After Dawn Après l'aurore

by Yohann Kouam

France
2023
25 min
French, English, German, French sign language
Short film
Fiction
Color

Competition 2023

Official synopsis

WORLD PREMIERE

The light of dawn rises in a rose colored sky overlooking imposing tower blocks. It's the beginning of an odyssey set at the heart of a public housing district following the lives of Yves, a thirty something Berlin based artist, Hamza, a 14-year-old deaf boy, and Déborah, a lonely basketball coach.

Biography and Filmography

After film studies at I.A.D, Belgium, Yohann Kouam studied foreign languages in order to discover the world. He lived in cities including Berlin, Barcelona and Seville. These journeys have always been a major source of inspiration for his screenplays, which are often multilingual stories following nomads. After 4 short films, he felt the urge to completely challenge his approach to filmmaking. After dawn is the first project to emerge from this artistic introspection.

2023 : AFTER DAWN (SHORT) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : FROM SAN FRANCISCO WITH LOVE (CM) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2013 : THE RETURN (CM)  - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : LEA'S SUNDAY (CM)  - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : FRAGMENTS OF LIVES (CM) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter

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2023 : AFTER DAWN (SHORT) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : FROM SAN FRANCISCO WITH LOVE (CM) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2013 : THE RETURN (CM)  - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : LEA'S SUNDAY (CM)  - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : FRAGMENTS OF LIVES (CM) - Yohann Kouam  - Director and Screenwriter