FAR FROM THE VILLAGE
April 2006. 13 000 members of the Dajo ethnic group have taken refuge on the plain of Gouroukoun in eastern Chad. They are all survivors of the Darfur conflict. Secluded in the camp they have constructed, they create their own way of life and means of survival.
The filmmaker joins the refugees in this prison without walls. His lingering images convey the interminable waiting and an impression of life in slow motion, unfolding moment by moment in a non-place of destitution.
Yet this war film contains no images of war.  Instead, refugees relate at length their experiences, children draw scenes of battle, little girls hum songs of combat.

AWARD
FID Marseille 2008 (International competition) - AWARD of the Mediathèques

NOMINATION
IDFA Amsterdam (Joris Ivens International competition)
Quartz 2009 - Swiss Cinema Award.

SELECTION
RIDM Montreal 2008 (International Competition), FICCO CINEMEX 2009 Mexico, Visions du réel Nyon 2009, One World (Prague 2009 - International Competition),

a film by Olivier Zuchuat.
77 min. - 35mm. Stéréo SR - 2008
Production: Prince Film (CH) et AMIP (F)
Co-production : Les Films du Mélangeur (France).
with the participation of   COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale / Milano)

with the help of  Office fédéral de la culture DFI, Berne, Télévision Suisse Romande, Fonds REGIO Films
Direction du développement et de la coopération DDC, Berne, Pour-cent culturel Migros