Pierre LOTI, in a writer-traveler's footsteps

  • Pierre LOTI, sur les traces d'un écrivain voyageur
© Sunny Side Doc, 2011
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2011
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

The bust of Pierre Loti, settled for more than 70 years in Papeete, was thrown to the river! But who knows Loti today ? Who remembers the success of "Aziyadé" ? Who remembers escapades of an eccentric marine writer, witness of colonization, capable of reconstituting in 1890 a mosque in his house !

Didier ROTEN : Producer and director
Latest achievements: 3 x 52 min. on the history of the abolition of slavery co-produced by RFO + diffusion France 3 Founder of the festival Escales Documentaires

François VIVIER : Director of photography and director
Directed documentary "Coutelet" Patrimoine des Escales Documentaires of La Rochelle award in 2002.

Versions :
52 minutes / français
Cross média
Date production : 01/2011

Producteur : Anekdota Productions / France
Institutions : CNC / Charente Maritime / Poitou-Charentes / France

Anekdota Productions :
ANEKDOTA - a Greek word meaning "unpublished tale" - is an audiovisual production company created ten years ago in La Rochelle, whose main activity is the production of creative TV documentaries.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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