
Production:
LES FILMS DE MAI
Serge Zeitoun
44, Faubourg du Temple
75011 Paris
Tel. + 33 (0)1 43 57 07 01
Fax: + 33 (0)1 43 57 52 48
Email: filmsdemai@wanadoo.fr
FADO FILMES
Luis Galvão Teles
Rua Gonçalves Zarco, 18-5°-dt°
1400-191 Lisbonne (Portugal)
Tel. + 351 21 302 10 32
Fax: + 351 21 302 10 42
Email: fadofilmes@mail.telepac.pt
SAMSA FILM
Jani Thiltges
238 C, rue de Luxembourg
L-8077 Bertrange (Luxembourg)
Tel. + 352 45 19 60 1
Fax: + 352 44 24 29
Email: samsafilm@filmnet.lu
With the participation of:
FONDS SUD CINEMA (Ministère des Affaires étrangères et Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (CNC))(France); ADC-Sud (Ministère des Affaires étrangères); Commission Européenne - Fonds Européen de Développement; Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l’Europe; MC/ICAM (Institut du Cinéma, Audiovisuel et Multimédia); Fonds national de soutien à la production audiovisuelle du Luxembourg; Göteborg Film Festival Filmfund; Institut Camões; RTP (Radiotelevisão Portuguesa); Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie (AIF); CIRTEF; Fonds d’Action et de Soutien pour l’Intégration et la Lutte contre la Discrimination (FASILD).
Distribution:
PIERRE GRISE DISTRIBUTION
21, Av. du Maine
75015 Paris
Tel. 01 45 44 20 45
Fax: 01 45 44 00 40
International Sales:
FRANCE TELEVISION Distribution Internationale
Claudia Rae-Colombani
1, boulevard Victor
75015 Paris (France)
Tel. + 33 (0)1 44 25 01 62/49
Fax: + 33 (0)1 44 25 01 95
Festivals:
Official competition at the Festival of Venise 2002- Prix “Citta di Roma”, Prix “Lanterna Magica”.
Official competition at the Festival of Carthage 2002
Official competition at the Festival of Amiens - Prix Signis, Prix d’Amiens Métropole
Out of competition at the “Festival des 3 Continents”, Nantes 2002
Official competition FESPACO 2003
Official competition at the Festival of Göteborg 2003
Official selection of the Festival “Vues d’Afrique”, Montreal 2003
Official selection of the Festival of San Francisco 2003

2002
Screenplay
Flora Gomes/Franck Moisnard
Running time
90 mn
35 mm colour 1: 85
Son Dolby SR
Original version in creole and french
Subtitled in French, anglais, portugais
Picture
Edgar Moura
Sound
Pierre Donnadieu
Picture editing
Dominique Paris
Sound editing
Frédéric Demolder
Mixing
Philippe Baudhuin
1st AssistantDirector
Eddy Stevesyns
Setting
Véronique Sacrez
Costumes
Rosario Moreira / Virginia Vogwill
Choregraphies
Clara Andermatt
Make Up
Emmanuelle Fevre
Music
Manu Dibango
Film Locations
Cap-Vert/Paris
Cast
Fatou N’Diaye(Vita), Jean-Christophe Dolle (Pierre), Angelo Torres (Yano), Bia Gomes (Vita’s mother), Jorge Biague (Mito the madman), Carlos Imbombo (Caminho), Danielle Evenou (Pierre’s mother), François Hadji-Lazaro (Björn)
“Po Di Sangui”
(L’Arbre aux Ames) (1996)
feature film,e 90 mn, 35 mm, official competition in Cannes, Silver Tanit in Carthage, Grand Prix at Créteil
“Le Masque” (1995)
Documentary, 35 mn,
Beta-SP
“Les Yeux Bleus de Yonta” (1992)
feature film, 100 mn, 35 mm, official selection -
Un Certain Regard - Cannes, Bronze Tanit and Prix OUA in Carthage, best actress award in Ouagadougou, Prix Spécial du Jury in Thessalonique, Premier Prix in Zarautz, Prix du Public in Wurzburg
“Mortu Nega” (1987)
feature film, 85 mn, 16 mm swelled in 35 mm, Mentions Spéciales - Semaine de la Critique - Venise, best first film award and best actress award in Ouagadougou, Bronze Tanit and best actress award in Carthage, Prix Spécial in Khouribga
Flora Gomes