Retour à Mandima
Back To Mandima
Switzerland, July 2011
FILM,
Documentary,
40 min.
- directed by
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
- Written by
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
- Status
- In distribution
Back to Mandima, to find my village and my three best friends in the heart of the Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An attempt to bring closure to an ideal, idealized childhood and free myself from its spells. In the meantime there was a war, a varnish of time, 15 years. Nothing changed? Everything has. What is friendship, beyond skin colour, when one can take the plane and the other can't? When one uses the informal “you” and the other the formal “You”.
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2011
- Original Version
- French, Swahili (english subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 40 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-FDB7-0000-R-0000-0000-U
- Production
- École cantonale d'art de Lausanne Département Cinéma
- Producer
- Lionel Baier, Geneviève Rossier
- directed by
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
- Written by
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
- Cinematography
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
- Editing
- Laura Froidefond
- Sound Editing
- Laura Froidefond
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jérôme Vittoz
- Location Sound Mix
- Robert-Jan Lacombe
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- École cantonale d'art de Lausanne
Awards
(a selection)
- Clermont-Ferrand, Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Mention spéciale du jury des Médiathèques 2012 (Winner)
- Festival international de cinéma du grain à démoudre, Prix du Grand Jury du Meilleur court métrage 2012 (Winner)
- Lisbon, International Independent Film Festival Lisboa, Audience Award for Best Short Film 2012 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Duisburg, 37. Duisburger Filmwoche
04.11.2013 - 10.11.2013 -
13e Festival Européen du Cinéma Gonfreville l'Orcher
18.11.2012 - 25.11.2012 -
Cork, 57th Cork Film Festival
11.11.2012 - 18.11.2012 -
22nd International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond
08.11.2012 - 12.11.2012 -
Montreal, 15e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
07.11.2012 - 18.11.2012 -
Uppsala, 31st Uppsala International Short Film Festival
22.10.2012 - 28.10.2012 -
Namur, 27e Festival international du film francophone Namur
28.09.2012 - 05.10.2012 -
Belo Horizonte, 14th Belo Horizonte International Short Film
14.09.2012 - 23.09.2012 -
Paris, Festival Silhouette
01.09.2012 - 09.09.2012 -
Festival Cinémas d'Afrique
23.08.2012 - 26.08.2012
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Sao Paulo, 23rd Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival
23.08.2012 - 31.08.2012 -
Balchik, 10th International Short Film Festival "In the Palace"
29.06.2012 - 07.07.2012 -
Washington, 10th Silverdocs Documentary Festival AFI/Discovery Channel Washington
18.06.2012 - 24.06.2012 -
Lisbon, 9th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa
26.04.2012 - 06.05.2012 -
Clermont-Ferrand, 34e Festival international du court métrage
27.01.2012 - 04.02.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012