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THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT

THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT

About this project

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  • Title: Trans-Cinéma
  • Genre: documentary
  • Contribution: writer, director
  • Production house : Program 33
  • broadcaster : ARTE
  • year : 2016

A film tells the story of a South Korean actress and director kidnapped on the orders of Kim Jong-Il.

The Lovers and the Despot is a 2016 British documentary film written and directed by Robert Cannan and Ross Adam, about the 1978 abduction of South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee, and film director Shin Sang-ok, by Kim Jong-il of North Korea.

“Tracks” is one of the longest and most respected programs on French TV.

OVERVIEW

Aired between June 2015 in July 2016, I wrote and directed 7 TV documentaries as a journalist for “Tracks” in the European newtork Arte. Each week this show explores all cultures : music, cinema, arts.

TASKS

The first task was to find an eligible subject for their editorial vision. I mainly dealt with themes around new technologies and cinema. Then it was about go on set and therefore film sequences and then interview the artist in question. Hence I covered the Sundance Festival in 2016.The last task is to write the commentary injecting humor and information as well as supervising the editing of the show.