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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: 2024

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Support

Eurimages, Région Sud, Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, BFI Doc Society Fund, RTBF – Unité Documentaire and Magellan Films, Tax rebate, 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

Written and directed by Alessandra Celesia
Director of photography François Chambe
Editing Frédéric Fichefet
Sound engineer Quentin Jacques
Sound mixing Gilles Benardeau
Production manager Jérôme Nunes
Postproduction coordinator Nora Bertone
Producers Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw, Jeremiah Cullinane, John McIlduff

Technical sheet

Documentary
Format
HD
Son 5.1, stereo
Length 114 minutes
Original language English
Colour

FESTIVALS

CPH:DOX (Denmark)