France, November 2015. After the Paris terror attacks, the state of emergency is proclaimed to facilitate the work of police forces. 4 AM. A policewoman helps colleagues to conduct a search, but soon finds out that things aren’t going the way they’re supposed to.
Original Title Descente Year of production 2021 Length 11min Country France Shooting Format ARRI ALEXA MINI - 4K Aspect RatioScope 2:39 Dialogue French DirectorMehdi Fikri Production CompanyTopshot Films Producer Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles Writer Mehdi Fikri CinematographerSébastien Goepfert Production Manager Clara Gonzalez Set Designer Laure Satgé Editor Hoël Saintleger Music Andrea Boccadoro Sound Martin Sadoux CastJeanne Rosa, Jisca Kalvanda, Yannick Choirat, Satya Dusaugey, Fabien Bilheran, Bruno Dreyfurst, Mouss Zouheyri, Kader Kada
Festival selections Venezia 78, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica - Orizzonti Short Films Competition 2021, Italy - World Premiere Bosphorus Film Festival 2021, Turkey Linea d'Ombra Festival - CortoEuropa Competition 2021, Italy MedFilm Festival 2021, Italy Zagreb Film Festival 2021, Croatia Paris Courts Devant, la Rencontre des Cinémas Emergents 2021, France Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2022, France Music & Cinema - Festival International du Film à Marseille 2022, France Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2022, USA REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film 2022, Canada Dieciminuti Film Festival 2022, Italy - Jury's Grand Prix Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux 2022, France Landshut Short Film Festival 2022, Germany BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente 2022, Argentina International Festival "Corti da Sogni - Antonio Ricci" 2022, Italy San Diego International ShortsFest 2022, USA Fastnet Film Festival 2022, Ireland Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2022, Germany - Third Award Leiden Shorts 2022, Netherlands Festival Internacional De Cine Y Derechos Humanos De Valencia 2022, Spain Festival de Dreux, Histoires De Femmes 2022, France Figari Film Fest 2022, Italy ShorTS - International Film Festival 2022, Italy Social World Film Festival 2022, Italy KO:SH Film Fest 2022, Albania Festival International du Film de Vébron 2022, France Director's Note I believe it is very important that films make people look at what we don’t want to face as a society. I wanted to make a movie whose political impact stems directly from the staging, in order to denounce the violence of the permanent state of emergency we live in. A single long take to trap the audience in the sensory and ethical turmoil of a police search.
