PRIX EUROPA
Best Online Project of the Year 2011
NOWHERE SAFE
A L‘ABRI DE RIEN
http://www.a-l-abri-de-rien.com
Entering organisation: Textuel La Mine (BDDP Unlimited)
Country: France
Samuel Bollendorff (Photography), Mehdi Ahoudig (Sound),
Abbé Pierre Foundation (Co-Producer)
JURY CITATION
"The winning project, a web documentary, tells the stories of men and women in France who are living in precarious conditions due to poor housing. The stories are told through portrait photography and intimate interviews. Each voice is set in the context of research figures on the millions of French people who suffer as a result of housing issues.
The jury said: “This is a project with outstanding content”. “It’s like a radio 2.0 mix of audio and pictures” that is “more real than video”. “The project doesn’t just tell the story of the people but also keeps their dignity intact.” “It upholds social values as well as high production standards”."
SYNOPSIS
Textuel La Mine (BDDP Unlimited) designed an original web documentary on bad housing conditions called “Nowhere Safe” for the Abbé Pierre Foundation. Produced by Samuel Bollendorff and Mehdi Ahoudig, experts in photography and sound engineering, this web documentary conveys, without the slightest judgment, the truth about some French people’s precarious living conditions. Today 3.6 million French suffer from poor housing and from the many types of suffering to which it leads. Samuel Bollendorff and Mehdi Ahoudig carried out their research with utmost professionalism and impartiality, free from any personal opinions, with great respect for the dignity of these brave men and women who agreed to share their personal experiences.