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WA(L)KING WITH THE RIVER

The Documentary Project

In the heart of France, the Loue River, a former fly-fishing paradise, is dying from pollution. As fishermen and activists desperately try to raise awareness, the Franco-Swiss festival 'Danse avec la Loue' featuring Native Americans draws thousands of people to the small town of Ornans, where the Loue flows. Fawn, a dancer and speaker from the Paiute tribe, offers to lead a symbolic healing walk along the river to inspire the community to take action.

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INFOS

WA(L)KING WITH THE RIVER

The Team

Director and Cinematographer
Sylvie Vàng Jacquemin


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Sylvie Vàng Jacquemin grew up near the wild forests of the Ardennes, in northeast France, having close connection to nature and her European/Asian ancestry. After studies in pharmacy leading to a doctoral thesis on Computer Graphics in Scientific Films, Jacquemin went to the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design, where she graduated in Computer Graphics and Film. After nine years in America, directing and shooting commercials and music videos, she chose documentary as a new career path. Today she lives in France, but continues to develop documentary projects in the US – many of which are on Native issues in collaboration with Native co-authors and film-makers – and more recently in Vietnam.

Chief Editor
Sylvie Demaine


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Sylvie Demaine has a long editing experience, having worked on  documentaries and short programs for French television for almost 30 years. In that time, she has edited news reports, dramas, historical narratives, as well as films dealing with exploration and discovery, adventure and cultural topics including several artists portraits.    She collaborated to famous shows such as  Arte reportage, Thalassa, Faut pas rêver, Strip Tease. In addition, Demaine participated in  dozens  of corporate films, for both  internal and external use. Once having mastered a wealth of technical details, she honed the delicate craft using her cutting expertise to advance story-telling.

Technical Informations

Direction : Sylvie V. Jacquemin
Editing : Sylvie Demaine
Writing : Sylvie V. Jacquemin et Sylvie Demaine
Images and Sounds : Sylvie V. Jacquemin
Additional images and sounds : Lise Delahaut, Olivier Aubry, Philippe Granados, Fabrice Périssel, Thomas Mansuy
Additional sounds : Eric Bonnefoux
Production : Association Plumes et Regards et Sylvie Jacquemin EI
Associated productions : Fortlee, Sheba Films, Qatsi TV
Duration : 70mn (short versions / 45mn / 52mn & webdoc in preparation)
Versions : French with subtitles, English with subtitles, Vietnamese with subtitles (in progress)
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WA(L)KING WITH THE RIVER

Picture Gallery
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Fawn prays by river Loue
Fawn and Zyanya at source
Fawn and Zyanya
Zyanya carries water bucket
Fawn and Zyanya lead river walk
Fawn and Dennis at the Loue river
Fawn calls on locals to care for river

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WA(L)KING WITH THE RIVER

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We've finished editing the film (English and French versions) and we'd like to offer it to French and foreign cinemas and television channels. To do this, we need to optimize the soundtrack (15K€), image calibration (8K€) and titling (2K€).

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