A couple of times a year, the sky turns red in France. Sand dust from the Sahara is passed through a difference in air pressure from North Africa to Southern Europe. This dust, a time capsule containing cesium-137 from the French nuclear tests in Algeria, covers everything. The film exposes the impact of a war that was never fought. A French veteran and archeology students share and speculate on what will be remembered and what will be hidden under the sand forever.

In catalogue Eye Experimental.

Distribution LI-MA Amsterdam.

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PR

• VIMEO link excerpt
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CREDITS

(in order of appearance)

Reconstruction test site

• 3D Reconstruction Design: Faysal Mroueh

EUMETSAT footage dust storms

• Contains EUMETSAT DUST RGB/MSG footage 2022
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

Interview François Hamant

• With: François Hamant
• D.o.P.: Christian Paulussen
• Sound recording: Christian Paulussen
• Interview and translation: Maria Hohmann

Future Sahara

• With: Thomas Chaput and Juliette Pautrat.
• Voice-over: Judith Gatt
• D.o.P.: Loïc Larrouze
• Sound recording: Chloé Mazoyer
• Production: Mezli Vega Osorno

Music and Sound Design: Cesi Denise Nolten
Colour Correction: Marco De Stefanis

With the support of CBK Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Mondriaan Fonds, Cultuurfonds, Dos Mares residency program and Golden Pixel Cooperative Lab.

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