Enora Contant and Josselin Mahot (Credits: Marie Rouge/Unifrance)
"Philae, the last temples of Ancient Egypt" is a documentary produced by Enora Contant from the Audiovisual National Institute (INA) and describes not only the fantastic ancient constructions and their secrets, but also the unusual and titanic archaeological rescue operation made by Unesco when they dismantled piece by piece and rebuilt exactly as it was before on another island. "There's a very long love story and a very special relationship between France and Egypt", commented Enora Contant to Señal News in the frame of Unifrance Rendez-Vous Paris 2023. She also highlighted the current interest for Ancient Egypt from viewers. "There is this mystery of how they were able to build these amazing constructions for like 4000 Before Christ", she pointed out.
In "Philae, the last temples of Ancient Egypt" exists a mix between images of the temple been rescued from Unesco in the 70s because it was underwater with 3D and visual effects. "We can see how it was done and how it looked before it was removed. We have this journey from ancient times to modern times", she explained.
Josselin Mahot handled the visual effects of the documentary and said that 3D has helped to show how Unesco deconstructed and reconstruct the temple on another island. "We help the director Benoit Poisson to bring a new vision, a modern vision of how this temple was moved clearly with real fact, with the real information", he commented.
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Enora Contant studied Ancient Egypy in Paris, and she's very passionate about the topic. "It's a dream to make films about ancient history today because it's a key period in terms of science and we've got new technology that helps us and has really revolutionized the study of history", she mentioned. "We are able to tell stories and talk about discoveries in our documentary like DNA or, things that we can see with deconstruction of Philae and how inner secrets in terms of the building were found out. It's like the Holy Grail to work on ancient history in 2023", she highlighted.
"Philae, the last temples of Ancient Egypt" was premiere in France on February 1st, and it was sold to the Czech Republic and the MENA region. "We want to make this topic accessible and make it entertaining as well. So that people want to know more", she concluded.
