FREE VIEWS

Directed by Romain Delange

Romain Delange lives and works in Paris.

He directed several short-movies such as Acte manqué (Twist of Facesupported by the G.R.E.C in 2002, Ecume numérique (Digital Foam) in 2004, Regards libres (Free Views) in 2008, L'Autre Monde (The Other World) in 2008 and more recently Je voulais vous dire in 2011.

Free Views, produced by Les Films du Cygne has been selected in nearly 60 festivals and was awarded 12 times.

French festivals :
. Les Ecrans Documentaires (2005)
. 16th edition of international Festival Ciné Junior 94 (2006)
. 2nd Festival of Rouen, Mont Saint Aignan (2006)
Audience Award
. 7th edition of international Festival du film d’Aubagne (2006)
​. 10th festival 5 jours tout court de Caen (2006)
. La Pellicule Ensorcelée, région Champagne Ardenne (2006)
. 9th festival Détours en Cinécourt (2006)
. 1st festival british-french of Touquet (2006)
. 3rd festival courts toujours of Nîmes (2006)
Audience Award
. 4th festival courts dans l’herbe, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (2006)
Audience Award
. 11th international festival of Contis (2006)
Special Mention of Jury
​. 17th international documentary film festival of Marseille (2006)
. 12th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy Lorraine (2006)
. 4th rencontres du cinéma français of Pau (2006)
​. 5th festival international Cinema New Generation of Lyon (2006)
. 4th festival of Saint-Maur « Sur les pas de mon oncle » (2006)
. 14th european competition of Gardanne (2006)
Big Price of Jury
. VidéO+Court of Arles (2006)
. 7th festival de cinéma grain à démoudre (2006)
Audience Award
. 3rd Baz’art festival Les Herbiers (2006)
Audience Second Award
​. 6th festival Escales Documentaires de La Rochelle (2006)
. 23th festival of Sainte Livrade sur Lot (2006)
. 7th festiv’art du court métrage de Limoges (2006)
. Fenêtre sur courts de Vannes (2006)
​. 24th rencontre cinématographique d’Aix-en-Provence (2006)
. 24th festival international du premier film d’Annonay (2007)
. 7th festival international de Lille - rencontres audiovisuelles (2007)
. 3rd festival Récréacourt de Montreuil (2007)
. 7th festival cinéma 35 d’Ille-et-Vilaine (2007)
Audience Award
​. Festival des 24 courts (2007)
. Cinemarmailles festival Saint Denis de la Réunion (2007)

International festivals :
. 14th VCU French Film Festival of Richmond (USA, 2006)
. 22th international festival of Hamburg (Germany, 2006)
. 16th Message to Man International Film Festival of St Petersburg (Russia, 2006)
. 2nd Monterrey International Film Festival (Mexico, 2006)
Second Price
. 20th international festival du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada, 2006)
. 2nd Lucca Film Festival (Italy, 2006)
. 11th International Film Festival of Chemnitz « Schlingel » (Germany, 2006)
. French Films Festival of Munchen (Germany, 2006)
. 11th international festival of Siena (Italy, 2006)
. 6th festival in Oldenburg (Germany, 2006)
. 16th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival (Brazil, 2006)
. 2nd festival de Atibaia (Brazil, 2007)
. Festival de Los Angeles-City of lights (USA, 2007)
. International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults (Iran, 2007)
. Morbegno film festival (Italy, 2007)
. Évora international film festival (Portugal, 2007)

Diffusion TV & Internet :
. Vive TV Turner (Vénézuéla)
. British Film Institute (UK, DVD)

Theaters :
. Distribution Special Program "School & Cinema" by Les Films du Paradoxe

Synopsis : Children observe, comment and discuse a painting, we imagine...

Documentary – 11’20 – Color – France – 35 mm - 2005 

Interpretation : 9 children of 10 years old : Lili, Charles, Akim, Tiphaine, Myrtô, Nicolas, Romain, Maïa et Amani
Direction : Romain Delange
Original idea : Romain Delange
Production : Alexandre Charlet
Director of photography : Nicolas Loir
Editing : Jean-Baptiste Beaudoin
Sound Recording : Antoine Ouvrier
Original music : Frédéric Ozanne