The Flicks Authors : Georges Drion & Odile Gozillon-Fronsacq Director : Georges Drion Camera : Georges Drion Sound : Gilles Guigue, Jean Christophe Hutz & Grégoire Deslandes Music : Gilles Guigue Editing : Jean Paul Hertzog Documentaliste : Anne Connan Year : 1996 Length : 52 min Coproduction with France 3 Alsace French version only A documentary of 52-minutes, coinciding with the centenary of the invention of cinema. The film shows how Alsace has a completely unique cinematic development not experienced in other parts of France or Germany because of the region's position between these two conflicting nations. Using many extracts of film archives, "The Flicks" leads us through cinemas and film shoots. We are introduced to the pioneers of cinema in Alsace, among whom the most renowned is William Wyler of Ben Hur fame. Special Jury Prize at “Ecrans sans frontières” Film Festival, Mulhouse, 1997