MOVIES - FICTION
CLANDESTINS
by Nicolas Wadimoff, Denis Chouinard
VOD
A port in the north of Europe. Sandu, a 13-year-old gypsy, wants to get to Canada. He is not the only one. Five other men and a woman are also stowaways. Six people, six lives, six destinies and one single wish: to reach the other side, where life is better. The voyage normally takes a week ? a week to hide in a container, thirsty, hungry and above all afraid. Afraid of cracking up, going mad, and worse still of not arriving. Ever. A kind of hell. The ship's engine breaks down. With nothing to eat, the stowaways are tempted to leave their hideaway. But the crew is on guard. Their orders are clear: no stowaway must ever reach Canada?
Credits
Year: 1997
Country: CH, F, B, CDN
Running Time: 98 Min.
Director: Nicolas Wadimoff, Denis Chouinard
Author: Nicolas Wadimoff, Denis Chouinard
Producer: Werner Schweizer
Executive Producer: Werner Schweizer
Co-Producer: Les Productions du Regard, Montreal, Morgane Films, Belgien, Les Films de la Cassine, France
Camera: Sylvain Brault
Editor: Christian Marcotte
Sound: Paul Lainé
Music: Bill Laswell
Costumes: Cidalia Da Costa
Set Designer: Ivan Niclass
Production Manager: Heinz Dill
Cast: Ovidiu Balan, Moussa Maaskri, Simona Maicanescu, Anton Kouznetsov, Hanane Rahman, Christelle Sabas
Awards Mention Speciale du Jury pour l?interprétation collective dans le film, Festival du Film de Paris 1998
Silver Dophin, Best Director, Troija Int. Film Festival, 1998
Special Mention, Catholic Organization of Film Critics (OCIO), Troja 1998
Mention spéciale du jury pour l?interprétation collective dans le film festival de Paris 1998
Prix SARDEC, Meilleure scénario d?un long métrage, Cinéma Québécois 1998
Prix Fuji, Meilleure direction de la Photographie, Cinéma Québécois 1998
Prix d?interprétation (S. Maicanescu, F. Dakino), Bucarest 1997
Bayard d?Or, Meilleur film, Namur 1997
Prix SACD (Scénario du Comité belge des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques), Namurs 1997
Prix Emile Cantillon du Jury des Jeunes, Namurs 1997
Prix du Public, Ville de Namur 1997
2ème Prix Union de Banques Suisses Jeune Cinéma, 1997
Don Quichotte: 1er Prix de la Fédération Int. des Ciné-Clubs, Locarno 1997
Festivals 20e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, 2005
15. Film-Kunst-Fest Schwerin, 2005
Setubal 19. Troia International Film Festival, 2003
Internationale Filmtage der Menschenrechte Nürnberg, 1999
5. Französische Filmtage Tübingen, 1998
21st Göteborg Film Festival, 1998
Rencontres cinémas de Manosque, 1998
Troia International Film Festival, 1998
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 1998
Ecrans Noirs du Cinéma Francophone Kamerun, 1998
Festival International de Carthage Tunis, 1998
Festival du Film de Paris, 1998
Festival du Film Francophone de Bratislava, 1998
Göteborg International Film Festival, 1998
Golden Roster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival, China, 1998
International Human Rights Film Festival Moscow, 1998
New Delhi International Film Festival, 1998
Prag Independent Film Festival, 1998
Solothurner Filmtage, 1998
Sundance Film Festival, 1998
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois, 1998
Brisbane International Film Festival, 1998
38th Int. Thessaloniki Film Festival, 1997
Rouyn/Noranda 16e FIC en Abitibi-Témiscamingue,
1997
31. Int. Hofer Filmtage, 1997
33rd Chicago International Film Festival,1997
Namur, 12e Festival int. du film francophone, 1997
Toronto International Film Festival, 1997
Montréal Québec, 21e Festival des films du monde, 1997
Locarno 50. Festival internazionale del film, 1997
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 1997
St. Louis International Film Festival, 1997
Hong Kong International Filim Festival, 1997
Beirut International Film Festival, 1997
Bucharest International Film Festival, 1997
