Jean-Gabriel Périot

Jean-Gabriel Périot (France)

Jean-Gabriel Périot was born in 1974. In 1998, he began gaining experience in documentary editing while working in the short film and creative department at Canal Plus, and later as an editor for documentaries on Arte and France 3. At the same time, he collaborated with several choreographers and worked on video installations for exhibitions at the Musée du Quai Branly, before embarking on his own personal projects in 2000. He often constructs his films using pre-existing archives—photographs, films, internet files… His work reflects on the polymorphic nature of violence in our societies. Everything is conveyed through the power of images, without narration or commentary: a cinema of thought.

Through his films, Jean-Gabriel Périot plays with image manipulation. Favoring syncopated editing, he moves away from aesthetics to focus on discourse—inevitably political—and steps beyond the image to engage with space. He enjoys blurring the lines between cinematic genres (documentary, experimental, fiction, animation), often positioning himself where least expected.

His films have been selected and awarded at festivals around the world.

Filmography

  • Facing Darkness
    2023
  • All Effort of Men
    2022
  • Returning to Reims
    2021
  • Our Defeats
    2019
  • Some joy in this struggle
    2018
  • A German Youth
    2015
  • We Are Become Death
    2014
  • If We Have To Disapear It Will Be Without Disquiet But We Will Fight Until The End
    2014
  • Optimism
    2013
  • Our Days, Have To Be Enlightened
    2012
  • Looking At The Dead
    2011
  • The Barbarians
    2010
  • The Delicate Art of the Truncheon
    2009
  • Even If She Had Been a Criminal…
    2006

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