Survivance

At the outskirts of Paris, in a rapidly-changing suburb, a group of Romanian families are searching for a place to live. From their abandoned village, to the demolished slum and occupied houses, their quest weaves togethers a common history, forged through solidarity and marked by displacement. Accompanying them on their journey, we build this film as an alternative habitable space.

a Survivance / L'image d'Après production

Festivals

TEAM

Production : Carine Chichkowsky (Survivance), Damien Monnier (L’image d’après)

Biography

Jeremy Gravayat is a filmmaker born in 1981 in the suburbs of Paris.

Since 2000, he has been making films about the living conditions of exiled communities. His approach combines field work with archival research, narrative storytelling and activist engagement. He is noted for the projects he realized in Calais, Palestine and the suburbs of Lyon, Marseille and Paris. The films are characterised by a focus on human use of territory, a multiplicity of viewpoints and of formats, from film to digital. He is a member of The Abominable, a filmmaker co-lab, base at La Corneuve, in Seine-Saint-Denis.

Filmography

2018 Lua Platz 97’

2014 Planches, clous, marteaux 13’

2012 Que sais-je ? 6’

2010 Les Hommes debout 75’

2008 Vivre Ici 50’

2006 L’Europe après la pluie 40’

2002 Un autre jour sur la plage 20’

2001 La Rencontre 18’