Promotional Award
The Promotional Award of the International Competition for a directing talent, worth 10,000 CHF, goes to the Afghan filmmaker Sayad Qasem Hossaini for «DEATH TO THE CAMERA». The Jury gives the prize to this documentary because it offers a stage to men and women from the margin of society to raise their voices and reflect injustice and manipulation.The magnetism of the documentary medium is powerfully present in this film.
Synopsis:
A camera moves among women working their last day on a job site. Is the camera revealing anything truthful, or simply inciting these women to present what they think ‘the other’ wants to hear – or what might get them something from the world on the other side of the camera? Who is on the other side of that camera anyway?
"Death to the Camera" also was official selection in Hot Docs international film festival and 14th Tel Aviv International student film festival.
Also this film was winner of the Best prize for Best Film from the first Human Rights film festival in Kabul.
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