COEUR DE PIERRE
Claire Billet, Olivier Jobard | Frankreich 2018 | 89 Min. | OmeU
Ghorban kam 2010 im Alter von zwölf Jahren als unbegleiteter Minderjähriger nach 12.000 Kilometer langer Reise aus Afghanistan nach Frankreich. In Frankreich kam er in ein Heim für Kinderfürsorge und in psychotherapeutische Betreuung, um Kriegstraumata, die Fluchterfahrung und sein Erwachsenwerden in einem fremden Land zu verarbeiten. Über 8 Jahre begleiteten die FilmemacherInnen Ghorban auf seinem Weg, der aufgrund der Asylgesetze einer sozialen Sackgasse gleich kommt, ehe Ghorban als junger Erwachsener einen folgenschweren Beschluss fasst: er möchte seine Familie in Afghanistan besuchen.
Regie: Claire Billet, Olivier Jobard
Produktion: Quark productions
Biographies
Claire Billet While studying in 2004, Claire travelled to Afghanistan to make a 23 min. documentary film on the “women’s park”. After graduating with a Master’s degree in journalism, she moved to Pakistan, and to Afghanistan, where she lived for 6 years. Learning the Dari language, covering the conflict, she realized the News narrative was too Manichean, too fast, for her to reveal the complexities of a conflict. Claire engaged in documentary making to shed light on the dismal consequences of war. She accompanied Luqman & Fawad from Afghanistan to France, Ahmad & Jihan From Greece to Sweden. She followed the tormented exiled of pacifist Haya, and the love story of French Noémie and Afghan Faiz in Calais. Claire has worked on migration issues for 5 years now, telling unique stories of individuals to provoke the audience’s empathy.
Olivier Jobard Olivier entered the Louis Lumière School of Photography in Paris when he was 20, and joined the Sipa Press agency in 1991. For 15 years, he covered conflicts around the world: Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Iraq… In 2000, he travelled to Sangatte, a French camp for illegal migrants, where he met people who fled the same wars. Overwhelmed by their long-term consequences, he chose to dedicate his work on migration issues. Olivier started to document the migration routes, focusing on human stories, getting as close as possible to the migrants, and accompanying them on the long run. He followed Kingsley in his journey from Cameroon to France. He joined Slah from Tunisia to France, and Luqman from Afghanistan to France… In parallel, Olivier Jobard started to work on the “European fortress ”: from Ukraine to Lampedusa, he documented the European borders from the perspective of migrants. His work now revolves around the second part of the migrants’ journey: integration in their host country.
Claire Billet While studying in 2004, Claire travelled to Afghanistan to make a 23 min. documentary film on the “women’s park”. After graduating with a Master’s degree in journalism, she moved to Pakistan, and to Afghanistan, where she lived for 6 years. Learning the Dari language, covering the conflict, she realized the News narrative was too Manichean, too fast, for her to reveal the complexities of a conflict. Claire engaged in documentary making to shed light on the dismal consequences of war. She accompanied Luqman & Fawad from Afghanistan to France, Ahmad & Jihan From Greece to Sweden. She followed the tormented exiled of pacifist Haya, and the love story of French Noémie and Afghan Faiz in Calais. Claire has worked on migration issues for 5 years now, telling unique stories of individuals to provoke the audience’s empathy.
Olivier Jobard Olivier entered the Louis Lumière School of Photography in Paris when he was 20, and joined the Sipa Press agency in 1991. For 15 years, he covered conflicts around the world: Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Iraq… In 2000, he travelled to Sangatte, a French camp for illegal migrants, where he met people who fled the same wars. Overwhelmed by their long-term consequences, he chose to dedicate his work on migration issues. Olivier started to document the migration routes, focusing on human stories, getting as close as possible to the migrants, and accompanying them on the long run. He followed Kingsley in his journey from Cameroon to France. He joined Slah from Tunisia to France, and Luqman from Afghanistan to France… In parallel, Olivier Jobard started to work on the “European fortress ”: from Ukraine to Lampedusa, he documented the European borders from the perspective of migrants. His work now revolves around the second part of the migrants’ journey: integration in their host country.
