L'HOMME-VERTIGE: TALES OF A CITY
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Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. The former French colony that has become an overseas department, the city is undergoing rapid urban renewal. At the heart of this upheaval, residents tell the story of Guadeloupe and the inertia of this island. For five years, director Malaury Eloi Paisley roamed this labyrinthine city and filmed her relationships with its inhabitants. Through their eyes, she explores the collective memory of an area where time seems to stand still. L'HOMME-VERTIGE: TALES OF A CITY celebrated its world premiere at the Forum of the Berlinale 2024 and won the Étalon d'or de Yennenga documentaire at FESPACO 2025.
L'HOMME-VERTIGE: TALES OF A CITY Direction: Malaury Eloi Paisley, DCP, OmeU, 93 min
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Malaury Eloi Paisley from Guadeloupe studied art and film in Paris, Montreal and Cuba. She has been curating auteur cinema in Guadeloupe since 2017. Her debut film L'HOMME VERTIGE, shot between 2016 and 2023, premiered at the Berlinale 2024 in the Forum program and received the Golden Stallion of Yennenga for Best Documentary and the Paul Robeson Award at FESPACO 2025. She is a DAAD Berlin Scholarship holder 2026 in the film category and is currently working on a hybrid documentary, MEMOIRS & FICTIONS OF AN ISLAND BEFORE ITS VANISHING. She is also developing a multidisciplinary film installation with two other filmmakers between Guadeloupe, Brazil and Senegal.