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Wallay

 

 
Original title:
Wallay
Slovenian title:
Wallay
Section:
KINOBALON

Country, year:
Burkina Faso, France, 2071
Length:
84

Directed by:
Berni Goldblat

Screenplay:
 David Bouchet, Berni Goldblat
Cinematography:
Martin Rit
Music:
Vincent Segal
Subtitles:
English, slovenian
Language:
French
Voting code:
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Cast:
Makan Nathan Diarra (Ady), Ibrahim Koma (Jean), Hamadoun Kassogue (Amadou), Josephine Kabore (Mame), Mounira Kankole (Yéli)
Awards:
Berlinale 2017, Fespaco 2017, Cannes Ecrans Junior 2017, FIF Namur 2017, BFI London 2017, Cinekid 2017 (Jury Award), Festival del Cinema Africano 2017 (Audience Award), Vienna 2018 (Unicef Award), Innsbruck 2018 (Youth Jury Award), Bangladesh ICFF 20


DateHourLocation 
Sat, 10.11.2018 15:00 Kosovel Hall
Wed, 14.11.2018 09:00 Kinodvor Cinema
Sun, 18.11.2018 17:15 Kinodvor Cinema

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Description:
For children aged 11+ (in French and Dyula with Slovenian and English subtitles)

Winner of the EFA 2018 Young Audience Award. Swiss director Berni Goldblat depicts everyday life in Burkina Faso through the eyes of 13-year-old Ady.

Ady lives in France, but his father has decided to send him off on a long journey to relatives in West Africa. The boy is super excited at the prospect of a laid-back vacation in his father's country of origin, but when he finally gets there his uncle's welcome is cold and reproachful. The other members of the family are happy to see this visitor from afar and try to conciliate but Ady soon realises that his trip will not provide much in the way of relaxation.

"I didn't want to make a comedy, where you laugh all the way through, and I didn't want to do a drama where you just want to cry, but I wanted to have something that is sober in tone. I also didn't want to have too much music or too much dialogue. I think too much talking and explaining destroys the magic of cinema most of the time. I wanted to make it sober and realistic. /.../ Wallay is a coming of age film about opening yourself to the world." (Berni Goldblat)
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