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    PRISONERS OF FATE by Mehdi Sahebi

    officially selected for Locarno International Film Festival!

    Semaine de la Critique

     

    Screenings:

    6. August, 11:00 AM, La Sala (World Premiere)

    7. August, 09:00 AM, Palacinema 1

     

    www.prisoners-of-fate.com

     

     

  • PRISONERS OF FATE

    A film by Mehdi Sahebi

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    Feature documentary, 100'

     

    In PRISONERS OFFATE filmmaker Mehdi Sahebi (TIME OF CLOSURE, MIRR) accompanies several Afghan and Iranian refugees as they struggle to start a new life in Switzerland. The film tells of the protagonists' experiences fleeing their homeland and the significant challenges they face starting afresh in a foreign country. Not only the rigid asylum system, but also their personal traumas are obstacles they need to overcome. In times of despair, they see themselves as prisoners of fate, but friendship and humor help them keep their hopes alive.

     

     

  • SILENT FUKUSHIMA

    サイレント・フクシマ

    Written and directed by: Aya Domenig

    Produced by: Beauvoir Films (https://beauvoirfilms.ch/)

    in association with Sora Film

     

    CAST

    Mako Oshidori

    Ken Oshidori

    Jun Nakasuji

    Arthur Binard

    Toshikuni Doi

     

    Ten years have passed since the nuclear disaster and almost no one in Japan talks about Fukushima anymore. The Summer Olympics are to be held in Tokyo, and the country wants to show itself from its best side. But radiation levels remain elevated in many places, questions surrounding the dismantling of the ruined reactors remain unresolved, and many evacuees cannot return to their homes.

    In SILENT FUKUSHIMA Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig portrays five artists who criticize the government's policy of downplaying the nuclear disaster and keep fighting against oblivion. The film raises questions about the relationship between citizen and state, art and politics and responsibility towards future generations.

     

    原発事故から10年が経ち、日本では福島のことを話題にする人々がとても少なくなりました。東京では夏季オリンピックが予定されており、日本政府は世界に向けて優れた、そして安全な日本を見せることに一生懸命のように見えます。しかし、多くの場所で放射線量は依然として懸念されるレベルのままで、崩壊した原子炉の解体をめぐる問題は未解決のままであり、多くの避難者は未だに汚染された家に戻ることができていません。 《サイレント福島》では、スイス・日本人監督のアヤ・ドメーニグが、政府の原発事故軽視政策を批判し、忘却と闘う5人の日本人アーティストを描いています。この映画は、市民と国家の関係、芸術と政治の関係、そして未来の世代に対する私たちの責任について問いかけます。

  • SORA FILM

    Sora Film GmbH is an independent film production company based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company's focus is on the production of feature length documentary films for cinema.

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    AYA DOMENIG

    Producer & Director

    Aya Domenig was born in Japan in 1972 and grew up in Switzerland. From 1992 until 2000 she studied social anthropology, film studies and japanology at the University of Zurich and from 2001 to 2005 film directing at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Her graduation film «Haru Ichiban» (fiction, 22 min.) was screened at various international film festivals and was awarded the Prix Cinécinéma at the Premiers Plans Film Festival in Angers. In 2015 her feature length documentary «The Day the Sun Fell» premiered at the 68th edition of the Locarno International Filmfestival (Critics Week). The film was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2016 in two categories („Best Documentary Film“ and „Best Film Score“) and was awarded the Swiss Film Prize for „Best Film Score“. Aya Domenig is a member of the Swiss Film Academy and of the European Film Academy.

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    MAKO & KEN
    by Aya Domenig
    Feature documentary, 90'

    In development

    Written & directed by: Aya Domenig

    Production: Beauvoir FIlms, Aya Domenig Filmproduktion

     
     

  • FILMS

    directed by Mehdi Sahebi

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    Written & directed by: Mehdi Sahebi

    Production: Cinéma Copain Ltd.

    Documentary, 90 min., DCP

     

    Festivals and Awards:

    • Festival International Jean Rouch 2017, Paris, Prix Bartok und Prix monde en regards  
    • Provinziale 2016, Filmfest Eberswalde, Publikumspreis Dokumentarfilm
    • Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Awards, Best Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Music
    • International Filmfestival Innsbruck, International Documentary Competiton: Prize of the Town Innsbruck
    • 24. Fernsehworkshop Entwicklungspolitik, Frankfurt, One-World-Film Price NRW
    • 27. FILMKUNSTFEST Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Special Mention
    • 14. Dokumentarfilmwoche Hamburg 2017
    • Solothurner Filmtage 2017, Nomination Prix de Soleure 2017
    • 10 th Cinéma Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival, (International Competition)
    • Duisburger Filmwoche 2016 (world premiere), Förderpreis der Stadt Duisburg 2016
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    ZEIT DES ABSCHIEDS

    Written & directed by: Mehdi Sahebi

    Production: Cineworx

    Documentary, 63 min., DCP

     

    Awards:

    • Locarno, Locarno Festival, Prize SRG SSR idée suisse, Semaine de la critique 2006
    • Entrevues - Festival International du Film de Belfort, Prix du Public 2006
    • Entrevues - Festival International du Film de Belfort, Grand Prix du Jury 2006

    Festivals:

    • Queer Lisboa 14 Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, 17.09.2010 – 25.09.2010
    • St. Petersburg, Film Festival Time To Live, 28.03.2008 – 06.04.2008
    • Montreal, 10e RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, 08.11.2007 – 18.11.2007
    • 3rd DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival New Zealand, 27.09.2007 – 21.11.2007
    • Sao Paulo, 12th International Documentary Film Festival Sao Paulo, 22.03.2007 – 01.04.2007
    • Mar del Plata, 22. Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, 08.03.2007 – 18.03.2007
    • 21e Festival du film EntreVues Belfort, 25.11.2006 – 03.12.2006
    • Locarno, 59. Festival internazionale del film Locarno, 02.08.2006 – 12.08.2006

  • FILMS

    directed by Aya Domenig 

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    SILENT FUKUSHIMA

    (サイレント・フクシマ)

     

    TV-documentary, 52 min.

    Written & directed by: Aya Domenig

    Production: Beauvoir Films

    in association with Sora Film

     

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    ALS DIE SONNE VOM HIMMEL FIEL

    (太陽が落ちた日 / The Day the Sun Fell)

    https://www.thedaythesunfell.com/

     

    Watch the film on VOD:

    アジアンドキュメンタリーズ

    Amazon Prime

    Vimeo on Demand

    Filmingo

     

    Written & directed by: Aya Domenig

    Production: Ican Films

    Documentary, 78 min., DCP

     

    Awards, Nominations and Special Mentions:

    • Nomination Swiss Film Prize 2016 for „Best Documentary Film“ and „Best Film Score“
    • Winner Swiss Film Prize 2016 for „Best Film Score“
    • Winner Green Image Award 2016, Green Image Film Festival (Tokyo)
    • Special Mention, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
    • Winner Prix Mario Ruspoli 2016, Jean Rouch Int. Film Festival (Paris)
    • Winner Prix Anthropologie et Development Durable 2016, Jean Rouch Int. Film Festival (Paris)
    • Winner Horizonte Filmpreis 2016, Fünf Seen Fimfestival
    • Special Mention, Bolzano Filmfestival 2016
    • Winner Fethi Kayaalp Grand Prize – 2nd Prize 2016, Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary

    Festivals:

    • 68. International Film Festival Locarno (Semaine de la Critique)
    • Hiroshima International Film Festival 2015
    • This Human World 2015
    • Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken 2016 (documentary competition)
    • Solothurner Filmtage 2016
    • Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 (int. competition)
    • DOCfeed Eindhoven 2016
    • Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2016
    • Green Image Film Festival (Tokyo) 2016
    • Bolzano Filmfestival 2016
    • 26. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (documentary competition)
    • 13th Göttingen int. Ethnographic Film Festival 2016
    • International Film Festival Innsbruck 2016 (documentary competition)
    • EDOC – Encuentros del Otro Cine, Ecuador 2016
    • Seoul Human Rights Film Festival 2016
    • Bonner Dokumentarfilmwoche 2017
    • Fünf Seen Filmfestival 2016 (competition)
    • BIFED 2016
    • 35th Jean Rouch International Film Festival 2016
    • Incheon Human Rights Film Festival 2016
    • Salem Film Fest 2017
    • Cairo International Womens Film Festival 2017
    • 15th RAI Film Festival 2017 (Bristol)
    • 9. Festival de cine invisible 2017
    • Akamas Eco Film Festival 2017 (Cyprus)
    • NAFA Film Festival 2017 (Denmark)
    • NO NUKE Film Festival 2017 (Taiwan)
    • 7th Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival 2018 (Sao Paolo)

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    HARU ICHIBAN

    (Spring Storm)

    Written & directed by: Aya Domenig

    Production: Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)

    Fiction short, 22 min., 35mm

     

    Award:

    • Prix Cinécinéma, Premier Plans, Festival d’Angers

    Festivals:

    • Locarno International Film Festival, Pardi di domani
    • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
    • Solothurner Filmtage
    • Stuttgarter Filmwinter
    • FIPA Biarritz
    • Premier Plans, Festival d’Angers
    • International Shortfilm Festival Clermont-Ferrand
    • Potsdam-Babelsberg, Worldwide Student Film Festival
    • Festival du Film Court de Lille
    • Poitiers International Film Schools Festival
    • Mediawave

     

     

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