{"id":13789,"date":"2021-12-13T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=13789"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T08:55:19","slug":"malian-director-ousmane-samassekous-award-winning-documentary-feature-the-last-shelter-is-an-african-film-competing-for-the-academy-award-for-best-documentary-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/12\/13\/malian-director-ousmane-samassekous-award-winning-documentary-feature-the-last-shelter-is-an-african-film-competing-for-the-academy-award-for-best-documentary-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Malian Director Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou\u2019s Award-Winning Documentary Feature “The Last Shelter” Is An African Film Competing For The Academy Award For Best Documentary Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Won the Top Prize Dox:Award at CPH:DOX
Best African Film at Encounters in Cape Town
Best Film Les Escales Documentairs La Rochelle
Tanit d\u2019argent Journ\u00e9es Cin\u00e9matographiques de Carthage
Vincento Pinto Abreu Grand Prize Porto\/Post\/Doc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South African media company STEPS, proudly announced the Oscar submission of the first film in their latest project Generation Africa<\/em>, making the Mali\/ South Africa\/ France production one of a few contenders representing African documentary film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generation Africa, an exciting new documentary film collection comprises of 25 compelling documentary films from 16 African countries to offer a new narrative on migration from the perspective of young Africans. The collection has produced one of the most critically acclaimed stories of this year, whose latest achievement has been to qualify in the documentary feature category competing for the Academy Awards this year: The Last Shelter <\/em>from Malian director Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a town called Gao, in central Mali, at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, stands The House of Migrants – a safe haven for those on their way to Europe or returning home after unsuccessful attempts to cross the desert or the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stories of young people are witnessed through many testimonies from the House of Migrant with three women\u2019s stories \u2013 a silent Natasha whose traumas in the Sahara have led to her losing her memory so that she can\u2019t go home, as well as Esther and Kadi, two teenage girls deliberating over the decision to cross the desert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here the young people share and come to terms with their individual migration stories, feelings and needs. Some residents\u2019 dreams have been buried in the sand, while others are optimistic and their adventure is still waiting to be lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of the film is inspired by Samass\u00e9kou\u2019s uncle who also went on a similar journey to Europe, only to disappear and never to be heard from again. Today Africa has the largest youth population in the world and many young people are turning to migration as the solution to a lack of opportunities in their home countries. Narratives in mainstream media often tell the story from the outsider\u2019s perspective, Samass\u00e9kou\u2019s film gives unique access from the inside, giving voice to young people\u2019s hopes and desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Shelter <\/em>had its world premiere this year at CPH:DOX, winning the grand prize and has gone on to screen at over 30 leading international film festivals so far, including HotDocs, DokFest M\u00fcnchen, Durban International Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, FESPACO and IDFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFor me, making documentaries means above all talking about human stories so that they have a great impact on our various societies\u201d, says Samass\u00e9kou, \u201ctoday, thanks to this film, we have the chance to give hope to someone and to give her the desire to live again. She is 14 years old and her name is Esther, the very young and beautiful character on our posters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having started its impact campaign the film is appealing to audiences moved by the stories to donate towards a fund for Esther to manage as a migrant in Algeria and to obtain a skill through training and further education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf this film succeeds in bringing a smile and joy back to this beautiful character, we will have won the battle for daring to do so. For all our dreams, let us dare to dream big and beautiful,\u201d says Samass\u00e9kou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Shelter <\/em>is a second feature for Samass\u00e9kou, whose debut film Les h\u00e9ritiers de la colline<\/em> was also a critical success, winning the Grand Prix du Jury at the Agadir Festival and special mention of the Jury at the AMAA Awards. He owns a production company DS Productions, along with his Malian producer Andrey Diarra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Last Shelter<\/em> is co-produced by Diarra for DS Productions, with French producer Estelle Robin You for Point de Jour – Les Films du Balibari as well as Don Edkins and Tiny Mungwe for STEPS in South Africa where it is part of the Generation Africa <\/em>project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generation Africa<\/em> is the first pan-African documentary project to bring filmmakers from French-speaking Africa to collaborate with English-speaking counterparts, in a ground-breaking initiative that builds community for documentary film in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis project has shown us that much can be achieved in documentary film through collaboration within the continent and internationally, and building capacity within. The achievements of our first film The Last Shelter<\/em>, have demonstrated that the objectives of Generation Africa<\/em>, to make urgent films that shift the narrative about Africa, while resonating with a global audience, are making headway.\u201d says Edkins, who is also the co-founder of STEPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supported by the DW Akademie, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bertha Foundation and Robert Bosch Foundation, the 25 films of Generation Africa <\/em>are set for audiences in a global broadcast event with Arte (France, G.E.I.E and ZDF) as the lead broadcaster in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Le documentaire Prim\u00e9 Du R\u00e9alisateur Malien Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou, “Le Dernier Refuge”, Est Un Film Africain En Comp\u00e9tition Pour l’Oscar Du Meilleur Documentaire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Il a remport\u00e9 le premier prix DOX:Award \u00e0 CPH:DOX, meilleur film africain aux Encounters South African International Documentary Festival du Cap, meilleur film aux Escales Documentaires de La Rochelle, Tanit d’argent aux Journ\u00e9es Cin\u00e9matographiques de Carthage, le Grand Prix Vincento Pinto Abreu \u00e0 Porto\/Post\/Doc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de production sud-africaine STEPS est fi\u00e8re d’annoncer la soumission aux Oscars du premier film de son dernier projet Generation Africa<\/em>, faisant de cette production malienne, sud-africaine et fran\u00e7aise l’un des rares candidats repr\u00e9sentant le cin\u00e9ma documentaire africain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generation Africa<\/em>, une nouvelle collection de films documentaires passionnante, comprend vingt-cinq films documentaires fascinants provenant de seize pays d\u2019Afrique qui offrent un nouveau r\u00e9cit sur la migration du point de vue des jeunes africains. La collection a produit l’une des histoires les plus acclam\u00e9es par la critique de cette ann\u00e9e, dont le dernier exploit a \u00e9t\u00e9 de se qualifier dans la cat\u00e9gorie des longs-m\u00e9trages documentaires en comp\u00e9tition pour les Oscars cette ann\u00e9e: Le Dernier Refuge<\/em>, du r\u00e9alisateur malien Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans une ville appel\u00e9e Gao, au centre du Mali \u00e0 la limite Sud du d\u00e9sert du Sahara, se trouve la Maison des Migrants – un refuge s\u00fbr pour ceux qui sont en route vers l’Europe ou qui rentrent chez eux apr\u00e8s avoir tent\u00e9 sans succ\u00e8s de traverser le d\u00e9sert ou la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les histoires de ces jeunes sont relat\u00e9es \u00e0 travers de nombreux t\u00e9moignages de la Maison des Migrants avec trois histoires de femmes – une silencieuse Natasha dont les traumatismes dans le Sahara lui ont fait perdre la m\u00e9moire et qui ne peut plus rentrer chez elle, ainsi qu’Esther et Kadi, deux adolescentes qui d\u00e9lib\u00e8rent sur la d\u00e9cision de traverser le d\u00e9sert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ici, les jeunes partagent et acceptent leurs histoires de migration, leurs sentiments et leurs besoins individuels. Les r\u00eaves de certains r\u00e9sidents ont \u00e9t\u00e9 enterr\u00e9s dans le sable, tandis que d’autres sont optimistes et leur aventure attend toujours d’\u00eatre v\u00e9cue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’histoire du film est inspir\u00e9e par l’oncle du r\u00e9alisateur, qui a effectu\u00e9 un voyage similaire vers l’Europe, avant de dispara\u00eetre et de ne plus jamais donner de nouvelles. Aujourd’hui, l’Afrique a la plus grande population de jeunes au monde et nombre d\u2019entre eux se tournent vers la migration comme solution au manque d’opportunit\u00e9s dans leur pays d’origine. Le film d\u2019Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou offre un acc\u00e8s unique de l’int\u00e9rieur, donnant la parole aux espoirs et aux d\u00e9sirs de cette jeunesse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Dernier Refuge<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en premi\u00e8re mondiale cette ann\u00e9e \u00e0 CPH:DOX o\u00f9 il a remport\u00e9 le grand prix. Il a ensuite \u00e9t\u00e9 projet\u00e9 dans plus de trente grands festivals internationaux, dont HotDocs, DokFest M\u00fcnchen, le Durban International Film Festival, le Festival du film de Sydney, le Festival international du film de Chicago, le FESPACO et l’IDFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Pour moi, faire des documentaires c’est avant tout parler d’histoires humaines pour qu’elles aient un grand impact sur nos diff\u00e9rentes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s”, dit Samass\u00e9kou. “Aujourd’hui, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce film, nous avons la chance de donner de l’espoir \u00e0 une personne et de lui redonner l’envie de vivre. Elle a 14 ans et s’appelle Esther, la tr\u00e8s jeune et tr\u00e8s belle jeune fille de nos affiches.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s avoir lanc\u00e9 sa campagne d’impact, le film appelle les spectateurs touch\u00e9s par ces histoires \u00e0 faire un don pour un fonds permettant \u00e0 Esther de se d\u00e9brouiller en tant que migrante en Alg\u00e9rie et d’obtenir une qualification par le biais d’une formation et d’une \u00e9ducation compl\u00e9mentaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Si ce film r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 redonner le sourire et de la joie \u00e0 ce beau personnage, nous aurons gagn\u00e9 la bataille pour avoir os\u00e9 le faire. Pour tous nos r\u00eaves, osons r\u00eaver grand et beau”, dit Samass\u00e9kou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Dernier Refuge<\/em> est le second long-m\u00e9trage d\u2019Ousmane Samass\u00e9kou, dont le premier film Les h\u00e9ritiers de la colline<\/em> a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 un succ\u00e8s, remportant le Grand Prix du Jury au Festival d’Agadir et la mention sp\u00e9ciale du Jury aux AMAA Awards. Il poss\u00e8de une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de production, DS Productions, avec son producteur malien Andrey Diarra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Dernier Refuge<\/em> est co-produit par Andrey Diarra pour DS Productions, avec la productrice fran\u00e7aise Estelle Robin You pour Point de Jour – Les Films du Balibari, ainsi que Don Edkins et Tiny Mungwe pour STEPS en Afrique du Sud o\u00f9 il fait partie du projet Generation Africa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generation Africa<\/em> est le premier projet documentaire pan-africain \u00e0 amener des cin\u00e9astes d’Afrique francophone \u00e0 collaborer avec leurs homologues anglophones, dans le cadre d’une initiative novatrice qui cr\u00e9e une communaut\u00e9 pour le cin\u00e9ma documentaire en Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ce projet nous a montr\u00e9 qu’il est possible d’accomplir beaucoup de choses dans le domaine du documentaire en collaborant sur le continent et \u00e0 l’\u00e9chelle internationale, et en renfor\u00e7ant les capacit\u00e9s internes. Les r\u00e9sultats de notre premier film, Le Dernier Refuge<\/em>, ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que les objectifs de Generation Africa<\/em>, \u00e0 savoir r\u00e9aliser des films urgents qui modifient le r\u00e9cit sur l’Afrique, tout en trouvant un \u00e9cho aupr\u00e8s d’un public mondial, sont en train de progresser”, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Don Edkins, qui est \u00e9galement le co-fondateur de STEPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soutenus par la DW Akademie, le minist\u00e8re f\u00e9d\u00e9ral allemand de la coop\u00e9ration \u00e9conomique et du d\u00e9veloppement, la Bertha Foundation et la Robert Bosch Foundation, les vingt-cinq films de Generation Africa<\/em> seront diffus\u00e9s dans le cadre d’un \u00e9v\u00e9nement mondial dont ARTE (France, G.E.I.E et ZDF) sera le principal diffuseur en 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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