{"id":16579,"date":"2026-08-18T05:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/hold-my-hand\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T11:26:09","slug":"hold-my-hand","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/hold-my-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold my hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entre 2020 et 2022, Sophie Sherman filme ses proches confin\u00e9s entre la France, la Belgique et l&rsquo;Angleterre. Ponctu\u00e9 par une naissance et une mort le film s&rsquo;attache aux actes de soin, aux contacts humains et \u00e0 la gr\u00e2ce et fragilit\u00e9 des moments partag\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Between 2020 and 2022, Sophie Sherman films her loved ones in lockdown across France, Belgium, and England. Marked by a birth and a death, the film focuses on acts of care, human connection, and the grace and fragility of shared moments.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hold my hand - 2025 - excerpt 1\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1174854041?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/posters\/003\/121\/919\/original\/6cc70e57a1-poster.jpg?1784136269\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/009\/875\/632\/original\/holdmhand_02.jpg?1759179681\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/003\/121\/919\/original\/a8d719dbbd-headshot.jpg?1744924922\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sophie Sherman<\/strong> (n\u00e9e en 1980) est une cin\u00e9aste franco-belge bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Bruxelles, Belgique. Elle est titulaire d\u2019un master en r\u00e9alisation documentaire de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Provence, Aix-en-Provence (Fr), ainsi que d\u2019un master en arts plastiques de l\u2019\u00c9cole des beaux-arts de Marseille (Fr). Elle a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 admise au Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains (Fr). Ses films ont \u00e9t\u00e9 projet\u00e9s au Torino Film Festival (It), aux \u00c9tats g\u00e9n\u00e9raux du film documentaire \u00e0 Lussas (Fr), au Festival international du film de Thessalonique (Gr), au Riga Int. Film Festival (Lv), au Centre d&rsquo;Art Contemporain le Wiels (Be), entre autres. Ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, elle a principalement explor\u00e9 le m\u00e9dium du 16 mm dans une approche documentaire, d\u2019essai, exp\u00e9rimentale et po\u00e9tique, avec des films tels que <em>La marche<\/em> (2015, 19\u2019), <em>L\u2019eau \u00e9tait l\u00e0<\/em> (2025, 15\u2019, cor\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec N\u00e9mo Camus), et <em>Hold My Hand<\/em> (2025, 17\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sophie Sherman<\/strong> (1980) is a filmmaker based in Brussels, Belgium. She has a master&rsquo;s degree in Documentary direction from the Province University of Aix en Provence in France and a master&rsquo;s degree in Fine Arts from the Fine Arts College of Marseille. She was then admitted at The Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in France. Her films were screened at Torino Film Festival, IT ; \u00c9tats g\u00e9n\u00e9raux du film documentaire in Lussas, FR; at Thessaloniki International Film Festival, GR; at Riga Int. Film Festival, LV; at Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, BE; among others. In recent years, she has mainly explored the medium of 16 mm through a documentary, essay-based, experimental, and poetic approach, with films such as <\/em>The walk <em>(2015, 19&prime;), <\/em>The water was here<em> (2025, 15&prime;, co-directed with N\u00e9mo Camus), and <\/em>Hold my hand<em> (2025, 17&prime;).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16676,"menu_order":4,"template":"","portfolio-category":[610],"portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-16579","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-videodrome2-30-oct-2026-20h"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/16579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-category?post=16579"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-tag?post=16579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}