Au loin des villages
Far From The Village
Lontani dai villagi
Switzerland / France / Italy, July 2008
FILM,
Documentary,
77 min.
- directed by
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Written by
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.auloindesvillages.net
April 2006. 13,000 members of the Dajo ethnic group have taken refuge on the plain of Gouroukoun in eastern Chad. They are all survivors of the Darfur conflict. Secluded in the camp they have constructed, they create their own way of life and means of survival. The filmmaker joins the refugees in this prison without walls. His lingering images convey the interminable waiting and an impression of life in slow motion, unfolding moment by moment in a non-place of destitution. Yet this war film contains no images of war. Instead, refugees relate at length their experiences, children draw scenes of battle, little girls hum songs of combat…
credits
- World Premiere
- July 2008
- Original Version
- Nilo-Saharan (french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 77 min.
- Production
- Prince Film SA, AMIP, Les Films du Mélangeur, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse, Cooperazione Internazionale
- Producer
- Pierre-Alain Meier, Xavier Carniaux
- directed by
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Written by
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Cinematography
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Editing
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Sound Design
- Stéphane Larrat
- Re-Recording Mix
- Stéphane Larrat
- Location Sound Mix
- Olivier Zuchuat
- Production Design
- Corinne Maury
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- The Party Film Sales
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Hevadis Films
Distribution
Release date: 11.11.2009 - Switzerland
- trigon-film Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Internationales Filmfestival Cinematograph Innsbruck, Dokumentarfilmpreis 2009 (Winner)
- Marseille, Festival international de cinéma Marseille, Prix des Médiathèques 2008 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
18. Internationales Filmfestival Innsbruck
09.06.2009 - 14.06.2009 -
Warsaw, Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
08.05.2009 - 17.05.2009 -
Nyon, 15e Visions du Réel - Festival international
23.04.2009 - 29.04.2009 -
6° Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México Ficco
17.02.2009 - 01.03.2009 -
Amsterdam, 21th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
20.11.2008 - 30.11.2008 -
Montreal, 11e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal
13.11.2008 - 23.11.2008 -
Marseille, 19e FIDMarseille Festival international du documentaire
02.07.2008 - 07.07.2008