On Zenith’s Edge

Natyvel Pontalier

I come from a people - the Fangs - where the dead never leave the living.
But since we became Christians we can't hear them anymore.

Lost between what I know and what I see, between the here below and the beyond, I lead an initiatory quest that allows me to reveal our story, the one that has not been transmitted.

Extract

with

  • Natyvel Pontalier
  • Genre : Documentary
  • 55mn
  • Year of production : 2021
  • Languages: French, Fang
  • Image: Hélène Motteau
  • Sound: Ophélie Boully
  • Editing: Emma Augier
  • Sound Editing: Arno Ledoux
  • Mix: Jeff Levillain
  • Colorgrading: Michaël Cinquin
  • Assistant Director: Marlène Alene
  • Assistant Editor: Wei-Yuan Song
  • Producers: Mathilde Raczymow (Les Films du Bilboquet, France), Aurélien Bodinaux (Néon Rouge, Belgium), Pierre Ceccaldi (Princesse M, Gabon)

partenership

  • Tënk
  • TV5 Monde
  • CNC
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region
  • Procirep-Angoa
  • Brouillon d'un rêve SCAM
  • Shelter Prod
  • Taxhselter.be
  • Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
  • Wallonie Image Production

news

  • Festival Black Movie | Interview with Natyvel Pontalier read on Polyester

projections and selections in Festivals

  • FESTIVAL LES BOBINES DU SACRE • ISERL • Lyon • 2024
  • AFRIKA FILM FESTIVAL • Unesco Award • 2023
  • FIFEQ MONTREAL • 2023
  • FIFAC • Allons au cinéma • Prix du jury • Gabon, 2023
  • GRIOT • Festival de cinéma noir contemporain • Brésil, 2023
  • BLACK MOVIE • Genève, 2022
  • ETONNANTS VOYAGEURS • Saint-Malo, 2022
  • SEYTOU AFRICA • Paris, 2022
  • ETATS GENERAUX DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE • Lussas, 2022
  • FESTIVAL CINEMONDES • Berck-sur-mer, 2022
  • FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D'AMIENS • Competition, 2022
  • FIPADOC • International competition • Biarritz, 2022
  • IDFA • Selection Luminous & unConscious Bias • Amsterdam, 2021

awards

  • STLOUIS'DOC • Saint-Louis, Sénégal, 2022 • Grand prix du Jury–moyen et court-métrages
  • PREMIÈRE GABONAISE | Prix du Public au Festival du film de Masuku • In partnership with the Institut français du Gabon and in the presence of the director