The Flag
Synopsis
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.
A furious, iconoclastic attack on power and the media in a modern France where Islamophobia has become mainstream and inequality is growing from the suburbs to the boulevards.
Cph dox
Director Joseph Paris filmed dozens of hours of interviews and collected a large amount of material from the French media. From the fragments of these he has compiled a visual essay on the decline of civil liberties in France.
One World
Following the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, France declared the state of emergency. This set in motion an exit from the rule of law, with Muslims as the first, but not the only victims. Urgent, philosophical and visually interesting plea in defence of civil liberties and equality.
Movies that matter
A provocative depiction to the barely-hidden Islamophobia that exists in France, experimental filmmaker Joseph Paris exposes the malevolent media dynamics and the draconian state powers the government has operationalised following the attacks in Paris & Nice in 2015-6.
Radical Art Review
Joseph Paris fell into a state of mourning following the Paris terror attacks of 13 November, 2015, in which 130 people were killed and more than 350 injured in coordinated assaults across the French capital. It was the deadliest attack on French soil in modern history and left the country in a state of shock. However, the filmmaker was also alarmed by the government response.
Hyphen
Collages, split-screens and a Guy Debordian vandalisation of the (media) image itself testify to Joseph Paris’ active background in the ‘copyleft’ movement and video art. An alarming and radically critical report from a time when social divisions are widening and clashes between state power and civilians are on the rise.
Cph dox
Projections
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Thorens-Glières 2024/05/11 Film preview Castelnaudary 2024/06/06 Film preview Carcassonne 2024/06/07 Film preview Caen 2024/09/18 Film preview Manosque 2024/04/14 Film preview Gréoux-les-Bains 2024/04/13 Film preview Geneva 2024/03/16 FIFDH Rixheim 2024/03/14 Film preview Geneva 2024/03/13 FIFDH Brussels 2023/10/14 Festival des Libertés Nuremberg 2023/10/01 Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival Nuremberg 2023/09/28 Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival Lussas 2023/08/23 États généraux du film documentaire The Hague 2023/03/28 Movies that matter All screenings/broadcasts →
Festivals
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2024 FIFDH 2023 Festival des Libertés 2023 Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival 2023 États généraux du film documentaire 2023 Movies that matter 2023 One World 2023 CPH DOX 2021 IDFA Forum
- A film by Joseph Paris
- Documentary · 2023
- With Yasser Louati
- Zohra Kraiker
- Wassil Kraiker
- Amal Bentounsi
- Feiza Ben Mohamed
- Mohammed Abaïd
- Vincent Gay
- Thomas Deltombe
- Slimane Dazi
- Assa Traoré
- Abdellali Hajat
- Vanessa Codaccioni
- Mireille Delmas-Marty
- Image and editing Joseph Paris
- Production Drole de Trame
- Produced by Audrey Ferrarese
- Narrator Logan de Carvalho
- Original music Pierre Paris
- Sound creation Alejandro Van Zandt-Escobar
- Illustrations Matthieu Fayette
- Additional image editing Flore Guillet
- Editing assistants Robin Gaussé, Eugénie Gaubert, Matthieu Grosmaire
- Color grading Dimitri Darul
- Additional color grading Eric Heinrich
- Mixing Michel Depuis
- International Distribution CAT&Docs
- Theatrical distribution Destiny Films
- With the support of:
- CNC
- Région Île-de-France
- PROCIREP & ANGOA
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FESTIVALS - 2023 Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival
- 2023 Festival des libertés
- 2023 États généraux du film documentaire
- 2023 Movies That Matter
- 2023 One World
- 2023 CPH:DOX
- 2021 IDFA Rough cut
Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Screening of the film at the FIFDH
Genève · 2024
Meeting between Yasser Louati and Angela Davis.
Genève · 2024
Angela Davis speaks after the screening of the film, surrounded by Assa Traoré, Nesrine Slaoui and Yasser Louati.
Genève · 2024
Panel on police violence after the screening of the film at the FIFDH, with Angela Davis, Rokhaya Diallo, Assa Traoré, Nesrine Slaoui and Yasser Louati.
Genève · 2024
Panel on police violence after the screening of the film at the FIFDH, with Angela Davis, Rokhaya Diallo, Assa Traoré, Nesrine Slaoui and Yasser Louati.
Genève · 2024
Screening of the film at the FIFDH. Angela Davis in the front row. Behind her, Joseph Paris and Audrey Ferrarese.
Genève · 2024
Applause for the director.
Genève · 2024
Speech by the mayor of Geneva before the screening of the film.
Genève · 2024
Joseph Paris presenting the work-in-progress editing of the film at the IDFA 2022 festival.
Amsterdam · 2022
Presentation of the work-in-progress editing at the IDFA 2022 festival, with Audrey Ferrarese (producer) and Joseph Paris.
Amsterdam · 2022
Q&A with Joseph Paris and Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Q&A with Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Activists night at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023