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2016 French documentary short film
Nobody Dies Here (French: Ici, Personne Ne Meurt)
[1] is a 2016 French documentary short film directed by Simon Panay. The film has been presented as World Premiere to the 20th
Rhode Island International Film Festival
[2] where it won the First Jury Prize for Best Documentary.
[3]
The film talks about an illegal Gold Mine in North
Benin .
Plot
Perma Gold Mine,
Benin . Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.
Awards
"First Jury Prize, Best Documentary",
[4] 20th Flickers'
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016
"Best International Documentary",
[5] 33th Vues D'Afrique Montreal 2017
"Special Jury Award", "Francophony Award", "Special Jury Mention, University Jury" ,
[6] 17th Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin 2017
"Jury Prize" ,
[7] Festival International du Film de Tanger
[8] 2016
"Best International Documentary", "Audience Award" ,
[9] 16th Festival Lumières D'Afrique 2016
"Best International Documentary", "Giura Ristretta Award", Medal of Honor of the Italian Parliament" ,
[10] 12th Sardinia Film Festival 2017
"Best International Documentary ",
[11] 14th
In The Palace International Film Festival 2017
"Jury Award ",
[12] (Documentary Competition), 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen
[13] 2017
"Best Documentary ",
[14] MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn
[15] 2016
"Special Jury Mention ",[
citation needed ] 19th FICMEC, Festival de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias
[16] 2017
"Best Documentary", 12th SoCal Film Festival
[17] 2017
"Jury Prize " (Documentary Competition) 12th Baghdad International Film Festival
[18] 2016
"Special Jury Mention ",
[19] Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal 2016
"Best Documentary" , Wolves Independent International Film Festival
[20] 2016
"Jury Prize ",
[21] Longleaf Film Festival 2017
"Grand Jury Prize", "Best Director", "Best Editing", "Best Original Music", "Best Photography ",
[22] London Independent Film Awards 2017
"Best Documentary" , Snake Alley Festival of Film
[23] 2017
"Best Documentary" , Kraljevski Film Festival
[24] 2016
"Best Documentary" , Hoosierdance International Film Festival
[25] 2017
"Best Documentary" , 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival
[26] 2017
"Second Jury Prize" , Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition
[27] 2017
"Vision Award" , Mount Vernon Film Festival
[28] 2016
"First Jury Prize" ,[
citation needed ] ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Festival 2016
"Susy Award, Special Jury Mention" ,
[29] Terra Di Tutti Film Festival 2016
"Special Jury Mention ",
[30] Ferrara Film Festival 2016
"Special Jury Mention" , 6th Tlachana Fest
[31] 2017
"Jury Prize" , 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara
[32] 2016
"Special Jury Mention" , 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia
[33] 2017
"Special Jury Mention" , Short of the Year
[34] 2016
"Best Documentary" ,
[35] 8th Short To The Point 2016
"Award of Excellence" ,
[36] The Impact DOCS Awards 2017
"Best Documentary" ,
[37] Cosmic Film Festival 2017
"Best Documentary Short Film ",
[38] Atlas Awards 2017
"Best Documentary" ,
[39] RiverReel International Film Festival 2017
"Best Documentary Short Film",
[40] Maracay International Film Festival 2017
"Special Jury Mention" ,
[41] Falcon International Film Festival
"Best Editing" ,
[42] Real Time Film Festival 2017
"Best Documentary", "Best Human Rights Film", "Audience Award" ,
[43] Open Window International Film Challenge 2017
"Best Extra Long Short" ,
[44] Berlin Flash Film Festival 2017
"Best Film", "Best Documentary" ,
[45] 12 Months Film Festival 2017
"Third Jury Prize" ,
[46] C&C Festival 2017
Nominations
"Best Foreign Documentary" , China Academy Award of Documentary Film CAADF 2016
"Best Documentary" ,
[47] 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award 2017
"Best Documentary", "Best Photography" ,
[48] The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival 2017
"Best Documentary", "Best African Film" , 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival 2017
"Best Documentary" The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest 2017
Official Selections
- 20th Flickers'
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Rhode Island, USA, August 2016) (Oscar Qualifying)
- 33ème Vues D'Afrique (Montreal, Canada, April 2017)
- 17ème Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin (Vaulx-en-Velin, France, January 2017)
- 48th
Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, USA, April 2017) OSCAR Qualifying
- 14th
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, Montana, USA, February 2017) OSCAR Qualifying
- 17th Off Courts Trouville (Trouville, France, September 2016)
-
Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York, UK, November 2016) BAFTA Qualifying
- 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote (Lanzarote, Spain, April 2017) GOYA Qualifying
- 18th International Short Film Festival of Torrelavega (Spain, May 2017) GOYA Qualifying
- 33rd Französische Filmtage (Tübingen, Stuttgart, Germany, November 2016)
- 36th
Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival (Minneapolis, USA, April 2016)
- 12ème Festival Paris Courts Devant (Paris, France, December 2016)
- FIDBA, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires (Argentina, August 2016)
- 25th Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR (Madrid, Spain, October 2016) GOYA Qualifying
- 6th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Llanelli, Wales, May 2017) BAFTA CYMRU Qualifying
- 23ème FEMI, Festival International du Cinéma de Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe, France, January 2017)
-
Oaxaca Film Festival (Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2016)
- 19th FICA, Festival International de Cinema e Video Ambiental (Goias, Brazil, June 2017)
- 18th Lucania Film Festival (Pisticci, Italy, August 2017)
- 14th
CinemadaMare Film Festival (Roma, Italy, June–September 2017)
- Boston French Film Festival (Boston, USA, March 2017)
- Bosphorus International Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey, November 2016)
- 22ème Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine (Nancy, France, September 2016)
- 10th We The Peoples Film Festival (London, UK, November 2016)
- Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Documentario Marcellino De Baggis (Taranto, Italy, May 2017)
- 10th Psarokokalo, Athens International Short Film Festival (Athens, Greece, October 2016)
- 20th OFF Cinema Festival (Poznan, Poland, November 2016)
- 21st FESTIFIL, Festival la Fila de Cortometrajes (Valladolid, Spain, May 2017)
- 45th Festival of Nations (Lenzig, Austria, June 2017)
- 18th Mediteran Film Festival (Široki Brijeg, Bosnia, August 2017)
- 26th Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia (Palencia, Spain, February 2017)
- 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos FICDH (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2017)
- 11th River Film Festival (Padova, Italy, June 2017)
- 8th Cinéma Sous Les Etoiles (Montréal, Canada, July 2017)
- 6th PUFF Film Festival Hong-Kong (Hong-Kong, China, June 2017)
- 13ème Festival L'ici Et L'ailleurs (Saint-Martin-en-Bresse, France, April 2017)
- 17th International Izmir Short Film Festival (Izmir, Turkey, November 2016)
- 24th OpenEyes Filmfest (Marburg, Germany, July 2017)
- 11th MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira (Cambuquira, Brazil, July 2017)
- 19th Spokane International Film Festival (Spokane, Washington, USA, January 2017)
- 15th MIDEC Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Laguna (La Laguna, Spain, June 2017)
- 15th
Riverside International Film Festival (Riverside, California, USA, April 2017)
- 19th Ismailia International Film Festival (Ismailia, Egypt, April 2017)
- 8ème Festival Périples et Cie (Mâcon, France, November 2016)
- 23rd Twin Rivers Media Film Festival (Asheville, New York State, February 2017)
- 8th Cordoba International Film Festival (Cordoba, Spain, August 2017)
- 6th Prokuplje Short Film Festival (Prokuplje, Serbia, May 2017)
- 6th
Capital City Film Festival (Washington, USA, April 2017)
- 13th KO & Digital, Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario (Barcelona, Spain, December 2016)
- Festival International du Film de Tanger (Tanger, Morocco, September 2016)
- 16ème Festival Lumières D'Afrique (Besançon, France, November 2016)
- 12th Sardinia Film Festival (Alghero, Italy, June 2017)
- 14th In The Palace International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria, December 2016)
- 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Pachuca, Mexico, May 2017)
- MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn (Puerto Madryn, Argentina, November 2016)
- 19th FICMEC, Festival de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain, May 2017)
- 12th SoCal Film Festival (Huntington Beach, California, USA, February 2017)
- 12th Baghdad International Film Festival (Baghdad, Iraq, December 2016)
- Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Saint-Louis, Senegal, December 2016)
- Wolves Independent International Film Festival (Utena, Lituania, December 2016)
- Longleaf Film Festival (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, May 2017)
- London Independent Film Awards (London, UK, February 2017)
- Snake Alley Festival of Film (Burlington, Vermont, USA, June 2017)
- Kraljevski Film Festival (Kralijevo, Serbia, September 2016)
- Hoosierdance International Film Festival (Kokomo, Indiana, USA, June 2017)
- 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival (Cluj Napoca, Romania, April 2017)
- Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition (Pittsburgh, USA, March 2017)
- Mount Vernon Film Festival (New York, USA, October 2016)
- ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Festival (Barcelona, Spain, October 2016)
- Terra Di Tutti Film Festival (Bologna, Italy, October 2016)
- Ferrara Film Festival (Ferrara, Italy, March 2016)
- 6th Tlachana Fest (Tlachana, Mexico, April 2017)
- 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara (Florencio Varela, Argentina, November 2016)
- 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia (Äakovo, Croatia, June 2017)
- Short of the Year (Madrid, Spain, May 2016)
- 8th Short To The Point (Bucharest, Romania, December 2016)
- The Impact DOCS Awards (La Jolla, California, USA, January 2017)
- Cosmic Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA, February 2017)
- Atlas Awards (Boston, USA, January 2017)
- RiverReel International Film Festival (Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2017)
- Maracay International Film Festival (Maracay, Venezuela, May 2017)
- Falcon International Film Festival (London, UK, April 2017)
- Real Time Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria, June 2017)
- Open Window International Film Challenge (Chennai, India, March 2017)
- Berlin Flash Film Festival (Berlin, Germany, June 2017)
- 12 Months Film Festival (Cluj, Romania, June 2017)
- C&C Festival (Matulji, Croatia, July 2017)
- China Academy Awards (Beijing, China, December 2016)
- 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award (Winter Park, USA, July 2017)
- The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival (Evansville, Indiana, USA, April 2017)
- 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival (Jeffersonton, Virginia, USA, July 2017)
- The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest (Jersey City, USA, March 2017)
- Mostremp, Cinema Rural Al Pallars (Tremp, Spain, August 2016)
- Les Rencontres Documentaires de Koudougou (Koudougou, Burkina-Faso, April 2017)
- TAFF, The African Film Festival (Dallas, USA, July 2017)
- 9th FreeNetWorld International Film Festival (Nis, Serbia, December 2016)
- 14th World Film Festival (Tartu, Estonia, March 2017)
- FICCVELO, Festival de Cine Carlos Velo (La Corogne, Spain, December 2016)
- Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Medellin – FICME (Medellin, Colombia, November 2016)
- 9th Trenton Film Festival (Trenton, New Jersey, USA, March 2017)
- Viva Film Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnie, September 2017)
- Earth Day Film Festival (San Francisco, California, USA, April 2017)
- 7th Irvine International Film Festival (Irvine, California, January 2017)
- FINDECOIN, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes (Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, February 2017)
- Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente Oftalmica (Veracruz, Mexico, November 2016)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Derechos Humanos de Bolivia – El Séptimo Ojo Es Tuyo (Sucre, Bolivia, August 2017)
- Festival Internacional de Cine "FICNOVA" (Madrid, Spain, October 2016)
- 14th Fear No Film Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2017)
- 12th Bay Street Film Festival (Thunder Bay, Canada, September 2017)
- 6th The Workers Unite Film Festival (New York, USA, May 2017)
- 5th AegeanDocs International Documentary Film Festival (Mytilene, Greece, October 2017)
- Muestra de Cine Documental Central-Doc/TLX (Tlaxcala, Mexico, November 2016)
- Festival de Cine de Ituzaingó (Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2017)
- Emerge Film Festival of Maine (Auburn, Maine, USA, April 2017)
- Crossing The Screen (Eastbourne, UK, November 2016)
- Glass City Film Festival (Toledo, Ohio, USA, May 2017)
- Solidando Film Festival (Cagliari, Italy, December 2016)
- 6th The People's Film Festival (Harlem, New York, USA, June 2017)
- Biosegura Cine, Medio Ambiente y Mundo Rural (Jaen, Spain, June 2017)
- 10th Columbia Gorge International Film Festival (Venice, California, September 2017)
- Salon International de la Luz (Bogota, Colombia, May 2017)
- Rural FilmFest (Ciudad Real, Spain, August 2017)
- Miraj International Film Festival (Miraj, India, February 2017)
- Festimal de Ojo, Festival de Cine Etnografico (Quito, Ecuador, September 2016)
- Afro Film Festival « Ananse » (Calle, Colombia, September 2016)
- Festival Espacio Enter (Tenerife, Spain, December 2016)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Querétaro (Querétaro, Mexico, July 2017)
- Annual Los Angeles International Culture Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA, April 2017)
- Festival Internacional de Cine de la Universidad de Baja California (Colonia Nueva, Mexico, October)
- 8th The WE Film Festival (Maastricht, Netherland, May 2017)
- Tegenstroom (Ijzendijke, Netherland, December 2016)
- Bucharest Shortscut (Bucharest, Romania, October 2016)
- Paphos International Film Festival (Paphos, Cyprus, June 2017)
- Synimatica Short Film Festival (Meridan, USA, July 2017)
- EG3 Paris Film Festival (Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, June 2018)
- Door Kinetic Arts Festival (Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, USA, June 2017)
- DFK New Wave (Kolkata, India, March 2017)
- Hobnobben Film Festival (Waine, Indiana, June 2017)
- One Country One Film (Le Mans, France, July 2017)
- North Carolina Film Award (Raleigh, USA, July 2017)
- Mid Tenn Film Fest (Smyrna, Tennessee, USA, July 2017)
- High Peak Independent Film Festival (New Mills, UK, July 2017)
- 18th Fine Cut (USA, June 2017)
- Through My Eyes (Los Angeles, USA, March 2018)
- Indie Film Depot (USA, March 2017)
- Arete Film Festival (Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, May 2017)
- FECIP, Festival de Cine de Portoviejo (Portoviejo, Ecuador, June 2017)
- PickurFlick Indie Film Festival (Aryana, India, March 2017)
- The Quarantine Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria, July 2017)
- Believe in Your Dreams, Arkansas Film Festival (Arkansas, USA, December 2017)
- Howling Wolf International Film Festival (Glasgow, Scotland, September 2017)
- RAI Film Festival (Bristol, UK, April 2017)
- Cinema Grand Prix (Jawa Barat, Indonesia, January 2017)
- Motion For Pictures (Cary, North Carolina, USA, April 2017)
Production
Director and Producer: Simon Panay
Chief Operator: Nicolas Canton
Sound Operator: Daniel Audry
Music Composer: Philippe Fivet
Distribution
USA and Canada: 7th Art Releasing
[49]
Worldwide: Adastra Films
[50]
Festival Distribution: Promofest
[51]
References
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