Je lutte donc je suis explained

Je lutte donc je suis
Director:	Yannis Youlountas
Screenplay:	Maude Youlountas Yannis Youlountas
Starring:	Diego Cañamero, Gabriel Colletis, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, Angélique Ionatos, Stathis Kouvelakis, Dimitris Papachristos, Dimitris Poulikakos, Éric Toussaint
Music:	Manu Chao, Angélique Ionatos, Léo Ferré, Serge Utgé-Royo, Killah P (Pávlos Fýssas), Alessandro Di Giuseppe...
Distributor:	Anepos network
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	France, Greece, Spain
Language:	French

Je lutte donc je suis (French: I fight therefore I am) is a documentary film about social and political struggles in Greece and Spain, realized by Yannis Youlountas, in September 2015, in France. The title is made from the aphorism of the philosopher René Descartes Cogito ergo sum (I think therefore I am). Although it was not distributed by any mainstream company, it has had a very large success, and has been shown to numerous theaters, festivals, in France and in Europe.^{[1] [2] [3]} It received two awards. The film is available under a Creative Commons license.^[4]

Synopsis

• Type: documentary
• Format: 16/9

Speakers

People speaking play their own role.

• Diego Cañamero, Andalusian activist and trade-unionist.
• Gabriel Colletis, professor of economy at Toulouse 1 University Capitole.
• Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, Andalusian politician, mayor of Marinaleda, trade-unionist, and professor of history.
• Angélique Ionatos, Greek singer.
• Stathis Kouvelakis, professor of political philosophy at the King's College of London, previously member of SYRIZA central committee.
• Dimitris Papachristos, Greek journalist, member of the November 1973 insurrection against the Colonels dictature. .^[5] "
• Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek actor and singer, opponent of the Colonels dictature.
• Éric Toussaint, co-founder the international network of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt and coordinator of the Commission for the Truth on Greek debt in 2015.

Festivals

• 12th festival Terres de résistances, Martigues, 3–6 September 2015^[6]
• Festival Rencontres AD HOC, Mirabel et Blacons, 9–13 September 2015^[7]
• Festival du Livre et du film, Mouans-Sartoux, 2-4 Cctober 2015^[8]
• 5th festival du Documentaire Politique et Social, Merlieux, 7–8 November 2015^[9]
• 15th festival Cinéma Méditerranéen, Brussels, 4–11 December 2015^[10]
• 7th festival of anarchist and activist films, Chambéry, 16–17 January 2016^[11]
• 3rd festival Terre et avenir, Salon-de-Provence, 20–27 January 2016^{[12] [13]}
• Festival Mémoires de Résistance, Digne-les-Bains, 27-30 janvier 2016^[14]
• Festival 1,2,3 Soleil, Châteaubriant, 28 February-7 March 2016^[15]
• Festival Diversité, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 23 March-8 April 2016^[16]
• 8th festival de Saint-Martin, St-Martin-de-Valamas, 25 March-5 April 2016^[17]
• 10th festival ciné d'ATTAC, Mont-de-Marsan, 29 March-2 April 2016^[18]
• 10th festival du film antifasciste, Reims et Épernay, 3–18 May 2016^[19]
• Festival Origines, Vernoux-en-Vivarais et Valence, 3 June-3 July 2016^[20]
• 20th festival of Resistances films, Foix, 8–16 July 2016^[21]
• 7th international festival for direct democracy, Thessalonique, 7–9 September 2016

Popular success

On 21 August 2015, the film is shown to the public for the first time, during a projection for the 600 members of the 52nd congress of the Freinet Pédagogie in Aix-en-Provence, in south of France. It gets a warm welcome, so that the congress adopts the slogan I fight so I am, and the newspaper l'Humanité uses this for its frontline.^[22]

On 2 April 2016, the film received the award Ciné d'ATTAC 2016^[23] (Grain de sable d'or) à Mont-de-Marsan.

On 19 April 2016, the film is shown during the Nuit debout movement in Nîmes.^[24]

On 4 October 2016, the film received the award "Solidarity film" from the Human Rights Ligue in Orly.^[25]

References

1. Jean-Luc Le Roux « Crise grecque : le regard de Y. Youlountas », dans Le Télégramme, 24 octobre 2015, consulté sur letelegramme.com le 29 mars 2016
2. http://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/dinan-22100/dinan-le-cinema-met-un-coup-de-projecteur-sur-lecologie-4080088 « Dinan. Le cinéma met un coup de projecteur sur l'écologie »
3. http://jeluttedoncjesuis.net/spip.php?article16&lang=fr jeluttedoncjesuis.net
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97HTxo20c-E Youtube
5. Fabien Perrier, « Face à la gauche divisée, la "déprime" des pro-Syriza », dans Libération, 18 septembre 2015, consulté sur Liberation.fr le 29 mars 2016
6. Web site: Martigues. Festival Terres de Resistance. pcf.fr. 2016-10-31.
7. Web site: LES RENCONTRES AD HOC. Vimeo. 2016-10-31.
8. Web site: Le festival du livre. lefestivaldulivre.fr. October 2015. 2016-10-31. 2016-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160619043400/http://www.lefestivaldulivre.fr/Programme2015.pdf. dead.
9. Web site: Bobines Rebelles 2015 BOBINES REBELLES dans l'Aisne. bobinesrebelles02.org. 2016-10-31. 2018-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902051348/http://bobinesrebelles02.org/editions-precedentes/programme-2015/. dead.
10. News: Archive 2015 – CINEMAMED. Cinemamed. 2016-10-31.
11. Web site: Festival du film militant et libertaire à Chambéry. lautre.net. 2016-10-31.
12. Web site: Ciné-Festival Terre et Avenir. salontransition.fr. 2016-10-31.
13. Web site: Revue de presse sur ?. salontransition.fr. 2016-10-31.
14. https://www.humanite.fr/9eme-edition-du-festival-memoires-de-resistance-digne-les-bains-du-27-au-30-janvier-597283 L'Humanité
15. Web site: Site officiel du Pays de Châteaubriant. Vivre au pays - Culture - Cinéma - Les Rendez-Vous 1,2,3 Soleil au Cinéma. www.pays-chateaubriant.fr. 2016-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161030081412/http://www.pays-chateaubriant.fr/chateaubriant/menu_principal/vivre_au_pays/culture/cinema/les_rendez_vous_1_2_3_soleil_au_cinema/les_rendez_vous_1_2_3_soleil_au_cinema_hiver_2016. 2016-10-30. dead.
16. http://www.poleimage-franche-comte.org/festivals-evenements/diversite, consulté le 7 avril mars 2016
17. Web site: ST MARTIN FAIT SON FESTIVAL 8e. assocactive.canalblog.com. 16 November 2015 . 2016-10-31.
18. http://www.sudouest.fr/2016/03/29/mont-de-marsan-le-festival-cine-d-attac-s-ouvre-ce-mardi-soir-2315916-3452.php « Mont-de-Marsan : le festival ciné d'Attac s'ouvre ce mardi soir»
19. Web site: Festival du film antiraciste. canalblog.com. 2016-10-31.
20. Web site: Programme Origines. letrouillet.com. 2016-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20161030080455/http://letrouillet.com/site/common/origines-03-2016.pdf. 2016-10-30. dead.
21. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2016/05/24/2350438-le-cinema-social-fait-de-la-resistance-pendant-le-festival.html « Le cinéma social fait de la Résistance pendant le festival»
22. Web site: Les militants Freinet défendent l'école du Je lutte donc je suis. humanite.fr. 3 September 2015 . L'Humanité. 2016-09-03.
23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP-rDHXkng0 Un film engagé qui plait aussi à la jeunesse !
24. Web site: " Nîmes : "Je lutte donc je suis", le crédo des Nuits debout ". midilibre.fr. Midi-Libre. 2016-04-19.
25. Web site: Une soirée cinéma avec la Ligue des droits de l'homme à Orly. leparisien.fr. 4 October 2016 . 2016-10-31.

External links

• Je lutte donc je suis on Youtube
• Official website