Fantastic news from Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival ‼️
A GOLDEN LIFE won the award for the best documentary at the international competition 🏆🏆🏆
Congratulations @Boubacar Sangare & Madeline Robert 👏
From the jury statement: The film contributes a new, careful, respectful and genuine perspective to our understanding of ‘the world as we know it’.
More: www.verzio.org/en/award-winning-films-of-the-20th-verzio
2G REVIEW: "The film looks splendid, and the skill used in filming in the desert – where stark daylight is as challenging to capture as the fast-changing tones at dusk – is remarkable. There is a blissful serenity and simplicity in some of the images captured."
Thank you for the positive review at Modern Times Review 🫶
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Karim Sayad's '2G' is an intimate portrait of former people smugglers from Niger.Powerfull weekend for Vista Mare Film 🏖🌠
🏆 Best Italian film at Festival dei Popoli
🏆 Audience Award at Duisburger Filmwoche
Congratulations Villa Mondeo, Eutopiafilm & Albolina Film GmbH 🫶👏
AUSTRIAN FILMS
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🏆🏆🏆Another fantastic award for Photophobia. The film won DAFilms award at Filmový festival Jeden svet 🥳Cena DAFilms.sk pre film Svetloplachosť (réžia Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík)
After the outstanding world premiere of 2G at IDFA we are glad to share this interview where Karim talks more about his creative process and about the filming in Niger.
Do not miss more screenings of this brilliant modern documentary Saharan western 🤠
From the interview:
The director underlines that he was determined to imbue his film with a ‘western’ aesthetic. The film is shot in widescreen to emphasise the horizontal vastness of the sands. What’s more, his characters “are modern cowboys. They hustle in the desert and instead of riding horses they drive a Toyota Hilux or ride motor bikes,” he stresses. “I tried to look at them through this lens.” Sayad also ends the film with a nod to Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti westerns on the soundtrack.
NEXT IDFA SCREENINGS:
November 12 | Tuschinski 2 | 9:30
November 16 | Podium Mozaïek | 21:30
November 18 | Munt 2 | 21:45
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IDFA Frontlight interview: 2G by Karim Sayad - Business Doc Europe
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“They are modern cowboys. Instead of riding horses they drive a Toyota Hilux or ride motor bikes across the desert.”