Au jour d'aujourd'hui
The Day Today
debut feature - dir. Maxence Stamatiadis / France / 67 minutes / 2021
Synopsis
2024 in the suburbs of Paris. 88-year old Suzanne is a technology addict. Glued to her screens, she shares kitten videos, learns about Bitcoin and devotes herself to the romance of reality TV. But none of that can fill the void of losing Edouard, her husband who died 10 years earlier. One day, Suzanne discovers a new app « The Day Today » which promises to bring loved ones back. Edouard returns, but he’s not quite the same man.
Production : Agathe Berman Studio - Agathe Berman
Bad Manner’s - Neïl Beloufa and Louis Baudemont
Hutong Productions - Lucie Rego and Pauline Tran Van Lieu
Cinematography : Marine Atlan
Sound : Benjamin Feuillade
Editing : Elsa Jonquet and Maxence Stamatiadis
Sound mix : Adam Wolny
Colour grading : Graziella Zanoni
Graphics : Hugo Blanzat
Written and directed by Maxence Stamatiadis
Director's bio
Maxence Stamatiadis is a French-Greek director born in 1988 in Paris. He graduated from École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris in 2012. His short films have been selected and awarded in festivals such as Locarno, IndieLisboa, Clermont-Ferrand, Thessaloniki and Valladolid, and presented as special screenings at the Cinémathèque Française in Paris. His other works include video installations that have been shown in art fairs such as the Salon de Montrouge.THE DAY TODAY is his first feature film.
International festivals & screenings
World Premiere : IFFR, International Film Festival Rotterdam
New Horizons Film Festival, Wrocław - Poland
IndieLisboa, Portugal
Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival &
Belgrade Museum of Modern Art, Serbia
FIFIB, France
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece
Singapore International Film Festival
Ujazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art, Poland
Forum des images, Paris, France
Fantaspoa, Brazil
Awards
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021:
- Silver Alexander Award
- Audience Award