Direction and screenplay Maria Watzlawick, Romed Wyder

Participants Kandioura Coulibaly, Adamo Drabo, Sanon Sanogo, Cheik Oumar Sissoko

Camera Romed Wyder Editing and Sound Maria Watzlawick

Production Paradigma Films, Haute école d’art et de design (Geneva), Centre National de Production Cinématographique (Bamako)

ISAN 0000-0000-D7DB-0000-N-0000-0000-5

Documentary – 53 min. – Switzerland / Mali – 1997

Synopsis

In Bamako, on one side, the costume designer Kandioura Coulibaly is collecting leaves and clay to colour materials and on the other side, filmmaker Adama Drabo and his crew are waiting for the funds which would permit to start shooting the film. Meanwile, the sun burns the mountains and they drink tea.

Awards

Prime à la qualité de l’État de Genève

Prime d’étude du Département fédéral de l’intérieur

 

Premiere

« Visions du Réel » in Nyon

 

Festivals

Nyon, Acadie, Zürich, Solothurn, Manosque, Milano, Abidjan, Ouagadougou, Namur