Christophe Rolin

Marc Recchia and Christophe Rolin discover their passion for documentary during their studies at the IAD film school of Brussels. In 2008 they give several workshops together for documentary amateurs at the Multimedia Centre of Brussels.
Then later Christophe Rolin decides to enter the school Institute of Journalism (IDJ) in Brussels while Marc Recchia follows his passion for documentary as an editor on films such as “Oddźwięk” by Alina Cyranek, “The Shared Suit” by Mathias Desmarres and “Sweetheart Come” by Jacques Molitor. These films are screened at several international festivals. In 2009 he takes part in the IDFA academy workshops and later in 2012 at the Berlinale Talent Campus.
In the meantime Christophe has also worked on various films as a cinematographer such as on cinetrain movie "Green Tea, Black Tea" by Alexandra Marchenko, or "Cette mélodie qui vient de loin" by Miguel Cabral. Finally in 2011, Marc and Christophe decide to produce and direct their first common work, the documentary "Sleepless Djigit".

Sleepless Djigit

Kyrgyzstan Tokon, a retired teacher from south of Kyrgyzstan writes poetry during his spare time. Every summer his daughter Gulzat comes from Russia to visit him and help him out on the farm. This year’s misfortunes make Tokon focus more than usually on his daughter’s departure. With the dismissal of his assistant and the absence of his wife, his world