Play Dead!

What began as a nostalgic film diary has become gradually contaminated by phantasmagorical and burlesque representations of diabetes and its effects on the director’s body. He reclaims images associated with the horror films of his youth in order to return them to the reality of the everyday.

A film by Matthew Lancit
Screenwriter, cinematography Matthew Lancit
Editing Ariane Mellet
Producer Simon P.R. Bewick
Sound Jules Wisocki
Music Etienne Nicolas
Production Quilombo films (France), Tajine studio (France), Duplacena (Portugal)
With the help of CNC (Fr), Région Normandie (Fr), PROCIREP / ANGOA (Fr).

A film developed in the framework of SIC.

Year: 2023
Duration: 180′
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Production: Quilombo Films

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/894999185
Website: https://matthewlancit.tumblr.com/

Presse – Reviews
Play Dead, The film Verdict by Stephen Dalton, 10/2023
“Fais le mort !”, de Matthew Lancit : notre critique, Télérama, 03/2024
Projections – Screenings
Macabro Film Festival in Mexico City, 09/2024
Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival, AM, 08/2024
États généraux du film documentaire – Lussas, FR, 08/2024
Gimli International Film Festival, CA, 07/2024
Riga Pasaules Film Festival, LT, 05/2024
Ethnocineca – International Documentary Film Festival, Vienna, AT, 05/2024
Festival international Jean Rouch – Comité du film ethnographique, Paris, FR, 05/2024
ARTE, online and on ARTE television, FR, 03/2024
DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, FI, 01/2024
Avant première at DOK Leipzig Festival, DE, 10/2023
Arsenal cinema – “What Is Cinema Capable Of? », Berlin, DE, 10/2023
Prix – Awards
Award “PRIX DES LABORATOIRES DE RECHERCHE” at the Festival international Jean Rouch – Comité du film ethnographique, FR, 03/2024