Emanuel Licha
2016 - 67 min - HD - Couleur - France
The Mayflower in Beyrouth, the Ukraine Hotel in Kiev, the Peace Hotel in Mogadishu... These hotels accommodated most of the journalists who reported on the conflicts in these cities. A “war hotel” is the place from which war is looked at, analyzed, discussed and enunciated, thus playing an active role in the way we perceive the events.
"Hotel Machine" is a reflection on the production of representations of conflicts. It is the story of a hotel that remembers.
Author-Director : Emanuel Licha
Photography : Johan Legraie
Sound : François Waledish
Editing : Emanuel Licha, Natali Barrey
Delegate Producer : Les Contes modernes
Contribution : CNC, CNAP (Centre national des archives de la publicité), Procirep, Angoa-Agicoa
Rights owner : Les Contes modernes
Distinctions
2017 - Scam, Paris (France) : Étoile du documentaire2016 - Cinéma du réel, Paris (France) : Sélection
2015 - Visions du Réel, Nyon (Suisse) : Sélection
2015 - DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig (Allemagne) : Arri Award for Best Project
2015 - FIDMarseille (Festival International de Cinéma), Marseille (France) : FIDLAB Prix Panavision/ Air France