Private Project

SONG N°15

Farida is a singer went blind at the age of thirty, following an illness. She performs « My Heart Will Go On » by Céline Dion, the song featured in the film « Titanic », about the doomed liner, the last film she saw at the cinema before losing her sight.

  • Céline TROUILLET
    Director
  • Céline TROUILLET
    Writer
  • Céline TROUILLET
    Producer
  • Farida IARICHENE
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 27th Instants Video numeriques et poetiques
    Marseille
    November 29, 2014
    Marseille Premiere
  • 16th Festival des Cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris
    Paris
    October 19, 2014
    Paris Premiere
  • Resonance, exhibition
    Richmond, Virginia
    May 15, 2014
    USA Premiere
  • NordArt 2014, exhibition
    Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
    July 1, 2014
    Büdelsdorf Premiere
  • 8th IN-SONORA, Interactive and Sound Art Festival
    Madrid, Spain
    March 13, 2014
    Spain Premiere
  • Come As You Are, "Miden" presentation
    Espacio Enter, Canarias
    November 15, 2013
  • International Festival of Creativity, Innovation & Digital Culture
    Espacio Enter, Canarias
    October 30, 2014
    Canarias Premiere
  • 2nd OZON International Video Art Festival
    Poland
    October 25, 2013
    Poland Premiere
    HONORED MENTION FOR SONG N°15
  • 5th Cairo Video Festival
    Cairo, Egypt
    September 26, 2013
    Egypt Premiere
  • Festival Miden, Video Art Festival
    Kalamata, Greece
    July 4, 2013
    Greece Premiere
  • C.A.R. Videolounge 2013, Art Fair
    Essen, Germany
    May 31, 2013
    Essen Premiere
  • FONLAD, Digital Art Festival
    Coimbra, Portugal
    February 7, 2013
    Portugal Premiere
  • 9th Berlin International Directors Lounge
    Berlin, Germany
    February 7, 2013
    Germany Premiere
Director Biography - Céline TROUILLET

A native of Colmar, born in 1975, and a graduate of the Ecole supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg, video artist Céline Trouillet regularly presents her films in international video exhibitions and festivals. She has received a number of grants from the French arts council and is a former lauriat of the Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines in Strasbourg. Her work is included in private and public art collections in France and Switzerland and a DVD of her work to date will be published soon.

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Director Statement

My videos could be described as ‘‘singing portraits’’. In the ‘‘SONG’’ series a continuous close-up of singing heads facing the camera and performing in real time is accompanied by a musical soundtrack.
Growing up in the 1980s, I was part of the first generation to be constantly exposed to music video clips in a period that also saw the advent of Karaoke in Europe, which encouraged the notion that anybody could become a pop star, an idea that also led to public interest in amateur TV talent contests.
Each portrait contains multiple layers of signification that are open to interpretation. The films are formally similar, yet each portrait is unique and the creative possibilities are only limited by the number of songs in existence and the number of individuals willing to sing them.