Blacks
Black is the origin. With the appearance of light different blacks have been revealed, multiple, sensitive, fragile but with what presence!
Blacks that are born from the deprivation of light, blacks reflections of non-reflections, a kind of anti-light that makes us discovering colors, lights and materials. They emphasize, reveal, make us aware of so close richnesses. Magical, simple, daily.
We often get close to abstraction, approaching the border between fantasy and realism within a curious, exciting and accomplice mood. By associating the imaginary and the real, dreams and origins do merge.
Because the light is our brush, we wanted to go on playing, dreaming, looking even further ... drilling holes for the light.
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Romain ClarisDirector
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Romain ClarisWriter
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Claris image builder !Producer
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Isabel Le CrasKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):Noirs
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Other
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Runtime:5 minutes
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Completion Date:June 20, 2018
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Production Budget:3,000 USD
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Country of Origin:France
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Country of Filming:France
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Shooting Format:Digital Sony FS5
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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BLOW-UP · International Arthouse FILM FEST · ChicagoChicago
United States
November 10, 2019
Semi-Finalist -
RAGFF Venezia 2018Venezia
Italy
November 8, 2018
Official selection -
New York City Independent Film FestivalNew York City
United States
March 5, 2019
Official Selection -
Somerville International Film FestivalSomerville
United States
July 19, 2019
Official selection -
Le Saint-James Art GalleryBordeaux
France
June 21, 2018
Exhibition
Distribution Information
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Romain Claris
Romain Claris has been creating short films since 2000, which have been selected and awarded at more than a hundred international film festivals.
A graduate of the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in Paris in 2005, he went on to establish the video department at the advertising and communication agency Claris Image Builder, being responsible for the production and direction of 500 films.
In 2020, he co-founded and became the director of the Bordeaux Shorts Biennale. The third edition of the Bordeaux Shorts Biennale is scheduled for October 2024.
He collaborates with photographer Nicolas Claris on several exhibitions of photographs and videos, including Bangladesh in 2013, Rouge in 2017, Noirs in 2018, Un peu de rouge, pourtant in 2020, and On the rocks in 2023.
Romain Claris has been involved in various cinema educational projects, including sessions at the Lycée de Pauillac in 2013, and at the Lycée Victor Louis de Talence in 2019 and 2022.
Currently in preparation for 2026 is the creative documentary Les comptes de la lune, offering an alternative history of the invention of numbers and calculation.