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Green Line
DIRECTOR: sylvie ballyot
150 minutes | France, LIBAN
Fida grew up in Beirut in the 1980s during the war, immersed in the ‘red hell’ that her grandmother used to tell her about. The trivialisation of death made her question the value of life, and the meaning of this interminable war that resembled so many other wars. Using miniature figures and models, she meets the militiamen and compares her childhood vision with theirs.
About
Production: TS Productions, Films de Force Majeure, XBO Films, Orjouane Production
Distribution : Tamasa Distribution
Release: February 18, 2025
Support
CNC – FAI, Région Occitanie, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Doha Film Institute, Région Normandie, La Scam
This project was selected at
Tenk/Villa Medicis 2021 (France, Italy) – QUMRA 2022 (Qatar)
Team
Director Sylvie Ballyot
Co-Writter Fida Bizri
Picture Béatrice Kordon
Sound Tatiana El Dahdah
Animation Nicolas Lemee
Editing Charlotte Tourrès
Sound editor Luc Meilland
Mixer Jocelyn Robert
Producers Céline Loiseau, Luc Camilli, Jean-Laurent Csinidis
Technical sheet
Documentary
Format 16/9
Sound 5.1, stereo
Length 150 minutes
Colour
FESTIVALS
Les Monteur·euses s’affichent (France)
Mediterranean Cinema Festival — Mannheim-Heidelberg (Allemagne)
Images de Justice — Rennes (France)
PriMed — International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage — Festival’s Special Mention (France)
Traces de Vie (France)
Festival International des Films de Femmes de Gaza — Silver Orange Prize (Palestine)
Festival International de Films de Femmes — Bruxelles (Belgique)
DMZ — Festival du Film Documentaire — Jury’s Special Prize (Corée du Sud)
FEMA — La Rochelle Cinéma (France)
Festival du film Arabe de Rotterdam — Festival’s Special Mention (Pays-Bas)
Numéro Zéro — Forcalquier (France)
Festival International du Film de Femmes de Créteil — Jury’s Special Mention (France)
Festival Écrans du Sud (Liban)
Cinéma du Réel (France)
Festival du film de Femmes de Créteil (France) – Jury’s Special Mention
Ismailia International Film Festival – IIFF (Egypte) – Grand Prix
Marrakech International Film Festival (Marocco) – 11th continent selection – Atlas Distribution Award
L’Excentrique Cinéma — Grenoble (France)
Mostra – São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
Cinemed – Montpellier International Cinéma Mediterranean Festival (France)
États généraux du film documentaire – Lussas (France)
Cinéma du Réel — Work in Progress Selection — Coup de Coeur Orlando Award (France)
Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland) – World premiere – Mubi Award for debut feature film / Cinema & Gioventù First Prize