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That Which Does Not Kill

Alexe Poukine
Screening time  
16.03. / Monday, 17:00 - 19:00 Theatre 5 Ticket
19.03. / Thursday, 19:00 - 21:00 Theatre 1 Ticket

Ada is nineteen. A man she knew asked her out and she said yes. And then it happened, twice that week. Ada's testimony is the starting point of the film, but rape can happen to anyone – no matter the sex, age or race. Director Alexe Poukine compiles testimonies from numerous victims trying to find a way empathetic and gentle enough to speak about trauma.

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Alexe Poukine

Alexe Poukine is a Paris-born, Brussels-based director and scriptwriter. She studied anthropology, documentary and fiction screenwriting. Petites Morts (2008), her graduation film, was selected for several international festivals. Her first feature-length documentary Dormir, dormir dans les pierres (2013) was screened at numerous festivals. That Which Does Not Kill (2019) is her latest documentary.

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France, Belgium
2019, 84'

Directed by:
Alexe Poukine

Screenplay by:
Alexe Poukine

Cinematography:
Elin Kirschfink

Edited by:
Agnès Bruckert

Producer:
Cyril Bibas

Produced by:
Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles

Festivals & Awards:

International Competition, Visions du Réel, (Nyon, Switzerland), 2019 - Grand Jury Award / Sheffield Doc/Fest, (UK), 2019 / FID (Marseille, France), 2019 / European Film Festival (Palic, Serbia), 2019 / DokuFest (Prizren, Kosovo), 2019 / Etats généraux du documentaire (Lussas, France), 2019 / FIDBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 2019 / Rencontres Ad Hoc (France), 2019 / Inconvenient Films (Vilnius, Lithuania), 2019 / Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux (France), 2019 / 25eme Image (France), 2019 / Doc Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal), 2019 / Mostra Internationale de cinéma de Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2019 / Antenna Film Festival (Australia), 2019/ Ji.hlava International Documentary Festival (Jihlava - Czech Republic), 2019 / DOK Leipzig (Germany), 2019 / ZINEBI (Bilbao, Spain), 2019 / Festival dei Popoli (Florence - Italy), 2019 / Panorama of European Film ( Le Caire, Egypt), 2019 / Interférences (Lyon, France), 2019 / Sevilla European Film Festival (Spain), 2019 / Les Créatives (Genève, Switzerland), 2019 / RIDM (Montréal, Canada), 2019 / IDFA (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019 / Les Ecrans du Réel (Le Mans, France), 2019 / Films Femmes Méditerranée (Marseille, France), 2019 / This Human World (Wien, Austria), 2020 / Premiers Plans (Angers, France), 2020 / FIPADOC (Biarritz, France) 2020 / MoMa Doc Fortnight (New York, USA), 2020 / Chef. Op. en Lumière (Chalon-sur-Saone, France), 2020 / Recontres du Documentaire de IRTS (Nancy, France), 2020 / Docs Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) 2020 / Cinema sous les étoiles (Montreal, Canada) 2020 / MicGenero (Mexico, Mexique) 2020 / One World Romania (Bucharest, Roumanie), 2020 / FemCine (Santiago, Chili) 2020 / One World Film Festival (Bratislava, Slovaquie) 2020

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