Fantastic news from Switzerland! Our project Hamada, directed by Eloy Domínguez Serén won two pitch awards at Visions du Réel. The HEAD | Genève Award for the best pitch and the Audience Engagement Award. Merci beaucoup!
Our new documentary Ouaga Girls, by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, had its Swedish national premiere during Gothenburg Film Festival, where the film was nominated in the category Best Nordic Documentary. The film will now travel south to Ouagadougou, were it will have its Burkinabe national premiere at Fespaco, were it will be screened in the section Panorama Long Metrage.
We are overwhelmed and humbled by the wonderful feedback that our film Fragility continues to receive from critics and its audience. 2017 started with Ahang Bashi receiving the prize for Best Newcomer at Guldbaggegalan 2017. The nomination reads:
This year’s winner is breaking new ground with her both sensitive and powerful film Fragility. Through the courageous decision to turn the camera on herself and her suffering, she manages to portray something great and universal. Her film is both political and poetic, a story of mental illness, identity and the psychological consequences of migration.
Fragility and Ahang Bashi was also rewarded during this years Gothenburg Film Festival, where Fragility won the Best Swedish Feature – The City Of Gothenburg Award and Ahang Bashi received the prestigious Mai Zetterling Grant (motivation in Swedish below).
“Att vidga dokumentärfilmens gränser har traditionellt ofta relaterats till att överkomma fysiska begränsningar, att tränga in i okända, outforskade miljöer, att omfatta andra kulturer, att förstå och förklara plötsligt uppenbarade nya sammanhang i vår omvärld. Och filmaren är för det mesta subjektet som företar expeditionen. Att företa en resa in i sitt eget sköra innersta är ett annat slags gränsöverskridande. Att gestalta sitt eget tillkortakommande kräver mod och konstnärlig integritet. Att finna ett filmiskt språk för att utmana både sin egen psykiska ohälsa och den roll som vår tids flyktingkatastrof spelar, kräver en sann gränsöverskridare – som dessutom återvänder med insikter som berör oss alla och visar ett filmiskt mod som utmanar.”
After being screened at festivals over the globe, including world premiere at FID Marseille, our short Rust, by Eloy Domínguez Serén wins best documentary at Zinebi film festival.
Eloy Domínguez Serén is now working on the feature lenght documentary Hamada set in Western Sahara, also produced by Momento Film.
This Friday, our short film Dear Kid by Frida Kempff won the short film competition 1 Km Film at Stockholm International Film Festival. Congratulations to Frida Kempff, and thanks to the amazing team!
The nomination reads: “This years 1km film scholarship goes to a director who believes in the power of the image, her scenes achieve a fine balance between mystery and emotion. Small details in her film bear great importance, the observant viewer is rewarded with complex characters undergoing a stormy inner drama.”
