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      • PRISONERS OF FATE officially selected for Locarno International Film Festival 2023

        Semaine de la Critique

         

        Screenings:

        August 6th, 11:00 AM, La Sala (World Premiere)

        August 7th, 09:00 AM, Palacinema 1

      • PRISONERS OF FATE 

        A FILM BY MEHDI SAHEBI

        Feature documentary, 2023, 100'

        In PRISONERS OFFATE filmmaker Mehdi Sahebi (TIME OF CLOSURE, MIRR) accompanies several Afghan and Iranian refugees as they struggle to start a new life in Switzerland. The film tells of the protagonists' experiences fleeing their homeland and the significant challenges they face starting afresh in a foreign country. Not only the rigid asylum system, but also their personal traumas are obstacles they need to overcome. In times of despair, they see themselves as prisoners of fate, but friendship and humor help them keep their hopes alive.

         

        Directed by: MEHDI SAHEBI
        Written by: MEHDI SAHEBI, AYA DOMENIG
        Produced by: AYA DOMENIG
        Production consulting: FRANK MATTER
        Cinematography and Editing: MEHDI SAHEBI
        Dramaturgy: AYA DOMENIG
        Additional Editing and story consulting: TANIA STÖCKLIN
        Sound Design: JULIAN FUCHS
        Foleys: LENA SCHMIDT
        Re-recording Mixer: DANIEL HOBI
        Sound Studio: ATELIER FÜR TON UND MUSIK
        Colorist: PETER GUYER
        Post Production Studio: DOC&POST
        Assistant Editing: MIRELLA NÜESCH
        Translations: MEHDI SAHEBI, KIMIYA DOMENIG
        Subtitles: BABELFISCH TRANSLATIONS, HEATHER KIMBER
        Title Design: NORM
        Production: SORA FILM
        Coproduction: SRF, 3sat
        Distributor Switzerland: CINEWORX

         

        Supported by:

        BUNDESAMT FÜR KULTUR (BAK) / SUISSIMAGE / ERNST GÖHNER STIFTUNG / UBS KULTURSTIFTUNG / JUBILÄUMSSTIFTUNG DER MOBILIAR GENOSSENSCHAFT / VEREIN SPONTANKONZERTE / FONDIA-STIFTUNG / INTERFILM SCHWEIZ: PROJEKTFONDS CÉLESTINE / REFORMIERTE KIRCHE KANTON ZÜRICH / REFORMIERTE KIRCHEN BERN-JURA-SOLOTHURN / SUCCÈS PASSAGE ANTENNE

         

         

      • MEHDI SAHEBI

        Film Director

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        Mehdi Sahebi was born in Iran and came to Switzerland at the age of twenty. He studied ethnology with a focus on visual anthropology, history and international law at the University of Zurich and received his PhD with his award-winning documentary film "Time of Closure" (2006). The film won the SRG SSR prize at the 2006 Locarno Int. Film Festival (Semaine de la Critique) and the jury and audience awards at the Entrevue Film Festival Belfort. In 2016, his latest feature documentary MIRR premiered at the Duisburger Filmwoche, where it won the support grant of the city of Duisburg as well as numerous other awards at international film festivals. Sahebi works as a director, cinematographer, editor and lecturer in documentary film.

         

        Filmography
        PRISONERS OF FATE / 2023 / 100 min. / documentary
        MIRR / 2016 / 90 min. / documentary / www.mirr.ch
        ZEIT DES ABSCHIEDS / 2006 / 90 min./ documentary
        UN ÉTRANGER ME REGARDE / 2002 / 52 min. / documentary
        XI / 1999 / 10 min. / experimental film
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