Documentary / 11min
Synopsis
Through the rediscovery of archival images long kept at my grandparents' home in Bordeaux, I tell the story of my childhood in Mandima, a small village in northeastern Zaire where I was born. Starting with a panoramic photo of the big departure, I observe and think back, photo after photo, to those first 10 years of this little boy who must, one fine day, leave for the city, for high school. Behind him, he leaves his friends and a whole culture. Life, its mentality, its rules, will have to be relearned.
Comment
Film about childhood with false innocence. 1 voice + photos. Cut, framed, reframed, revisited, assembled. Which tell us that getting on a (small) plane is not an easy thing. And that it is sometimes equivalent to a decisive step.
Jean-Stéphane Bron / Director
Festivals
- Brest, 27e Festival Européen du Film court de Brest
- Milano, 22nd International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond
- Duisburg, 36. Duisburger Filmwoche
- Kiev, 42nd Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
- Lille, 12e Festival international du court métrage
- Ghent, 11. Courtisane Short film Festival for Short
- Mumbai, 12th Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films
- Val-de-Marne, 22e Ciné Junior Festival international de cinéma jeunes publics en Val-de-Marne
- Almeria, 10. Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Almeria, Competition,
- Poitiers, 34es Rencontres internationales Henri Langlois, Competition,
- Gonfreville l'Orcher, 12e Festival Européen du Cinéma Gonfreville l'Orcher, Competition - Prix du public du meilleur court métrage
- Milano, 21st International Exhibition of Video and Cinema Beyond, Competition - Under 35 Prize
- Essonne, 13e Festival du Cinéma Européen en Essonne, Competition,
- Wiesbaden, 24. exground filmfest Wiesbaden
- St. Louis, 20th St. Louis International Film Festival
- Montréal, 14e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire Montréal, Competition
- Cork, 56th Cork Film Festival
- Recife, 4th Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife, Competition, - Best Image of the International Competition
- Uppsala, 30th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Competition
- Lille, 11e Festival international du court métrage, Competition
- Hamptons, 19th Hamptons International Film Festival
- Chemnitz, 16. Internationales Kinderfilmfest "Schlingel" Chemnitz,
- Chicago, 47th Chicago International Film Festival, Competition - Gold Plaque for Best Student Short
- Bern, 9. Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Shnit
- Zürich, 7. Zurich Film Festival
- Paris, 10e Festival Silhouette
- Sao Paulo, 22nd Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Competition
- Gindou, 27es Rencontres Cinéma de Gindou
- Verona, 17th San Gio Video Festival Verona
- Belo Horizonte, 8th Fluxus International Film Festival on the Internet, Competition - Best Film by the Official Jury
- Palm Springs, 17th Palm Springs International ShortFest, Competition - Best Student Documentary Short Award
- Washington, 9th Silverdocs AFI/Discovery Documentary Film Festival Washington, Competition
- Tabor, Desinic, 9th International Short Film Festival, Competition, - Grand Prix 2011 - Best Documentary 2011
- Lviv, 4th International Festival of Short Films Wiz-Art, Competition, - Audience Choice
- Lisboa, 8th International Independant Film Festival Lisboa, Competition,
- Leuven, 7th Docville International Documentary Film Festival Leuven,
- Toronto, 18th Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto, Competition
- Bratislava, 13e Festival International du Film Francophone de Bratislava,
- Aspen, 20th Aspen Shortsfest, Competition - Best Documentary
- Clermont-Ferrand, 33e Festival international du court métrage, Competition
- Solothurn, 46. Solothurner Filmtage
- Leuven, 16th Leuven Kort
- Winterthur, 14. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Competition
- Locarno, 63. Festival del film Locarno - Pardino d'oro (Concorso nazionale)
