The Flag

Released in theaters on 2024 10, 30

The Flag reflects on the aftermath of the 2015 Paris attacks, exploring the decline of civil liberties as local media and politics continue othering Arab and African communities.

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The Forest of Masks

Released on museum on 2022 03, 25

A short film exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris as part of the exhibition 'Toyen, l'écart absolu from March 25 to July 24, 2022.

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naked war

Released on TV on 2014 04, 03

A philosophical and artistic reflection on Femen, a graphic film that seeks to see what may not be visible in the images.

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Other works

 

Joseph Paris, a copyleft video art pioneer and iconoclast filmmaker, is to be known for the radical experimental feature documentaries Naked War and The Flag.

A pioneer in the use of copyleft licenses in video art, Joseph Paris founded the Kassandre collective, merging video and legal experimentation. In 2014, he directed the acclaimed documentary Naked War, which deconstructs the cinematographic grammar behind the spectacular actions of Femen. His latest feature film, The Flag, a furious anti-authoritarian film, was released in movie theaters in France on 2024, October 30th.

Joseph Paris contributed to the HBO series Exterminate All The Brutes directed by Raoul Peck and directed the innovative To Die Gracefully, a 24-hour live cinema project on YouTube.

He has a longstanding collaboration with Benjamin Lazar, including The Night of Hieroglyphs at the Institut de France, the video creations for Lazar's shows Heptameron and Maldoror, and the production of The Forest of Masks, featured in the Toyen exhibition in 2022 at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.

Currently, Joseph Paris is developing a film in Ukraine and engaging in various artistic projects with author Joanna Dunis and sound designer Alejandro Van Zandt-Escobar.

At the radio Cause Commune.
Photo: Laurent Demartini
Presentation of the film The Flag at the IDFA festival.
Presentation of the film The Flag at the Movies That Matter festival.

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