Why We Fight?

Original Title: Why We Fight?

Documentary | 97' | 2021 (Completed)

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Director:	Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt
Producer:	Emmy Oost
Writer:	Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt

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When we can no longer find words to express our deepest, biggest and ugliest feelings, the body takes over.

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Beginning with the personal experiences of three dancers - Bérengrère Bodin, Samir M'Kirech and TK Russell - Why We Fight? sets out to understand violence in the world, but also violence within ourselves. How do you deal with fear, frustration and disappointment in today's world, where you feel unheard or misunderstood? Is it at all possible to act in a non-violent way? Or is that privilege reserved for those who create dance, music, art or words? With their film, Alain Platel and Mirjam Devriendt pay tribute to the arts, but also to humanity, which always seems to balance between creating something spectacularly beautiful or horribly cruel.

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Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary
Year of production

2021
Production status
Completed
Original title
Why We Fight?
Original language
English, French, Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
97'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub) Dolby
Available formats
DCP; Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

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Festivals

2022: DOK.fest München (DE); Seoul International Dance Festival (KR); Cinedans (NL)

2021: Film Fest Gent (BE)

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Co-production partners

Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion (DE), Onomatopee Films (BE)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel, ZDF/Arte, VRT, Creative Europe MEDIA, Pascal Decroos Fund

Tax shelter

Flanders Film Funding

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Why We Fight?

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