Last Shelter (The)

  • Dernier refuge (Le) [dir. O. Samassékou]
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Feature
Running time : 85 (in minutes)
http://www.thelastshelter-film.com/fr/accueil/

The Malian city of Gao has for decades been a peaceful haven for African travellers. Here, on the edge of the Sahel desert, lies the House of Migrants, which is the temporary home for thousands of people every year. The hopeful ones, who are on their way to Europe. And those whose luck ran out and who are now on their way back to their hometowns and families. The Malian documentary filmmaker Ousmane Samassekou listens to two young girls and a middle-aged woman lying in a small room and exchanging dreams and stories. Elsewhere in the house, young men are watching wrestling on TV. Samassekou's attentive camera frames the faces, the voices and their stories in a uniquely beautiful and humane film about no longer having a home once you have set off. But the atmosphere in the house itself expresses the melancholy of exile through calm and sensual images. All around the city, new and old wars are taking place in the endless desert.

a film by Ousmane SAMASSÉKOU

France / Mali / South Africa, 2021, Documentary, 1h25

A project from Generation Africa Collection



Original Title (French): "Le dernier refuge"
English Title: "The last Shelter"

PRODUCER
Estelle Robin You (Point du Jour - Les Films du balibari, France)

CO-PRODUCERS
Andrey S. Diarra (DS Productions - Mali)
Don Edkins & Tiny Mungwe (STEPS, South Africa)

DIRECTOR
Ousmane Samassékou

SCREENWRITER
Ousmane Samassékou

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ousmane Samassekou

SOUND
Adama Diarra & Jean-Marc Schick

EDITOR
Céline Ducreux

ORIGINAL MUSIC (COMPOSER)
Pierre Daven Keller

ADDITIONAL IMAGES
Amath Niane
Salem Dendou
Intagrist El Ansari

PRODUCTION
- Point du Jour (France)
- Les Films du balibari (France)

CO-PRODUCTION
- DS Productions (Mali)
- STEPS (South Africa)
- ARTE GEIE (France)

BROADCASTER
- ARTE GEIE (France)

LINKS
www.thelastshelter-film.com/fr/accueil/

Awards at festivals in 2021:
- CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, Denmark - April 2021) DOX:AWARD
- Special Mention "Meilleur Documentaire" section - Festival de Cinéma Africain de Tarifa (Tarifa, Spain - 28th/05 to 6th/06 2021)
- Winner of best African / South African feature - Encounters SA International Documentary Film Festival (Cape Town, South Africa, 10th - 20th June 2021)
- Grand Prix - Les Escales Documentaires (La Rochelle, France)
- Grand Prix - PORTO/POST/DOC (Lisbon, Portugal)
- Special Mention - International Film festival Innsbruck
- Tanit d'Argent - Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia)
- Grand Prix + Prix de la Critique - Festival International du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis (Senegal)


SELECTIONS / AWARDS
* Pre-selection /// Oscars 2022
* Grand prix du jury /// Porto Doc 2021 (Portugal)
* Grand prix du jury /// Les Escales Documentaires (La Rochelle, France) - Du 5 au 11 novembre 2021
* Sélection /// IDFA (Amsterdam, Pays-Bas) - Du 17 au 28 novembre 2021
* Tanit d'Argent /// JCC - Journées cinématographiques de Carthage (Tunis, Tunisie) - Du 13 au 24 octobre 2021
* Sélection /// The Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago, Etats-Unis) - Du 30 octobre au 6 novembre 2021
* Sélection /// Fespaco (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso) - Du 16 au 23 octobre
* Mention spéciale compétition documentaire /// International Film Festival Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Autriche) - Du 5 au 10 octobre 2021
* Sélection /// Cineagenzia (Ferrara - Rome - Lugo, Italie) - Du 1er au 3 octobre 2021
* Sélection /// Human Rights Film Festival (Berlin, Allemagne) - Du 16 au 25 septembre 2021
* Sélection /// Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy (Helsinki, Finlande) - Du 17 au 23 septembre 2021
* Sélection /// Lima Alterna Film Festival (Lima, Pérou) - Du 17 au 26 septembre 2021
* Sélection /// Beldocs (Belgrade, Serbie) - Du 6 au 16 septembre 2021
* Sélection /// Millennium Docs Against Gravity (Varsovie, Pologne) - Du 16 septembre au 3 octobre 2021
* Sélection La Scam (Brouillon d'un rêve) /// Les Etats Généraux du Documentaire (Lussas, France) - Du 22 au 28 août 2021
* Sélection /// Festival du film de Douarnenez (Douarnenez, Bretagne, France) - Du 20 au 27 août 2021
* Sélection /// Durban International Film Festival (Durban, Afrique du Sud) - Online, from 22 July to 1 August - www.durbanfilmfest.com/film/the-last-shelter/
* Compétition Internationale /// Biografilm Festival (Bologne, Italie) - Du 4 au 14 juin 2021
* won: Best South African / African feature at the festival /// Encounters (Afrique du Sud)
* Première Sud-Africaine /// Encounters SA International Documentary Film Festival (Cape Town, Afrique Du Sud) - Du 10 au 20 juin 2021.
2021 / Encounters South Africa International Documentary Film Festival. Citation by the jury: "We were moved by The Last Shelter, which gave us full access to the House of Migrants, in the Malian City of Gao, a haven for African travellers. Ousmane Samassékou's great access to the two young protagonists, the intimacy of the observational style filming against the vast melancholy landscape of the dessert made this a favourite with the programming team. Last Shelter was successful in achieving the purpose of documentary; to cast a lens on world issues through the experiences of its subjects. "
* Première Espagnole /// 18ème édition du Festival du cinéma Africain (Tarifa, Espagne) - Du 28 mai au 6 juin 2021
* Première Nord-Américaine /// Hot Docs (Ontario, Canada) - Du 30 avril au 9 mai 2021
* Première Allemande /// Dokfest München (Munich, Allemagne) - Du 5 au 23 mai 2021
* Grand Prix /// CPH:Dox 2021 - Festival international du film documentaire de Copenhague (Danemark)
* World Premiere /// CPH:Dox - Festival international du film documentaire de Copenhague (Denmark) - Le 30 avril 2021.




Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D'INFOS) :
- Africiné Magazine
- www.thelastshelter-film.com/fr/accueil/
- www.balibari.com
- www.steps.co.za
- www.afridocs.net
- www.durbanfilmfest.com/film/the-last-shelter/
Updated by Thierno DIA, 20 July 2023

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On the edge of the desert lies the House of Migrants, where a Malian filmmaker meets the travellers in a sensual film about the melancholy of exile.

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