Nuclear nomads
Jean Rouch International Festival
By Tizian Stromp Zargari and Kilian Armando Friedrich (Germany, 2022, 1h12), VFSTA
Official selection 2023: Focus on the environment
Prix Gaïa
Marie-Lou, Florian, Jérôme and Vincent are employed by subcontractors in the French nuclear industry. Their job is to maintain and replace reactor cores whenever necessary. Always ready to be sent on a mission, they live in camper vans in front of the power plants. All struggle against the loneliness and uncertainty to which their work exposes them. And they dream of their future lives, far from the parking lots and power plants.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Tizian Stromp Zargari, and Vincent Jouet, the film’s main protagonist.
Kilian Armando Friedrich
Kilian Armando Friedrich grew up in Saarlouis, near the French border. He studied scenic arts and filmmaking, specializing in documentaries in Hildesheim, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City. He won the German Youth Film Award for his short film Ich will ins Paradies in 2020. In 2022, he received the Munich Young Directors’ Award for his film Survive. The film is shortlisted for the Short Film Oscar in 2023. His feature film Nomades du nucléaire premieres at the 73rd Berlinale. He is currently working on his graduation film at Munich University, and is involved in inter-regional film work in the Greater Region (Saar-Lor-Lux).
Tizian Stromp Zargari
Tizian Stromp Zargari was born in Berlin in 1993, and grew up in the Pays de la Loire region of France. After completing a degree in sustainable development in Lyon, he was awarded a scholarship by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, and joined the documentary department of Munich’s University of Television and Film. His first feature film, Nomades du nucléaire, was screened at the 73rd Berlinale in February 2023. He is currently working on his next documentary: a quest for identity that follows in the footsteps of his ancestors, from Iran to France.
By Tizian Stromp Zargari and Kilian Armando Friedrich (Germany, 2022, 1h12), VFSTA
Official selection 2023: Focus on the environment
Prix Gaïa
Marie-Lou, Florian, Jérôme and Vincent are employed by subcontractors in the French nuclear industry. Their job is to maintain and replace reactor cores whenever necessary. Always ready to be sent on a mission, they live in camper vans in front of the power plants. All struggle against the loneliness and uncertainty to which their work exposes them. And they dream of their future lives, far from the parking lots and power plants.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Tizian Stromp Zargari, and Vincent Jouet, the film’s main protagonist.
Kilian Armando Friedrich
Kilian Armando Friedrich grew up in Saarlouis, near the French border. He studied scenic arts and filmmaking, specializing in documentaries in Hildesheim, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City. He won the German Youth Film Award for his short film Ich will ins Paradies in 2020. In 2022, he received the Munich Young Directors’ Award for his film Survive. The film is shortlisted for the Short Film Oscar in 2023. His feature film Nomades du nucléaire premieres at the 73rd Berlinale. He is currently working on his graduation film at Munich University, and is involved in inter-regional film work in the Greater Region (Saar-Lor-Lux).
Tizian Stromp Zargari
Tizian Stromp Zargari was born in Berlin in 1993, and grew up in the Pays de la Loire region of France. After completing a degree in sustainable development in Lyon, he was awarded a scholarship by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, and joined the documentary department of Munich’s University of Television and Film. His first feature film, Nomades du nucléaire, was screened at the 73rd Berlinale in February 2023. He is currently working on his next documentary: a quest for identity that follows in the footsteps of his ancestors, from Iran to France.