My coverage of the Yellow Vest protests in France

Antoine lost his hand during a gilets ​jaunes (yellow vest) protest in Bordeaux. On the same day Patrice lost the sight in his right eye in Paris. They share their stories as the French police come under scrutiny for using explosive weapons against protesters Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Who are the gilets jaunes?

An extract from a film we are making, about victims of police violence in France, has made it onto the front page of the Guardian.

I also captured the moment where a policeman is about to shoot Yellow Vest protesters with a rubber bullet gun, only to realise one of them is his friend. The video got viewed nearly one million times on twitter.

You can view the clip here.

Bellow is a selection of short films that I shot in Paris amongst the Yellow Vest revolt.

In Paris: clashes, looting and burning happened for a fourth consecutive weekend. Anger at the republics president Emmanuel Macron has bought onto the streets a diverse range of people. A revolt continues to sweep across France as many people believe the economic interests of the government do not represent the majority of the people. A huge police operation was put into place to deal with dissent in Paris. Thousands still managed to protest as the police attacked the mostly peaceful demonstrations.

Students come out in force for a demonstration against the French president Macron in Paris. This came a day after Macron offered reforms to the nation in an attempt to quell the 'Yellow Jacket' uprising which has crippled the country. Many are angered at the high costs of living. The demonstration was once again met with huge police repression.

Act 5 of the Yellow Vest movement saw a fifth weekend of protests, blockades and riots all over France. In Paris demonstrators were mostly peaceful. They were however met with a huge amount of police repression. We spoke to some Yellow Vests on the streets of Paris.

2017 a year in review.

Here is some of the footage I shot in 2017 from Trumps troubled America to a feared victory of the far right La Penn in France. Happy new year.

Here is some of the footage I shot in 2017 from Trumps troubled America to a feared victory of the far right Le Penn in France. Happy new year!

A messy May Day in Paris.

After Le Pen wins the first round of the presidential elections in France - heavy clashes erupt at May Day demonstrations in Paris. This film is released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence. Details here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en_GB

After Le Pen wins the first round of the presidential elections in France - heavy clashes erupt at May Day demonstrations in Paris.

Video: The Real State of Emergency

The real face of the 'refugee friendly city' which is Paris 2017.

As the press and politicians obsess themselves with the second round of voting in the French elections, with the choice between the two final contenders seeming meaningless for many, we follow those who were never offered a choice to begin with: France's forgotten refugee populations are now faced with grim future scenarios, dictated by either the neoliberal, or the outright fascist policies of the two remaining candidates. 

Video from first round of French elections

In the hours before the first round of the French elections, as the voices of European reason and liberalism anguished and then sighed with relief, we took to the streets of Paris: from its edge to its core, the French capital exudes fear and resentment. For so many, the election is distant, irrelevant, unable to change a life for which there is little to celebrate.

In the hours before the first round of the French elections, as the voices of European reason and liberalism anguished and then sighed with relief, we took to the streets of Paris: from its edge to its core, the French capital exudes fear and resentment. For so many, the election is distant, irrelevant, unable to change a life for which there is little to celebrate.

By Ross & Antonis

Saint-Denis, the day before.

As France braces itself for the April 22 election, we visit the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis to talk with the locals there: to get a sense of their fears and hopes for what lies ahead.

'As France braces itself for the April 22 election, we visit the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis to talk with the locals there: to get a sense of their fears and hopes for what lies ahead.'

Glare at your TV screen, flick through your feeds, blink at your flashing updates and you will soon immerse yourself in what is meant to be an election like no other, an election that is supposed to determine the future of France and even Europe as we’ve known it so far.

Keep it at that, and you could easily believe the election is fought at the TV studios, between the four gladiators fighting for the soul of the Republic. But out in the city things are, as always, more complicated. In the days leading up to, and following the election, we ask urbanites about their fears and their hopes. As the country grips itself for the mother of all battles, we delve into the city’s streets and its metro carriages to brush out its psyche.

Ross Domoney & Antonis Vradis. 

With the help of Daniel Murphy & Eric Amalraj