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,-.

FIREBIRD AWARD

Young Cinema Competition Hong Kong International Film Festival
Jury’s comment: The film’s simplicity and humanity show great sensitivity to universal human problems. In this story of a Chechen émigré family seeking asylum in Vienna, viewers can find a mature understanding of growing up amid political upheaval in the modern world. Young Ramasan Minkailov gives an extraordinary performance as a sensitive boy who must take on adult responsibilities and accept the fact of his father’s death.

MACONDO
directed by Sudabeh Mortezai (FreibeuterFilm)
International sales: Films Boutique

A story of growing up between cultures. A coming-of-age story on identity, belonging and self-determination, close to harsh reality and in close contact with the amateur actors.

with: Ramasan Minkailov, Kheda Gazieva, Aslan Elbiev