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Ollie Boy

In Paris’s Goutte d’Or district, Malick skates all day long. Confronted by his daily life, he dreams of escaping to America. His father once told him the story of Abu Bakr II, the African king who discovered America. This king who crossed the Atlantic will change his perception of life.

  • France
  • 2015, 20 min
  • Director: Paul Garcia, Dimitri Pougnet
  • Director of photography: Sébastien Cros
  • Editor: Aitor Ibanez
  • Screenplay: Paul Garcia, Dimitri Pougnet
  • Music: Hugues Rey
  • Cast: Malick Tandjigora
  • Producer: Anne Luthaud
  • Production: GREC

PROJECTIONS
24.1. 20:30 Praha | Světozor - Small Hall
25.1. 15:30 Praha | Světozor - Small Hall
26.1. 17:00 Praha | Kino Pilotů

Paul Garcia, Dimitri Pougnet

Dimitri Pougnet is an actor and screenwriter. He wrote Marelle (2013), a short movie distributed by Eaux Vives Productions. Dimitri is also the main actor of several student shorts directed by Paul Garcia, a director who graduated from the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts in 2012. They worked together on L'homme à l'envers in 2011, Entre chiens et loups in 2012, and in 2013 on the web series Knock Knock Doc, produced by the Research Network Mysciencework. Following all their collaborations, they decided to develop the short movie Ollie Boy (2015) together.