Nous
We

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sarah Blum

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sarah Blum

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sarah Blum

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sylvain Verdet

Nous | We by Alice Diop
FRA 2020, Encounters
© Sarah Blum
A moving testament to the importance of filming as a process of bearing witness and remembering, Nous is timely in many ways. It is subtle and shrewd in a world that favours shortcuts and easy answers. Justifiably adopting the fragmented structure of a patchwork portrait in order to describe a riven society, Diop displays impressive control of her essay and its impact. In the film’s first few minutes, a deer is observed, through binoculars. A certain sense of awkward, man-made distance stays with us. Isolation, discrimination and nostalgia for hierarchies, inherited from a monarchical past … Divisions haunt France’s present. But the human urge to give as well as to receive stubbornly creeps into every situation, observed or triggered. Could this be the one thing that still keeps a nation together?
With
- Ismael Soumaïla Sissoko
- N’deye Sighane Diop
- Pierre Bergounioux
- Bamba Sibi
- Marcel Balnoas
- Ethan Balnoas
Crew
Director | Alice Diop |
Cinematography | Sarah Blum, Sylvain Verdet, Clément Alline |
Editing | Amrita David |
Sound | Mathieu Farnarier |
Producer | Sophie Salbot |
World Sales
Totem Films
Produced by
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Clément Alline, Alice Diop, Sarah Blum
The director framed by her two cinematographers.
Nous · Encounters Best Film · Berlinale Documentary Award · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
She was awarded the prize for Best Film.
Nous · Encounters · Encounters Best Film · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Cecilia Barrionuevo, Alice Diop, Florence Almozini
In addition to the Berlinale Documentary Award, the director's film also won the prize for Best Film.
Nous · Encounters · Encounters Best Film · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Janna Ji Wonders, Albertina Carri, Orwa Nyrabia, Alice Diop
The jury awarding the Berlinale Documentary Award 2021.
Nous · Encounters · Berlinale Documentary Award · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Screening
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Q&A
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Clément Alline
The cinematographer at the premiere.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Sarah Blum, Clément Alline
Two of the three cinematographers of the film.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Aurélie Godet, Alice Diop, translator
The member of the selection committee in conversation with the director.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Sarah Blum
The cinematographer of the French film.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
Her film was awarded the Berlinale Documentary Award and the section prizes for Best Film.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
The director during Q&A.
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Looking forward to the premiere
Nous · Encounters · ARTE Sommerkino Kulturforum · Jun 13, 2021

Radu Jude, Alice Diop
At the Award Ceremony.
Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc · Nous · Competition · Encounters · Golden Bear for Best Film · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
Interview at the Awards Ceremony.
Nous · Encounters · Berlinale Documentary Award · Encounters Best Film · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
Nous · Encounters · Berlinale Documentary Award · Encounters Best Film · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

Alice Diop
Nous · Encounters · Jun 13, 2021
© Jens Koch
Alice Diop | Best Film in Encounters
Nous | We
Encounters · Galas & Awards · Mar 05, 2021
Announcement of the Jury Decisions: Encounters
The jurors Florence Almozini, Cecilia Barrionuevo and Diedrich Diederichsen have announced the winners during the Industry Event.
Nous | We
Encounters · Galas & Awards · Mar 05, 2021
Alice Diop

Born in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. Her films, which question French society and its cultural diversity, have screened at festivals including Cinéma du Réel in Paris, BFI London, Karlovy Vary, the Viennale and the documentary film festival in Lussas, France. Her feature-length documentary On Call won the main prize at Cinéma du Réel while her short film Towards tenderness won the 2017 César French film prize for Best Short Film.
Filmography (documentaries)
2006 Clichy pour l’Exemple · La Tour du Monde 2007 Les Senegalaises et la Senegauloise 2011 La Mort de Danton (Danton death) 2016 Vers la Tendresse (Towards tenderness) · La Permanence (On Call) 2020 Nous (We)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2021