Sylvain George

France

Director and lecturer at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po); his masterclasses are held around the world. Born in Lyon, he studied philosophy, law, political science, and cinema at the Sorbonne and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). Sylvain George’s main themes are migration and social movements. His films The Impossible – Pieces of Fury (2009), May They Rest in Revolt (2010), Fragments (2011), Vers Mardid: The Burning Bright”(2013), Paris Is a Moveable Feast (2017), and Obscure Night – “Wild Leaves” (2022) have been screened at the Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, CPH:DOX, DocLisboa, FID Marseille, Copenhagen Cinematheque, and the Centre Pompidou, as well as at film festivals in Milan, Turin, Buenos Aires, and Valdivia. Obscure Night – “Goodbye Here, Anywhere” (2024) won the Golden Centaur Grand Prix as Best Film of the 34th Message to Man IFF. His new film, Obscure Night – “Ain’t I a Child?”, is included in the Sky Cinema programme at the 35th Message to Man IFF).