Ceux de la colline
The Hillside Crowd
Switzerland / France / Burkina Faso, April 2009
FILM,
Documentary,
72 min.
- directed by
- Berni Goldblat
- Written by
- Berni Goldblat
- Status
- In distribution
A makeshift gold mine on the remote Diosso hillside in Burkina Faso has attracted a swarm of gold-diggers and dynamite blasters, healers and dealers, vendors and prostitutes, children, holy men and barbers. Living in the promiscuous closeness of a crowded and improvised gold town, these men and women are recklessly determined to find the gold that will change their lives. The film explores their desperate quest for fortune and elusive happiness. The gold rush is relentless.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 2009
- Original Version
- French, English, Duala, Morée, Hausa, Fulah, African languages (french subtitles), colour, Digi Beta, 72 min.
- Production
- MirFilms, Cinédoc Films, Les Films du Djabadjah
- Producer
- Cédric Fluckiger, Christian Lelong
- directed by
- Berni Goldblat
- Written by
- Berni Goldblat
- Cinematography
- Michel K. Zongo
- Editing
- Francois Sculier
- Sound Editing
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Carlos Ibañez Diaz
- Music
- Pierre Omer
- Location Sound Mix
- Moumouni Jupiter Sodré
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- MirFilms
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- MirFilms Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Geneva, Black Movie, Mention spéciale du public 2010 (Winner)
- Namur, Festival international du film francophone, Prix du Public de la SCAM et de la Province de Namur - Documentaire 2009 (Winner)
- Brooklyn, Brooklyn International Film Festival, Best Documentary (Diane Seligmann Award) 2009 (Winner)
- Namur, Festival international du film francophone, Prix spécial du Jury 2009 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Festival International du Film Black de Montréal
22.09.2010 - 03.10.2010 -
Balchik, International Short Film Festival In the Palace
19.06.2010 - 26.06.2010 -
Nyon, 16e Visions du Réel Festival international de cinéma Nyon
15.04.2010 - 21.04.2010 -
Geneva, 20th Black Movie Geneva Film Festival
12.02.2010 - 21.02.2010 -
Helsinki, DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
26.01.2010 - 31.01.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Amiens, 29e Festival International du Film d'Amiens
13.11.2009 - 22.11.2009 -
Escales Documentaires Festival Int. du Documentaire de Création
09.11.2009 - 15.11.2009 -
Lisbon, doclisboa 2009 VII Festival internacional de cinema documental Lisboa
15.10.2009 - 25.10.2009 -
Namur, 24e Festival international du film francophone
02.10.2009 - 09.10.2009
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Etats généraux du film documentaire
16.08.2009 - 22.08.2009 -
Locarno, 62. Festival del film Locarno
05.08.2009 - 15.08.2009 -
Brooklyn, 12th Brooklyn International Film Festival
05.06.2009 - 14.06.2009 -
Cracow, 49th Cracow Film Festival
29.05.2009 - 04.06.2009 -
Nyon, 15e Visions du Réel - Festival international
23.04.2009 - 29.04.2009 -
Pan-Africa International - Journées du cinéma africain et créole
20.04.2009 - 26.04.2009