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Moughtareb "He who is in between"

Moughtareb tells the story of three young Egyptians living in a suburb of Athens, torn between home sickness, xenophobia and the hope of a better future. It's an intimate encounter with their daily life, one year after a violent attack against the first Egyptian fish monger of the neighborhood and father of one of the protagonists. This multimedia story is the result of a cross-disciplinary collaboration between a photographer (Stephanos Mangriotis) and an anthropologist (Lucile Gruntz) working on migration issues.

  • Stephanos Mangriotis
    Director
  • Lucile Gruntz
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Multimedia Story, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 15, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Les Nuits Photographiques
    Paris
    September 17, 2015
Director Biography - Stephanos Mangriotis, Lucile Gruntz

Stephanos Mangriotis
I am born in Athens and studied photography at Paris 8 university. My work is documentary orientated, I have worked on long term projects on immigration, borders and marginality. I am based in Marseille and parallel to my personal work, I coordinate a photography workshop with people suffering from mental issues. I have recently been collaborating with social scientists and cartographers to create cross disciplinary projects like multimedia pieces.

Lucile Gruntz
An anthropologist, I am currently living in Marseille, after many years spent in Cairo, Egypt. My work focuses on labour migration in the Eastern Mediterranean, between Egypt, Greece, Tunisia and the Gulf countries. I am especially interested in the way migration transfigures life paths, spaces, social encounters and intimate relations.

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