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After studying History and Art History in Strasbourg, Robin Hunzinger studied Cinema in Jussieu with Jean Douchet, Jean Rouch and Bernard Cuau. Since then he has made documentary films about history, war, traces of memory, man in the face of the unthinkable and nature. He is a homefilmmaker. He writes, reads, films, scans, frames, retreats, registers, ascends and rises, alone (often) in his studio in the Vosges. Some of his main films include Où sont nos amoureuses (2007), Vers la forêt de nuages (2016) and Inventaire avant disparition (2016). His films have been shown in numerous festivals: Cinéma du réel (Paris), Etats généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, Festival international du film de Rotterdam, Festival de Thessaloniki, Festival de Beirouth, FIGRA… He won two stars from the SCAM, but also the Grand Prix of the Traces de Vie festival in 2008, the Ahmed Attia Award at the MEDIMED in 2011, the FREEDOM International Prize at the Luxor African film festival, the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes International Pan-African Festival and the Best Documentary Feature Film at the Martinique International Film Festival in 2016.