29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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I Was Here

I Was Here

Philippe Léonard / Canada / 2012 / East European Premiere / 6 min.


synopsis

The combination of static photographs taken with various exposure times creates a moving portrait of a place where the stone building has stood for centuries, but the people are just indistinct traces on the sidewalk in front of it. We see only those who stop long enough to leave their imprint on the short-term memory of the place.

The flow of time-lapse images also records changes in the solid structure as the light gives shape to the architecture.

more about film

director: Philippe Léonard
producer: Philippe Léonard
photography: Philippe Léonard
sound: Luc Papineau

contact

Philippe Léonard
7889 Avenue Casgrain, Montréal, QC
H2R 1Z2 Canada
+1 514-560-0044
opticalfil@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:East European Premiere
festival edition:2013
section:Fascinations
format:HD
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Philippe Léonard
original title:I Was Here
country:Canada
year:2012
running time:6 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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