THE LAND BETWEEN

“THE LAND BETWEEN is not only an excellent film, but also a political catalyst that unsettles the viewer
and turns his empathy into anger. The sort of anger that brings the anticipation of change.”

Festival of Migrant Film 2014 – Ljubljana, Slovenia

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SYNOPSIS

THE LAND BETWEEN offers an intimate insight into the hidden and desperate lives of Sub-Saharan African migrants living in the mountains of northern Morocco. For most, their dream is to enter Europe by jumping a highly-militarised barrier into Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the African continent.

With unique and unprecedented access, this film documents the everyday life of these migrants trapped in limbo, as well as the extreme violence and constant mistreatment they face from both the Moroccan and Spanish authorities. It also explores many universal questions, including how and why people are prepared to risk everything, including their life, to leave their country, their family and friends, in search of a new and better life.

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AWARDS

– WINNER “Best Feature-Length Documentary” – FIFE Environmental Film Festival 2014 – Paris, France
– WINNER “Best Film” – International Migrant Film Festival 2014 – Ljubljana, Slovenia
– WINNER “Best Film” – Lampedusa In Festival 2014 – Lampedusa, Italy
– WINNER “Best Film” – Naples Human Rights Film Festival 2014 – Naples, Italy
– WINNER “Crossroads Award” – Festival delle Terre 2014 – Rome, Italy
– HONOURABLE MENTION – Antenna Documentary Film Festival 2014 – Sydney, Australia
– SPECIAL MENTION – International Festival of Cinema and Memory 2015 – Nador, Morocco

 

TELEVISION BROADCAST (Summary)

– “AFRIDOCS” (DStv channel 190 and GOtv channel 65) – Across sub-Saharan Africa (November 2015)
– New Caledonia Television (NCTV) – National broadcast, New Caledonia (December 2016)

 

FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION (Summary)

2019
– Activisms in Docs Film Festival – Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (February 2019)
– Festival Migrations – Farebersviller, France (March 2019)
– Althangrund (May 2019)

2018
– Izmir Festival on Migration – Izmir, Turkey (May 2018)
– FRONTEiRAS International Film Festival – Ayamonte, Spain (October 2018)
– Planeta.doc – Florianópolis, Brazil (October-December 2018)
– Afrikaldia – Bilbao, Spain (December 2018)

2017
– No Maps Culture Film Festival – Madrid, Spain (May 2017)
(plus travelling to: Toulouse, Alicante, Granada and Florence)
– Botswana Human Rights Film Festival – Gaborone, Botswana (June 2017)
– Little Africa Film Festival – St Paul, Minnesota, USA (June 2017)
– Refugee Film Festival / State Library of NSW – Sydney, Australia (June 2017)
– Refugee Film Festival / Nova Cinema – Melbourne, Australia (June 2017)
– One with a Movie Camera Ethnographic Film Festival – Marburg, Germany (October 2017)

2016
– Signes de Nuit – Berlin, Germany (January 2016)
– Exile Film Festival – Malmo, Sweden (February 2016)
– Fragments Human Rights Film Festival – Graz, Austria (April 2016)
– Signes de Nuit – Tucumán, Argentina (April 2016)
– EURORAMA as part of Trento Film Festival – Trento, Italy (May 2016)
– FCAT Festival de Cine Africano – Tarifa, Spain & Tanger, Morocco (May 2016)
– Festival Delle Terre – Salento, Italy (August 2016)
– Internacional Festival Signos de la Noche – Quito, Ecuador (August 2016)
– International Festival Signes de Nuit – Lisbon, Portugal (October 2016)
– Planeta Doc – Florianopolis, Brazil (October 2016)
– Alpie Giulie Cinema – Trieste, Italy (2016)

2015
– Lampedusa in Zurich – Zurich, Switzerland (February 2015)
– FESPACO – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (February 2015)
– Days of Ethnographic Film – Ljubljana, Slovenia (March 2015)
– Human Rights Film Festival of Zaragoza – Zaragoza, Spain (April 2015)
– Ethnocineca Ethnographic and Documentary Film Fest – Vienna, Austria (May 2015)
– Festival International de Cinema et Memoire Commune – Nador, Morocco (May 2015)
– Dakar Vert Environmental Film Festival – Dakar, Senegal (June 2015)
– Chiala Afrika Festival – Graz, Austria (June 2015)
– Travelers and Backpack Journalists Festival – Ljubljana, Slovenia (September 2015)
– Free Fringe Festival (Astaro Theatro) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands (September 2015)
– Premio De Marcellino Baggis / International Documentary Film Festival – Taranto, Italy (October 2015)
– FESDOB Documentary Film Festival – Blitta, Togo (November 2015)
– AFRIFF Africa International Film Festival – Lagos, Nigeria (November 2015)
– International Exile Film Festival – Gothenburg, Sweden (November 2015)
– Agitprop International Film Festival on Peoples’ Struggles – Manila, the Philippines (November 2015)
– Strasbourg Human Rights Film Festival (FIFDH) – Strasbourg, France (November 2015)
– One World Film Festival Slovakia – Bratislava, Slovakia (November 2015)
– Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival – Kabul, Afghanistan (December 2015)

2014
– Detour on the Road Film Festival – Rome, Italy (December 2014)
– Manya Human Rights International Film Festival – Kampala, Uganda (December 2014)
– Mediterranean Film Festival of Brussels – Brussels, Belgium (December 2014)
– This Human World International Film Festival – Vienna, Austria (December 2014)
– Cineuropa – Santiago de Compostela, Galacia/Spain (November 2014)
– ImigrArte Festival – Lisbon, Portugal (November 2014)
– International Crime and Punishment Film Festival – Istanbul, Turkey (November 2014)
– Augen Blicke Afrika Film Festival – Hamburg, Germany (October 2014)
– Human Rights Film Festival of Naples – Naples, Italy (October 2014)
– Cine Invisible International Film Festival – Bilbao, Basque Country/Spain (October 2014)
– Festival Delle Terre – Rome, Italy (October 2014)
– Antenna Documentary Film Festival – Sydney, Australia (October 2014)
– Cine Eco Seia Internacional de Cinema Ambiental – Seia, Portugal (October 2014)
– Bir Duino Int. Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights – Bishkek, Krygyzstan (October 2014)
– Oaxaca Film Festival – Oaxaca, Mexico (October 2014)
– Lampedusa In Festival – Lampedusa, Italy (September 2014)
– Montreal International Black Film Festival – Montreal, Quebec, Canada (September 2014)
– Saratov Sufferings International Film Festival of Documentary Drama – Saratov, Russia (August 2014)
– Portobello Film Festival – London, United Kingdom (September 2014)
– DocuDok Festival of Documentary Film – Maribor, Slovenia (August 2014)
– FilmAid Film Festival – Kakuma and Dadaab Refugee Camps, Kenya (August 2014)
– Festival of Migrant Film – Ljubljana, Slovenia (June 2014)
– Festival Ciné Droit Libre – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (June 2014)
– Mountain Film Festival – Cueno, Italy (May 2014)
– Cinema Planeta – Cuernavaca, Mexico (April 2014)
– Millenium International Documentary Film Festival – Brussels, Belgium (April 2014)
– DocWeek – Adelaide, Australia (March 2014)
– Festival de Résistance et d’Alternatives – Casablanca, Morocco (February 2014)
– FIFE Environmental Film Festival – Paris, France (February 2014)

2013
– Festival Migrant Scene – Rabat, Morocco (December 2013)

 

COMMUNITY & INDEPENDENT CINEMA SCREENINGS (Summary)

2018
– UNHCR Cine bajo las estrellas – Santiago, Chile (November 2018)
– Manifesta 12 – Palermo (Sicily), Italy (July 2018)
– Crack Festival – Rome, Italy (June 2018)
– Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival (Film Series – Weltmusem Vienna) – Vienna, Austria (April 2018)
– Research Symposium: Center for Research on Migration & Refugee Integration, University of Utah – Utah, U.S.A. (April 2018)
– Student Action for Refugees Manchester – Manchester, UK (March 2018)
– Activism in Africa (LARGO) – Lisbon, Portugal (February 2018)

2017
– Babel Initiative (in association with Sciences Po Paris) – Menton, France (January 2017)
– University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, Tennessee (February 2017)
– Culinary Institute of America – New York, USA (March 2017)
– University of Salerno: Human Rights Film Program – Salerno, Italy (May 2017)
– Upper Blue Mountains Amnesty & Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group – Blackheath, NSW, Australia (May 2017)
– Burg Theater – Burg, Germany (May 2017)
– Filmoteca de Andalucia – Cordoba, Spain (June 2017)
– 6th Catalan Congress of Mental Health – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (June 2017)
– United Nations: World Refugee Day Film Series – Santiago, Chile (June 2017)
– United Nations: World Refugee Day Film Series – Lima, Peru (June 2017)
– L’Art Lina – Rabat, Morocco (July 2017)
– UECSE Rabat – Rabat, Morocco (July 2017)
– Un Monde Réenchanté (in association with L’Art Lina) – Rabat, Morocco (October 2017)
– Indiana University Cinema (Global Perspectives on the Refugee Crisis) – Bloomington, USA.
– Sciences Po Refugee Help – Paris, France (November 2017)

2016
– Netzwerk Bürgerengagement – Recklinghausen, Germany (January 2016)
– Malmö Migration Ciné (Malmö University) – Malmo, Sweden (February 2016)
– “Between Migration and Racism, Protest and Resistance” – Berlin, Germany (February 2016)
– “The Dividing Line” Migration Exhibition – Copenhagen, Denmark (March – June 2016)
– Open Generation Festival of Ideas – London, United Kingdom (April 2016)
– Soiree Panafrica – Tanger, Morocco (May 2016)
– No Border Solidarity Space – Vienna, Austria (June 2016)
– Cineforum: “Los derechos son universales, las personas también” – Alicante, Spain (June 2016)
– Cineforum: “Los derechos son universales, las personas también” – Valencia, Spain (June 2016)
– Pekarna Cultural Centre – Maribor, Slovenia (June 2016)
– Cineforum: “Los derechos son universales, las personas también” – Castellon, Spain (July 2016)
– Open Cinema: Rzeszowski Inkubator Kultury – Rzeszow, Poland (July 2016)
– Sonsbeek ’16 TransAction (in assoc. w/KUNSTrePUBLIK) – Arnhem, the Netherlands (August 2016)
– AfricAvenir (Schools Program) – Berlin, Germany (September 2016)
– National Gallery of Denmark – Copenhagen, Denmark (September – November 2016)
– Dom Otwarty: Travelling Theatre – Various cities and towns, Poland (October 2016 – October 2017)
– EXODUS Exhibition – Phnom Penh, Cambodia (October 2016)
– Amnesty International UCD Society – Dublin, Ireland (November 2016)
– AMITIE CODE Touring Film Exhibition – Various European Cities (November 2016 – March 2017)
– Migration Conference – Fundación Municipal de Cultura del Ayuntamiento de Gijón – Gijón, Spain (December 2016)
– Porco Rosso – Palermo, Italy (December 2016)

2015
– Le Remouleur – Paris, France (January 2015)
– RAI Art – Barcelona, Catalonia/Spain (January 2015)
– Espai Jove la Fontana – Barcelona, Catalonia/Spain (January 2015)
– Free University Berlin – Berlin, Germany (February 2015)
– Fundación Cepaim – Murcia, Spain (February 2015)
– Hansa 48 (in association with Borderline Europe) – Kiel, Germany (March 2015)
– University of Barcelona – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (March 2015)
– Zaragoza University (in association with SOS Racismo Aragon) – Zaragoza, Spain (March 2015)
– Derriere le mur – La Jarrie, France (March 2015)
– ZABALDI – Zine Pobre (in assocation with SOS Racismo Navarra) – Pamplona, Spain (March 2015)
– Espacio TEA (in assciation with CEAR) – Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain (April 2015)
– Lyon Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po Lyon) – Lyon, France (April 2015)
– Kinodromo – Bologna, Italy (April 2015)
– Plataforma apoyo inmigrantes en Málaga – Malaga, Spain (April 2015)
– Refugees and Migrant Film Festival – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (April 2015)
– Cine Forum (in association with CEPAIM) – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (May 2015)
– AfrikPlay | Films a Conversa – Lisbon, Portugal (May 2015)
– SOS Asile Vaud – Lausanne, Switzerland (May 2015)
– Cooperacio Tarragona (in association with CCAR) – Tarragona, Catalunya/Spain (May 2015)
– Pax Christi – Brussels, Belgium (June 2015)
– Open Air for Open Minds – Berlin, Germany (June 2015)
– Ambdrets – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (June 2015)
– Amnesty International Belgium: Human Rights Lunch – Brussels, Belgium (June 2015)
– European Parliament – Brussels, Belgium (June 2015)
– Lucerne Film Series: Human Rights (in assoc. with Romero House) – Lucerne, Switzerland (June 2015)
– Menedék – Hungarian Association for Migrants – Budapest, Hungary (June 2015)
– Kosmotique – Dresden, Germany (June 2015)
– KEBAP (Kultur Energie Bunker Altona Projekt) – Hamburg, Germany (September 2015)
– Amnesty International Belgique Francophone – Charleroi, Belgium (September 2015)
– Cervod Togo – Notse, Togo (October 2015)
– Free University Berlin – Berlin, Germany (October 2015)
– University of Edinburgh, Medical School – Edinburgh, Scotland (October 2015)
– Casa/Docks – Casablanca, Morocco (November 2015)
– University of Koblenz (in association with Borderline Europe) – Koblenz, Germany (November 2015)
– Moltivolti – Palermo, Italy (November 2015)
– Forum International de la Démocratie (Conseil de l’Europe) – Strasbourg, France (November 2015)
– Filmarchiv Austria / Metro-Kinokulturhaus – Vienna, Austria (November 2015)
– Meuterei – Leipzig, Germany (December 2015)

2014
– Zielona Gora (in association with No Borders Crew) – Berlin, Germany (December 2014)
– La Salle Hall – Almeria, Spain (December 2014)
– Teatro del Barrio – Madrid, Spain (December 2014)
– Bäckeranlage in association with Amnesty International – Zurich, Switzerland (December 2014)
– Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Canary Islands, Spain (December 2014)
– University of Bonn (in assoc. w/ Refugees Welcome Bonn) – Bonn, German (December 2014)
– La Casa de la Culturas (in association with SOS Racismo Aragon) – Zaragoza, Spain (November 2014)
– Cinema Kino Toni & Tonino (with “Weissensee MACHT Vielfalt”) – Berlin, Germany (November 2014)
– Catalan Fed for Human Rights, Peace and Cooperation – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (November 2014)
– Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (November 2014)
– Espacio Del Immigrante – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (November 2014)
– University of Barcelona – Barcelona, Catalunya/Spain (November 2014)
– Círculo de Silencio Almería – Roquetas de Mar, Spain (November 2014)
– University of Ulster (Human Rights Conference) – Ulster, Northern Ireland (November 2014)
– Hackesche Hofe Cinema – Berlin, Germany (November 2014)
– London School of Economics (LSESU Anthropology Society) – London, United Kingdom (October 2014)
– Multimondo – Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (October 2014)
– ZINEMA Cinema – Lausanne, Switzerland (October 2014)
– Kino Reitschule – Bern, Switzerland (October 2014)
– Centre Fries (Amnesty International Uni Fribourg) – Fribourg, Switzerland (October 2014)
– Cine en la Plaza – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Canary Islands/Spain (October 2014)
– Zsenne Artlab – Brussels, Belgium (September 2014)
– Joe’s Garage – Amsterdam, The Netherlands (September 2014)
– Trampoline House – Copenhagen, Denmark (August 2014)
– Red Cross Migration Conference – Girona, Catalonia/Spain (June 2014)
– Bruxelles Laïque – Brussels, Belgium (June 2014)
– La BibLibre – Brussels, Belgium (May 2014)
– Cinema Truffaut – Girona, Catalonia (May 2014)
– Maison des habitants Chorier-Berriat – Grenoble, France (April 2014)
– Vluchtgarage (in association with We Are Here) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands (April 2014)
– Vluchthaven (in assocation with We Are Here) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands (April 2014)
– Kargadoor (In association with Kritische Studenten Utrecht) – Utrecht, the Netherlands (April 2014)
– IIRE (In association with Reinform & Borderless) – Amsterdam, the Netherlands (April 2014)
– Cinerama Film Theatre – Rotterdam, the Netherlands (March 2014)
– Sikka Art Fair – Dubai, United Arab Emirates (March 2014)
– Valreep – Amsterdam, the Netherlands (March 2014)
– Cafe Kult (in association with Alignment for Dignity) – Groningen, Netherlands (March 2014)
– Hansa 48 Cinema (In assoc. with Flüchtlingsrat Hamburg e.V.) – Kiel, Germany (March 2014)
– Cinema 3001 Kino (In assoc. with Flüchtlingsrat Hamburg e.V.) – Hamburg, Germany (March 2014)
– Cafe Brazil (In association with Flüchtlingsrat Hamburg e.V.) – Lubeck, Germany (March 2014)
– Leeds No Borders – Leeds, United Kingdom (February 2014)
– London School of Economics – London, United Kingdom (January 2014)
– Solidarity Bookshop – Cork, Ireland (January 2014)

2013
– BTC Infocycle – Brussels, Belgium (November 2013)
– SCI Projets Internationaux – Brussels, Belgium (November 2013)
– Chabaka – Tanger, Morocco (October 2013)

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