Afghanistan/bomb attacks/Séverin Blanchet - France in the United States / Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.
I pay tribute to the memory of our compatriot, Séverin Blanchet, a founder member of the documentary film-making training centre “Les ateliers Varan”, killed in today’s attacks in central Kabul.
Since 2006, Séverin Blanchet, a leading documentary film-maker, had devoted himself to training young Afghan documentary film-makers, and had made over 20 films with them, including several which have received international acclaim. He was a key partner in France’s cultural action in Afghanistan. We shall resolutely carry on the work he had begun with such generosity of spirit and solidarity./.