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Dead End (2014)

Duration: 08:37    Category: Libya   

Libya’s political chaos makes its territory a land of opportunity for human smugglers. Thousands of illegal migrants end up forgotten, in one of the 19 detention centres.

This short documentary was made during a SDI workshop in Libya, organised by the British Council.

Screening Formats: DVD, HD Quicktime, BluRay

Highlights:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Locarno Film Festival – Open Doors 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION – London Shubbak Festival 2015
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Beirut International Film Festival 2015
SCREENED AT – Malmo Arab Film Festival 2015 (Sweden)
SCREENED AT – Middle East Film Festival 2015 – (France)
SCREENED AT – London Short Film Festival 2016 (UK)
SCREENED AT – Dubai Film Market 2015 (Dubai)
SCREENED AT – Two Short Nights Film Festival 2015
SCREENED AT – Glasgow Short Film Festival Video Library 2016 (UK)
SCREENED AT – Wee Green Cinema – Take One Action 2016 (UK)
SCREENED AT – British Shorts Film Festival Berlin, January 2016 (Germany)

 

Libya in Motion Compilation Screened at:

Dubai Film Market 2015 (Dubai)
Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis 2015 (Senegal)
One World 2016 (Czech Republic)
El Espejo IFF 2016 (Columbia)
Document 2016 (UK)
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema – “Ban This Series”, March 2017 (Canada)
Seventh Art Stand Screenings, May/June 2017 (USA):
Browning Cinema, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
The Nightlight Cinema, Akron, Ohio
Anthology Film Archive, New York
Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii
Casa Arabe – November 2019, Cordoba (Spain)

To arrange a screening contact: festivals@scotdoc.com

DIRECTOR: Ahmed Aboub
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Noe Mendelle & Anne Milne
DOP: Mohannad Eissa
EDITORS: Ahmed Aboub, Faraj Sherif
BRITISH COUNCIL LIBYA: Awatef Shawish, Adam Geddal
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