Synopsis
The wanderings of a group of secret refugees, lost between two borders, trying to reach Europe. Distances investigates this time between two lives, between two places and the diverse manners to which a man adapts. Distances pursues the man far from himself, submerged by his environment and by his own stubbornness, a raw, locked energy, but which allows him to survive.
Credits
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Actors (4)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Émilie Blézat
- Screenwriter : David Dusa
- Director of Photography : Armin Franzen
- Music Composer : Sébastien Roux
- Editor : Yannick Coutheron
- Sound Recordist : Bruno Auzet
- Foreign producer : Helena Danielsson
- Production manager : Émilie Blézat
- Sound editor : Carole Verner
- Sound Mixer : Emmanuel Croset
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Themes : Wandering, Freedom
- Production language : Swedish, Farsi, Arabic, English, French
- Coproducer countries : France, Sweden
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Sweden)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 30 min
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)