The Awards Ceremony took place at the "Ara Pacis Mundi" Memorial on the hill of Medea
ADMITTED FILMS: International Festival “A Film for Peace” - Sixth Edition 2011
ALBANIA
-Mushrooms of Concrete by Martijn Payens, 2010, 24’
ARGENTINA
-Awka Liwen / Rebellion at Dawn / Alba ribelle by Mariano Aiello and Kristina Hille, 2010, 77’
AUSTRIA
-Burma Displaced by Roland Wehap, 2010, 90’
BELGIUM
-Mushrooms of Concrete by Martijn Payens, 2010, 24’
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
-”Dobre Duše” / “Good Souls” by Nedim Hrbat, 2010, 7’ 54”
CANADA
-Love Is a Hunter by Jessica MacCormack, 2010, 3’ 3”
-Joan by Jessica MacCormack, 2010, 3’ 53”
-Hyphen Islam-Christianity by Nada Raphaël, 2010, 26’ 40”
-Black Hands, Trial of the Arsonist Slave by Tetchena Bellange, 2010, 52’
-Incendies / La donna che canta by Denis Villeneuve, 2010, 2h 10’
CHILE
-One Day in Smara by Fany de la Chica, 2010, 24’ in co-production with Spain
CROATIA
-The Place Where the Last Man Died by Ivan Peric, 2010, 98’
-Sorrow by Liliana Resnick, 2009, 13’ 40”
FINLAND
-KOTIINPALUU / Return by Harri J. Rantala, 2010, 18’ 30”
FRANCE
-Resistance by Fabienne Gautier, 2010, 27’
-Nobody Knows My Name by James Nicholson, 2011, 85’
-WARdisease by Marie Magescas, 2010, 8’ 26”
GREECE
-Katapsychos by Minos Matsoukas, Katerina Bethani, John Pliotas, 2011, 19’ 36”
-1,2 Million Children by Effie Pappa, 2010, 3’ 22”
GUINEA-BISSAU
-Heaven or Hell by Filipe Henriques , 2011, 13’ in co-production with Portugal
INDIA
-May I Come in? by Venu Nair, 2010, 39’ 42”
-Digging Mercy by Venu Nair, 2010, 13’ 49”
IRAN
-Bedrood Baghdad / Farewell Baghdad by Mehdi Naderi, 2010, 90’
-Tractor Family by Jamshid Mojaddadi, 2009, 52’
-Flamingo No.13 by Hamid Reza, 2010, 82’
-The Qandil Mountains by Taha Karimi, 2010, 86’
-Shadows of Silence by Shahriar Pourseyedian, 2009, 16’
-Bitter Milk by Nasser Zamiri, 2010, 28’
-Silhouette by Shahriar Pourseyedian, 2010, 29’
IRAQ
-Shewi Hisab / Night of the Judgement by Hussain Sewdin, 2010, 90’
ISRAEL
-Lone Samaritan by Barak Heymann, 2010, 50’
-I Shot My Love by Tomer Heymann, 2010, 56’
-”Goya” by Nikita Feldman, 2011, 72’
-”Google baby” by Zippi Brand Frank, 2010, 76’
ITALY
-I lavoratori del mare by Domenico de Ceglia, 2010, 25’ 36”
-In My Prison by Alessandro Grande, 2010, 6’ 52”
-La quarta via by Simone Brioni, Graziano Chiscuzzu, Ermanno Guida, 2009, 40’
-Il tema by Ivan Germano, 2010, 29’
-Io sono qui by Mario Piredda, 2011, 21’
-La prigione invisibile by Lisa Tormena and Matteo Lolletti, 2010, 50’ 46”
-Il racconto di Julio by Silvio Licata, 2011, 19’ 50”
-1514 le nuvole non si fermano by Carlotta Piccinini, 2010, 53’
-Acqua e pace by Emanuela Gasbarroni, 2009, 26’
-Encourage by Eleonora Campanella, 2011, 15’ 51”
-L’acqua by Alessandro Eusebi, 2010, 5’ 3”
-A mani libere by Giuseppe Tumino, 2011, 3’
-”N” by Alessandro Alfonso Leone and Emanuele Bonaventura, 2011, 2’ 45”
-Daily Life. Dialoghi fra Palestina e Israele by Matteo de Nicolò and Serena Landi, 2010, 57’
-Bianco e nero by Francesco Ciceroni, 2010, 1’ 30”
-I Bambini hanno gli occhi by Antonio De Palo, 2010, 21’ 58”
-Il cuore ce l’abbiamo tutti allo stesso posto by Giordano Ruini, 2009, 10’ 45”
-Good buy Roma by Gaetano Crivaro and Margherita Pisano, 2011, 50’
-La grande guerra patriottica by Tullio Ferrario, 2010, 66’
-La lunga marcia dei 54 by Alberto Gambato, 2010, 59’
-La Currybonara by Ezio Maisto, 2010, 15’
-Sconfinato - storia di Emilio by Ivan Bormann, 2010, 51’
-Condannato a morte by Alessio Perisano, 2010, 8’ 25”
-Il talebano by Federico Di Cicilia, 2009, 53’
-Romeo Ken Juliet by Diego Monfredini, 2010, 15’
-Perfect Fire by Paola Rosà and Antonio Senter, 2011, 47’
-L’audace viaggiatore by Marco Paracchini, 2009, 17’
-Belle by Luis Fernandes, 2010, 9’
-La terra sopra di noi by Cristian Scardigno, 2010, 18’
-Fantasia Breve by Stelvio Sciuto and Antonio Cicognara, 2011, 1’ 44”
-L’ora che precede l’alba by Cristiano Cenci, Raoul Garzia, Andrea Ruggeri, 2010, 27’
-Una lettera da Auschwitz by Alan Bigiarini, 2010, 13’
-Zerozero by Damiano Debbi, 2010, 9’
-La guerra infantile by Alessio Perisano, 2010, 2’ 10”
-Garderie Unautremonde by Fabrizio Banti, 2010, 22’ 20” in co-production with Senegal
-Insulo de la Rozoj, La libertà fa paura by Roberto Naccari and Stefano Bisulli, 2009, 58’
-Il laccio by Simone and Emanuele Policante, 2009, 6’
-Adina e Dumitra by Dario Leone, 2011, 5’
-Eclissi di fine stagione by Vito Palmieri, 2011, 15’
-Playing Maruata by Adam Selo, 2010, 52’
-J by Giovanni Mazzitelli, 2009, 12’
-Eroiche gesta dell’esercito dalle armi giocattolo by Ruggiero Cilli, 2011, 29’ 26”
-Volando insieme per la pace by Luca Settimo, 2009, 20’ 45”
-Kamenge Northern Quarters by Manu Gerosa and Salva Muñoz, 2010, 58’ 30” in co-production with Spain
-Viaggio a Lampedusa di Giuseppe Di Bernardo, 2010, 59’
-Bambini d’Italia by Paolo Fantini, 2011, 11’
-Efecto Mariposa by Sirka Cristina Capone, 2011, 3’ in co-production with Spain
-Bianca e Lucia by Dario Dalla Mura and Elena Peloso, 2010, 31’
-In questa vita by Eitan Pitigliani, 2011, 25’ 10”
-Auschwitz Is My Teacher by Katia Bernardi, 2011, 52’
-Colpa nostra by Walter Nanni, 2010, 70’
-Indi 2002 by Marco Lanzafame, 2010, 15’
-La valigetta by Sebastiano Melloni, 2011, 2’ 55”
-Viaggio a Planasia by Duccio Ricciardelli, 2010, 54’
-Risorse umane by Marco Giallonardi, 2010, 12’ 35”
-Changement by Chiara Cavallazzi, 2010, 89’
-Dove i miei occhi by Corrado Punzi, 2009, 29’
-Memory (Fughe dalla democrazia) by Alessandro e Mattia Levratti, 2010, 67’
-Stato privato by Luigi Marmo, 2010, 14’
-Domani torno a casa by Paolo Santolini and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, 2008, 90’
LEBANON
-Short Memory by Marwan Khneisser, 2010, 8’ 44”
NEW ZEALAND
-Cluster Bombs: Banned in New Zealand by Mary Wareham, 2010, 20’
POLAND
-Hackers of Freedom by Marcin Gładych, 2010, 30’
-Knight of 21st Century. Grunwald Meetings by Piotr Reisch, 2010, 15’
ROMANIA
-One-way Round-trip by Mirel Bran and Jonas Mercier, 2011, 90’
PORTUGAL
-Vicky and Sam by Nuno Rocha, 2010, 14’
-Momentos by Nuno Rocha, 2010, 7’
-Justino by Carlos Amaral, 2010, 7’ 27”
-Heaven or Hell by Filipe Henriques , 2011, 13’ in co-production with Guinea-Bissau
RUSSIA
-Volonteer by Olga Korotkaya, 2010, 32’
SENEGAL
-Garderie Unautremonde by Fabrizio Banti, 2010, 22’ 20” in co-production with Italy
SERBIA
-Traitor vs. War Criminal by Zelimir Gvardiol, 2009, 40’
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
-The Whole World Is a Narrow Bridge by Dusan Hudec, 2010, 59’
-Veterans of the Second World War by Dusan Hudec, 2010, 71’
SOUTH KOREA
-Western Movie by Hyung-suk Lee, 2010, 9’
SPAIN
-Los ojos de Brahim / Brahim’s Eyes by Macarena Astorga, 2011, 57’
-Daisy Cutter by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, 2010, 6’ 41”
-El camino de los Sueños by Joan Soler, 2010, 86’
-One Day in Smara by Fany de la Chica, 2010, 24’ in co-production with Chile
-Khorosho / Todo bien by Mighel Ángel Jiménez, 2010, 21’ 32”
-El ambidiestro / The Ambidextrous by Antonio Palomino Rodríguez, 2010, 14’ 50”
-Achemi (My Name Is) by Aina Gòmez Pizá, 2011, 20’
-Nuevos Tiempos by Jorge Dorado, 2010, 18’
-Venezuela [sur] realista by Francisco Guaita, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Venezuela
-Madres 0,15 el minuto / Mothers 15 Cents a Minute by Marina Seresesky, 2011, 52’
-Del Poder di Zaván Zaván, 2011, 72’
-Kamenge Northern Quarters by Manu Gerosa and Salva Muñoz, 2010, 58’ 30” in co-production with Italy
-Efecto Mariposa by Sirka Cristina Capone, 2011, 3’ in co-production with Italy
-Invisible Needness by Gerard Franquesa Capdevila, 2011, 1’ 35”
-Il ritorno by Gustavo Gil, 2009, 78’
-La autoridad / The Authority by Xavi Sala, 2010, 9’
-La vergüenza en los tiempos del cólera / Shame in the Time of Cholera by Javier Arcos, 2010, 52’
-Drawings of Light by Roberto Lozano Bruna, 2010, 97’
-El somirure amagat / The Hidden Smile by Ventura Durall, 2011, 13’
-Artalde by Asier Altuna, 2010, 8’ 06”
-La mirada circular by Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Dirk Soldner and Jim-Box, 2010, 12’
SWEDEN
-Israel vs. Israel by Terje Carlsson, 2010, 59’
SWITZERLAND
-Srebrenica 360° by Kipfer Conny, 2009, 55’
TURKEY
-Babam Tarih Yapiyor by Haydar Demirtaş, 2010, 30’
-Dead Souls by Murat Ozcelik, 2010, 90’
-Impact by Deniz Kurdak, 2010, 3’ 43”
UNITED KINGDOM
-The Glass Ceiling by Emma Sywyj, 2010, 31’ 42”
-Legends of Ingushetia by Fatima Mutsolgova and Elena Michajlowska, 2010, 57’
USA
-Cross Wise by Peter Dudar and Sally Marr, 2011, 81’
-Hidden Battles by Vittoria Mills, 2010, 65’
-War Investment Seminar by Alan Gorg, 2010, 26’
-Coffee Futures by Zeynep Gürsel, 2009, 22’
-A Circle and Three Lines by Jan Selby, 2009, 10’ 5”
-Halo Around the Moon by Steve Oldford, 2010, 29’
VENEZUELA
-Venezuela [sur] realista by Francisco Guaita, 2011, 53’ in co-production with Spain
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SELECTED FILMS
From 141 admitted films, 55 films were selected which are shown below.
ARGENTINA
-Awka Liwen / Rebellion at Dawn / Alba ribelle by Mariano Aiello and Kristina Hille, 2010, 77’
CANADA
-Black Hands, Trial of the Arsonist Slave by Tetchena Bellange, 2010, 52’
-Incendies / La donna che canta by Denis Villeneuve, 2010, 2h 10’
CHILE
-One Day in Smara by Fany de la Chica, 2010, 24’ in co-production with Spain
CROATIA
-Sorrow by Liliana Resnick, 2009, 13’ 40”
FRANCE
-WARdisease by Marie Magescas, 2010, 8’ 26”
-Nobody Knows My Name by James Nicholson, 2011, 85’
GREECE
-1,2 Million Children by Effie Pappa, 2010, 3’ 22”
INDIA
-Digging Mercy by Venu Nair, 2010, 13’ 49”
IRAN
-Bitter Milk by Nasser Zamiri, 2010, 28’
-Silhouette by Shahriar Pourseyedian, 2010, 29’
IRAQ
-Shewi Hisab / Night of the Judgement by Hussain Sewdin, 2010, 90’
ISRAEL
-”Google baby” by Zippi Brand Frank, 2010, 76’
ITALY
-Dove i miei occhi by Corrado Punzi, 2009, 29’
-Il racconto di Julio by Silvio Licata, 2011, 19’ 50”
-La terra sopra di noi by Cristian Scardigno, 2010, 18’
-Sconfinato - storia di Emilio by Ivan Bormann, 2010, 51’
-Auschwitz Is My Teacher by Katia Bernardi, 2011, 52’
-Changement by Chiara Cavallazzi, 2010, 89’
-Acqua e pace by Emanuela Gasbarroni, 2009, 26’
-Domani torno a casa by Paolo Santolini and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, 2008, 90’
-La guerra infantile by Alessio Perisano, 2010, 2’ 10”
-Io sono qui by Mario Piredda, 2011, 21’
-La quarta via by Simone Brioni, Graziano Chiscuzzu, Ermanno Guida, 2009, 40’
-L’ora che precede l’alba by Cristiano Cenci, Raoul Garzia, Andrea Ruggeri, 2010, 27’
-La Currybonara by Ezio Maisto, 2010, 15’
-Bianco e nero by Francesco Ciceroni, 2010, 1’ 30”
-Indi 2002 by Marco Lanzafame, 2010, 15’
-Garderie Unautremonde by Fabrizio Banti, 2010, 22’ 20” in co-production with Senegal
-Viaggio a Planasia by Duccio Ricciardelli, 2010, 54’
-Drawings of Light by Roberto Lozano Bruna, 2010, 97’
-L’acqua by Alessandro Eusebi, 2010, 5’ 3”
-1514 le nuvole non si fermano by Carlotta Piccinini, 2010, 53’
-In my Prison by Alessandro Grande, 2010, 6’ 52”
-Insulo de la Rozoj, La libertà fa paura by Roberto Naccari and Stefano Bisulli, 2009, 58’
-A mani libere by Giuseppe Tumino, 2011, 3’
-Kamenge Northern Quarters by Manu Gerosa and Salva Muñoz, 2010, 58’ 30” in co-production with Spain
-Colpa nostra by Walter Nanni, 2010, 70’
LEBANON
-Short Memory by Marwan Khneisser, 2010, 8’ 44”
NEW ZEALAND
-Cluster Bombs: Banned in New Zealand by Mary Wareham, 2010, 20’
POLAND
-Hackers of Freedom by Marcin Gładych, 2010, 30’
PORTUGAL
-Momentos by Nuno Rocha, 2010, 7’
SENEGAL
-Garderie Unautremonde by Fabrizio Banti, 2010, 22’ 20” in co-production with Italy
SPAIN
-One Day in Smara by Fany de la Chica, 2010, 24’ in co-production with Chile
-Daisy Cutter by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, 2010, 6’ 41”
-Invisible Needness by Gerard Franquesa Capdevila, 2011, 1’ 35”
-La mirada circular by Iván Sáinz-Pardo, Dirk Soldner e Jim-Box, 2010, 12’
-El somirure amagat / The Hidden Smile by Ventura Durall, 2011, 13’
-El ambidiestro / The Ambidextrous by Antonio Palomino Rodríguez, 2010, 14’ 50”
-Artalde by Asier Altuna, 2010, 8’ 06”
-Kamenge Northern Quarters by Manu Gerosa and Salva Muñoz, 2010, 58’ 30” in co-production with Italy
SWEDEN
-Israel vs. Israel by Terje Carlsson, 2010, 59’
TURKEY
-Impact by Deniz Kurdak, 2010, 3’ 43”
UNITED KINGDOM
-Legends of Ingushetia by Fatima Mutsolgova and Elena Michajlowska, 2010, 57’
USA
-War Investment Seminar by Alan Gorg, 2010, 26’
-Coffee Futures by Zeynep Gürsel, 2009, 22’
-A Circle and Three Lines by Jan Selby, 2009, 10’ 5”
-Cross Wise by Peter Dudar and Sally Marr, 2011, 81’
The selected films were submitted for evaluation to a circuit of high school and university students from Dams-University of Udine that selected the list of finalists, respectively, two feature films and two documentaries (shorts).
The artistic director of the festival, Enrico Cammarata said that in this edition the number of participating countries has increased again and that the films were of high quality.
According to the regulation, this year, the selected films were not shown to the public directly as in the previous edition (2010), but to a smaller jury in order to allow jurors to do the best of jobs. The films were evaluated by the jury of the circuit of municipalities and schools that have given the following response.
THE TOP 2 FINALISTS IN EACH CATEGORY AT LAST!
Feature Films:
CANADA
-Incendies / La donna che canta by Denis Villeneuve, 2010, 2h 10’
ITALY
-Domani torno a casa by Paolo Santolini and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, 2008, 90’
Short Films:
GREECE
-1,2 Million Children by Effie Pappa, 2010, 3’ 22”
SPAIN
-Daisy Cutter by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, 2010, 6’ 41”
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SPECIAL AWARDS
"Water Rights" Special Award (films)
Special Awards for the Best Film Recommended for Schools (films)
Special Audience Award for "Best Story Film" (films)
Special Award for the Best Film on Disarmament (films)
The following are the members of the Technical Jury:
Silvio Celli, Director of Provincial Mediatheque of Gorizia, President of the Jury
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea, and Coordinator of the Festival, member
Enrico Cammarata, Artistic Director of the Festival, member
Roberto Collini, Director of Rai 3 FVG, member
Giancarlo Piccinin, Photographer, member
Federico Portelli, Provincial Councilor for Culture, Province of Gorizia, member
Renato Valentinuz, Cultural Operator, member
Renzo Furlano, Cultural Operator, member
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The Awards Ceremony took place at the "Ara Pacis Mundi" Memorial on the hill of Medea
Alberto Bergamin, Mayor of Medea and Coordinator of the Festival
The public at the Awards Ceremony on July 3
The award ceremony took place on July 3 at the Ara Pacis Mundi National Monument of Medea (Gorizia, Italy) in the presence of government officials and a large, engaged audience. The First Prize was awarded to Spanish directors Enrique García and Rubén Salazar by Friuli’s Regional Councilor for Culture Venezia Giulia Elio De Anna.
FINAL WINNER FOR THE 2011 FESTIVAL “A FILM FOR PEACE”
FIRST PLACE in short film section
Special Award for the Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools
Daisy Cutter, by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, Spain, 2010
The prizes were awarded to Spanish directors Enrique García and Rubén Salazar by Friuli’s Regional Councilor for Culture Venezia Giulia Elio De Anna.
RUNNER-UP in short film section
1,2 Million Children, by Effie Pappa, Greece, 2010
Still of 1,2 Million Children
FIRST PLACE in feature film section
Special Audience Award for “Best Story Film”
Incendies (The woman who sings), by Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 2010
Still of Incendies
RUNNER-UP in feature film section
Domani torno a casa, by Paolo Santolini and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, Italy, 2008
The prize was awarded to Italian director Fabrizio Lazzaretti by the President of Provincial Committee of Verona National Association of Families of the Fallen and Missing in War, Giulio Romeo Migliorini
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Special Award "Water Rights" for the Best Film
Special Award for the Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools
Acqua e pace, by Emanuela Gasbarroni, Italy, 2009
The prizes were awarded to Italian director Emanuela Gasbarroni by Gorizia’s Provincial Councilor for Culture and member of the Technical Jury Federico Portelli
Special Award for the Best Feature Film: Recommended for Schools
Auschwitz Is My Teacher, by Katia Bernardi, Italia, 2011
The prize was awarded to Italian director Katia Bernardi by the Cultural Operator and member of the Technical Jury Renato Valentinuz
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Special Award for the Best Film on Disarmament
WARdisease, by Marie Magescas, France, 2010
The award ceremony took place on October 27 at the prestigious British Museum in London
The prize was awarded to French director Marie Magescas by the Mayor of Medea Alberto Bergamin
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MOTIVATION FOR THE AWARDS
Short Film Section
THE FILM RANKED SECOND:1,2 Million Children, by Effie Pappa, Greece, 2010
Synopsis: A third world child pursues the dream of freedom but becomes a victim of exploitation.
Motivation
In just a little over two minutes, Effie Pappa’ s the animated short film addresses and unravels the difficult issue of abduction and trafficking of children. Every year, about 1,200,000 children are abducted from their families, mainly in Africa, and are often being sold on the sex market. The author evokes the theme with delicacy and sensitivity, delivering a poetic film, where the monsters are in the first place thieves of dreams and of the future: the worst of the crimes that can be committed against children.
THE FILM RANKED FIRST: Daisy Cutter. La cortadora di margaritas, by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar, Spain, 2010
Synopsis: Daisy Cutter tells the story of a girl, who is just ten years old, Zaira, which (like many other children) lives the injustice of the war from her tender and innocent perspective. Daily, Zaira gathers daisies for a friend that she lost: not to forget him, not to lose him…
Motivation
A pretty name, Daisy Cutter (literally: cutter of daisies) is the name of a terrible bomb able to scorch the ground on a radius of several hundred meters. In an unspecified Arab country, a little girl loves to pick daisies and place them on school desks and on the graves of friends who are no more. The cruelty of war brings together the two, so different, "daisy cutters". Afterward the girl, and with her all the children victims of wars, is soaring along with the daisies cut off by the bomb. The film seems to suggest that the purity and innocence do not belong to this world. In this short animation, the mastery in the technique does not overshadow, even for a moment, the inspired narrative insight. Daisies and children are flying now carried by the wind...
In addition, the movie receives the Special Award for Best Short Film: Recommended for Schools.
Feature Film Section
THE FILM RANKED SECOND: Domani torno a casa i.e. I come home tomorrow by Paolo Santolini and Fabrizio Lazzaretti, Italy, 2008
Synopsis: I come home tomorrow is a film about the victims of war.
The main characters are Murtaza, a seven years old Afghan boy, born and raised in the province of Ghazni, and Yagoub, a fifteen years old Sudanese boy, who found refuge from the war in the refugee camp of Mayo, in the extreme south of Khartoum.
For decades, in Afghanistan and in Sudan, serious armed conflicts are causing tens of thousands of injured and victims among the civilian population, whose survival is often entrusted to a few men and women who decided to take upon themselves to ensure that the victims are offered the right to be treated.
Motivation
Two distant capitals, Kabul, in Afghanistan and Khartoum in Sudan, are daily confronted with the disasters caused by wars; it is in these two cities where are unfolding the actions of Emergency's doctors, the NGO founded by Gino Strada and his wife Teresa Sarti. To assist the children torn by landmines or operate those suffering from heart disease coming from the refugee camps, are part of the tasks assumed by Emergency, which decided to work outside and beyond the warring parties, and to stand always and everywhere on the side of those who suffer.
During the two years of filming, the authors of the documentary recorded dozens of hours of footage, but focused their attention on the stories of Murtaza, an Afghan child who lost a hand to a landmine, and that of Yogoub, a fifteen-years-old Sudanese boy suffering from cardiac dysfunction.
Through the stories of the two youngsters, the directors are showing us the suffering humanity, relying on Emergency's hospitals, and causing the audience to participate in the slow process of physical recovery and the rebirth of the joy of living for the victims of war.
THE FILM RANKED FIRST: Incendies (The woman who sings) by Denis Villeneuve, Canada, 2010
Synopsis: A mother’s last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad’ s acclaimed stage play, Incendies (Scorched) tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults’ voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, endless wars, and enduring love.
Motivation
Denis Villeneuve's film reveals the intensity and the power of a Greek tragedy. At the beginning of the film, as in “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles, the truth is completely unspeakable, being overwhelming and unacceptable. Based on a stage play, the film depicts the wrenching descent into the abyss that the search for truth requires. As in a Greek tragedy, understanding the truth plunges the characters towards a horror from which it seems there is no way out. The director, relying on a perfect script, full of twists and turns (which he co-authored), and excellent actors perfectly fit for their parts, shows that he knows how to direct with a sure hand an incandescent matter, until the surprising final clarification.
In addition, the movie also receives The Special Audience Award for “Best Film Story”..
After a long and careful consideration, the Jury decided to award THE ABSOLUTE FIRST AWARD OF THE FESTIVAL "A FILM FOR PEACE" 2011 EDITION, ex-aequo to:
Daisy Cutter. La cortadora di margaritas by Enrique García and Rubén Salazar
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Incendies (The woman who sings) by Denis Villeneuve.