Vote for this Zimbabwean film!
Zimbabwean filmmaker, Rumbi Katedza’s film, Asylum, is one of only two African entries up for the RCI Migrations People’s Choice Award. The short film is about a Sudanese woman seeking Asylum in the UK. In the process, the horrors of her past life in Darfur keep coming back to haunt her.
Remember it’s a People’s Choice Award. We are the people. For this film to win it needs your vote!
- Click here to visit the website and vote (a map of the world will come up. click on the green dot over Sudan, Africa and the rest is self explanatory)
- Click read more below to see the message from Rumbi
Dear Friends
Please take the time to login to www.rciviva.ca/migrations this week to vote for my film, ASYLUM, which is up for the RCI Migrations People’s Choice Award. It’s one of only 2 films from Africa in the international competition. Need as many votes as possible so spread the word! See below for more info.
Rumbi
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Radio Canada International presents
Migr@tions
Where you’re from, where you’re going
October 16 to December 3, 2008
Discover 80 short films and 10 podcasts from 22 countries on the theme of immigration!
Seven weeks of eliminatory rounds to determine the People’s Choice Awards.
View, listen, vote and win! Each week, Web users will get a chance to win one of two iPods.
www.rciviva.ca/migrations
Quarter final - October 16th to November 12th
Semi Final - November 13th to 26th
Final - November 27th to December 3rd
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This Week - Quarterfinals 1 (October 16 to 22)
10 Competing Films in English
- Asylum
Rumbi Katedza - Zimbabwe - Border Crossing
Oscar León - US/Mexico - The Break
Luiza Cocora - Canada - Chino
Rogelio Sastre - Spain - The Deported
Mustaque Ahmed - South Korea - Extranjero
Diego Sarmiento - US/Peru - Hearts Suspended
Meghna Damani - US - The Lesson
Punam Kumar Gill - Canada - Split Horizon
Simon Trépanier and Abraham Lifshitz - Canada - The Taskmaster
Dominika Dittwald and Areta Lloyd - Canada
10 Competing Films in French
- Aquí comienzan los Estados Unidos
Marie-Ève Tremblay - Canada/Mexico - Champs de Guerre
Manar Idriss and Veronica Torres - Canada - La fleur de Jasmin
Daniel Chebani Chamssoudine - France/Mayotte - Le grand mélangement
Saël Gueydan-Lacroix and Frédéric Julien - Canada/US - Moi, dans mon pays.
Jose Fuca - Canada - Mariage à la plage
Mohamed Amin - Belgium/Morocco - Marianne
Philippe Guez - France - Mon nom est Tuan
Nguyen-Anh Nguyen - Canada - La paix seulement
Helgi Piccinin - Canada - Unique parmi tant d’autres
Isabelle A. Girard - Canada
Up to you to pick the 5 films in each language that’ll make it to the semifinals!
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Spread the word!
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The Migr@tions team
514-597-5345
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