Sylvain George

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Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23 Trailer

Sylvain George (b. 1968) is a French writer and documentary filmmaker. A one time social worker and philosophy student, George soon turned to filmmaking inspired by the social critic Walter Benjamin, concerned especially with immigration and contemporary politics in France.

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Total trailers found: 18

The Outbursts (My Mouth, My Revolt, My Name) Trailer (2012)

05 December 2012

This film is composed of fragments escaped from Qu’ils reposent en révolte (Des figures de Guerres).

Strade perdute - Filmmaker 23 Trailer (2023)

20 November 2023

For Filmmaker Film Festival (2023), Fulvio Baglivi and Cristina Piccino asked some filmmakers (R. Beckermann, J.

L'impossible - Pages arrachées Trailer (2012)

05 December 2012

Situated in the vein of Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Dostoievski and Benjamin and of free jazz and punk, this film bears witness to the iniquitous policies that shape our era, the “infernal” nature of certain political lives or black bodies (those of immigrants, emigrants, workers, the unemployed, students.

Lovely May Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

This movie is a fragment of the demonstration of May 1st and social movements in the year 2016.

They Will Kill Us All Trailer (2015)

05 September 2015

In the dark night, near the port of Calais, of a raid against migrants. In the dark, of a political night.

Un peu de feu que vole (sa geste en mille éclats) Trailer (2018)

15 April 2018

The Dark Clouds Trailer (2012)

12 July 2012

Still in Calais, daybreak, a raid is coming to an end. Men come out of the ground, life resumes its course.

No Border (Aspettavo Che Scendesse La Sera) Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Paris, an open city. Commemorations abound: ruins, winds, tides. Young Iraqi, Afghan or Iranian immigrants wandering the streets, between soup kitchens and improvised campsites.

Nocturne White - Hunter Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

In the dark night, near the docks of Calais, a young man recounts his journey, before the police come to interrupt him and make arrests.

Obscure Night - Wild Leaves (The Burning Ones, the Obstinate) Trailer (2022)

03 August 2022

Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a land border between the African continent and Europe. A buffer zone where European migration policies, their challenges and their consequences are read and shown.

Obscure Night - "Ain't I a Child?" Trailer (2025)

07 April 2025

After having walked the streets of Mellila, Malik, Mehdi, and Hassan now beat the cobblestones of Paris, discovering its lights and its chimeras, its joys and its violence.

Vers Madrid! (The Burning Bright) Trailer (2012)

02 September 2012

This film is a newsreel, which presents some views, scenes and mo-ments of the class struggle in Madrid.

Obscure Night - Goodbye Here, Anywhere Trailer (2023)

08 August 2023

Melilla, a Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a land border between the African continent and Europe. In transit through the city, Malik and his friends, miners of Moroccan origin, try to reach Europe by any means necessary.

Paris is a Moveable Feast - A Film in 18 Waves Trailer (2017)

12 April 2017

Sylvain George crosses Paris in 2015 and 2016 with an “unaccompanied foreign minor”, as the official term has it.

Youssef, The Wind, The Fury, Before Existence Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

A young man shouts at the sea. Shot near Calais.

May They Rest in Revolt (Figures of War) Trailer (2011)

16 November 2011

Ode, in black and white, to immigrants, from Calais, from elsewhere.

Un Homme idéal - Fragment K Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A man walks through the city of Paris. Mr. K. Just like the 30,000 families who place their last hope in S.

N'entre pas sans violence dans la nuit Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Paris, October 2005: Inhabitants and undocumented people spontaneously protest against police raids and arrests in the Chateau d'Eau district.