Documentary, 94 min, 2025

 

Director: Guillaume Ribot

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Producer: Estelle Fialon, Dominique Lanzmann

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Editing: Svetlana Vaynblat

 

Synopsis:​​

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Claude Lanzmann spent 12 years creating “Shoah” (1985), a groundbreaking film that led him to interview victims, witnesses, and perpetrators from all over the world and redefined Holocaust representation.

 

40 years later, filmmaker Guillaume Ribot explores 220 hours of unreleased footage from Lanzmann’s masterpiece. Only using these never-before-seen excerpts and the director’s own words from his memoir, he tells the story of a man who embarked on an unparalleled journey, overcoming doubts, setbacks, and false leads, in a relentless pursuit to tell the untold.

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Awards & Festivals:

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World Premiere Berlinale Special - Berlinale 2025​​

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independant Cinema 2025 ; Beijing IFF 2025 ; Jeonju IFF 2025 - Cinephile ; Millenium Docs Against Gravity FF 2025 ; Sydney FF 2025 ; Toronto Jewish FF 2025 - Centerpiece - The David A. Stein Memorial Award ; Shanghai IFF 2025 - SIFF Rhapsodies, Französische Filmtage Tübingen | Stuttgart.

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Partners: 

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Production: Les Films du Poisson & Les Films Aleph

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​In coproduction with Arte France

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In association with mk2 Films

With funding from Le Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée 

With the support of La Région Île-de-France in partnership with the CNC, La Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, La PROCIREP Société des Producteurs et l’ANGOA, Le Ministère des Armées et des Anciens Combattants, La Fondation Rothschild

With the participation of Histoire TV

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Broadcasting: Arte France, Histoire TV

French distribution: mk2 films

International sales: mk2 films

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