V FESTIVAL OF FILM AND URBANISM «86»

MAY 9 - MAY 13 / 2018, SLAVUTYCH

VETAL NAGRI

France, 2017, 53’

Director: Léandre Bernard-Brunel

Production: Corinne Castel, Logique Nouvelle

 

SELECTIONS AND AWARDS

 

Cinema du Réel (2017)

 

SYNOPSIS

 

In India, in the region of Gujarat, a man whose face is never shown travels through the large city of Vadodara by night and distributes a mysterious illustrated newspaper. It provokes an irresistable desire in all the street merchants and craftsmen to tell stories of ghosts and ghouls.

 

BIOGRAPHY OF DIRECTOR

 

Léandre Bernard-Brunel, born 1985, graduated in History and Fine Arts. His works lay at the intersection between cinema and visual arts. His videos have been shown at the Palais de Tokyo, the Belleville Biennale, and the Geneva Contemporary Art Center. He has already shot two films in India which he produced on his own: “Colorature” and “Phantomanchot”. Both were exhibited in art galleries.

 

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)

 

2017 — Vetal Nagri

2011 — Ogres, les fauves de Farafangan