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The Flats
DIRECTOR: Alessandra Celesia
114 minutes | FRance, belgium, republic of ireland, united kingdom
In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the «Troubles». In this Catholic area of Belfast, the number of deaths was tragically significant. Joe is joined by neighbours Jolene, Sean, Angie, and others, all willingly participating in this process of revisiting the collective memories that shaped their lives and the district they live in.
About
Production: Films de Force Majeure, Thank You & Good Night productions, Planet Korda Pictures, Dumbworld
France Distribution: Les Alchimistes
World sales: The Party Film Sales
Release: 5th February 2025
Support
Eurimages, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, BFI Doc Society Fund, RTBF – Unité Documentaire & Magellan Films, Tax Rebate UK, Northern Ireland Screen, Bourse Brouillon d’un rêve de la Scam
This project was selected at
Doc Market (development) – Belfast film Festival (2019 – Northen Ireland), Pitching du réel – Visions du Réel (2019 – Nyon, Switzerland), Doc Corner Prize, Film Market – Cannes Festival (2019 – France), HEAD Prize – Geneva post-production (2019 – Switzerland), Doc Market (postprod.) – Belfast film Festival (2023 – Northen Ireland)
Team
Writer and director Alessandra Celesia
Assistant director Fionnuala McCormack
Director of photography François Chambe
Editing Frédéric Fichefet
Sound editing Laurent Martin
Sound engineer Quentin Jacques
Sound mixing Gilles Benardeau
Colorist Dave Hughes
Music composer Brian Irvine
Postproduction coordinator Nora Bertone
Producers Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Jérôme Nunes, Geneviève De Bauw, Jeremiah Cullinane, John McIlduff
Technical sheet
Documentary
Format HD
Son 5.1, stereo
Length 114 minutes
Original language English
Colour
N° VISA 153.027
FESTIVALS
SKJALDBORG (Iceland)
Docudays UA IHRDFF (Ukraine)
Al Este Film Festival (Peru)
Crossing Europe Film Festival – Social Awareness Best Documentary
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (Greece)
Irish Film & Television Academy – ITFA – George Morrison Feature Documentary Award (Irland)
En Ville! Festival (Belgium) – Jury Award – Belgian Film
Fipadoc International Documentary Festival (France) – Ciné + Award
Göteborg Film Festival (Sweden)
Bruz British and Irish Cinema (France)
Carcassonne International Political Film Festival (France)
Carcassonne International Political Film Festival (France)
Univerciné W.I.S.E Festival (France)
Education Film Festival – FIFE (France)
WATCH DOCS (Warsaw)
La Muestra del Cine de Lanzarote (Spain)
Montreal International Documentary Festival (Canada)
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam – IDFA Best of Fests (Netherlands)
Gijón International Film Festival (Spain)
Irish Film Festival London (United Kingdom)
Dei Popoli Film Festival (Italy) – “Gian Paolo Paoli” Award of Best Anthropological Film
Denver IFF (USA)
West Lake International documentary Festival (China)
Cologne Film Festival (Germany)
48 Mostra – São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil)
B3 Festival of the Moving Image d’Offenbach (Germany)
Mirage d’Oslo (Norway)
IFI Documentary Festival (Ireland)
Groix International Island Film Festival – Special mention of the jury (France)
États généraux du film documentaire – Lussas (France)
DokuFest (Kosovo)
Galway Film Fleadh (Ireland)
Docs Ireland (Northern Ireland) – Pull Focus Award for Irish documentary features
Sheffield DocFest – Memories section (United Kingdom)
Sydney Film Festival (Australia)
Subversive Film Festival (Croatia)
Dok Fest München – Panorama section
Visions du Réel – Highlights section (International Film Festival Nyon, Switzerland)
CPH:DOX – DOX:AWARD (Denmark)