The Site
Grand Ciel
Akihiro Hata
Vincent works the night shift on the construction site of a futuristic district. When a worker goes missing, Vincent and his colleagues suspect that their superiors are covering up an accident. But soon another worker disappears.
Cast : Damien Bonnard, Samir Guesmi, Mouna Soulaem, Tudor-Aaron Istodor, Ahmed Abdel-Laoui, Denis Eyriey, Zacharia Mezouar, Issaka Sawadogo, Mounir Margoum, Sophie Mousel
Scenario : Akihiro Hata et Jérémie Dubois
Cinematography : David Chizallet
Sound : Céline Bodson, Jeanne Delplancq, Fanny Martin, Philippe Grivel
Editing : Suzana Pedro
Music : Carla Pallone
Scenario : Akihiro Hata et Jérémie Dubois
Cinematography : David Chizallet
Sound : Céline Bodson, Jeanne Delplancq, Fanny Martin, Philippe Grivel
Editing : Suzana Pedro
Music : Carla Pallone
Production : Good Fortune Films, Les Films Fauves
Distribution : UFO
International sales : WTFilms
Distribution : UFO
International sales : WTFilms
Born in Japan in 1984, Akihiro Hata arrived in France in 2003. After earning a bachelor’s degree in cinema from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, he enrolled in the directing department at La Fémis, graduating in 2010. He has since directed two medium-length films, Les Invisibles (2015) and À la chasse (2017), both of which were screened at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, among others, and the documentary Corps Solitaire (2018). Grand Ciel (2025), his first feature film, was developed at Les Ateliers d’Angers in 2020 and was in the script readings at Premiers Plans in 2023.