DocNomads films selected to Docudays UA, Ukraine
The short documentary The Lamb by Cyrielle Raingou, a student from Cameroon, will have its world première in Docudays UA - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, held in Ukraine between March 26 and April 4.
Also competing in the Docu/Short section is I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore, by Viv Li (China), which premiered at IDFA Amsterdam in late 2020.
By Cyrielle Raingou • 14' • 2020
Synopsis:
All his life as a shepherd, Janos waited to be freed. Today, like the sheep that roam the meadow happily, Janos is impatient to open a door that has been sealed up and that holds him captive. And like a lamb waving in Lady Sheep's belly, eager to get out for its very first breath, Janos wants to find his way into a world full of possibilities. In a purely observatory approach, we focus on a life cycle that is played out upside down in a lush landscape in which sheep graze, lulled by the songs of birds, the rustling of the foliage charging the space with a certain captivating magic.
Trailer here.
By Viv Li • 16' • 2020
Synopsis:
A wistful but witty account of a trip to Beijing by an art student who has been abroad for ten years. Her stay with her family mercilessly exposes how uprooted she has become by her life abroad.
Trailer here.