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SERGE LALOU: Auteur Films and Prime Time Television

Tue Steen Müller / June 1, 2003

If you have been keeping up with French documentaries over the last twenty years, you have undoubtedly seen a film produced by Les Films d’Ici, a large company with a reputation for high-quality documentaries that win prizes and frequently cross borders to festivals and television channels outside France. TUE STEEN MÜLLER met Serge Lalou, one of the company’s head producers to discuss what it’s like to be a producer caught between ‘industry’ and ‘art’, between ‘television programmes’ and ‘documentaries’.

Michel, paris, Philibert, Serge Lalou

A country tragically divided in several ways

Tue Steen Müller / February 1, 2003

“Imagine a bird in a cage. He has forgotten to fly. When he leaves the cage to learn, he either rebels or becomes a misanthropist, a loner, or he forgets to fly at all,” says a young Iranian to Thierry Michel’s camera.

Iran, Iran Veiled Appearances, Michel, Thierry Michel