
Shock of the Real: History As Provocation
- With
- Raoul Peck, Ben Gibson
- Topics

Born in Haiti and raised in Zaire and the United States, Raoul Peck studied in France, the U.S. and at the DFFB in Berlin. His feature L’HOME SUR LES QUAIS (1993) was the first Caribbean film to screen in competition at Cannes. From 1996 until 1997 he served as Haiti’s Minister of Culture. He was a member of the Berlinale’s International Jury in 2002 and of the Cannes competition jury in 2012. His features and documentaries have screened several times at the Berlinale.

Ben Gibson is the director of the DFFB film school in Berlin. He was previously director of degree programmes at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and a visiting professor at Goldsmiths. From 2001 to 2014, he was director of the London Film School. He is a former independent producer and was head of production at the British Film Institute from 1988 to 1998. Before that he was a distributor, exhibitor, theatre director, film critic and journalist.