THE GROCER’S SON, THE MAYOR, THE VILLAGE AND THE WORLD by Claire Simon

In the village of Lussas, France, some people meet up in an old house which used to be the town grocery. Today, it is transfo headquarters of quite an unexpected business venture for this rural village. The group is busy creating a SVOD platform for a documentary films.

Director Claire Simon /  Producer: Rebecca Houzel / Editor: Luc Forveille :Claire Simon
Music: Nicolas Repac Sound*: Virgile VAN GINNEKEN, Elias BOUGHEDIR, Nathalie VIDAL, Aline GAVROY

IDFA (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – Compétition Internationale, 2020 / RIDM (Montréal, Canada), 2020 / Festival dei Popoli (Florence, Italy) – 2020 / DocPoint Helsinki (Finland) 2021 / Thessaloniki TIDFF (Greece) 2021 / TrueFalse (USA) 2021 / DOXA (Canada) 2021 / Atlanida Mallorca Film Festival Spain / MIDFF Doker, Special Competition (Russia) 2021 / First Look at the MoMI – Museum of the Moving Image, Opening Night film (USA) 2021 / Atlantida Mallorca Film Festival (Spain) / Dokufest (Prizren, Kosovo) / Etats généraux du film documentaire (Lussas, France) / Yalta IFF, Crimea /