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 DescartesCogito 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
Je lutte donc je suis, teaser
Type: documentary
Format: 16/9
Speakers
People speaking play their own role.
Extract of Je lutte donc je suis, with Éric Toussaint, a film by Yannis Youlountas
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]
Gallery
Constantine and Amour, two young girls from the film, at Fourfouras (Crete)
Fragkos, a personage from the film, at Paleia Roumata (Crete)
Kriti, a personage from the film, at Paleia Roumata (Crete).
Tag Lucho luego existo (Spanish), at Jerez de la Frontera (Andalusia)