Noiseless, Desert Extras

synopsis

Since the dawn of cinematography, the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate has been a lively center where extras for films with an Arabic theme are found in abundance. This poetic documentary, intentionally using acknowledged staging, shows how the electrifying energy of film flows through the local population. In this “game for real”, the filmmakers deconstruct film as an imitation of life, but one that becomes more than real for the interviewed film extras. This story presents the totality of moving images from a location where you would definitely never look for it.

"We are concerned about ideologies and fantasies that shape singular communities. In Noiseless we decided to build pictures with the extras of Ouarzazate to reflect on cinema's illusions." G. Lepore, Maciek and Michał Madracki

biography

Gilles Lepore (1972) is a Swiss filmmaker, comics creator, and illustrator with close links to Polish film. Michał Mądracki (1979) is a Polish novelist and screenwriter who has a degree in religious studies from Jagiellonian University. Maciej Mądracki (1984) studied film science at Jagiellonian University, and directing at the University of Silesia in Katowice. This filmmaking trio introduced the film The Work of the Machines (2010) at the Ji.hlava IDFF in 2010.

more about film

director:	Gilles Lepore, Maciej Madracki, Michał Mądracki
producer:	Haut Les Mains Productions, Otter Films
sound:	IGOR KŁACZYŃSKI

contact

HAUT LES MAINS PRODUCTIONS / Karim Aitouna / 13 Bis Route de Vienne / Lyon / France / +33 6 68 17 51 87 / karim@hautlesmainsproductions.fr / www.hautlesmainsproductions.fr