Guillaume Bordier makes self-produced documentary films. His first short film, J'ai pas tué Saddam, was selected at Entrevues in 2005. He then directed L'Empreinte (Cinéma du réel 2008). He also directed two feature films: Le Reflux, in 2013, and Un film d'Aquaserge, co-directed with Marlène Laviale.
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Camering, a portmanteau word coined by poet and education specialist Fernand Deligny, aptly applies to Guillaume Bordier’s endeavor. Here, the camera is no longer a tool to capture images, but a movement, a wandering gaze to become one, if only for a moment, with the open space of the forest, as seasons pass and Ashraf perambulates. “The camera comme be something of a stirrup, providing a support for our gaze, as we ride with our eyes half-closed…” says Deligny. Guided by a child’s footsteps, Ashraf elaborates a delicate fugue over half an hour drawing up convergence lines beyond words, towards poetry, beyond the city and towards the world.
Paola Raiman
