In The Open

A FILM BY GUILLAUME MASSART - 2017 - 16/9 - HD - 2H26

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Île d'Or Award

Groix International Island Film Festival

Audience Award

Rencontres du Cinéma Documentaire

On the island of Corsica, there is a unique detention centre called Casabianda.This particular prison which is called open looks nothing like any other prison: instead of the bars, walls or watchtowers, one can only sight the trees, the sky and the sea...

For a full year, Guillaume Massart sets his camera inside the prison to understand what changes in an open air detention. Under the foliage or on the beach, the inmates open up: usually unspoken, the words flow out of them little by little.

A film by Guillaume Massart
With writing contributions by Adrien Mitterrand
Assistant Director: Simon Kansara
Sound: Pierre Bompy
Editing: Alexandra Mélot
Sound Editing: Julie Roué
Mixing: Niels Barletta
Color Grading: Lucie Bruneteau

a production by TRIPTYQUE FILMS & Films de Force Majeure
distribution: Norte Distribution

this film was shot at the Casabianda Detention Centre, in Haute-Corse,
with the support of the Direction de l’Administration Pénitentiaire du Ministère de la Justice
& the kind cooperation of all the staff,
the Agricultural Agency,
the Haute-Corse Probation and Reintegration Service,
as well as the health unit

with the support of the CNC - Avance sur recettes avant réalisation,
the CNAP "Image/Movement",
the "Maison Bleue" Residency for Writing in Contis - CG des Landes,
the Secours Catholique - Prison Section,
the National Association of Prison Visitors,
the Territorial Collectivity of Corsica,
the AFC Umani - Corsica Foundation,
the Corsican Territorial Union CMCAS-CCAS,
the Anima Cultural Centre,
the PREFACE Association | Léo Lagrange Federation,
Philippe Zoummeroff,
Periphery "Filmmakers in Residence",
the ARTAAS,
the Foundation A World For All,
the Justice Service and Prison Chaplaincy of the Protestant Federation of France