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CONSEIL RÉGIONALSPJust back from shooting (in Rwanda and Mali via Tanzania), thedirector will present his work in progress together with his ChiefCameraman, Samuel Dravet, and Sound Engineer, Fréderic Salle.Fifty years after the Nuremberg Trials, in Arusha, Tanzania theInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has been set upwith the task of trying those responsible for the heinous crimescommitted in Rwanda in 1994, in particular the Tutsi genocidewhich led to the death of more than a million people in threemonths.Against the backdrop of the lack of recognition of the InternationalCriminal Court and all the major world powers and in the absenceof a review of the activities of the International Courts, how is itpossible to clarify and inform people about the responsibilities andworkings of a justice system whose inception and accessibilityseem to be the sole reserve of experts? In order to address thisGargot has attempted to create a film using a unique and exceptionalresource: the images of trials in progress, audiovisualarchives shown and compiled by the ICTR itself for the collectivememory of posterity.D’Arusha à Arusha will question a court which seems to havebecome accustomed to operating behind closed doors in orderto have greater control over the transparency of a kind ofdiplomacy which takes centre stage and, at times, seems to havedifficulties assuming its proper role. Through the image of thebullet proof screen separating the public galleries from thecourtroom, the justice system protects itself to the point ofbecoming virtually inaccessible, particularly to those who are mostaffected – the Rwandans.Moving between the inside and the outside of the court: theinternational arena and the local territory D’Arusha à Arusha willbe the first documentary on the International Criminal Court usingits own representation with the aim of exploring the singularrelationship it hopes to establish.This project is sponsored by the Conseil Régional PACA, the CNCand the National Film Board of Canada and is the product of aFranco-Canadian co-production.223