The Hive (La Ruche)
Documentary | 00:20 | SWITZERLAND
DIRECTOR SALAH EL AMRI
IN COPRODUCTION WITH HEAD – Geneva
Men in prison face their experiences, their words tracing the paths of their trying lives. Time passes in impressive lengths, testing patience and sharpening the expectation of the end of their confinement. To each his own truths and convictions, capable of telling real, well imagined stories.
Biography
Salah El Amri, Director
Born in 1995 in Rabat, Morocco, Salah El Amri began studying cinema at the ESAV in Marrakech. He then joined the department of Cinema du réel at HEAD – Geneva in September 2015. He marks a break and works for 3 years as a photographer and cinematographer. He then resumed his Bachelor’s degree at the HEAD from which he graduated in 2021 with his film Tea and Time awarded in Visions du Réel 22. His last short film La Ruche (The Hive) in the prison universe premiered in Doclisboa. He’s currently writing his first feature documentary, L’Océan.
Filmography (selection)
La Ruche (The Hive), doc, 2023
Tea and Time, doc, 2022
El Actor Cubano, doc, 2018
Festivals
2023: Doclisboa – Green Years Competition (Portugal)
2023: Solothurner Filmtage (Switzerland)
Written & directed by
Salah El Amri
Image
Arthur Jaquier, Salah El Amri
Sound
Juan-Manuel Vegas
Editing
Gabriel Gonzalez, Chloé Andreadaki & Jean perret
Sound Design & Mix
Vuk Vukmanovic
Colorgrading
Rodney Musso
Produced by
GoldenEggProduction | Gabriela Bussmann & Yan Decoppet
With the support of
l’Office fédéral de la culture
Cinéforom and the support of Loterie Romande
