14 Jun THE OTHER PROFILE

THE OTHER PROFILE

France / 2023 / 82′

DIRECTED BY: Armel Hostiou
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Armel Hostiou, Elie Mbansing
EDITED BY: Mario Valero
PRODUCER: Jasmina Sijercic
SOUND: Amaury Arboun, Arnaud Marten
FESTIVALS & AWARDS: CPH: Dox 2023, Cinema du reel 2023, Beldocs

One day French filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers he has a second Facebook account: a fake Armel who uses photos of the real him and who has many female friends, all of whom live in Kinshasa. According to the profile, fake Armel invites these women to audition for his next film, which is supposedly set in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bewildered, the real Armel decides to travel to Kinshasa in order to look for his double himself. The residency’s manager, Peter, and Sarah, one of the artists, immediately decide to help him.

After studying Political Science, Armel Hostiou studied cinema at La Fémis film school in Paris in the camera department. His graduation film SoLoS, which he directed, won several awards nationally and internationally. He has since dedicated himself to directing, first short films but also installations and music videos. His first documentary La Pyramide Invisible premiered at Cinema du Réel in 2019. His last feature The Other Profile will premiere at the main competition of CPH: DOX and will be released in theatres in France by Météore Films in June 2023. He is also working on a script for his next fiction feature film.