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Macondo

Sudabeh Mortezai
Eleven-year-old Chechen boy Ramasan struggles with family responsibility, refugee life in a tough neighborhood and images of the dead war hero father he barely remembers…
www.macondo-film.com
Technical Data
Running time: 94
Format: shot on 4K
Screen ratio: 1:1.85
Language spoken: German, Chechen
Production year: 2014
Credits
Director(s): Sudabeh Mortezai
Writer(s): Sudabeh Mortezai
Cinematography: Klemens Hufnagl
Editing: Oliver Neumann
Key cast: Ramasan Minkailov, Aslan Elbiev, Kheda Gazieva, Rosa Minkailova, Iman Nasuhanow
Producers: Oliver Neumann, Sabine Moser
Premiere:
2014
Berlin (Competition)
Awards (selection): Goldener Bär (Berlin)
Cicae Award (Sarajevo)
Firebird Award (Hong Kong IFF)
Production company
FreibeuterFilm GmbH
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Sudabeh Mortezai

INTERVIEW
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Sudabeh Mortezai about shooting MACONDO

«My characters do live in front of the camera, even if it isn’t exactly their own story. » Sudabeh Mortezai talks about shooting her first feature film, Macondo, contender of the 64th Berlinale competition for Golden Bear.
SHORT NEWS

Hong Kong Firebird Award goes to MACONDO

Sudabeh Mortezai's feature debut convinced the jury of the  Hong Kong Young Cinema Competition for "its simplicitiy and humanity". MACONDO wins the Firebird Award, endowed with USD 3000,-
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Sudabeh Mortezai’s MACONDO is the ARTEKINO film of the month

MACONDO, Sudabeh Mortezai’s first fiction film, is the ARTEKINO choice of this month.The 2014 Golden Bear nominee can be streamed for free throughout the whole month of July.
FEATURE

Indiewire on MACONDO: « ... a wonderfully engaging, absorbing coming of age/culture clash tale»

...a wonderfully engaging, absorbing coming of age/culture clash tale ... an absolutely astonishing performance from its young, effortlessly natural lead Ramasan Minkailov...superb performances, authentic context and impressive filmmaking…, that's what Jenny Kiang of Indiewire wrote about MACONDO, Sudabeh Mortezai's Golden Bear contender 2014. Find some more enthusiastic voices on the remarkable feature debut.
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Austrian Focus at the
14th LES ARCS Film Festival


The 14th International Film Festival LES ARCS (December 10 to 17) dedicates this year’s focus to Austrian filmmaking with
  • feature and short films from Austria in the Competition and the other festival sections
  • new projects from Austria in the Industry Village
  • with a strong presence of filmmakers from Austria in a compact and targeted European network meeting for production and exploitation
 

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