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Awards 2015

Jean-Loup Passek Award

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE LENGTH FILM

HE BU TUNE BU
ONCE UPON A TIME

once upon a time

Kazim Oz, Turkey / 2014 / 81'

Cash award: 3.000€

A poor crowded Kurdish family arrives from Batman to Ankara to work on the fields every year. Without any benefits and with very low wages, the family works to gain a living by cultivating lettuce. This year, the story takes a different turn gearing into a sudden, unexpected love story. The tale being told by the mother to her kids in the tent on the fields becomes real. The docudrama also narrates the process of lettuce coming from the fields to diner tables. It reveals that so many stories and so much labor stand behind the simplest food we find on our tables. It also shows that modern slavery continues to exist even in today's world.

  • Director: Kazim Oz
  • Screening: HD
  • Photography: Kazim Oz, Semih Yildiz
  • Sound: Selahattin Mardin
  • Editing: Kazim Oz, Semih Yildiz
  • Production: Yapim13 Film Production & Al Jazeera

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BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT OR MEDIUM LENGTH FILM

XENOS
XENOS

xenos

Mahdi Fleifel, UK / Greece / Denmark / 2013 / 12'

Cash award: 1.500€

In 2010, Abu Eyad and other young Palestinian men from the Ain el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon travelled with smugglers through Syria and Turkey into Greece. Like so many other migrants, they come looking for a way into Europe but found themselves trapped in a country undergoing economic, political, and social collapse.

  • Director: Mahdi Fleifel
  • Screening: HD 16:9
  • Photography: Mahdi Fleifel
  • Sound: Gunnar Oskarsson
  • Editing: Michael Aaglund
  • Production: Patrick Campbell

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BEST PORTUGUESE DOCUMENTARY

AQUI TEM GENTE
PEOPLE LIVE HERE

aqui tem gente

Leonor Areal, Portugal / 2013 / 81'

Cash award: 1.000€

Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, 2011. A slum is about to be demolished. The City Council is determined to do it, but gives no alternative accommodation to the people. On the verge of becoming homeless, dwellers organize to defend their right to housing. African and gypsy communities make decisions in popular assemblies. Women lead a central role in fighting for their human rights. This documentary follows the process during six months of pressure and negotiations with local power. It also address issues about the role of activists, and social housing policy in a time of severe crisis.

  • Director: Leonor Areal
  • Screening: HD 16:9
  • Photography: Leonor Areal
  • Sound: Rui Viana Pereira
  • Editing: Leonor Areal
  • Production: Obra Aberta

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