Paris Terror The Hostages from the Hyper Cacher

On 7 January 2015, two terrorists attacked the magazine Charlie Hebdo. Shortly afterwards, a third terrorist attacked the kosher supermarket Hyper Cacher, killing four Jews – store employee Yohan Cohen (20), Yoav Hattab (21), François-Michel Saada (63) and Philippe Braham (45) – and taking numerous hostages. A few of them managed to hide in a cold room in the basement, taking a baby with them.
In this virtual documentary an abstract black and white animation style is used to bring to life the recollections of three hostages.

Awards

Best VR documentary at Venice Fine Art Film Festival Los Angeles 2018 (USA)

XRC Award 2019 Best 360° Video, Hamburg (Germany)

Cast and crew

Interviewpartner: Alain, Carole, Jean-Luc, Director: Ricarda Saleh Rojas, Animationteam: Sofiia Melnyk (Lead-Artist), Mareike Graf, David Jansen, Alice Reily de Souza, Maité Schmitt, Sophia Schönborn, 3D Compositing: Martin Backhaus, 360-Video-Recording: Ricarda Saleh Rojas, Stefanie Vollmann, Henriette Drüke, Editing / Stiching: Julius Krenz, Julia Heimbach, Dramaturgical Guidance: Thorsten Schütte, Recherche: Claire Babany, Eléonore Boissinot, Monika Grassl, TV Archive Material: BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images/INA, Sounddesign: Marcus Fass, Production: Margot Schimmelpfennig, Projektassistent: Brit Underwood, TV Producer: Sophie Schulenburg, Executive Proucer (TV): Maik Bialk