Jean-Gabriel Périot

Born in France in 1974, Jean-Gabriel Périot has made several short films mixing documentary, experimental and fiction films. He has developed his own editing style, questioning violence and history through the use of film and photographic archives. His films, including Dies Irae, Eût-elle été criminelle..., Nijuman no borei (200,000 ghosts) and The Devil, have won awards at festivals around the world. His first feature, A German Youth opened the Panorama section at the 2015 Berlinale before being released on German, Swiss and French screens and honored with several awards. Lumières d'été, his first feature-length fiction film premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival, was released in France in summer 2017. His latest documentary Nos défaites was presented at the 2019 Berlin Festival Forum.