The Damned Of The Sea

Original Title: De bannelingen van de zee

56' | 2009 (Completed)

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Director:	Jawad Rhalib
Producer:	Gerda Coppens
Writer:	Jawad Rhalib

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Thousands of Moroccan fishermen from Essaouira, Safi and Agadir have to move further down south to Dakhla in the Sahara hoping to catch fish. A hellish struggle ensues which threatens an entire ecosystem...

synopsis

Thousands of Moroccan fishermen from Essaouira, Safi and Agadir have to move further south to Dakhla in the Sahara hoping to catch fish. A hellish struggle ensues. In the background, trawlers from foreign countries scour the waters with their death nets, killing an entire ecosystem; in the foreground are the desperate fishermen who have been robbed of their livelihood. Who shares the responsibility for this death sentence?
Des milliers de petits pêcheurs marocains d’Essaouira, Safi et Agadir doivent descendre vers le sud jusque Dakhla dans le Sahara espérant attraper quelques poissons. Une lutte infernale commence. A l’arrière plan, des chalutiers de pays étrangers draguent les mers avec leurs filets de la mort, détruisant l’écosystème. A l’avant plan, le portrait de pêcheurs désespérés à qui on a volé leur moyen de subsistance. Qui se partage la responsabilité de cette condamnation à mort ?

Credits

Director
Jawad Rhalib
Producer
Gerda Coppens
Writer
Jawad Rhalib
Editing
Karima Saidi
Music
Hassan Laaroussi

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2009
Production status
Completed
Original title
De bannelingen van de zee
Original language
Arabic

Technical specs

Running time
56'
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Available formats
Digital Betacam
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Latcho Drom

Rotterdamstraat 56-60
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Belgium

T +32 2 773 48 37
gcoppens@latchodrom.be

www.latchodrom.be

Details
Sales

CBA Sales

Avenue des Arts 19
1000 Brussel
Belgium

T 32 (0)477 617170
th.detaille@skynet.be

www.ventes-cbawip-sales.be

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2010: Festival du Film Vert (CHE) / Festival International de Films "Pêcheurs du Monde" (FRA) / Festival International du Film sur la Ruralité (FRA) / Semaine du Documentaire de Fès (FRA) / Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa (ESP) / Festival Etonnants Voyageurs (FRA) / International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IND) / Mostra de Ciencia e Cinema A Coruna (ESP)

Awards

2009: Best Documentary Film (festival international du Film d'Environnement) / Dikalo of the Best Documentary Film (Festival International du Film Panafricain) / Prince Rainier III Special Prize (Monte Carlo Television Festival) / Eco Camera Award (Rencontres Internationales de Documentaire de Montréal) / Audience Award of the city of Nyon (Visions du Réel)