At the age of 9, Carlos arrives from Mexico to Chicago with his three brothers and his parents. The day he turns 18, his future becomes uncertain. According to US law, Carlos is now undocumented. The slightest mistake can lead him to deportation. From defeats to successes, DREAMERS tells the story of Carlos now 38 years old, his brothers and the fate of 2.5 million people growing up in a country that still does not recognize them as its own.
SCREENINGS & AWARDS
World Premiere: Visions du Réel – April 2023
2024 Sedona International Film Festival (International Premiere)
2024 Thessaloniki IDFF (Greek Premiere)
2024 DOC-Cevennes (French Premiere)
PRESS
Reviews: Modern Times Review, Cineman, Cineuropa, Click Cinema
Interviews: Business Doc Europe, RTS, Variety
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“Dreamers” is a very beautiful, sensitive film that reports on the daily lives of the undocumented. This immersion in Carlos’ life provides a strong empathy. A real window on the lives of these 2.5 million immigrants who are struggling to obtain citizenship.
Ondine Perier, Click Cinema
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Stéphanie Barbey
Born in 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland. Stéphanie Barbey has an MA from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. She studied documentary film at the Ateliers Varan, Paris. Since 2006, she has been an associate at Intermezzo Films and works as a documentary
filmmaker.
Filmography
Magic Radio (2007)
Broken Land (2014)
Dreamers (2023)
Luc Peter
Born in 1963, Luc Peter studied Political Science at the University of Geneva (BA 1986 and MA 1989). He then went on to study Filmmaking at the Ecole Cantonale d’Art in Lausanne (1994). He directed numerous documentary features as well as TV documentaries. Since 2001, he is a producer at Intermezzo Films.
Filmography
East of Dreams (2000)
Record Player: Christian Marclay (2000)
Gilles Jobin: The Moebius Trip (2002)
La Ribot Distinguidas (2004)
Magic Radio (2007)
Broken Land (2014)
Dreamers (2023)
CREDITS
Direction Stéphanie Barbey & Luc Peter
Script Stéphanie Barbey
Image Nikolaï von Graevenitz
Editing Florent Mangeot & Aurique Delannoy
Sound Masaki Hatsui, Janis Grossmann
Music Louis Jucker
Producers Luc Peter, Katia Monla, Dirk Manthey
Production company Intermezzo Films
Co-production Dirk Manthey Film, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, SWR / ARTE
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Swiss Federal Office of Culture,
Cinéforom & Loterie Romande, Suissimage,
MO/N Film Fund Hamburg, Eurimages
PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY
Katia Monla
Born in Beirut, Katia Monla grew up in Geneva. After obtaining a BA from the University of Ottawa, Canada, in Communication and Letters, she worked in the international music industry in Switzerland, for the Montreux Jazz Festival then for EMI Records as a press. She then became a freelance journalist for a local daily and wrote for various sections: local politics, portraits and culture. In 2014, she began a new career in Swiss independent film production and joined Intermezzo Films in 2017.
Luc Peter
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Founded in 1993, Intermezzo Films produces feature films and documentaries in a spirit of freedom and artistic rigour. It supports ambitious projects and revisits narrative forms to foster innovative and creative films. The company is committed to being an independent entity, close to the directors and the films it produces. With over 60 films to its name, Intermezzo Films is today one of the most prominent production companies in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The films have been developed in international coproductions, notably with France or Germany, as well as with a well-established network of European television stations, and have been presented and rewarded in the finest festivals (Sundance, IDFA, IFFR, ACID Cannes, Visions du Réel, Venice Film Festival). Today, the company is run by producers Luc Peter and Katia Monla.
Intermezzo Films
Switzerland
info@intermezzofilms.ch
+4122741 4747
http://intermezzofilms.ch/#/
CO-PRODUCTION COMPANY
Dirk Manthey Film was founded in 2000 in Hamburg. Since then DMF has produced a multitude of films, both feature fiction films and documentaries. Since its creation, DMF has focused on international coproductions, both
in Europe and in Latin America, which whom it has built a strong network and which has allowed DMF to acquire an understanding of many cultural and industry-specific characteristics. In addition to its activities as
a production company, «Dirk Manthey Film / Dirk Manthey» has taken over the executive production and post-production supervision of big budget fiction and docu-fiction films in recent years.
Dirk Manthey Film
Germany
mail@dirkmanthey.de
+49 163 7421454
https://www.dirkmantheyfilm.de
