Reducing the risk
Written and directed by Cécile Favier
Synopsis
After 30 years of heated debate between public authorities and activist organisations, the first two French reception centers allowing drug addicts to inject themselves with their drugs opened in Paris and Strasbourg in the autumn of 2016. Public opinion was shocked. The centers were immediately referred to as "shooting galleries".
The film is based on the daily lives and the voices of substance users and medical and social workers, Reducing the risk is the story of the Argos reception center in Strasbourg after it opened two years ago. It seeks to set the record straight and point out the difference between what people imagine and the facts.
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Format: 16/9 - 1x52’ - Colour - HD
Production: UN FILM À LA PATTE & FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS
Fundings: Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée, Région Grand Est and Strasbourg Eurométropole in partnership with CNC, Procirep-Angoa
First broadcaster: France 3 Grand Est
© 2021
TECHNICAL CREW:
Image & sound: Cécile Favier
Additional images: Aidan Obrist
Additional sounds: Grégory Pernet & Jérémie Vernerey
Editing: Frédéric Arnoux
Original music: Frédéric Arnoux
FESTIVAL:
- Award "Coup de Coeur du Jury Jeune" at the Festival Le Réel en vue de Thionville (France), 2022
- "Mention découverte" at the Festival du Film d’Action Social de Nancy (France), 2022
- Official selection at The REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium, Los Angeles, 2022
- Official selection at the 40th edition of the Festival psy de Lorquin (France), 2022
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