L'ivresse d’une oasis

Hachimiya Ahamada & 88' — 2011

« This is our first holiday to the Comoros Islands. Here, they call us the ‘I come from’ and the family is the ‘I stay’. The Comoros were a projection for us. And for you it was a land to come back to. You always raised us with the myth of the eternal return. As long as the house wasn’t finished, we could not go. It is still not finished but we are here without you. Between us women, I filmed each of our first steps in your Motherland, for you.” This movie-letter is for my father who had this dream: me and my sisters living in Comoros. It never happens. This movie-letter is also a road- movie all around the 4 comorian islands.

Belgium

Production: Shônagon Films
Co-production: CBA, les Docs du Nord

Réalisation
Hachimiya Ahamada
Scenario
Hachimiya Ahamada
DOP
Hachimiya Ahamada
Sound
Hélène Bourgois
Image editor
Thibaut Verly
Sound editor
Dominik Guth
Mix
Yann-Elie Gorans (Chocolat-Noisette)
Calibration
Michael Cinquin (Charbon studio)
Production
Shônagon Films (Melody Imbach)
Image Format
Vidéo 4/3
Sound Format
Stereo
BW/Colour
Color
Languages OV
COM, FR
Available subtitles
FR, EN
Festivals

2011:
Festival International du Film d’Afrique et des Îles, France, 09/11
Festival Lumières d’Afrique, France, 11/11

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