Wake Up on Mars
Réveil sur Mars
A first feature documentary film by Dea Gjinovci
A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resignation syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tight-knit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a spaceship to leave it all behind.
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World premiere:
2020, Tribeca Festival
Awards:
2020, Biografilm Festival – Bologna Biographical Film Festival: Hera Award – Mention for Best New Talent
2021, ZagrebDox – Zagreb International Documentary Film Festival: Youth Jury Special Mention
Development Awards:
2018 Visions du Réel – Nyon International Film Festival: Perspectives d'un Doc
2018, Sundance Film Festival: Documentary fund
2019, FIFDH – Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights: Impact Day Award
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Coproducer:
Industria FilmCast:
The Demiri family, Furkan, Muharrem Nurje Resul Ibadeta Djeneta, Elisabeth HultcrantzWriter and director:
Dea GjinovciComposers:
Gael Kyriakidis, Pavillon Studio, Fabio Poujouly & Jérémy CalameCinematographer:
Maxime KathariEditor:
Catherine BirukoffSound Department:
Quentin CoulonSpecs:
74 min, CH, FR, 2020Languages:
Albanian, SwedishSubtitles:
English
Dea Gjinovci
Dea Gjinovci has been filming and writing documentaries following her studies between Geneva, London and Paris. In parallel, she has always worked, either on film projects, or as a freelance journalist for Swiss media (Le Temps) or Anglo-Saxon (AJ +). For them, she directed “This is the sound of climate change” during the protests of COP21 in Paris. In early 2017, she coordinated a crowdfunding campaign for the documentary Mr Gay Syria, a campaign relayed by media such as Vanity Fair, the Guardian and The Economist. In 2017, she directed her first film, “Sans le Kosovo”. This short documentary was awarded the Best National Film Award at the 2017 edition of the Dokufest Festival, and has been presented at festivals in Palermo, Paris, Vienna and Visions du Réel in Nyon.
Filmography
2019 Wake up on Mars
2017 Sans le Kosovo
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