WATER GET NO ENEMY
Almo Film and Around The Waves are proud to present
WATER GET NO ENEMY
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 at 7:30 pm at the Gaumont Wilson cinema in Toulouse
A film about child soldiers surfing in Liberia, directed by Arthur Bourbon, written by Damien Castera, Co-Produced by Hand Studio and Almo Film
the film
WATER GET NO ENEMY
46 minutes – 2021 (France)
Trailer : https://youtu.be/FOTScyn5ia4
Directed by Arthur Bourbon and written by Damien Castera
Executive producers: Franck Corbery and Morgan le Faucheur
Co-produced by Hand Studio & Almo Film
In June 2018, professional surfers Damien Castera and Arthur Bourbon flew to Liberia, one of the poorest countries in the world. For their film “Water Get No Enemy“ they met the first generation of surfers in the country.
Among them are former child soldiers who, 15 years after the end of the civil war, want to rebuild themselves thanks to surfing.
In the 1990s and 2000s, most street children had no choice but to join the «Demon Forces» of ex-warlord Charles Taylor. Combatants, ammunition carriers, servants, cooks or sex slaves, they were thousands of children recruited by the various warring factions.
At a time when Ellen John-son-Sirleaf, Nobel Peace Prize winner and first woman elected president in Africa, handed over power to George Weah, former best football player in the world, what about the situation in Liberia?
Damien and Arthur went to meet war children who in some areas of the country had swapped their assault rifles for surfboards. The idea: share these waves with the first generation of surfers in Liberia.
opening
SAIL FOR SURF
20 min - 2020 - France
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/375348937
Directed by PuraVida Images - Benjamin Bireau
ON EST ENSEMBLE
10 minutes - 2021 (France)
A Wasted Talent project, supported by Billabong.
Directed by Guillem Cruells.
Executive producer Alexei Obolensky.
Starring: Cherif Fall
Infos
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Single rate at 7.5€
Thank you for respecting the helth protocol set up by the cinema.
Room reduced to 65% of its capacity and mask is required.
Partners:
Surf Session Magazine
Surf-Report
Surfer's Journal France
Gaumont Wilson,
3 Place du Président Thomas Wilson,
31000 Toulouse