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The Enemy

Karim Ben Khelifa
2017 | 60 min
Virtual and Augmented Reality

Selections and Awards

  • Winner - Most Illustrated Production on International NUMIX Awards 2019

  • CMF Grand PrizeNUMIX Awards 2018

  • Immersive Production Award - Cultural Production NUMIX Awards 2018

  • Journalism AwardWorld VR Forum 2018

  • SENSible AwardGeneva International Film Festival 2018

  • Best Virtual Reality ExperienceRose d'Or Awards 2017

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Two-liner

The project


Visions and Objectives


Installation


Application


Fabien Barati Interview


Nicolas S. Roy Interview

Trailer


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Team


Karim Ben Khelifa
Author/Director


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Louis-Richard Tremblay
Producer (NFB)


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Chloé Jarry (Camera Lucida)
Producer


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Fabien Barati (Emissive)
Executive Producer


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Nicolas S. Roy (Dpt)
Executive producer and creative director


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Antonin Lhôte (France TV)
France TV


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Credits

A PROJECT BY
Karim Ben Khelifa

CAMERA LUCIDA

Executive Producer
François Bertrand

Producer
Chloé Jarry

Project Manager
Hélène Adamo

Production Manager
Vincent Décis

Assisted by
Silvia Alba
Caroline Bouffard

Productions Assistants
Thibault Bernard
Ana-Maria de Jesus
Matthieu Mainpin
Alexandra Ternant
Alessandra Bogi

Production Coordinators
Céline Delaunay
Frédérique Dewynter

Production Administration
Valérie Sieye
Anthony Donato
Stéphanie Garcia

VR Experience Distribution
Hélène Adamo

Stage Assistant Paris
Tennessee Charles

Communication
Hélène Adamo

Assisted by
Charlotte Zipper

Graphic Designer
Gordon

FRANCE TÉLÉVISION NOUVELLES ÉCRITURES

Production
Antonin Lhôte
Pierre Block de Friberg
Céline Limorato
Catherine Mugler
Sandrine Miguirian
Vanille Cabaret

Technical Coordination
Pascal Voisin

Communication
Agnès Desplas
Léo Fauvel

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

Executive Producer
Hugues Sweeney

Producers
Louis-Richard Tremblay
Marie-Pier Gauthier

Production Managers
Nathalie Bédard-Morin
Marie-Pier Gauthier 

Editorial Manager
Valérie Darveau

Head of Technologies
Martin Viau

Production Coordinators
Caroline Fournier
Dominique Brunet
Perrine Bral

Administrator
Marie-Andrée Bonneau

Technical Coordinator
Mira Mailhot

Marketing Managers
Tammy Peddle
Paule Béland

Assisted by
Florent Prevelle

Social media strategists
Kathryn Ruscito
Emilie Nguyen Lamoureux

Press relations
Marie-Claude Lamoureux

Information technologies
Sergiu Suciu

Legal services
Peter Kallianiotis

EMISSIVE

Executive Producer
Fabien Barati

Project Managers
Didier Mayda
Jennifer Havy

3D Graphics
Vanessa Jory
Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin

3D Animations
Clotilde Steffen
Christophe Devaux

Development
Karim Guennoun
Charles Taieb
Clément Barbisan
Vincent Ponsort
Nolwenn Bigoin
Antoine Ferrieux

Technical Expert
Fabien Barati
Anthony Bousselier

DPT.

Executive Producer and Creative Director
Nicolas S.Roy

Production Managers
Geneviève Trepanier
Stéphanie Emond

Artistic Director
Maude Thibodeau

UX and Design
Maude Thibodeau
Raed Moussa
Julie Delias

Main Developper
Paul Georges

Development
Vander Amaral
Guillaume Tomasi
Julien Robitaille

 SHOOTING IN ISRAËL / PALESTINE

Director
Karim Ben Khelifa

Assistant Director
Sélim Harbi

DOP Shootings
Jean-Gabriel Leynaud

Assisted by
Quentin Esperse

Photogrammetry and 3D Scan
Fabien Barati

Location Manager
Eman Mohammed
Rubi Makeover

SHOOTING IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Director
Karim Ben Khelifa

Assistant Director
Sélim Harbi

DOP Shootings
Jean-Gabriel Leynaud

Assisted by
Quentin Esperse

Photogrammetry and 3D Scan
Fabien Barati

Location Manager
Adolph Basengezi

SHOOTING IN SALVADOR

Director
Karim Ben Khelifa

Assistant Director
Sélim Harbi

DOP Shootings
Quentin Esperse

Location Manager
Paula Rosales

 POST PRODUCTION UNIT IMAGE AND SOUND

DOP Unity Environment
Lionel Jan Kerguistel

Translations
Rhona Dumonthier-Finch
Keren Gitai-Mock
Bianca Jacobson
Emmanuelle Ricard
Elizabeth Young
Gabrielle Lisa Collard
Bronwyn Haslam
Rhonda Sherwood
Jovana Jankovic
Anna Victor)
Catherine Bélanger
Crystal Beliveau

English Voice for VR Instructions
Fanny Gautier

French Voice for VR Instructions
Cassandre Manet

French and English Voice Over
Alexandre Daneau
Peter Michael Dillon
Matt Holland
Gabriel Lessard

Actor’s Agents
Voices
Tandem
Emilie Françoise

Vocal Coach
Benoit Rousseau
Élise Bertrand

Assistant Editor
Guillaume Cage

Sound Recording Studio
Sylicone
Pom’Zed
ONF

Sound Engineer
Philippe Chariot
Bruno Lagoarde
Matthieu Cochin
Eric Wager
Marie Muller

Head Grip
Vincent Blasco
Jean Chesneau

Technical Instruments
Optitrack – Natural Point

Human-Computer Interaction Producer
D. Fox Harrell, PhD

Impact Producers
Lina Srivastava
Tina Ahrens

Trailer and communication

Trailer #1

Trailer Director and Editor
David Fernandes

Assisted by
Hélène Adamo

Trailer DOP
Antoine Goetghebeur

Music

Running out de David Tobin, Jeff Meegan and Julian Gallant

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Trailer Mixing
Bruno Lagoarde

Trailer #2

Sound Editing
Emmanuel Alberola

Editing
Marie-Ève Talbot

Trailer #3

Editor
David Fernandes

Video Excerpts
Jeffrey Trunell

Supported by the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Nouvelles technologies en production et Fonds Nouveaux Médias
With the participation of DICRéAM

With the participation of l’Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA)

Supported by
The TFI New Media Fund
The Ford Foundation
The Sundance Institute New Frontier Program
The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Arts’
Doris Duke New Frontier Fellowship and the Open Society Foundations
MIT Open Documentary Lab
MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
The Enemy has also been supported by Google Digital News Initiative.

For their help and support during the entire production stage, productions teams and the author wish to thank:

Voyelle Acker, Tina Ahrens, Antoine Allard, François Asseman, Pauline Augrain, Markus Badde, Antonin Baudry, David Beja, Pervenche Beurier, Ludovic Blecher, Léontine Bob, SokLinh Cheng, Olivia Colo, Maya Dagnino, Juan B. Diaz, Rémy Dorne, Mathieu Fournet, Aude Gauthier, Chantal Gishoma, Patrick Gonidec, Thais Herminie, Katherine Higgins, Ingrid Kopp, Jérôme Lecanu, Philippa Mothersill, Oumar N’Daw, Bruno Patino, Rémy Pflimlin, Alexis Raison, Christine Siméone, Kamal Sinclair, Michele Slatter, Caspar Sonnen, William Uricchio, Doug Weinstock, Sarah Wolozin.

The author would like to thank Boris Razon for his involvment to intiate the project

 Production teams would like to thank the following institutions for hosting VR experience user testing in their facilities:

 Le Forum des images (Corinne Béal and Michaël Swierczynski)
L’IRI – Institut de recherche et d’innovation du centre Pompidou (Vincent Puig and Nicolas Sauret)
Le Carrefour numérique² de la Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (Bruno Maquart and Pierre Ricono)
L’INA – Institut national de l’Audiovisuel (Kanele Bazin, Amandine Collinet and Marie Tomat)
Special thanks to:
Abu Khaled
Gilad
Jean de Dieu
Patient
Jorge Alberto
Amilcar Vladimir

© Camera lucida productions/ France Télévisions / ONF / Dpt / Emissive – 2017

 



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  • About the NFB

    The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is one of the world’s leading digital content hubs, creating groundbreaking interactive documentaries and animation, mobile content, installations and participatory experiences. NFB interactive productions and digital platforms have won over 100 awards, including 21 Webbys. To access this unique content, visit NFB.ca.

  • Camera Lucida

    CAMERA LUCIDA (PARIS) brings together producers and writer/directors who share a passion for innovation and artistic creation. The strategy is to push the boundaries of storytelling and to produce works in a wide range of formats, from interactive experiences to animation and IMAX® 2D or 3D.

  • Emissive

    Specializing in virtual and augmented reality, Emissive designs and produces unique immersive experiences and supports clients in integrating these innovative technologies. Since its creation in 2005, Emissive has become a European leader in the VR industry. Its team of 25 experts create engaging applications, tailored to the needs of communication and training.

    Emissive works with leading brands such as IKEA, Hermes, Dassault Systèmes, Merck, Thales, BNP Paribas, Patek Philippe and Orange.

  • FranceTV Nouvelles Écritures

    FRANCETV NOUVELLES ÉCRITURES (PARIS) is France Télévisions’ narrative research department. Since 2011, it has co-produced and participated in the development of more than 170 native web, transmedia, interactive and linear projects. Nouvelles Écritures does not restrict itself to any one genre, using innovative approaches to show today’s world in a new light.

  • About Dpt.

    Dpt. is a digital studio crafting award-winning immersive and narrative experiences. We conceptualize, design and build content-driven work for brands and museums as well as for the entertainment, film and education industries.