Synopsis A volunteer soldier in 1914 and witness to the rise of Nazism in 1933, the German painter Otto Dix depicted the ravages and horrors of war. With unsparing lucidity, he portrayed scenes that are disturbing and shocking. Art was his weapon. The master who said, “I need courage to paint ugliness,” rendered the chaos around him in a manner both brutally honest and humane. Under the inquisitive gaze of award winner filmmaker Jennifer Alleyn, this film explores the shady side of the Roaring Twenties, the writings of Nietzsche, and our relationship to truth. 10 X Dix is a cubist deca-portrait in which the artist’s interior dialogue casts light on his own work. A tour of his works expresses the soul of a painter torn between horror and beauty, horrified by the war, yet hungry to experience the reality of things. The better: to paint them. Caméra: Jennifer Alleyn, Sébastien gros Montage: Natacha Dufaux, Guillaume Roussel-Garneau Production: Echo Media A coproduction between SRC, ARTV, NDR-ARTE. In competition at the FIFA 2011. Won the ARTV Springboard Award