Olivier Hespel was born in Paris, France, and trained at the INSAS films school in Brussels, Belgium. He now shares his time between film making, sound recording on fiction and documentary features and cinema teaching. He has been working with – among others – Abbas Kiarostami, Costa-Gavras, Claire Simon, Nicolas Philibert, Marianna Otero, Mehdi Charef, Pierre Schœller, Rachid Bouchareb, Benoît Mariage. His work in sound department has been awarded a French Cesar and a Belgian Magritte. His previous films as a director are the documentaries Variations sur une base obstinée (2006) and Mon nom (2011).
Salt
The Dead sea. Where tourists come to float on the surface among sink-holes, barbwires, mine fields and the ghosts of Sodom, Gomorrha, Jesus and Moses. At the lowest place on earth, in the middle of the desert, Marianna, Bulos, Suleiman, Michael and some more share their stories and questions and give an insight on life’s [...]