Au loin des villages
Olivier Zuchuat
2008 - 75 min - HD - Couleur - France, Suisse

April 2006. 13 000 members of the Dajo ethnic group have taken refuge on the plain of Gouroukoun in eastern Chad. They are all survivors of the Darfur conflict. Secluded in the camp they have constructed, they create their own way of life and means of survival. The filmmaker joins the refugees in this prison without walls. His lingering images convey the interminable waiting and an impression of life in slow motion, unfolding moment by moment in a non-place of destitution. Yet this war film contains no images of war. Instead, refugees relate at length their experiences; children draw scenes of battle, little girls hum songs of combat.


Distribution


Distributor : AMIP (Audiovisuel Multimedia International Production)
Distributor : Doc & Film International
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Trigon film
Circulation-Consultation : BPI (Bibliothèque publique d'information)

Distinctions

2009 - Visions du réel, Nyon (Suisse) : Sélection
2008 - FID (Festival International du Documentaire), Marseille (France) : Prix des Médiathèques
2008 - IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas) : Prix Joris Ivens
2008 - RIDM - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Montréal (Canada) : Compétition Internationale
2008 - Images en bibliothèques, Paris (France) : Film soutenu par la Commission nationale de sélection des médiathèques