Tea or electricity tells the epic story of the implementation of electricity in a tiny isolated village enclosed in the middle of the Moroccan High Atlas.Over more than three years and season after season, the director patiently reveals the outlines of the net that will inevitably end up closing on the people of Ifri. Before our eyes is draft the image of the merciless modernity that the small village will now be connected to.
Production: IOTA Production
Co-production: CBA, RTBF
With the support of BeTV, Taxe Shelter, DGCD, Media Development, Perspective Films, CNC, Cosip, Procirep, Arte, HKS, Région Centre, Bip TV, TV Maroc
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, Canada, 02/14 – Best Mountain Culture Film
2013:
Documentary film festival Stranger Than Fiction, Germany, 01/13
Festival de cinéma Maghreb si loin si proche, France, 01/13
Bobines sociales, France, 01/13
European documentary Film Festival The Magnificient 7, 01/13, Serbia
DocPoint Festival, Finland, 01/13
Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 01/13
Festival du premier film d’Annonay, France, 03/13
Festival du film de Montagne, Turkey, 03/13
One World International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 03/13
Festival Toulousain Partances, France, 03/13
Festival The Movies that matter, The Netherlands, 03/13
Festival de Cinéma Intérances d’Alès, France, 03/13
American Documentary Film Festival, USA, 03/13
Festival du Film de Montagne de Barcelonette, France, 03/13
Magritte du Cinéma, Belgium, 2013 – Magritte du meilleur long métrage documentaire
DOCAVIV, Israël, 05/13
Festival de Lasalle, France, 05/20
Trento Film Festival, Italy, 2013 – Gentiane d’or de la Ville de Bolzano
Festival International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG), Switzerland, 05/20 – FIFOG D’OR
TRT documentary Awards, Turkey, 2013
Frequency Film Festival, USA, 05/13
Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival, Brazil, 05/13
Festival Primed, France, 06/13 – Prix spécial du jury
Cervino CineMountain Festival, Italy, 08/13
Lessinia Film Festival, Italy, 08/13 – Best documentary award
Sole Luna, Italy, 09/13 – Best film in Med.doc section
Rencontres cinématographiques de Hergia, Tunisia, 09/13
Festival Echos d’Ici, Echos d’ailleurs, France, 10/13
Margaret Mead Film Festival, USA, 10/13
Tergensee International Film Festival, Germany, 10/13 – Grand Prix
Pravo Ljudski Festival, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 11/13
Alipi Giule Film Festival, Italy, 11/13
Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, Spain, 12/13
2012:
DOCVILLE Leuven, Belgium, 03/12
Visions du Réel, Switzerland, 04/12
Taïwan International Documentary Film Festival, Taïwan, 05/12
FIDADOC, Morocco, 06/12 – Grand Prix & Prix du Public
Festival Open Doek, Belgium, 2012
Parnu Film Festival, Estonia, 07/12 – Best Film on indigenous people
Festival du Film Résistances, France, 07/12
Festival Amazigh, Morocco,07/12
Festival Silverdocs, USA, 2012
Dokufest, Kosovo, 08/12 – Grand Prix
Festival du Cinéma de Douarnenez, 08/12
Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire de Lussas, France, 08/12
London Open City Documentary Film Festival, United Kingdom, 09/12
Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival, Italy, 09/12 – Prix du meilleur film tourné et produit dans un pays de la Méditerranée
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF), Belgium, 09/12
Message to man Film Festival, Russia, 09/12 – Diploma and the medal for the best film
Ânûû-rû Âboro Festival International du Cinéma des peuples, Nouvelle Calédonie, 10/12
Festival International de Cinéma Euro Arabe Amal, Spain, 10/12 – Best documentary Award
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), Canada, 10/12
Le Grand Bivouac, France, 10/12
Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Bruxelles, Belgium, 10/12
Cinemed – Festival du Cinéma Méditerranéen de Montpellier, France, 10/12
Aarhus film festival, Denmark, 10/12
1001 Documentary Film Festival, Turkey, 10/12
DOK Leipzig, Germany, 10/12
Escales documentaires de la Rochelle, France, 10/12
Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan, 10/12
Festival Lumières d’Afrique, France, 11/12 – prix du documentaire
Festival International du Film d’Amiens, France, 11/12
Kassel DOKFEST, Germany, 11/12
Traces de Vies, France, 12/12
Festival International du Film de Montagne d’Autrans, France, 12/12 – Grand Prix du Festival d’Autrans “Banque populaire des Alpes”
This Human World, Austria, 12/12
Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (Canada) – Best Mountain Culture Film 2014
Magritte du Cinéma (Belgium) – Magritte du meilleur long métrage documentaire 2013
International du Film Oriental de Genève (FIFOG) (Switzerland) -FIFOG D’OR 2013
Festival Primed (France) – Prix spécial du jury Cervino 2013
Lessinia Film Festival (Italy) – Best documentary award 2013
Sole Luna (Italie) – Best film in Med.doc Section 2013
Tergensee International Film Festival (Germany) – Grand Prix 2013
FIDADOC (Morocco) – Grand Prix & Prix du Public 2012
Parnu Film Festival (Estonia) – Best Film on indigenous people 2012
Dokufest (Kosovo) – Grand Prix 2012
Sardinia International Ethnographic Film Festival, (Italy) – Prix du meilleur film tourné et produit dans un pays de la Méditerranée 2012
Message to man Film Festival, (Russia) – Diploma and the medal for the best film 2012
Festival International de Cinéma Euro Arabe Amal (Spain) – Best documentary award 2012
Festival Lumières d’Afrique (France) – prix du documentaire 2012
Festival International du Film de Montagne d’Autrans (France) – Grand Prix du Festival d’Autrans “Banque populaire des Alpes” 2012
