Waalo Fendo (là où la terre gèle)
Waalo Fendo - Where the Earth Freezes
Waalo Fendo (dove la terra gela)
Switzerland, August 1997
FILM,
Fiction,
63 min.
- directed by
- Mohammed Soudani
- Written by
- Mohammed Soudani
- Status
- In distribution
Yaro, a young Senegalese, lands in Italy, his head full of dreams of Western opulence. He invites his younger brother Demba to join him. Together they will be able to make money to send home to the family. Two months later Yaro is murdered not far from Milan’s Central Station. Demba wants to know who killed his brother, and why. The film, following in the footsteps of Demba and friends, takes us on a journey through Italy, seen as a kind of hell that stretches, from the northern fog of Milan to the open-air tomato plantations of the South.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 1997
- Original Version
- Italian, French, Wolof (french subtitles), colour, 16mm, 63 min.
- Production
- Amka Films Productions SA
- Producer
- Tiziana Soudani
- directed by
- Mohammed Soudani
- Written by
- Mohammed Soudani
- Cinematography
- Mohammed Soudani
- Editing
- Paolo Gebhard, Giorgio Garini
- Music
- Giovanni Venosta
- Location Sound Mix
- Paolo Logli
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Amka Films Productions SA
Awards
(a selection)
- Solothurn, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award, Best Fiction Film 1998 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Locarno, 76° Locarno Film Festival
02.08.2023 - 12.08.2023 -
Internationales Filmfestival Cinematograph Innsbruck
09.06.2004 - 13.06.2004 -
Fribourg, 16e Festival int. de films de Fribourg
10.03.2002 - 17.03.2002 -
Mar del Plata, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
18.11.1999 - 27.11.1999 -
Namur, Festival international du film francophone
25.09.1998 - 03.10.1998 -
Vancouver, Vancouver International Film Festival
25.09.1998 - 11.10.1998 -
Sainte-Thérèse/Sainte Adèle, 14e Festival de premières œuvres
25.09.1998 - 04.10.1998 -
Lucas Internationales Kinderfilmfestival
21.09.1998 - 27.09.1998 -
European Film & TV Market
26.06.1998 - 29.06.1998 -
Festival Médias Nord-Sud
04.05.1998 - 08.05.1998
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Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
30.01.1998 - 08.02.1998 -
Rotterdam, International Film Festival Rotterdam
28.01.1998 - 08.02.1998 -
Firenze, Festival dei Popoli
22.11.1997 - 27.11.1997 -
Amiens, Festival International du Film d'Amiens
07.11.1997 - 16.11.1997 -
Locarno, 50. Festival internazionale del film
06.08.1997 - 16.08.1997