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'''Stephanie Gillard''' (born 1973, in [[Paris]]) is a French [[Documentary film|documentary]] [[filmmaker]], writer and editor. Her documentary ''The Ride'', about the annual 300-mile journey through the South Dakota [[Badlands]] where young Lakota Sioux ride horseback, was praised by critics. |
'''Stephanie Gillard''' (born 1973, in [[Paris]]) is a French [[Documentary film|documentary]] [[filmmaker]], writer and editor. Her documentary ''The Ride'', about the annual 300-mile journey through the South Dakota [[Badlands]] where young Lakota Sioux ride horseback, was praised by reviewers. ''The Squad'', about the [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team]], was very well received by critics too. |
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== The Ride == |
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Filmed in winter 2011 and produced by [[Julie Gayet]]'s production company : Rouge International : ''The Ride'' takes audiences on the annual Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride that retraces [[Lakota]] |
Filmed in winter 2011 and produced by [[Julie Gayet]]'s production company : Rouge International : ''The Ride'' takes audiences on the annual Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride that retraces the [[Lakota people|Lakota]]s' history. After the defeat of [[General Custer]] at [[Battle of the Little Bighorn|Little Big Horn]] and the surrender and execution of [[Chief Sitting Bull]], the Lakota Sioux fled through [[South Dakota]], joined by Chief Big Foot's people and chased by the US Cavalry. In December 1890, at [[Wounded Knee Massacre|Wounded Knee]], the massacre of hundreds of unarmed Lakota took place.<ref name="hyperallergic">{{cite news|title=Filming a Memorial Ride to the Massacre at Wounded Knee|url=https://hyperallergic.com/291758/filming-a-memorial-ride-to-the-massacre-at-wounded-knee/|year=2018|website=hyperallergic.com}}</ref><ref name="theartswireweekly">{{cite news|title=Tribeca Film Festival - A review of The Ride|url=http://www.theartswireweekly.com/reviews/tag/stephanie-gilard|year=2016|website=theartswireweekly.com}}</ref><ref name="eyeforfilm">{{cite news|title=Stéphanie Gillard on travelling with the Lakota in The Ride|url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2016-05-10-stephanie-gillard-in-conversation-on-the-ride-feature-story-by-anne-katrin-titze|year=2018|website=www.eyeforfilm.co.uk}}</ref> |
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Allison Meier states : ''The Ride is very much in the vein of [[cinéma vérité]].(...) There are captivating moments when you can almost feel the movement of the horses, their number growing as the ride goes on, flying manes and raised hooves silhouetted against the sky.''<ref name="hyperallergic">{{cite news|title=Filming a Memorial Ride to the Massacre at Wounded Knee|url=https://hyperallergic.com/291758/filming-a-memorial-ride-to-the-massacre-at-wounded-knee/|year=2018|website=hyperallergic.com}}</ref> |
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| quote = "In my opinion, people are not interested in women’s football because they don't know the players. If you want to be a fan, you have to be able to identify yourself as champions. Even if they win all the titles, if you don't know the personalities, it doesn't work. With ''The Squad'', I wanted to invite viewers to discover a female team. The idea was to enter the heart of a team, meeting outstanding professional players." |
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| source = France Bleu, '' Emission de Radio''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/le-grand-invite/drome-ardeche/le-grand-invite-de-ca-vaut-l-detour-18|title=Stéphanie Gillard, réalisatrice du film-documentaire "Les Joueuses, #paslàpourdanser"|date=29 September 2020|website=www.francebleu.fr}}</ref> |
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''The Squad'' (''Les Joueuses'', in French), also produced by [[Julie Gayet]], deals with the [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team]].<ref name="screendaily">{{cite news|title=‘The Squad’: Cannes Market Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-squad-cannes-market-review/5150739.article|year=2020|website=screendaily.com}}</ref><ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title='The Squad' ('Les Joueuses'): Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/squad-les-joueuses-review-1299396|year=2020|website=hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref> |
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Mateo Moreno says about ''The Ride'' :''"Not having a main narrator was an interesting choice as well(...). It feels real and raw. Stunningly crafted cinematography by Martin de Chabaneix really brings the beauty out of the ordinary moments of life. This is a ride definitely worth going on."''<ref name="theartswireweekly">{{cite news|title=Tribeca Film Festival - A review of The Ride|url=http://www.theartswireweekly.com/reviews/tag/stephanie-gilard|year=2016|website=theartswireweekly.com}}</ref> |
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The documentary is a critical success : |
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The french filmmaker explains : ''"My idea originally was that all history was told by the people who were doing the ride. Even for the people in the movie it was a big surprise. I thought, it's always white people who are explaining what has happened to them. And I was like, no, it's going to be them explaining what happened to their ancestors."''<ref name="eyeforfilm">{{cite news|title=Stéphanie Gillard on travelling with the Lakota in The Ride|url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2016-05-10-stephanie-gillard-in-conversation-on-the-ride-feature-story-by-anne-katrin-titze|year=2018|website=www.eyeforfilm.co.uk}}</ref> |
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In ''[[Les Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' Raphael Nieuwjaer says : "Without forgetting the junction between generations and status, transmission being its principal aim (...), The Players never forgets that sport is a matter of gestures, a mix of physical tact and contact with the ball, on the pitch, with the other players." |
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''The Squad'', also produced by [[Julie Gayet]], deals with the [[Olympique Lyonnais]] women’s football team. |
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Jacques Morice, in ''[[Télérama]]'', states "The different players explain their personal history, their wish to pass on their passion to the next generations, their victories and their difficulties. But it is maybe in the way to capture the beauty and the brutality of this sport, and to capture the different contacts and movements, that Stéphanie Gillard "scores the most". |
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Journalist Wendy Hide says :''"The Squad works on multiple levels. It’s a sports documentary which is compelling enough to land even with an audience which has little interest in football. It’s a fierce feminist treatise which never tips over into tiresome polemicising. For the next generation of footballers, both female and male, it could be a catalyst and an inspiration.Impressive, kinetic work from cinematographer Jean-Marc Bouzou captures both the on-pitch thrill of highly trained professional athletes at the top of their game, and the locker room dynamics and banter."''<ref name="screendaily">{{cite news|title=‘The Squad’: Cannes Market Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-squad-cannes-market-review/5150739.article|year=2020|website=screendaily.com}}</ref> |
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''Le Bleu du Miroir'' comments :"Stéphanie Gillard, whose previous documentary (The Ride in 2018) we already appreciated, chose a completely different context, a different group, softly but in an ingeniously political way, without losing the same attention (with very beautiful pictures from Jean-Marc Bouzou)." |
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| ⚫ | In ''[[Hollywood Reporter]]'', Jordan Mintzer writes : "A necessary addition to the sports doc genre."<ref name="hollywoodreporter">{{cite news|title='The Squad' ('Les Joueuses'): Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/squad-les-joueuses-review-1299396|year=2020|website=hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref> |
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== Work and achievements == |
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*[https://www.rouge-international.com/movie/the-ride/] |
*[https://www.rouge-international.com/movie/the-ride/] |
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 3 May 2024
Stephanie Gillard | |
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| Born | 24 October 1973 |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, Editor, Writer |
Stephanie Gillard (born 1973, in Paris) is a French documentary filmmaker, writer and editor. Her documentary The Ride, about the annual 300-mile journey through the South Dakota Badlands where young Lakota Sioux ride horseback, was praised by reviewers. The Squad, about the Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team, was very well received by critics too.
Life
[edit]Stephanie Gillard was born in Paris. After studying law, Stephanie Gillard worked as an assistant director (films à lou), then as a programming assistant (radio FG)and as an assistant producer (agat films ex nihilo).
The Ride
[edit]Filmed in winter 2011 and produced by Julie Gayet's production company : Rouge International : The Ride takes audiences on the annual Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride that retraces the Lakotas' history. After the defeat of General Custer at Little Big Horn and the surrender and execution of Chief Sitting Bull, the Lakota Sioux fled through South Dakota, joined by Chief Big Foot's people and chased by the US Cavalry. In December 1890, at Wounded Knee, the massacre of hundreds of unarmed Lakota took place.[1][2][3]
The Squad
[edit]"In my opinion, people are not interested in women’s football because they don't know the players. If you want to be a fan, you have to be able to identify yourself as champions. Even if they win all the titles, if you don't know the personalities, it doesn't work. With The Squad, I wanted to invite viewers to discover a female team. The idea was to enter the heart of a team, meeting outstanding professional players."
The Squad (Les Joueuses, in French), also produced by Julie Gayet, deals with the Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team.[5][6]
The documentary is a critical success :
In Les Cahiers du Cinéma Raphael Nieuwjaer says : "Without forgetting the junction between generations and status, transmission being its principal aim (...), The Players never forgets that sport is a matter of gestures, a mix of physical tact and contact with the ball, on the pitch, with the other players."
Jacques Morice, in Télérama, states "The different players explain their personal history, their wish to pass on their passion to the next generations, their victories and their difficulties. But it is maybe in the way to capture the beauty and the brutality of this sport, and to capture the different contacts and movements, that Stéphanie Gillard "scores the most".
Le Bleu du Miroir comments :"Stéphanie Gillard, whose previous documentary (The Ride in 2018) we already appreciated, chose a completely different context, a different group, softly but in an ingeniously political way, without losing the same attention (with very beautiful pictures from Jean-Marc Bouzou)."
In Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer writes : "A necessary addition to the sports doc genre."[6]
Work and achievements
[edit]- The Squad (2020)
- The Ride (2018)
- Lames ultramarines (2016)
- Les petits princes des sables (2009)
- Une histoire de ballon (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ "Filming a Memorial Ride to the Massacre at Wounded Knee". hyperallergic.com. 2018.
- ^ "Tribeca Film Festival - A review of The Ride". theartswireweekly.com. 2016.
- ^ "Stéphanie Gillard on travelling with the Lakota in The Ride". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. 2018.
- ^ "Stéphanie Gillard, réalisatrice du film-documentaire "Les Joueuses, #paslàpourdanser"". www.francebleu.fr. 29 September 2020.
- ^ "'The Squad': Cannes Market Review". screendaily.com. 2020.
- ^ a b "'The Squad' ('Les Joueuses'): Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. 2020.