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Biography |
Paradise - Three Journeys In This World is a poetic documentary.
In the first journey we travel along the route of tomato trucks to Almeria, Spain, where illegal immigrants from Africa work in greenhouses.
The second journey takes us to Morocco, where numerous immigrants are willing to do anything to get to Europe.
We meet Adam, who has escaped war in the Ivory Coast.
Now he is living in hiding along with numerous other refugees and immigrants and constantly fearing violence from local authorities.
The third journey takes us through the desert to Bakary Fofana’s home village on the border of Mali and Mauritania where the desert is believed to ruin the possibility of human life in the village within the next few decades.
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Festival
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| Nordisk panorama 2007, Oulu, Finland
Nordic Glory, Jyvaskyla, Finland
IDFA 2007, International documentary film festival of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois, Poitiers, France |
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Awards |
Main prize, Nordic Glory (Arktisen upeeta) 2007, Jyvaskyla, Finland
IDFA Student prize 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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Filmography |
2007 Paradise-Three journeys in this world
2003 Three Wishes
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Contact |
Elina Hirvonen
Tel: +260978695621
Å-mail: ehirvo@welho.com
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Composers |
| | Script: | Elina Hirvonen | | Producers: | Sari Lempiainen, Elina Hirvonen | | Photography: | Jarkko Virtanen | | Sound: | Kimmo Vanttinen | | Editor: | Annukka Lilja | | Music: | Hans Wessels |
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Summary |
Paradise –three journeys in this world is a documentary film about dreams, immigration and spanish tomatoes.
«I thought that when I go to Europe, everything would be fine.
When I came to Europe, I cried.
When I came to Spain, I cried» |
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Distribution |
Saara Toivanen
University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH)
School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design(ELO)
Hameentie 135 C FIN-00560 Helsinki
Finland
Fax: +358-9-634 303
Tel: +358-(0)50 331 7754
E-mail: foffice@taik.fi |
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