Réveil sur Mars

Wake Up on Mars

Switzerland / France, April 2020
FILM, Documentary, 74 min.

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directed by
Dea Gjinovci
Written by
Dea Gjinovci
Status
In distribution

A 10-year-old Roma boy living in Sweden attempts to come to terms with the mysterious Resignation syndrome that has put his two sisters in a coma. The tight-knit family is trying to rebuild a normal life far from their native Kosovo where they were victims of persecution. While their entire future hangs in the balance of a pending asylum request, the little boy dreams of building a spaceship to leave it all behind.

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World Premiere
April 2020
Original Version
Albanian, Swedish (french/english/german subtitles),  colour, DCP, 74 min.
ISAN
0000-0004-EC3A-0000-U-0000-0000-L
Production
Alva Film, Mélisande Films, Dea Gjinovci, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Britta Rindelaub, Sophie Faudel, Jasmin Basic, Dea Gjinovci
directed by
Dea Gjinovci
Written by
Dea Gjinovci
Cinemato­graphy
Maxime Kathari
Editing
Catherine Birukoff
Location Sound Mix
Quentin Coulon
Sound Editing
Philippe Ciompi
Sound Design
Philippe Ciompi
Re-Recording Mix
Philippe Ciompi
Music
Gaël Kyriakidis, Fabio Poujouly, Jeremy Calame

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
CAT&Docs
Festival Distribution
Alva Film

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
First Hand Films GmbH Distribution
Release date: 11.05.2021

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