Alarms
TITLE
Alarms
DIRECTOR
Nicolas Panay
COUNTRY
France
YEAR
2024
DURATION
17′
GENRE
Fiction
Alarms
Pierre is diligently overseeing the completion of the tumultuous construction site under his responsibility. An eco-district is due to arise from this bustling construction site. But for now, Pierre is ensuring that progress doesn't come at the cost of safety.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Nicolas Panay
Nicolas Panay co-founded in 2016 the "Court en scène" Troyes international short film festival, of which he was director and programmer for six editions. In 2022, he directed "Breakpoint", his first short film. It is a powerful social drama about nowadays textile factory workers confronted with the pernicious mechanisms of our globalised economy, and the intractable moral dilemmas it entails. After its world premiere in Clermont-Ferrand, the film has now been selected in nearly fifty festivals. It has won several awards, including the Unifrance Best Actress prize at Cannes for the lead actress. "Breakpoint" is also in the race for the Oscars 2024. His second short film "Apneas" is a social thriller. Nicolas reaffirms the radical humanity of his perspective by positioning his camera up to its character's destiny, capturing every nuance of an intricate subject.
- DirectorNicolas Panay
- ScreenplayNicolas Panay
- CinematographyGiovanni C. LORUSSO
- Cast
- EditingAntoine FLANDRE
- Producer/s Philippe Wendling, Noëlle Levenez
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleAlarms
- Project TypeFiction
- Completion Date 1 January 2024
- Country of originFrance
- Country of filmingFrance
- LanguageFrench
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Nicolas Panay
Nicolas Panay co-founded in 2016 the "Court en scène" Troyes international short film festival, of which he was director and programmer for six editions. In 2022, he directed "Breakpoint", his first short film. It is a powerful social drama about nowadays textile factory workers confronted with the pernicious mechanisms of our globalised economy, and the intractable moral dilemmas it entails. After its world premiere in Clermont-Ferrand, the film has now been selected in nearly fifty festivals. It has won several awards, including the Unifrance Best Actress prize at Cannes for the lead actress. "Breakpoint" is also in the race for the Oscars 2024. His second short film "Apneas" is a social thriller. Nicolas reaffirms the radical humanity of his perspective by positioning his camera up to its character's destiny, capturing every nuance of an intricate subject.
