre Nos Mains (2007), fiction, and Le Marchand de Sable (2006), 3D animation.

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